My painting material.
This is my little paint box.....it's a Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Color Sketcher's Pocket Box. It comes with 12 assorted Cotman water colour half pans and a pocket brush. It's really compact (fits across my palm) and easy to carry. I'd purchased this one to use when I travel, but I'm so fond of it that it's become my go-to paintbox even when I'm home.
As you can see, it's fairly well used and the colours are all muddled. The Ultramarine Blue and the Burnt Sienna are almost over while the White and the Viridian have hardly been touched. My favourite colour in this box is the Intense Blue, it's the farthest one on the upper right corner. I happened to see an artist use the W & N Pocket Box on YouTube and immediately signed in to Amazon to see if something similar was available. It was, but it was out of stock.
A few months later, while out buying some random stuff at Dadar (Mumbai, India), I passed an art shop and was excited to see this Pocket Box on display. I immediately fished out my wallet and the Pocket Box was soon sitting comfortably in my handbag.
On a recent visit to the UK, I did browse through an art store somewhere close to Trafalgar Square and I was amazed at the huge array of art supplies they have for sale. And they do sell individual refills for the Pocket Box....but since my box was almost brand new then, I just assumed I could always buy the half pan refills at a later date from an art store back in Mumbai. Sadly though, refills for the individual pans are not available anywhere here. So if I finish say...an Ultramarine.....I'll just have to make do with buying a separate tube of the colour...or an entire new Pocket Box.
Since today's challenge needed me to paint my art material, I chose my favorite paint box. Now, I found my paint box and the brushes, but since the sketchbook was nowhere in sight, this little painting is done on a sheet of this morning's newspaper.
Art-a-Day Challenge, day 9..........done!
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