 Hey guys, so we are here with some more episodes of Artroom organization this week. We're going to discuss paper. I Know right So I'm going to flip the camera around and we're going to discuss my paper storage both ephemera type paper Which if you've watched my art room tour you've already seen at least part of and also blank papers waiting to be created into something and As part of that although it's technically not paper I'll show you the spare closet in the other room where I have the really big pieces of paper and blank canvas All right, which is really scary. All right, I'll be back Start in the part of the art room or art room storage that I'm sort of proud of So this is you all know if you see in the art room tour is my bits bank We have our small tiny bits up here in these mini Sterilite five drawer storage units Sort of medium-sized bits in the baskets on top of them and the baskets in the bottom With a few exceptions mostly have different kinds of paper in them. They are labeled for instance This one is just has bags in it. That one is painted papers That one is large envelopes that one is other kinds of random envelopes you get the idea this one over here has And I'm pointing like you can see my finger and you can't newspaper and phone books and maps and stuff This one is just full of tags. You get the idea So that way I have it organized in a way where I can easily find things that I Need or want to use Quickly and easily without getting frustrated about how much stuff I have Because let's be honest. We all have too much stuff I mean, I have one bid that's just large advantage and handmade papers this storage system has worked really well for me for a Really long time. I used a camera around here I used a version of it in the smaller art room at the old house And when we and I loved it and it works great and I knew when I we moved in here I wanted to expand on that and I Perched probably half of what I had. I know that's really hard to believe I had a lot of stuff stuffed in that room And then what I did have I was able to spread out and find easily So these are my ephemera bits my paper ephemera bits along with other things But there's a lot of paper in there and you know, whether you have a collection of scrapbooking paper and old book paper painted papers Technically it's paper paint chips If you have them sorted and organized in a fashion like this whatever suits your space and your needs Then it makes it much easier to find Those napkins when you want to put one on a page All right, let's go to the blank rp. The lighting is going to be a little funky here because we're in the closet And the overhead lights are a little bit yellow. I haven't changed the light bulbs out yet but this is the others two big closets in this room and this is the left side one which for the most part stores at sea store inventory and mailing supplies and up here are two bins of my small blank journals Aka paper that are ready to do daily drawings and things in or if I need a watercolor journal I filled one up I am not buying any more blank journals for the foreseeable future because I probably have enough for like three years and That's another thing. You just because it's on sale doesn't mean you have to go buy a whole bunch of them If you already have you're like me and you already have a ton in stock And I'll show you what I mean when we go to the other bookshelf I haven't bought paper or I Haven't bought paper in a long time I did buy these journals recently from Muji because I do like this size and I actually was I know believe it or not out of them So I did replace those and I also at the same time bought these moleskin Kaye's because I was completely out and I use those a lot for daily journals daily drawings. I Haven't bought our paper in Probably three years This is why that's one stack. So this when I make my homemade drawing journals, which Let me grab one look like this the paper inside is Either this is toned tan by Strathmore or toned gray or it's this white paper I prefer to sketch on for my daily drawings a certain weight of paper So I bought a giant ream of it with all these million sheets of paper in it like two years ago I still have a lot of it. So I don't need to buy drawing paper probably for the rest of my life These are some random pads. I haven't bought again a pad of paper and probably at least five years because I don't need to and Those are the big the big papers and then the smaller ones look at this so they are sorted By typing category starting with watercolor paper bigger blank journals I have artboards down here mixed media paper Vintage typing paper vellum carbon paper. There are some delusions journals in there in the corner So and there that cardboard thing is a homemade cardboard journal so I Like sorting it's storing them on end like this When I can on this bottom shelf especially with these big things in these journals and books and pads of paper Because I can easily get in there push things aside and sort of filter through it and find what I need Yank the one out use it or take paper pages out of it and then put it back It's a very easy filing system for me And it works really well with these bigger sheets of paper also works really well because I can pull a few sheets out and Get exactly what I need this over here I need to work on because it's just a mumble mumbo jumbo Jumbled mess and that top up there in the corner. That's my deli paper which Yeah, I mean it works these all work But it could be better and I should say I'm not changing it right now because right now it does work and With those little journals. I think it's more about finding the right bin To fit them all and I may have to go home with one of these bigger bins like I use in the big bits bank And that might work a little better. We'll see I'm gonna fiddle with it at some point But I'm not gonna do it right now right now it works So I'm gonna just leave it and it's in the closet. It's messy, but nobody sees it by me This is the closet in one of our spare guest rooms. This house actually was built with two master closets This is just the floor. I know this is the bedroom It's one of the spare masters. This is we've got sort of the meditation art room We've got my collection of finished journals and reference books Some artwork that TV is actually not plugged in. It's gonna be going to my brother and when it's gone. I'm gonna Hang some artwork up there on that wall or paint something to go up there It has a really pretty view of the forest and our huge old Tree But it also has a big closet a walking closet. Those are the paintings that are all ready to go I'm just waiting for the handyman to come hang them up for me in the other room Anyway, it has a big old closet Walking closet. It looks like this. I know really. Oh Okay, so we've got Christmas decorations paperwork. This is my horde of organizational Like things bins. I know right Blank canvas by size these are the smaller and littler ones and then over here big huge ones and Two or three of these are what I want to paint to go behind that TV, but we're not here to discuss that My drying rack my acrylic pouring tray and then behind that I have the really big stuff that really can't go anywhere else So these are big giant sheets of paper that are like 22 by 30 or something. I like profabriano Watercolor paper. I like the big sheets. I don't need a ton of them But every now and then when I want to do a series of watercolor paintings It's nicer to work with the big sheets and tear them apart than it is to work for something with the pad So I store those in here in this closet. We don't really need it for anything else but storage And also we have homeless paintings back here So if you're interested in a homeless painting Let me know because we've got a few of them Including Some nudes Anyway in our face The neatest cleanest most sexy way to organize those big sheets of paper in blank canvases or the pads in the closet No, does it work? Yeah, so I'm not really going to change it right at least not right now So how do you store your paper? And do you have any tips or tricks we can share with those people who are struggling with said organization? I would love to hear what they are. 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