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How To Fix Dry Gouache   After Before Step: 1 Add Water Use water to add moisture back into the gouache. The reason that your gouache is so dry is because the air around it absorbed its water. Adding water back into it will solve this. Preferably you would use a spray bottle but using an eyedropper or even a sink sparingly will do the trick.  Step: 2 Let Sit After adding about 3 tbsp of water, let the gouache sit for anywhere from 3-5 mins. Step:3 Stir If you put a toothpick in and the gouache is still stiff, add more water and allow it to sit longer. When you can begin to move a toothpick in gouache you are good to go. You should continue to stir until the paint is the consistency of thick pancake batter. Final Product  

 DIY ALTOIDS PALETTE Are you about to travel but you also want to take your paints with you? Well, this tutorial will provide a quick, easy, and low-cost way to make a travel watercolor palette without half pans Materials What do you need? (1) Watercolor Tubes (2) Plastic Bottle Caps (3) Altoids Tin (4) Tweezers (5) Hot Glue  Step 1 Fill Bottlecaps with Paint When filling the caps up with paint, keep in mind that if you have a more runny paint, it will dry much smaller than it is wet. Also, because the Altoids tin can only hold six of these bottlecaps, color selection is important. I chose "Primaries" plus black white and Burnt Sienna. The primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) can mix to make every color and the Burnt Sienna makes for convenient browns without having to overmix. Step 2 Glue Caps into Altoids Tin Nothing much to explain here. Using tweezers is a great help because of how tight the caps fit into the tin. I use hot glue rather than super glue because it is far ...

Duke 209      I recently did a text "Artist Review" of the Duke 209 Fude nib fountain pen. In it, I expressed how I thought the pen was pretty good for its price.  At just $12 USD, It serves as a good entrance to the world of fountain pens. In this post, I want to show some sketches I have completed with the pen and my overall thoughts after two weeks of having the pen.  Sketches       When drawing with the pen, I noticed no real issues. I have heard some people mention that the aluminum body of the pen makes it quite slippery, but I haven't had the same experience. One thing that does cause a slight (very slight) annoyance with the pen is the coil located in the ink converter to keep the ink flowing sometimes moves making for an audible clinking noise when the ink is low. Besides that, I have zero complaints about this pen. In this sketch specifically, you can see the ability of the pen to make both broad and fine lines. This is exceptionally he...

  Duke 209 Fude Nib Pen When looking for affordable beginner fountain pens, it can be hard to find good-quality a pen not made out of plastic. One of the more attractive pens in this niche is the Duke 209 Fountain pen. This text review will give a general overview and give my genuine opinion of whether this pen is worth the price. Nib      The Duke 209 comes with a "Fude NIb" meaning that the end of the nib is bent upwards. The nib is bent to an angle of approximately 45 degrees, allowing for both broad and fine lines. It writes rather smoothly and does allow for upside-down writing to make even finer lines. Build      While the Nib itself is said to be made out of stainless steel, the rest of the body is aluminum. This makes the pen quite light, weighing only 23 grams. A notable feature of the build is that the threads of both the male and female sections of the pen are made out of metal. On cheaper pens, this midsection of the pen (when made out of p...