An Erma Bombeck moment.
 

My Husband and are sitting here tonight watching TV . A commercial comes on touting the superior absorbancy of a certain brand of paper towel. At the end of the commercial I find myself saying with all agreeance "yeah that's a great paper towel".

It struck me then how becoming a "Professional Portrait Artiste" will have made me an expert in at least nothing else, knowing which paper towel kicks butt.

Linda, so which one is the best?

Viva does not leave any lint on an oil painting if you are wiping off. My vote anyway.

For me it's Bounty Select-a-size.

Each sheet is about half the size of the other brands, which works out fine 90% of the time. Of all the tools in the bag, I think this one would be missed most.

Costco's Kirkland brand doesn't leave lint and, if you've got room to store a bunch of huge rolls, is a great price.

This discussion brought to mind a quotation from Pablo Picasso: "When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine."

Bounty for me
 

I am happy with my Bounty paper towels, though I admit I use them because that's what I buy for the kitchen. But I hardly ever use them to wipe the canvas, I wipe off my brushes in them while I'm painting. Maybe I should be using cheap rags?

Joan

I'm a Bounty half sheet fan too, Mike.

Chuck, what a wonderful quote! Too many people are learning how to write about art and not enough people are learning how to do it, are they?

Well, what a relief :)
 

And here I was feeling like I wasn't a "good artist" because I use paper towels, not rags!