[color=violet]1st awesome gig and shopping!![/color]

So last night was awesome..was complimented all night and promised with more bookings.took some pics and got my release forms filled out(finally new faces) and was PAID!!!!! so today i went shopping for new brushes, sponges, a box to hold my brushes and one to hold it all and those martha stewart thingys!!! of course i took a pic!!

had to show this lil boy he was just so adorable with those lips



now on the sponges the 1st ones i was buying look like these but more holy and were 2.49 for 2..now these are 2.99 for 3...can someone please explain!!!

So cute! Congrats on the business! How long did the yellow outlining take you? It takes me forever so I don't do it anymore lol

If I get a good coat on my brush Im super quick! I always wanna time myself but never remember!

Yay for well done work and new stuff!!

Nice Batman...he is so cute.

I've used those yellow sponges before and quite honestly they don't compare with the fantasy world wide sponges I would advice you to invest in those instead. =)

those are the sponges I have bought at Michaels and they break down pretty quickly. I had origanally bought some there and they have lasted and were great, but I think they changed something and now they are too soft and crumble after a couple uses.

Ive heard alot about the fww sponges, but didn't want to put a small order in just for those! But next time I am. I've been really wanting to try them! But since I dnt paint that much these will do! thanks you all!

Oh yeah fWw sponges are the best! They are so soft and squichy. I literally opened my package first time I ordered them smelled them and pressed it against my face. AMAZING!!!! I know I know I'm a dork! =)

haha too funny artsy...i can picture that...here is the pics of my set up now...i bought a bunch of velcro squares and velcrod almost everythin to the box ..all i need is my bag for the sponges and a bag to carry the box!
heres the cover

Do you find the gecko useful? I love geckos and always wanted one of those sponges but I use so many brushes I haven't bothered.

yes and no...i ALWAYS try to keep my brushes in groups, but once i start painting they get mixed up..but it keeps me from laying them down somewhere and rolling off to the ground!the lil toes are for lil brushes but can only hold like 2 brushes a foot...

Thanks!

I have a handtowel I put on my table and line my brushes up on that. It stops them rolling away, but it doesn't help me when I put my designated black detail brush down on the wrong part of the towel and can't find it. Maybe I need a gecko just for the black and white brushes!

yea..thats soo true i still lose em on the gecko...how many brushes do you use for blk and white alone..?

Usually 3 of each. A #2, a #5 and a 1/2" flat for big tiger stripes and skull edges and things like that.

Oh, and sometimes a filbert, but I only have two of those, so that becomes a problem if I use it in my black, then need to do flower petals or something. Black water, ahoy. Yuck!

lol i i feel your pain!!

Congrats on getting paid and having fun spending it!!