Tutorial: compact paint storage solution!

[@EveBolt]

I really wish I had the room for this, it's so pretty!! All the tubes! I could sit in front of it and stare at them to meditate, lol

[@OtoKano]

I do 'meditate' in front of it! It's just so lovely to stare at a wall of colour. You can put these boards up on the wall if you are tight for space.

[@EveBolt]

All my walls are covered with desks, storage and art lol XD And I don't trust my cats with the tubes...

[@OtoKano]

Ah yes, that is fair enough if you've got cats. Hanging tubes will just be a wall of toys for them!

[@InLiquidColor]

I love this! I've wanted to make one for a long time but I don't know if I have the patience for it! Well done and thank you for sharing!

[@OtoKano]

I would love to see your collection displayed like this!!! The only time consuming bit is putting the hooks in. All the other stages goes pretty quick.

[@cazkiwinz4300]

I also had the idea to buy an old large painting from a thrift store and drilling holes thru the canvas and hammering dowels in or using pegboard cut to the right size for the frame and doing the same thing for smaller collections (If you worry about drilling the holes straight, I use an offcut of pegboard as my template and drill thru those)

[@threesixfiveart563]

I just did this on my pegboard. I love it!! I had more paint than I thought. I bought the wrong size binder clips, mine are too big, but it works ok still. Thanks for the idea!

[@OtoKano]

Holly Mitchell woooo Yay! Glad this video helped. No more searching for your color!

[@maureencepiel959]

Thank you for the detailed explanation of each step. I have a back cover from an acrylic canvas pad (12 × 16"). Now I can hang the specific colors for the painting I am currently working on, and switch them out for the next painting, etc.

[@MalamikArt]

I do this for my paintings, and every few months I take the old ones down, and start again. Same command hooks, just wire and mini clips to hang across three lines. It takes up a lot of wall space. Great work and they look gorgeous!!

[@OtoKano]

Woooo never thought of using wires. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@deejcarter2003]

Malamik Art I do this also but my wire is fairy lights😍

[@vanessaboman8143]

Interesting concept...the thought of doing this is brewing... It would save space and make the whole window blocking space in my van productive. I have a bunch of watercolour and gouache tubes... With more to buy as finances permit... Thank you so much for sharing Oto

[@blondelebanese9922]

Now this is a beautiful sight! It’s a piece of art in itself! One day I might have half as many as you and I’d feel very blessed! Thanks for sharing! Annie B.

[@katf3836]

I found this to be such a cathartic video to watch!! I currently have my watercolors sorted by brands. I think that I would love this method for sure!! Thanks.

[@OtoKano]

Really hope you make this board, it has made my life so much easier!

[@ignisking759]

Okay, so I went ahead and did this method with the screw hooks, instead of using a full wall of wood I had some spare planks from once upon a time lying around and used bungee cords to keep them to a side of one of my shelves when I finished my work here. To make life substantially easier, what I did was drill an initial hole with a power drill and used a bit that was less than the diameter of the hook's screw portion that I was using (I used cup hooks that were a size 1 1/4", which has little to nothing to do with the diameter of the screw part). Now, instead of turning and twisting till my hands hurt (very big issue for me personally) I just put the hooks in so that they were simply in the hole and then attached an eye screw(look it up for image) to my power drill and looped it into my hook that was already set up to the wood which I then used the drill to move the screw hook into the hole I already made. Took me roughly 20-40 minutes for 20 hooks after measuring how I wanted them spaced out, marking them, drilling in the holes and hooks, and a little cleaning. To those who aren't even considered amateurs but curious in working on anything wooden for this little project(like me), I can't stress enough ventilation for when you make those holes (dust aside, there are plenty of different kinds of wood out there and if you see/smell smoke while drilling wood it's almost certainly not good of you to breathe that in). I chose this method of organization because its both the simplest and most effective I could find regarding one's craft abilities/tools and cost (My hooks were $4 for 20 from the grocery store and they were antique looking, you can easily get more or less in different sizes and costs like $5 for 50 brass hooks at a hardware store in the screws section). I'm using these for my 4-6 oz liquitex and artist loft paint tubes as I want to look at them this way before I choose my colors for a painting. Grab a glass of milk for making it this far reader, it's a good habit to read what you can before committing to projects/purchases from those who have tried it or something similar(looks eerily at corner of poor tools that have seen next to no use).

[@blueroomcrafts5046]

This is fantastic. Thank you to In Liquid Color for introducing me to this channel.

[@OtoKano]

Thank you for checking out my channel!

[@stellabelikiewicz1523]

This is a ridiculously brilliant and innovative storage solution! I’m seriously considering implementing something similar for my many, many baggies of seed beads!

[@marissaswinghammer3149]

I am moving house in a few months and will be setting up my home studio from scratch again and have this filed as a possibility. My tubes are currently in a plastic bin with my most used tubes in a small container on my desk.

[@AllanJayQuesada]

This! I've been dreaming of doing this for my tubes.. I hope I could have time to gather materials and tools after covid19 pandemic to make my own tube stand like this. Thank you for sharing. 🙏

[@arttupaavola3152]

Wonderful idea and a really nice video. Your editing style is really relaxing! I heard about you from Denise and I think I'm fan! Keep up the good work!

