sciencewonk Posted November 17, 2021 #1 Share Posted November 17, 2021 My wife is an artist and wants to do paintings and sketches while on our cruise. We have a Neptune Suite, so she's already claimed the desk against the veranda window. Does anyone know if there are art supplies (paints, etc) that are not permitted on the ship? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Andi Land Posted November 18, 2021 #2 Share Posted November 18, 2021 You might want to call Ships Services to see what they have as a list of prohibited items. I’m not familiar with painting supplies so I’m no help there. Hopefully someone else will have guidance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted November 18, 2021 #3 Share Posted November 18, 2021 What media does she use? I’ve taken my watercolors on most cruises and nothing has been said. Note that the paints are poured on the palette already. Years ago someone posted about getting stopped by TSA for having small watercolor tubes in their check on. They thought they were bullets on the security X-ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartgrove Posted November 18, 2021 #4 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Using oils would require turpentine which would probably be a no-no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribbean Chris Posted November 18, 2021 #5 Share Posted November 18, 2021 The only thing that comes to my mind is a brush cleaning solution such as mineral spirits or any other flammable products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamOp Posted November 18, 2021 #6 Share Posted November 18, 2021 It's been done before... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciencewonk Posted November 20, 2021 Author #7 Share Posted November 20, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 9:13 PM, TiogaCruiser said: What media does she use? I’ve taken my watercolors on most cruises and nothing has been said. Note that the paints are poured on the palette already. Years ago someone posted about getting stopped by TSA for having small watercolor tubes in their check on. They thought they were bullets on the security X-ray. Thank you. My wife says she plans on using watercolors. She's also had the TSA issue with pastel tubes, which look like bullets on x-ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon6732 Posted November 20, 2021 #8 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Years ago I watched a series of shows. It was this guy who sailed on Holland America. He travelled with his easel and paints and at the various ports he would get off the ship and paint scenery in the area. Many had the Holland America ship in the background of the painting. For the life of me I can't think of his name or the TV series I saw it on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted November 21, 2021 #9 Share Posted November 21, 2021 1 hour ago, saxon6732 said: Years ago I watched a series of shows. It was this guy who sailed on Holland America. He travelled with his easel and paints and at the various ports he would get off the ship and paint scenery in the area. Many had the Holland America ship in the background of the painting. For the life of me I can't think of his name or the TV series I saw it on. Would that have been watercolors Gary Spetz? He had a few programs, including one on Alaska on HAL. Painting Wild Places was precursor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon6732 Posted November 21, 2021 #10 Share Posted November 21, 2021 53 minutes ago, TiogaCruiser said: Would that have been watercolors Gary Spetz? He had a few programs, including one on Alaska on HAL. Painting Wild Places was precursor. Yes that's it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted November 21, 2021 #11 Share Posted November 21, 2021 11 hours ago, TiogaCruiser said: Would that have been watercolors Gary Spetz? He had a few programs, including one on Alaska on HAL. Painting Wild Places was precursor. Do you know if some channel shows reruns of that show? Or if it is on demand somewhere, or on YouTube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted November 21, 2021 #12 Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, ontheweb said: Do you know if some channel shows reruns of that show? Or if it is on demand somewhere, or on YouTube? I haven’t seen either show on TV in maybe 9-10 years. If it helps, they were carried on PBS Create TV, I believe out of Minnesota. My hubby gave me a couple of the episodes as a gift. I still receive email updates on his workshops ( some of which have been onboard HAL, prior to the pause). Gary’s website sells some of the series here: https://spetz.teachable.com The second series was about finding subject matter to paint, and we suspect much of it was produced using Photoshop filters and not watercolor paint. We might be wrong. We enjoyed the painting episodes more, and watching his “batik” method of using mask extensively. Edited November 21, 2021 by TiogaCruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted November 21, 2021 #13 Share Posted November 21, 2021 1 hour ago, TiogaCruiser said: I haven’t seen either show on TV in maybe 9-10 years. If it helps, they were carried on PBS Create TV, I believe out of Minnesota. My hubby gave me a couple of the episodes as a gift. I still receive email updates on his workshops ( some of which have been onboard HAL, prior to the pause). Gary’s website sells some of the series here: https://spetz.teachable.com The second series was about finding subject matter to paint, and we suspect much of it was produced using Photoshop filters and not watercolor paint. We might be wrong. We enjoyed the painting episodes more, and watching his “batik” method of using mask extensively. DW is an elementary art teacher. Finding subjects for watercolors is important to her. (Her other art projects now are making quilts.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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