I was featured in the March April 2012 edition of the Old Towne Orange Plaza Review, Local Talent. You can read the whole article here. Read more »
Old Towne Orange Plaza Review features Patrick Smith
Paint
At one time, mixing lead with pigment and linseed oil made paint. Turpentine was used as a thinner. Sign enamels came into use as a specialty product so they would flow from the brush. Today we have synthetic acrylic paints that are formulated for signs and artwork. They clean up […] Read more »
The Mahl Stick
The Mahl Stick is a very popular tool with most sign painters, myself included. It is a stick with a soft leather or padded round head used by sign painters to support the hand that holds the brush. Read more »
Brushes
Sign writing brushes are unique and difficult to find, but not impossible in this day of computer generated signs. Show card writing brushes, made of sable are not manufactured anymore. Sign Writing Brushes are unique in that the hair is chiseled or squared at the tip, the ferrule made of […] Read more »
The Pencil
There are many ‘tools of the trade’ and I guess the first to consider would be the pencil. It is with this tool that most sketches are started and concepts made a reality. The first pencil utilizing a wooden holder was said to be created by an Italian couple for […] Read more »