An Erma Bombeck moment.

[Joan Breckwoldt]

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

[Linda Nelson]

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

[Michele Rushworth]

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?

[Julie Deane]

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

[Jen Reinstadler]

I am a rag user!

I have three growing, wardrobe-abusing kids. My husband crashes through thickets to hunt and fish whenever he gets a chance. I am a painter (enough said). I am not exactly a die-hard recycling type, but I am a tight wad. And I cringe to throw out that many cotton and cotton-poly t-shirts. So I haven't used a paper towel for years.

[Michele Rushworth]

Do you just throw the cloth rags in the laundry when they get too much oil paint on them?

[Mary Sparrow]

I do the same as Jen. We have enough old/ruined with stain shirts around here to last a lifetime, and I don't see that ending anytime in the near future. I TOO am a tightwad.

Michelle, I do not wash those rags. Im too afraid of the warning sign on the washer and drier with the blatant warning picture of an explosion!LOL So I just toss in the trash when they are no longer useful. But I will say, some last for quite a while depending on what they get used for.

I do have a few rolls of paper towels in the closet for emergencies. Bounty.

[Vianna Szabo]

I keep a stash of Viva in my pantry just for painting and woe to those in my family who dare to bring that into the kitchen instead of the Dollar General brand.

Vianna