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How I Store My Watercolor Paintings

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A lot of you have been asking me how I store my paintings, so here it goes.

Before — when I didn’t know any better — I would store my watercolor artworks by wrapping them in book plastic covers and securing with scotch tape or masking tape. Then, done. But after a few years of research and suggestions from friends, I learned there are more appropriate ways on how to store your artworks to help them last longer especially in this tropical, humid climate.

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ART REVIEW: Art Alternatives’ Marquis Desk Easel

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Last year, I bought myself a desk easel. It was the solution to ending the frequent neck and back pains I was having due to wrong sitting posture while working. As my drafting table is most probably lost somewhere now (last time I saw it was 5-6 years ago in my dorm room, decaying I assume), I would only resort to my level-planed study table and work there. But after a while, I started having stiff neck, headaches and back pains. I needed a small easel where I could prop my paper/board there and work without having to bend my head and upper body for hours. And so, the hunt for that perfect desk easel began.

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Singapore

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THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES WHERE YOU CAN FIND INSPIRATION IN SINGAPORE. LAST OCTOBER, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF FINDING MYSELF EXPLORING ITS STREETS. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS MY 2ND TIME TO GO THERE, I COULDN’T HELP BUT BE AMAZED BY THE COUNTRY’S ARCHITECTURE AND ART. THE FIRST TIME I VISITED SINGAPORE WAS 6 YEARS AGO, AND YET I COULD SAY THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE COUNTRY. AS THE CAB DRIVER THERE HAD TOLD US, THE GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE REQUIRES THE COUNTRY TO CHANGE EVERY 2 YEARS, TO CONSTANTLY INVITE TOURISTS TO COME BACK AND VISIT THE COUNTRY.

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