Art Fun Cheap

I often use inexpensive square note paper as origami paper. It comes in many colors, and even the white paper can be easily decorated in a thousand different ways.
The common 3 1/2 by 3 1/2-inch memo cube paper is exactly the right size for folding small cranes, for example, to fit on artist trading cards [...]

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Sometimes you want more than the normal flat watercolor or acrylic colors. Daniel Smith, for example, offers lovely interference (changeable, depending on angle of view), metallic, and irridescent/pearly colors. But what if you just want to try such colors without investing in professional-quality paints?
You can buy inexpensive ones. Or you can make your own. Interested?
Colorific [...]

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To save your good brushes, use inexpensive applicators to apply glue or other substances that may be harmful or hard to wash out.
At Sally Beauty Supply, for example, I found makeup applicators that are perfect for applying chalks, glue, gels, etc. Much better than cotton swabs, they are firm and precise, with no stray fibers, [...]

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