{"id":439,"date":"2011-01-01T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/artstuff\/?p=439"},"modified":"2022-01-30T17:38:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T17:38:43","slug":"the-mother-of-invention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/artstuff\/2011\/01\/01\/the-mother-of-invention\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>The Mother of Invention<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/artstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/201101_eggholder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/artstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/201101_eggholder.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/artstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/201101_eggholder-140x300.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They say that necessity is the mother of invention. This is never more true than when people start painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The application of masking fluid is unkind to brushes, so I always recommend using either a Colour Shaper, or a Ruling Pen. Both solutions are excellent ways of saving your brushes, but are quite expensive. I remember seeing how one student had whittled the end of a pencil rubber down to a point to use as an applicator, and was surprised to find another student recommending coffee-stir-ers from MacDonalds &#8211; excellent for the job, it would seem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Home-made painting equipment comes in all shapes and sizes; I&#8217;ve seen Whiskey Bottle tubes used as brush containers and camera tripods converted into easels. I&#8217;m always in awe of brush-rolls hand-made by enterprising seamstresses&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, I noticed a student of mine using what seemed like a fantastic ceramic mixing dish. It had 12 compartments that were sooo deep, and being ceramic, is wonderful to mix in (I much prefer ceramic to plastic &#8211; it&#8217;s like the difference between drinking tea out of a china mug compared to a plastic carton). I&#8217;d never seen such a mixing palette before and asked where she&#8217;d obtained it from, only to be told that it was an egg holder! It had been bought in Stafford, but recently she sent me a link to a place where the very same egg-holder can be purchased online for only \u00a35.99! Here&#8217;s the link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakeland.co.uk\/ceramic-egg-tray\/F\/keyword\/egg\/product\/12281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.lakeland.co.uk\/ceramic-egg-tray\/F\/keyword\/egg\/product\/12281<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for that Wendy!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m always intrigued by the ingenuity of students and their clever improvisations. If you have improvised, or know of some ingenious designs by fellow painters, I&#8217;d love to hear from you&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say that necessity is the mother of invention. This is never more true than when people start painting. The application of masking fluid is unkind to brushes, so I always recommend using either a Colour Shaper, or a Ruling Pen. Both solutions are excellent ways of saving your brushes, but are quite expensive. 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