@LemonyFresh2000
For paint palates, just reuse egg cartons before you recycle them.... the flat bottom on most of them are actually really nice for painting!!!
@Nuh_uhhhhhhhhh
Rae, paint pots!!!! Save your paint! Recycle little containers: prescription jars, dispensary jars, even the little plastic ones can be reused. I cut them apart, but you can do whatever you want. Dab a bit on top of the lid and you have the color as it looks dry just like at the hardware store. Hope this helps people I don’t know why I didn’t start doing this years ago.
@june_buggi3
My absolute favourite tip i ever learned in any art class is wet pallets. They are so easy to clean, your paint last so much longer without drying, its mwah chefs kiss. Its a perfect solution for when you prefer to mix your own colours but dont want to have to constantly be remixing them, and prevents a lot of paint waste so it also saves money!!
@cynloh2302
I also recommend getting canvasses at thrift stores! You'd be amazed how often people donate them still in the cellophane. You can also pick up some of the tacky canvas live-laugh-love-esque art prints people donate and just gesso/paint over those. Never pay full price for canvasses from the art store again.
@Its_Remyy
For a more eco friendly version of the pallet paper suggestion: any high gloss paper will do for any medium, even oil (currently using glossy poster paper as my oil pallet paper because my uni has tons of excess and I didn't wanna buy pallet paper...) . Also reuse the plastic packaging things are wrapped in!
@anticreative1
My favourite lazy hack is to have two water jars/cups when painting. To clean your brush you dip into the "dirty" water first and then the second "clean" water. It makes the water last so much longer and you don't have to walk around to refil it
@cynloh2302
My lazy pallette hack is to just buy a multipack and cycle through them, letting them dry between uses and then just popping the paint circles out. Sooo satisfying and you don't clog your drains with paint. I keep them all in a little jar and it's so cool to see the layers that correspond to each painting. (And reduce a little waste! 😉)
@sachikofox7393
Another good tip for sketching your watercolor painting (or gouache painting) is to use a 4H pencil if you need the sketch to remain while you paint. The hard graphite won’t smudge as easily as an HB pencil.
@josephnugent3065
Thank you Ray, time is the one enemy we can never defeat. Whether artist, poet, or scientist, we can never defeat it.
@antaresthetall
As a watercolor artist, I never ever clean my pallet. I just reactivate the colors that had dried on it. But if I look into other mediums, I should keep the oil and acrylic tips in mind for when I start! Thank you especially for the gesso advice!
@theapollo2305
I recommend the plastic that comes with a new canvas as a pallet. Its eco. It's fresh. It's always there when you need it.
@RebeDrawsStuff
5:09 Another tip related to this hack is to be careful about the pupil and lightly trace it because, depending on how it has been drawn, you could either have both eyes perfectly done or the Steve Buscemi effect (unless you're okay with your character/drawing having Steve Buscemi's eyes 🤷). By tracing the pupil lightly at least you can erase it and make both eyes look fine. 6:04 About this tip, when it comes to acrylic paint, I suggest buying a white ceramic dish that is already glazed. Why? I swear that a flat dish is THE BEST acrylic palette. Once you've finished working with your paints and had let them dry on the dish, you can wash the dish/palette as normal and the paint will peel off easily (plus is oddly satisfying).
@vibesmom
Drawing two eyeballs is like knitting two socks. It’s why I make hats lol.
@artsy_dragon_creations
I use a water brush as a blending tool for Crayola markers. It actually lets me get results very similar to Copic markers
@lesliel9609
As for the pallette issue, i haven't cleaned my pallette in probably 2+ years so the paint is just drying layer on top of layer 😂 it's slowly getting to the point where you can't see the hole indents anymore but it's great cuz i don't have to struggle with cleaning it every time and it looks so cool as it layers. Plus the satisfaction I will get once I'm able to peel it all off 😙👌
@HaydenNightingale124
5:34 😂😂 OMG I literally laughed so hard. When you draw the perfect eye and go to draw the other eye
@Patricia-b
the saran wrap being a "new" hack blowing up is sending me. we learned that in art class in middle school, the teachers would literally put a roll of saran wrap in the lists of stuff for us to bring to class, you didn't even need the paint palette. you get some stiff cardboard (or not so stiff, i think some of us used old cereal boxes?), wrap it in saran, boom paint palette. take it off, keep the cardboard.
@annettefournier9655
The charcoal hack also works for graphite. Use the graphite sticks for your darkest shadows first then use the blending stumps to add to the drawing. 😍
@vccalico
2:02 the mini chair 🥹soooooo cute!
@SuperRaedizzle