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Thanks very much. These were the kinds of thoughts I had been having. I knew any work would be smaller. I hadn’t thought of buying pans, a great idea. I came to Mayo connect after searching for a while. Other groups are available but they seem either unmonitored or disorganized. This looks like smart good folk trying to help.
I have lots more questions.

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It’s wonderful to have you here! Connect is a really unique community, isn’t it?
As for questions, fire away! With more than 70 groups in Mayo Clinic Connect answers are pretty forthcoming! And please, join in to offer your own suggestions or share your story. You never know who will benefit or be encouraged!

Do you have watercolors in tubes? I know I mentioned before that I’d used little prefilled half pans from Windsor Newton. Not the highest quality but they worked great to keep me painting when I wasn’t very vertical.
Lately, I’ve made a cute little plaine aire kit by filling an empty pan kit (from Amazon) with squirts from tubes of favorites. Let them dry and they’re good to go! You can even just make little smears on paper and let those dry. They work well too.
The water-brush pens from Pentel or Faber-Castell are easy to use, hold a fair amount of water and pretty controllable. It’s not the same as using dip brushes but it sure beats reaching over to wet/rinse the brush all the time if you’ve finally found a comfortable position. I just keep a paper towel or fabric on my lap to dab the pen if it’s too wet.

Have you ever tried the water brush pens?