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My Secret Art Supply List! Ssshhhh!

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  When I started out as an Artist, I used to think I need the most expensive Art supply I can afford to make good work, but good artists specially the smart ones, always make do with what they have.. master it.. and once its used to full potential, they upgrade and get the ones they now have a better understanding of. I now know better and work with Art supply thats both high quality and doesnt necessarily break the bank! I'm fortunate to meet so many people with different backgrounds through my Online and Offline Art Workshops in Dubai.  Its flattering to be asked about the products I use and even help some of the guests note them down somewhere. Art is meant to be shared and while I'm a minimalist as an Artist, I do understand the importance of having the right tool, even if that's the only one you have! So here I am..about to spend probably two hours, listing the products down hoping it helps somebody get the results they've always longed for! 1.  Metallic Watercolou...
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  Make a Watercolor Swatch Card today! In high school I was reasonably good at Art; fast forward a decade, I found myself in Design school and studied Architecture, with much interest and zest. Working with textures, materials and dabbling into varied forms of Art was commonplace, also making me a borderline hoarder of  Art supply of all kinds. With time I switched jobs, worked in corporates and kept making Art on the side as a hobby. However, I've never made a Color Swatch card before, and it took me 35 years to know one couldn't make Art reasonably well without one!..at least not to their full potential! Thanks to  Aziza Iqbal 's classes in the  GCIA  community, I started making these colorful delights which are more useful than I thought! The thing is, the way a color is perceived by our eye differs from material to material. The color we see on the shiny metal tube does look very different on smooth paper, textured paper and all the more on tea-stained paper...
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Location: Dubai - United Arab Emirates
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