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Traded my heavy gouache set for a travel kit, barely miss it
I had this big metal box of 24 gouache tubes I dragged everywhere for years, but after a weekend trip to Asheville I realized half the shades were dried up and I only used maybe six colors the whole time. Swapped the whole thing on here for a compact 12-color travel set and a few tiny mixing wells, plus some spare brushes someone threw in. First week I kept reaching for colors that weren't there, like that weird teal I never actually used, but now I mix everything from primaries and it honestly forces better decisions. The lighter bag is a bonus, my shoulder doesn't ache after sketching downtown for three hours. Anyone else downsize their paint stash and find it changed their style more than they expected?
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phoenixgonzalez1d ago
Downsizing to primaries was the best thing, mixing forces you to actually learn color theory instead of grabbing tubes.
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valthomas1d ago
Three months of only primaries made me eat my words, now tube colors feel like cheating.
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