Enjoyed reading this! I'm not a painter myself so it was really interesting to read about the sheer variety of things art supply shops have for painting. The thing that stood out to me was the idea that even 'bad' paints are somehow tempting because being able to use them to make something good gives that rush of accomplishment. I feel I can definitely relate to that. As for the visual design of the zine, I really enjoy the colours and the collaged words. It really conveys the sense of one-thing-leading-to-the-next. I did have some trouble reading the words that overflowed onto the next line like 'be-comes', so I'm glad this comes with a text version. Thanks for sharing.
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I believe that one of the most important thigns is not to be afraid of the supplies. If the paper is too precious or the paints too good and all of it is too expensive to waste... well, progress will be slow.
And yes, I know my handwriting is pretty terrible even if I try to be legible ;) So I try to remember to give a plaintext version with them from now on.