Q: What one piece of artistic “equipment” could you not live without?
Untouched sandpaper
A: Undoubtedly, I could not make my work without UART sandpaper. Over the many months I spend creating a painting, I build layer upon layer of soft pastel. Because this paper is so “toothy,” it accepts all of the pastel the painting needs.
As many people know, I own and use a lot of soft pastel! My entire technique evolved around this sandpaper, which allows me to add and blend as many as thirty layers.
Comments are welcome!
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Barbara, your question has made me think hard– really hard! I will use anything to make art with or on, I have found. But the “equipment” I cannot make art without is the “closet” or “bubble” in which to make it! I need to isolate myself with the art for the juices to flow. Sometimes it is necessary to find that kind of space even in a crowd. It is more a state of mind than anything.
Susan, that is a great answer! Certainly it is impossible to make art without the right surroundings and/or the right frame of mind, whatever they may be for each individual artist.