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Old 01-06-2014, 03:27 PM
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To keep your art stuff for storage, you don't need fancy things, like in Tyler's video.
Although some neat things do exist for storage. I find that artists tend to gravitate to neat things to keep their tools...it seems like an aesthetic extension sometimes. I enjoyed Tyler's video on that level...he loves his stuff! His other videos on his channel demonstrate that, too.

I use cigar boxes often for pencils and erasers etc. I used to visit a store that sold wine (and cigars) ....and often I helped the owner with some medical/drug advice for his ADHD son. So in return he let me have the wooden empty boxes when he had them. They were really nice! LOL

But now I see pencil sized plastic containers at WalMart and Target for less than 3.00 each...you can see inside them. So I have a few of those too.

For travel I do have a nice tackle box. If you join an art class (I've taken night courses, and local ones, and finally went to a local University as a post degree student and chose art), the tackle boxes are a must. Art Bins are nice, but tend to be pricey.
I have a plastic fish tackle box myself. Michael's and Joann's have lots of crafty accessories. I like to get a coupon out of the paper at times and visit when I have an overflow of stuff to see if anything will work there for me.

Pencils need some care in carrying around. The inner leads can shatter/crack and then they won't sharpen. Colored pencils are very prone to this as well as pastel types and Charcoal ones.
So for working outside I use mechanical pencils for this reason.
If you take colored pencils out to places, a roll up carrier for about $6.00 is best. There are many sellers of these on Amazon and Ebay today. Roll ups go easily into canvas totes and are very handy.
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