Wednesday, March 14, 2012

How I Organize My Paint Tubes



I have lots of tubes of watercolor paint. I love color and I love to try out new ones. I'll take a workshop and the instructor will recommend- or even mention- a color, and I need to try it. Or I read about a color in a magazine article and want to see how it works for me. 

I was keeping all my paints in a large box. That meant rooting around in it, sometimes for quite a while, to find what I was looking for. I needed a better way to organize my colors. 

 
I found this plastic stacking, and locking, box system at Target. I think this one was for Christmas decorations (hence the green and red color scheme) but Target, and stores like it, carry things like this year round. I bought two sets with four boxes each. 

In set number one I have a box for each primary color, plus greens. In set number two are my earth colors, like sepia, burnt sienna and the like; purples; and "miscellaneous" (student grade paints, watercolor sticks and so on). I have one box at the bottom available for overflow. 



This system has been working very well for me. If I need a particular color, I know which box I need to open, and I can see at a glance what colors I have. The handles at the top allows me to carry the whole business around if I need to. The plastic insides wipe clean if any stray paint gets on them. 

Have you found any good organizing systems for your paints or other supplies?

1 comment:

  1. This is a great idea mine are sitting in a big box this is much better. I'll check into finding these amazing little drawers. Thanks for sharing.

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