Recent content by Ellen Easton

I have terrycloth wrist things that I wear on one wrist to blot my brushes on. I think they're meant for athletic use of some kind but I'm not athletic. They just seemed like a good thing to have for taking along when I go outside to paint so that's what I use them for. I also use one when...

I was watching videos last night and I saw the same artist with the black water going out to plein aire and I had to chuckle because when he got all set up and brought out his water container, it already had water in it that was also quite murky. LOL Maybe he finds it adds something to his...

Thanks to everybody. It's good to know I'm not the only one who has wondered. I'll just go with changing to fresh water when I can't see the bottom of the container. I've always been concerned that I'd muddy up something that was going well. For some reason though, in the years when I was...

I hope nobody thinks this is a stupid question but it's something I've wondered about a lot. I watch videos of watercolor artists a lot and some of the artists I watch have horribly dirty rinse water. One I'm watching right now is a good example. He's using such dirty rinse water that I'm...

I don't really know the answer to your question but I can "surmise" about it. I splurge now and then and buy something I've been reading about that's intriguing. Usually I buy whatever is normally out of my reach and I like whatever it is. A year or two ago though, I bought some Mission...

The brushes are synthetic. I have almost everything they make in real hair so I was a bit disappointed that these are synthetic but I got them anyway because of the fact that (1) I know Fuumuui only offers good products in general and (2) I loved that the brushes were done in different styles...

@Joy I discovered I had posted two about the brushes by accident so I posted again and gave the right url for the palette a little further on in the thread. Sorry about putting the two urls about the brushes. Speaking of the brushes, I tried the feather flat brush in the set of brushes and it's...

I just discovered I posted two links to the brushes and no link to the palette, so here's the palette link: Palette Sorry about that and sorry I found the mistake so late.

I'm 80 years old with plenty of wrinkles and totally grey hair to prove it but when I went into a store and tried to buy my son a pack of cigarettes to save him having to come in with me when I was buying stuff for myself I was asked to give my ID! I forced myself not to say anything rude, but...

I had someone "loving" my work, too, and wanting to add something of mine to his "collection" but that was just a scam. I suspected something was fishy because I'm no great shakes as an artist. Then he wanted to discuss it in SnapChat or some such so I just reported it and blocked him. I'm 80...

I was trying to edit "kaput cartum" in that thread right there but I guess it timed out so I couldn't fix it. That / was a typo.

I couldn't decide whether to start a new thread for this or to put my news here but I decided to put it here in case it's supposed to be put here. I'm so absolutely excited about it, though. I'm eager to share because it's so awesome. I've been a dedicated Fuumuui customer ever since my poor...

I've gotten back to reading actual books and I love it. I've never liked reading online and it's wonderful to just sink back into actual books. The book I just finished is Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre. Awhile back I also read Out of the Woods by the now grown up little girl who was...

Wow! I've never been inspired to paint without sketching first but I'm terrible with sketching. It's a chore and I erase so much that I know it damages the surface of the paper. Maybe I'll try painting without sketching. You do such a wonderful job of it that I'm sure mine won't be as good as...

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