Making life easier

​going from the car to the painting shed isn’t a short trip. To make it a little more difficult there is a section that goes down pretty steeply. 

Going down isn’t too bad. But at the end of the lesson going back up is harder. Made even more difficult is my ever increasing paint box. 

As I slowly add to the collection, it gets heavier and heavier 

My solution 

To get a box on wheels 

You can see the tub I was  using and it work well for a while. 

But as it got heavier , making it hard to carry, it also got harder to find the paint I needed. 

So to make it easier I’ve got all the seperate colours in different bags. 

This has made it easy to do a stock take, I now know I don’t need any more whites. 

I also know I only have a few different purple colours and no pinks at all! 

It’s not vital I get those as judie, the art teacher has  many many colours in her stash 

Still, I’ll endeavour to get more colours of my own 

This is the bag with the  colours I’m currently using. The next painting is in monochrome, making it an easy choice 

Once that’s done, in a few months time I’m thinking, I’ll put these colours into bags and sort out what I’m using on the next project. 

That way I won’t have to remember what colours I used. 

Especially as I tend to mix colours to make one I like. That’s harder to work out. I have to remember two colours, which everyone knows I’m terrible at  

Remembering isn’t my super power anymore 

The little green bag has my apron, a plastic plate I use as my pallet, a box of gloves to protect my hands, and my brushes 

It all fits nicely and I can even shut the lid. 

It’s here to remind me to put it back into my car. That’s where it lives. 

Otherwise I’m absolutely sure I’d forget to take it  

Hopefully this works and I’ll not have to carry it anymore 

My back and shoulders will thank me I’m sure