Oooooo!!! I'm so excited!
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I do like some of the sales Michael's has, though, such as their buy-one-get-one sale on canvases (but beware! Sometimes, that $30 canvas you bought at Michael's -- and then got a free one--still will cost you more than a similar size canvas you could have bought at Hobby Lobby. So be sure to do the math!) I'll get those every now and then, and they have a nifty app for smartphones. AND I overheard a clerk telling a customer they have one of those new loyalty card things, but I was in a time-crunch and didn't have much time to inquire on it. They do carry some products that Hobby Lobby doesn't.
Which leads me to my cause for excitement: A vast array of SPRAY PAINT!
Hobby Lobby carries spray paint, usually Krylon that costs at least 50 cents more than Wal-Mart. Krylon is okay, and their colors are a bit more opaque than other kinds (although I'm really digging Rust-O-Leum's 2X line--basically it sprays enough paint for 2 coats at once--excellent opacity for lighter, tricky colors like oranges and yellows). I really like the smell of Valspar spray paint at Lowe's and they have that neat-o turquoise blue that I love to paint with so much. Their downside is their opacity with the lighter colors, again, yellows and oranges, but that's where I'll pick up some Rust-O-Leums.
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I could go on and on about the colors! According to their website, they ultimately offer 100 different colors (there were maybe half that on display at Michael's) and they're tinted in line with many of their common acrylic paints. I think I just heard the swoosh of new art doors opening for me..
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I've been doing more and more aerosol/stencil art, combo-ed with acrylic painting lately. I really do like the idea of painting the bulk of the painting with my acrylics, then making a stencil for the final layer, be they black outlines or whatever. I really enjoy the fun of peeling off the stencil when I'm done to FINALLY see the finished painting. I feel like those homeowners on HGTV when they get to the reveal! And I like that they are always just slightly off. It's like a deliberate imperfection, if there is such a thing. I'm getting better and better at the acrylic+aerosol stencil style, and I'm so glad that I'm no longer bound, color-wise, to whatever color choices 'normal' people want in a can of spray paint to paint their patio furniture (or whatever it is that 'normal' people use spray paint for).
I'm Featured Artist again at the Art Bank in June, and I was already wanting to highlight my aerosol work, so rock on, expanded color choices! *Happy Dance Happy Dance*
Have you tried the LIquitex yet?
ReplyDeleteI can't bring myself to spend the extra money yet! I'd have to have to buy one can a day for a month with a 50% coupon each day to get the colors that I'd want!
I like the 2X from Meijer too, especially their primer - which I'll use as a white too. As much as I dislike Wal-Mart, I do like $3 cans of Krylon with the multi-angle nozzles. I havent found a spot to get Montana or ironlak in Indiana yet. Have you?
Anyway, I'm gonna get over to see your show this week and I'll bug you once I do. Nice post!
I've never even heard of Montana (besides the state) or ironlak! I'm such a newbie. I like Krylon, but sometimes I have trouble controlling where I'm spraying. I like Valspar's straight on "this is where you're painting" approach. And, yes, the 2x is awesome. I've gotten a couple of those, especially in yellow or orange, because the colors coat better. Krylon and Valspar both have problems with their yellow based colors being too translucent.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I know I told you this yesterday at the set up, but I do like the Liquitex, but the draw back is that the paint can come off when you remove the stencil. But the plus is the paint matches the tube paints exactly, so you can kind of fudge in a little touch up! Jury's still out, and I won't be buying a TON of them, just in the colors no one makes!