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    Kaylen
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        This subject may have been covered but,,,I just answered the the size of tube thread, and wondered how others store their colors, I have a large toolbox with drawers and I separate them by brand and then by color,,but I wonder if others just do colors regardless of brand?

        Kaylen Savoie
        https://www.savoieartist.com/
        At least twice a year,paint something better than you ever painted before.

        #656776

        I use a variety of brands that I have grown to like over the years. I store my tubes in two plastic boxes with dividers in them. I put the oranges, reds, pinks, etc. in one box and the greens, blues, and earth colors in the other.

        I just sort them by color, not worried about brands because they are the colors I like and use.

        Sylvia

        #656775
        hblenkle
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            years ago I painted in watercolors and stored tubes in a cardboard box. I used other mediums for years. I went back to watercolors and started a whole new bag of current tubes.

            #656793

            I got tired of digging through my paint box to find the hue I wanted so I put up a cork bulletin board, got push pins and some small binder clips … I hang my paint tubes on the board… hung by binder clip on push pin ( binder clip on flat end of tube, front clip pushed down against tube).. now all my colors are within reach & I can see where a desired tube is at a glance. Hope this helps

            Nancy

            ~Nancy

            #656787
            Kaylen
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                yes that was helpful ,,,thanks

                Kaylen Savoie
                https://www.savoieartist.com/
                At least twice a year,paint something better than you ever painted before.

                #656774

                I have a screw storage system with lidded drawers which hold 14ml tubes.

                Doug


                We must leave our mark on this world

                #656777

                I use a variety of brands that I have grown to like over the years. I store my tubes in two plastic boxes with dividers in them. I put the oranges, reds, pinks, etc. in one box and the greens, blues, and earth colors in the other. I just sort them by color, not worried about brands because they are the colors I like and use.

                These are the two boxes I bought at a local Walmart store in their hardware department for a couple of dollars each. They don’t take up much room.

                Here is the one with blues and greens in it. The compartments help keep them sorted nicely.

                and this is the one with my warm colors, reds, yellows and earth:

                Sylvia

                #656785
                Minerva C
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                    These are the two boxes I bought at a local Walmart store in their hardware department for a couple of dollars each. They don’t take up much room.

                    [IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/wetcanvas-hdc/Community/images/12-Jul-2018/9833-boxes.jpg[/IMG]

                    Here is the one with blues and greens in it. The compartments help keep them sorted nicely.

                    [IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/wetcanvas-hdc/Community/images/12-Jul-2018/9833-blues.jpg[/IMG]

                    and this is the one with my warm colors, reds, yellows and earth:

                    [IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/wetcanvas-hdc/Community/images/12-Jul-2018/9833-reds.jpg[/IMG]

                    Sylvia

                    I use such boxes too and sort the tubes by brand. It said worm proof bait box on my boxes :)

                    C

                    "It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create."
                    J.M.W. Turner

                    #656778

                    This photo was taken before I bought 30 more tubes of paint. My ex-favourite Art Store decided to stop selling Da Vinci paint and offered the last of their stock hugely discounted. :)

                    Char --

                    CharMing Art -- "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." Leonardo DaVinci

                    #656780
                    virgil carter
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                        Wow! 30 tubes of Davinci–lucky you, Char!

                        Sling paint,
                        Virgil

                        Sling paint,
                        Virgil Carter
                        http://www.virgilcarterfineart.com/

                        #656788
                        Kaylen
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                            I think Doug’s set up would work good for me ,but I would need more of them

                            Kaylen Savoie
                            https://www.savoieartist.com/
                            At least twice a year,paint something better than you ever painted before.

                            #656791
                            Addmud
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                                Hello,
                                Char, please what is the name of this store ? Can we still order from them ??
                                Thank you so much lucky you !

                                #656782
                                star fisher
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                                    My paint tubes are in clear bags, separated by student grade or artist grade, and then sorted by color family. The bags are in a drawer, along with extra pans. I used to have them in a cigar box, then two cigar boxes, then outgrew that and could not find paints without digging for a while. The clear bags have solved that.

                                    #656779

                                    Virgil, the 37 ml tubes were clearance priced and I got a couple of colours for only $5 each. Since I “top up” my Students’ palettes, I do go through a lot of paint.

                                    Addmud, Currys no longer sell Da Vinci paint. I honestly don’t know what they did with the few colours that were left after the sale.

                                    It’s really a shame because there is no place in Canada that now sells this brand. :(

                                    Char --

                                    CharMing Art -- "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." Leonardo DaVinci

                                    #656789
                                    Kaylen
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                                        star fisher,,, I have the most of W&N colors and thats what I did with them,,,I also put a three by five card in there with pigment info

                                        Kaylen Savoie
                                        https://www.savoieartist.com/
                                        At least twice a year,paint something better than you ever painted before.

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