How I Get My Painting Supplies

When we lived in Cloverdale, British Columbia, I bought all my art supplies from Opus. They carry top of the line artist's paints and associated products.

When we moved to Costa Rica, I wondered if I would be able to find any art supplies, let alone the quality that I wanted.

Enter "Art Depot" - they have just about everything I need. They have a store and also an online shopping service. I always place my order online because we don't live where their store is. I check my order on the computer to see if it is ready for shipping, then phone them with a credit card number. They put my order on a bus to Atenas and I pick it up at the San Jose/Alajuela bus station here in Atenas.

This is so much easier for me (because we don't have a car) and the shipping charge is reasonable.

Shipping Label

 

The paints that I ordered

I always need gesso.

 

Splurged on some drawing paper.

 

Works in Progress

Here is what I have on my easel today. The grey Brahma is almost finished. It's a large canvas - 36"x36". The one with two young Brahmas is smaller, 11"x14". This one is being donated as a prize at our upcoming annual Atenas oxcart parade. Because of the small canvas size, it has been faster to paint.

 

 

 

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Lastest Painting

Just finished a painting of our neighbor's Border Collie whose name is D.O.G. (aka Deeoogee).

She is a beautiful dog. Typical Border Collie - very active, very smart. Sometimes I dog-sit her and we always have a good time. She is holding in her mouth the gift we gave her last Christmas.

 

This painting is acrylic on canvas stretchers. You can see more of my work here:

http://www.dianamiskell.com.

 

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