[@OtoKano]

Thank you so much for coming over from Denise's channel :D So glad you like my video. I'm still very new but I hope to get better with each video.

[@matthewlennartz7159]

Well, now I know where to place my paint tubes. Brilliant!

[@heidicook2211]

Thank you so much for this video! I don't have tube paints yet, but I will borrow this idea for showing items at the craft fairs.

[@xcforlife77]

Looks awesome! Also, those Holbein tubes at the bottom are huge! I had no idea they made ones so big haha. Very cool.

[@OtoKano]

Yes! they are the 60ml tubes.

[@sysop224]

Very satisfying to watch, your arms must have been dropping off by the end!

[@Spiroffd]

Beautifully explained tutorial. You have a wonderful growing channel. I wish you lots of luck.

[@OtoKano]

Thank you and thank you for watching the video!

[@toolate1762]

Definitely gonna do this 😍 I have so many tubes I’ve been trying to think Of ways to display that is practical and this is perfect 👌🏽

[@OtoKano]

Hope you create a beautiful display of your paints Dominique!

[@ad6449]

Thank you for this great idea! Loving the "how to" aspect. A year later, are you still using this paint storage method? Anything you'd change or update now?

[@Artsie2]

This is freaking awesome. I shall do this in my new little studio.

[@GodzHarleyGirlStudio]

Awesome!! Ive been wracking my brain on how to organize and FIND my watercolor paints!! Ive got a peg board i just painted and hopefully I have enough room. Thanks!! Hugz, Tree

[@OtoKano]

Ohhhh a peg board! That's such a fab idea! It would be much quicker than sticking hooks in for sure. I'd love to see it when you have made it :D

[@ArtistWizardry]

I almost want to do the boards like pages in a giant mounted book that I can leaf through, like poster shops have to view posters or even how some places display area rugs. Maybe someday I'll have the space for such a beautiful display.

[@OtoKano]

That would look amazing Zarah!

[@Amyduckie]

Oh I wish I had that much paint! I’m a bit jealous, but this was fantastic to watch, for when my collection is larger.

[@82tatjana]

Great idea! But one question: the sunlight doesn't it destroy the watercolor when it shine on it?

[@OtoKano]

It would dry out watercolour if you leave them in the sun, but so not best to place the board where they'll be in the direct sun. I move my studio around with the season so I can move my boards out of the sun when the direct sun starts to come in strong.

[@ColleenM61]

OMGosh!!! This is brilliant!!! I'm certainly going to do this!!!

[@OtoKano]

Wooooo yay! Please be sure to share your result with us :D

[@pinkflamingo5628]

Gosh, that’s so beautiful🌺

[@ssavage3060]

Where did you get the book with different watercolors in it?

[@kristinakowalski6573]

Now that would make me happy !

[@TheNerdJournals]

Wow this is a really great idea. Thank you for sharing with us. : )

[@OtoKano]

You are so welcome :D So glad you like it.

[@imjenniferwang]

This is a saviour to me! Thank you!

[@sherrikent6628]

Since the back is paintes I would apply a coordinated color chart to the back.

[@immortalfirefly0641]

i thought you should store it upside down the mouth at the top so it won't clog?

[@AutomHatter]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@MrLuimontana]

Very good. Thanks you

[@ColoringKaria]

I love this idea but man, i need my wall space for cubes, bookcases and the like.

[@angiewright-artist8246]

I love this idea!

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

Are Commando hooks there, the same as Command hooks (Australia) by 3M?

[@OtoKano]

Hi Debi, yes those are exactly it! Mine were made by 3M.

[@OrganizedPlannerChic]

This is a great video. Thank you so much!

[@chefclementine]

Has anyone done this with acrylic paints? Im not quite so sure the command hooks would be enough to hold the large tubes of acrylic. Think Liquitex size tubes

[@marionicotera1307]

Love it 💕

[@chantalp.146]

Great idea!

[@liliana1lfr]

I have a piece of peg board that I had cut down for another project, and I was wondering what I was going to do with the remainder. I am going to start with a mini-board!

[@OtoKano]

I hope you enjoy your paint board :D

[@ignisking759]

I can vouche the commando hooks aren't good for 4oz paint tubes from my experience, as eventually(took a few months) they started breaking off my board by themselves.

[@babettevallee2690]

Thanks for the info. Was looking to hang both 2oz and 5 Oz acrylic paints. Now I know command hooks won’t work for larger size paint tube

[@eleniphotos]

& I thought I was a watercolour hoarder!

[@imissmypencils]

I put them all in glass jars so they don't dry out.

[@cristinalattuada5322]

♥️💚

[@joycolville3438]

Why do you need so many colours?

[@OtoKano]

because it's my job to test out as many watercolors for people, so they can make an informed choice about what paints to buy. Basically, I buy many, so you can just buy the colors that work for you and not be dissapointed or waste money.

[@gorway7]

Wow - makes my sandwich box look a bit sad...

[@OtoKano]

lol Peter. The perfect container is the one that is perfect for your collection :)

[@Gringle_]

I'd rather keep my water based paints in a box to stop em from dryin out !!!

[@Tamperkele]

"Short on space" ಠ_ʖಠ

[@karenmusa3052]

Great idea, thanku so much ❤