An Artist’s Refrigerator
Yes, you are seeing inside my refrigerator – paint pots just below the chicken salad. It’s a trick I was taught by Chery Baird, my lovely art teacher, to save those leftover custom mixed acrylic paint colors.
I never quite mix the right amount, especially when I am working on a series, which is why I wind up with those little “palette cleanser” paintings before I feel I can move on.
Seal up the paint (those are little Rubbermaid pots), spritz with a little water from time to time, and store them in the fridge. I’ve had them last for months, which is so much better than having them dry out and get thrown away or saved as paint “skins” I never get around to using.
Good news, no waste. Bad news, I’m kind of ready to let go and move on to another color scheme, but there are all of these lovely paints still wanting to be used. Good news, I can always use them as a base to mix another color – it’s not so hard to turn a green to a blue or a neutral, or really anything. So, no bad news.