The colors I use most often of the Dylusions paints have become thicker right in the jar.  We can talk about all the possible reasons the water evaporates but the biggest one is I leave the lids off for extended periods of time.  I’m working on getting better about it…but if I never get better about it…my life will still feel complete.

Some of the water evaporating turned out to be an OOPS…an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly.  I love the creamy feel of the paint when it is brand new but I like it thicker even more!  Why?  Because it makes my life much easier.

Thicker paint is easier to stencil with if you are in a hurry or just impatient like me.  I can get crisp lines on highly detailed stencils without having to be careful.  That’s a big plus to me!

Watch Why I love it when dylusions paints getting thick on YouTube.

With those wide mouth jars, it is easy to reach in with a cosmetic sponge or brush and use up every last drop of paint so not a drop of pigment gets wasted like in the more traditional skinny tubes and jars.

It is just water evaporating so that means if I don’t want it quite as thick, all I need to do is add water.  Even that is easy with the Dylusions.  All I do is hit it with a few squirts of water and screw on the lid when I am done to replace any water that has evaporated.  I don’t even bother to mix it in because magically by the next day it is all absorbed.

Thanks Dyan for creating such a fun paint that works for all sorts of artful play!

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MB Makes Marks Marker

Dylusions small journal

Dylusions Paint

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Have any art supplies that haven’t been used in a while? I definitely do!  I’ve bought things, enjoyed them, and then somehow they just end up in the bottom of a drawer for a very long time. But not today! I’m going to use one them, glass floral marbles which have been collecting dust in a drawer for almost 10 years!

In the video, I’m sharing how I used tape to become my third hand, how easy it is to use Staz On reinkers for stenciling, and how to easily fix any stenciling Oopsies.

Wonder how I created all those colorful gel printed papers I used with the marbles?  By gel printing them and you can find out more about gel printing here.

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A great big congratulations to Clemencia who won January’s giveaway -a $50 Dick Blick gift certificate!