Favorite Drink when painting

[NerdyOgre254]

So what do you drink when you are painting miniatures?
personally, i go for a cookies and cream tea with 4 sugars. gets me going like nothing else.

 

[uberdark]

diet mountain dew.

its the stuff for us diabetic mini painters.

 

[wiccanpony]

Pepsi:beer:

 

[lizcam]

smirnoff Green apple twisted 5. Or water if I want to paint long term. beer if I have nothing else to drink. mostly water

 

[Gilvan Blight]

Usually nothing. Way back I mistook the cup with the mixing water for the cup with the pop in it, at least twice. That may be why.

I paint so infrequently, and when I do it\'s usually for a fairly short time so I don\'t usually bring anything to drink into my painting area. I have taken a break but stepping into the next room, chilling on the couch and enjoying something to drink while I re-focus. I generally drink some form of pop, usually Cola.

 

[matty1001]

Turps.

Im hardcore :]

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Originally posted by uberdark
diet mountain dew.

its the stuff for us diabetic mini painters.

Watch out for that stuff..It gave me Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) If I drink it now I get heartburn so bad it feels like chesyt pains like Im having a heart atack.. and so you dont say make sure your not having a heart attack Ive been through the whole thing already.

 

[doomsayer]

beer or water, sometimes beer with water or water with beer.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Redbush & Vanilla Tea.
I have to limit my caffine intake or I end up with my Menieres Syndrome bitching at me.
So it\'s One or two cups of proper Coffee per week and two cups of Ordinary tea a day. Decaffinated tea I can have as many as I like.
Occasionaly I \'ll have a bottle of Spring Water with Real Ginger in it. Refreshing.

 

[Highbulp Billy]

Always strong tea with lots of milk and sugar. Except when Mrs Highbulp is away the I tend to have a bottle of wine within easy reach (although I think I need it more when she\'s around )

 

[Yetie]

I\'m with you Billy a nice bottle of red wine goes down well, one last\'s about 2 days. Other than that I might have a bottle of bitter, I\'ve stoped drinking coffee or tea after I finish work these days otherwise I dont sleep!!!!

 

[freakinacage]

i get a double cup of tea with milk and 2 sugars. it\'s usually cold byt the end but i like it like that

 

[Highbulp Billy]

Yep, I always go for the bucket-cup with milky tea, about the size of two big mugs and saves having to keep getting up to make fresh ones. I remember once - a long time ago - moveing the coffee machine next to the painting area and staying up all night painting and drinking coffee until I was shakin so much from the caffeine buzz that I couldn\'t hold the minis properly. Oh, those were the days...

 

[Prophaniti]

Tea, milk, no sugar. Need-the-caffiene.:bouncy:

 

[Ritual]

Coffee or a nice beer. Sometimes when I paint late at night I have a small glass of whiskey. Never too much of either though, as too much coffee makes the hands shake and too much alcohol... well \'nuff said!

 

[Avelorn]

Water mostly while painting.. anything else messes up my saliva for the brush-licking routine!

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by Avelorn
Water mostly while painting.. anything else messes up my saliva for the brush-licking routine!

I see coffee or beer residues as an exotic additive to my paint! Whiskey residues are for the truly extravagant miniatures. Which reminds me... I\'m out of whiskey and I\'ve got a bunch of competition entries for Ravage Mix Open to paint! :]

 

[Avelorn]

Originally posted by Ritual

Originally posted by Avelorn
Water mostly while painting.. anything else messes up my saliva for the brush-licking routine!

I see coffee or beer residues as an exotic additive to my paint! Whiskey residues are for the truly extravagant miniatures. Which reminds me... I\'m out of whiskey and I\'ve got a bunch of competition entries for Ravage Mix Open to paint! :]

\"No, no.. I\'m not an alcoholic just because I drink every night.. I just need it for my paint, really!\" lol

 

[frenchkid]

Originally posted by freakinacage
i get a double cup of tea with milk and 2 sugars. it\'s usually cold byt the end but i like it like that

Wow, that\'s exactly what I do to.Little bags of Twinings Earlgray Tea with bergamot. I probably drink 2L of that per day

 

[Ritual]

Originally posted by Avelorn
\"No, no.. I\'m not an alcoholic just because I drink every night.. I just need it for my paint, really!\" lol

An artist never becomes an alcoholic... just fashionably self-destructive!