A passing thought....

[fogie]

Anyone who has a dog, or who has ever taken one for a walk, will know
that they are obsessed with smells. With noses glued to the ground and
tails at the wag ecstatically, they sniff their way about, trailing something
smelly - if they could speak they would probably say "Hmm....Yummy!".

Humans of course with better things to do don't normally share this source
of fun - until that is, they return to their workbench and become aware again
of that glorious smell of oil paint. A mixture of linseed, pigment, and all the
other aromatic stuff so addictive that they find themselves leaning forward
a bit to sniff more deeply......Hmm....yummy !

Mike

 

[Dr Bison]

The poor acrylic painters! For them, only the smell of water...

 

[Nap]

Hi Mike


You can't beat the smell of blending medium in the morning ........

Got to go there's a man in a white coat outside .....lol

The poor acrylic painters! For them, only the smell of water...

Nice with gin ......

Stay safe you Oily's

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[fogie]

Wilco..........agree with you about the gin

Mike

 

[Chris Oldfield]

I used to like the smell of oil paint, but it was the smell of turpentine which nearly finished me off. Humbrol enamel thinners has the same effect, makes me cough like I’ve just smoked 40 Benson & Hedges!

That’s why I started using Tamiya acrylics through the airbrush, & the dark side of Vallejo for everything else........

 

[Babelfish]

Verlinden resin used to be my modelling high of choice.

- Steve

 

[Chris Oldfield]

I now prefer sniffing whiteboard marker pens myself......

 

[Henkm]

The poor acrylic painters! For them, only the smell of water...

I suggest thinning with iso-propyl alcohol then.

I now prefer sniffing whiteboard marker pens myself......

Alas, we have now gone full e-learning. Fortunately after a week of stomach upset and generally feeling meh I could sniff my oils and turps again.

 

[Wayneb]

Anyone who has a dog, or who has ever taken one for a walk, will know

that they are obsessed with smells. With noses glued to the ground and

tails at the wag ecstatically, they sniff their way about, trailing something

smelly - if they could speak they would probably say "Hmm....Yummy!".



Humans of course with better things to do don't normally share this source

of fun - until that is, they return to their workbench and become aware again

of that glorious smell of oil paint. A mixture of linseed, pigment, and all the

other aromatic stuff so addictive that they find themselves leaning forward

a bit to sniff more deeply......Hmm....yummy !



Mike

Mike ….You should have been a poet.....I personally prefer the subtle smell of acrylics and walking my two dogs down the street, and then holding my breath as I casually use a doggie bag and nonchalantly pick up the shit from my neighbors yard and I think to myself "Oh, what a wonderful world".

Wayne

 

[David Spencer]

Yes! The smell of model paints does evoke memories and happy feelings.
This hobby is meditation - no doubt about it.

 

[housecarl]

Isoflurane for me.

 

[billyturnip]

Oil paints and thinners, ok. I get that but there is no smell like a new book.
My wife thinks I'm some kind of weirdo sniffing a new book before having a read..... or looking at the pictures.
Roger.

 

[DEL]

Oil paints and thinners, ok. I get that but there is no smell like a new book.
My wife thinks I'm some kind of weirdo sniffing a new book before having a read..... or looking at the pictures.
Roger.

I'd have thought after all the time you've spent in Aberdeen it'd be bicycle seats .......

 

[billyturnip]

I'd have thought after all the time you've spent in Aberdeen it'd be bicycle seats .......

Gone off that Derek, they all smell like trawlers.

 

[housecarl]

Looking at the pictures.
Roger you must be novelty, an academic dabber.

 

[billyturnip]

Looking at the pictures.
Roger you must be novelty, an academic dabber.

Even more so Carl considering I was of the Gunner variety. They aren't even allowed crayons to colour the pictures in.

 

[housecarl]

Yeah, but you found the golden rivet.
Whereas, I've always preferred plastic.

 

[billyturnip]

Golden rivet? Too busy sniffing BR 67 Admiralty Manual of Seamanship for those kind of shenanigans.

 

[housecarl]

OK?

 

[billyturnip]

OK?

I wont be commenting further.... I'm in danger of denying just a bit too much.
I might have to order some of those legs at work, I've got the top half, although it's a bloke and an arm, complete with hand.