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How to Be a Green Artist
Artists can also use Earth-friendly products that promote healthy uses of the planet’s resources.
Here are a couple of ways for artists to go green while saving money in the process.
Create Your Own Paper
Creating art paper from old art paper is a smart way to recycle and create paper that is perfect for the artist’s needs. Here is a recipe for creating watercolour papers at home. Using this recipe, the artist can also make pastel paper by adding silica for tooth.
Reuse Dried Watercolour Tubes
There’s no need for an artist to let a dried watercolour tube end up in the garbage. It can be recycled into watercolour pans.
1.Lay the tube flat on the work surface.
2.Use a utility knife to cut a line down the center of the aluminum and across diagonally.
3.Pry the aluminium back with the tip of the utility knife.
4.Remove the dried watercolour paint in one piece.
5.Use the dried watercolour as a watercolour pan. Wet a brush and dab it onto the watercolour to get pigment on the brush.
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