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Robert Cochran's avatar

I often wonder how often you use the Art Toolkit. It seems you enjoy the palettes a lot, and indeed they are convenient.

Lisa Spangler's avatar

Hi Robert! Good to see you on here! Glad you found me again! I mostly use my Art Toolkit organizers when I'm in camp. But I always have a palette with me in my backpack for hiking!

Carinya's avatar

I’m intrigued by the pencils. If you wanted to create an entire work in pencil with a variety of colors, would it be tedious to switch the leads? Can’t argue that it isn’t a brilliant space saver though!

Lisa Spangler's avatar

I'll have to try it out! Will report back after testing it :)

Steven Schwartzman's avatar

The phrase "combine two weekly updates into one" is perfectly normal English, but it got the math and language parts of me wondering whether it's possible to combine two things into any number other than one. Could we go only part way and combine two things into one-and-a-half things? Or could we combine two things into three?

Lisa Spangler's avatar

Hi Steve! This reminds me of when I started grad school and had to prove 1 + 1 = 2! If memory serves it took about 40 pages!

Mary H's avatar

Are you still around? My email was frozen for a few days & I missed some messages. If you are here, I could head your way so you don't lose family time by meeting halfway, if you want. (I have sodalite Gen, but also have a lot more I can share.)

Lisa Spangler's avatar

Hi Mary! I messaged you here on Substack. :)

Quinn Fitzpatrick's avatar

I look forward to that collaboration with Letter Sparrow. I missed the last one, so I will be quick next time! And love LMBP! I have a few arches sketchbooks waiting to be used. Hope you come to New England this fall!

Lisa Spangler's avatar

Hi Quinn! Hope you get in on the collab! This is going to be a fun one.

Our travel plans are up in the air at the moment -- would love to spend fall in New England sometime!

Logan Hughes's avatar

Does the Sodalite paint glow under uv light??

Lisa Spangler's avatar

Hi Logan! That's one of the reasons I wanted to get the paint again -- will report back in the next post about the UV light! Fingers crossed that it works!

Joanne Toft's avatar

Oh my new supplies! I want to know more about the pencil sets. I have not done much work with colored pencils because I have not been happy with the color. Often seems dull to me or I don’t know how to use them to get more solid colors. I am excited to see and hear from you about how they work.

Lisa Spangler's avatar

Hi Joanne! I'll post more about the pencil sets after I've tried them out, but so far swapping out the colors hasn't been a problem. I actually kind of like the pause because it helps keep me from overworking a piece.

Mary's avatar

Love this post! Sounds like the best fun.