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My Watercolor Box |
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When I was traveling for Unisys I had taken tubes of watercolor paint, placed them in 35mm film canisters and left them open to dry out. Twelve years later I still had them. Now I needed something other than a plastic banker's money envelope. I found a photo of a watercolor box from the late 1700's and adapted that design to fit my materials. |
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The lid holds a supply of small watercolor papers and masonite boards to clip them to. The inside top holds the eighteen film canisters with the watercolor medium. There are drilled holes behind them to hold brushes at the ready. A cavity just to the right holds the brushes, sponges, etc. when the box is all closed up. The remainder of the space holds two plastic containers for mixing and clean water supplies. A pullout drawer holds the color mixing pans. |
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The base is fitted with a 1/4 inch 20 thread T-nut which is just the thing to make it adaptable to a standard photographer's tripod. By using the tripod I can set the height to accommodate that of whatever I'm using to paint on. |
