 Hi guys, we are here with our second episode of Whatever we're gonna call this series regarding being environmentally more conscious about what we do and use in our art space I have no idea what to call this Series I'm filming a whole bunch of these in one day So you're probably gonna hear that a lot in the next few videos if I can't I'll cut it out. Anyway. Hey everybody so today in this series we're going to talk about pallets and reusable pallets and Spend the whole series is about spending less money being more environmentally conscious with what we do using reusable products rather than disposable products Helping to save money save our space save the environment right a little bit So hang on one second. I needed to grab this so while I do have this Which is a cutting board? It's a nylon or plastic cutting board Intended for the kitchen. I don't use it for the kitchen. I use it for when I'm doing serious acrylic painting and it has a piece of parchment paper or freezer paper binder clipped to it just because it makes cleanup a little easier for me and I Usually save the paper and reuse the paper and collage So that's going to be part of the message here is not only figuring out What to change up in the way you do things to make things Reusable but reusing what isn't recyclable. So This parchment paper once it has acrylic paint on it's not recyclable And it may not be recyclable where I am anyway because it has slightly waxy finish and or the state of Oregon It's kind of picky about what paper you recycle so But that being said usually by the time I'm done and when I'm using this palette I'm usually doing a lot of color mixing and when I'm done This is usually really full of all kinds of fun colors of paint. I usually scrape off the big blobs I usually have a random canvas or a big piece of poster board laying around that I'll smear paint on and at some point that in itself that big piece of poster board will become a finished piece of artwork But the paper and what's paint is left on it is a great piece of collage So I'll clip it up somewhere out of the way and let it dry And then I'll put it in my paint painting paper bin And I'll either pass it on to one of my design team members or a friend or I'll use it in collage or Sometimes I'll wrap up happy mail in it or something like that It makes interesting paper. So that's one thing you could do now You don't have to do this that is this is an island cutting board. You could wash this cutting board off After each use that being said my current new house currently doesn't have a utility sink This cutting board is too big for the sink that I do use. So I need to figure out a way that's Easier for me to clean it that doesn't use 20 million baby wipes I do use baby wipes in my art room and paper towels, but I don't use that many of them because once you use them They're trash. I never reuse them for collage. I know a lot of people do and you definitely could do that I don't so I ended up that with a stack of dried baby wipes. What do I do with them throw them away? So I'm trying to Not create so much garbage With this parchment paper, I do I do use parchment paper and deli paper in my work So that is something I would use so for me covering this with the parchment or deli paper and Using that as a base and then just picking it up when I'm done that works for me That works really well for me. Sorry the camera is going out of focus. It's got nothing to focus on but something It's white. So that really works for me for you. You might have access to utility sink and you might be able to in a safe way get the Board clean without Sending all the paint remnants down the sewer system because so that's another thing We're going to discuss in a future video. So that's another thing. I was trying not to do any more than absolutely Necessary So this really works for me for large projects and large paint mixings. However, I also use these So these are variety of found objects and things from the kitchen department at different stores Especially Daiso and Target This is actually our very first set of dishes girl I Go away of safe dishwasher safe. Oh, sorry Martha Stewart Pattern, it's like I have think I have two of these teacups left. That's the only things I have left I use it generally for water Or from watering down inks sometimes occasionally If I have my I have one that I keep my little small mini torch in when I'm doing Resin to blow bubbles out. It just keeps it from when it's hot tilting over you can kind of stand things up in it But I do use this a lot These are from Daiso. They're intended for Saki or soy sauce. I use these a lot This is a disposable Single scoop ice cream cup from Las Vegas from a trip to yes I literally washed it out put it in my carry on and brought it home with me It's a again. It's a great cup for putting a little water in or watering down some ink in to do some splattering I love this cup This is from these are from these are I don't know how well you're gonna be able to see these on camera But these are from salads the ready-made salads where you get you buy the whole kit and then you just dump everything in a bowl and eat it These are great That's the same thing putting watercolors in watering down ink or paints in and using them using these as pellets And they wash up actually pretty well, and you're not sending them straight into the trash can You're at least reusing them at least once before it goes gets thrown away So that's kind of a theme reusing it as much as possible before it does finally go in the trash These are all from Target I love these plates not only for acrylic paint, but watercolors all of these I use with watercolor paint they're Different kind of plates. This one's plastic. These are ceramic They can wipe up with baby wipes or one of my rags that I showed in a prior video And I can just get the wet rag damp And especially with the ceramic ones then just wipe it off put the rag in the dirty rag bin the pallets clean put it away And I'm good to go I Try not to clean these with a lot of baby wipes or Paper towels because then I'm just creating trash and that's not what I'm intending to do so I try to use a damp rag or I go into my Room that I do use to wash things up with and I have a particular way of washing things so that the water doesn't go down the drain and I again use a rag or a kitchen sponge We're gonna go over that in a different video, but that's what I do. What do you do? do you have some ideas of what we could all do to be more environmentally conscious and Responsible with our art tools and supplies and how we clean up and how we create art in our space I would love to hear them in the comments below if you want to support The free content here on YouTube and over in the Facebook groups You can click on the link tree link in the description below when you do that you're gonna find Places to follow me on social media like Instagram and Twitter. 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