A while back I showed a tiny traveling portfolio and drawing board that I created for ACEO's . I promised to show other ways to travel with your art supplies. Today I am showing pictures of my art box. This box started out as a fishing tackle box. I have had it for 10 years. It is sturdy and handy. But it was just a bit too masculine for me. So I embellished it. I know that shocks you that I would do that. : ) Since this box will never be for sale, I was able to use some images from magazines that I can never use in my art due to copyright laws. Technically, this should not work over plastic. But I tend to ignore rules when they get in my way. So, I just used ModPodge and glued away. When I was finished I covered it all with several coats of Liquitex Matte Varnish. In 4 years of lugging this box around to classes and on trips, the images remain intact. If you ever decide to look for a tackle box like this, be sure and take an unsharpened pencil along with you. Many of them do not have spaces quite long enough for the pencils. This is a Plano box. The wonderful thing about this box is that I can fit all of my many kinds of pencils and colored pencils in it, grab a pad of paper, and I'm off for a day or a week. By the way, that isn't chocolates. The chocolate tin has more pencils in it. And the round tin is my traveling trash can for sharpening shavings.
LOVE it, Elizabeth! I just might have to make one up for myself. I like to go outside or over to the other farm for inspiration and sketching. This would be perfect to carry all my goodies. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI love this idead Elizabeth, the fact that you can see all your pencils at one time. I hate digging! I do like the *real* chocolate idea though.
ReplyDeleteThe box looks great! You have so many pencils. Seeing them gave me a jolt of art supply lust.
ReplyDeleteIt comes from teaching, keyka. It is my perfect excuse to get to buy what I want. "Well, I need this for class." : )
ReplyDeleteYou know why did I never think of doing a tackle box like this? My Grandad had two or three empties everytime he upgraded. This is a great idea. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI love it! I used to decoupage everything in college, including my art box and... the glass shower door on our dorm bathroom.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I think having chocolates in your art box would be a fabulous idea ;)
Oh I wanna box like that! Love yours, Elizabeth :)
ReplyDeleteHi!Popping over from etsy! I love your travel box and was hoping you would say the little box had chocolates for nibbling while drawing!
ReplyDeleteWell Dora, that would be a "growing" experience wouldn't it!
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