This kick drum front head was colored green when we used it in 2005:
During Hurricane Katrina, though, it floated around in Steve and Nicola's basement, and I guess all the green coloring came off. (It was Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Water Color. I think the color was Apple Green, but the label fell off this morning, and I threw it away.) I've owned this art supply since about 1993. My SVA teacher Arnie Levin told me this was the stuff to get. It still isn't used up. I thought I might not have enough in the little bottle to finish this job but it only required four droppersful. I've still got a half a bottle left. Maybe that fear of running out of something easy to replace is what made me wait twenty-one years to do this task that took less than five minutes.
I recently saw, on Facebook, advertising for an estate sale at an artist's house, telling us how many excellent, unused art supplies there were there for the buying. I don't want that to happen to my art supplies; I want everyone to say there's no use for these scraps of paper and used-up watercolors, just toss them in the trash.
Extra note: I was kind of into these squarish block letters at the time. (See blue poster.)
