Painter's Organiser

Happy lunar new year to everyone! It's the 9th day of the Lunar New Year season of 15 days in total and here I am chugging at my sewing machine the night before so I could realise a creation I had been thinking about since Friday night. :) It was so bad I woke up at 6am and started drafting the design and sizes.

This all started when I recently decided to treat myself to an order of M Graham oil paints from Amazon. I was elated that they offered shipping to Singapore and orders are also eligible for free shipping. I know I am still a new learner in oils, but I was curious to see how better quality artist paints would differ from the student grade paints I'm currently using (see above picture showing my Winsor and Newton Winton oil paints).

I also read about the qualities of M Graham oil paints: they use walnut oils and their oil paints are all solvent free. So no toxic smells when used indoors. They also ranked pretty well amongst other artist quality paints and affordable. I was contemplating getting Gamblin artist oil paints (because amazing artist Cuong Nguyen recommended them in his oil painting ebook) but I would need to order them through an agent from US e-stores, which I found troublesome in the end.

*whispers* I was also so tempted to get M Graham's watercolours and gouache paints because they use HONEY in their formula... But alas, I need to first handle oils well before all else!

So then I started searching around on the Internet on how other people store their paints and found the wall hanging pocket organiser to be a perfect way for me to store these beautiful oil paints that are on their way to me! :D Seeing how I couldn't purchase anything ready made, I thought why not make one customised to my own wall space and collection?

I can't wait to embroider/write in Van Gogh's quote onto the brush holder pocket (or top of the organiser):

"The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting."

<3 So I've put this up as a listing on Etsy and I can customise it to fit YOUR wall space and collection. :D I think I'll need to go source for other types of fabric and colours and try out various combinations to show how customisable this Painter's Organiser can be! Thanks to this I went to grab a few more bottles of Martha Stewart's Metallic acrylic craft paints to paint the wooden dowel for more variations.

I imagine these could house various brands of paints for painters who love collecting. :B What a sweet way to house these lovely paints! I also learnt that storing them cap down is the best as oils tend to float and pigments sink to the bottom. So having them downwards leave the pigments right at the opening for richest paints and less runniness.