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Sylvia Evans

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My turn to pick everyones grey matter and ask what maybe a dafty question though I don't think it is. I have looked around and I have done the Google bit but so far nothing useful has appeared. I have signed up to go with mt lovely sister in law to go to Portugal next May. It's a six day course with Roger Deller ( Google him ) . It's advertised as oils but also acrylics , I do enjoy oil painting though usually paint in acrylic. But for this week I think I would enjoy oils as this seems to be Rogers main medium. Problem ....has anyone any knowledge of a light weight container to bring home what I know will be wet canvas boards hopefully between three and six... Though that might be pushing it . Even though I enjoy painting " big" I thought a3 canvas boards might be the maximum I could cope with ....I could be tempted to A 2 . What I am looking for is a container to go on board a plane as hand baggage . It has to be LIGHT it has to be sturdy .so far , despite looking long and hard I cannot find anything. I don't want to fiddle around with corks and cardboard... Thank you you D I Y lot! . Otherwise I can see it will have to be acrylic. Any useful info will be gratefully accepted .
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Marjorie Firth

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Sylvia, Do get some thick cardboard and instead of corks, cut thin strips and glue them on the edges. With tape to bind round they are very lightweight. Make them the same size as your boards of course - if this isn't clear please get in touch. I am so pleased with my home made carriers. The cardboard is very strong, from some machine or other I bought. By the way, glue the thin strips to both sides to increase the number of boards you can transport.

Alan Bickley

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Well Sylvia, the only thing that comes to mind is the aluminium style rather 'posh' camera cases, the ones where you store all you camera's and lenses etc. Take out the polystyrene, or whatever it is and hey presto, light, strong and will probably go as hand luggage, obviously checking the airlines baggage spec. You can then board the plane with what almost looks like a briefcase. I can't help you with how to separate them, over to someone else for that problem.

Sylvia Evans

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Three completly different answers. Thank you. I have stacks of time to consider all of them. Though possibly the taking pics and leaving behind Mr Fen dweller is the one I am least likely tp do. though just noticed your last comment re shipping.....clever .

Sylvia Evans

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Thank you Syd. I would use water based oils Artisan if I do take oils , but am coming around to just acrylics. Have asked the question and am told that as it is quite hot they would probably be dry. Keora suggesred Liquin as a quicker drying method. Have lots of time to contemplate this ....so we shall see.

Pat Harrison

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I like water soluble oils as they behave just like real oil paints. I prefer them over ordinary oils as my wife does not like the smell of turps. They are meant to dry slowly so that you can work into them even when left over night. I paint in acrylics when I want the fast drying times.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Syd's point also struck me - COULD you take oils and solvents on an aircraft? They're not keen on anything inflammable, and any solvent you use with oils is - even for water-soluble oils, while you can use water to clean them up a lot of people use a modified Linseed Oil with them. I'd be strongly inclined to stick with acrylics, watercolour, pastel, crayons. The place of water-soluble oils as opposed to regular oil paint is another issue into which, for the moment, I shall not delve.