A carrying case for wet canvas. The carrying case includes a base having a sidewall extending perpendicularly away therefrom, thereby defining an interior volume. A lid is securable to the sidewall, such that the lid encloses the interior volume when secured thereto. A tension bar is disposed on the base within the interior volume, wherein the tension bar can telescopically move between an extended position and a retracted position. A linear distance between a first side of the tension bar and a second side of the tension bar is greater when in the extended position. The first and second ends are designed to frictionally engage an interior surface of a canvas frame, thereby maintaining a position of the canvas within the interior volume such that an exterior of the canvas is preserved.

The present invention relates to a device for thoroughly cleaning paint rollers. The device is comprised of a paint roller cleaning device comprised of a first half, comprised of an opening and at least one connector. The first half attaches to a second half having at least one opening and at least one notch. The connector can connect to a hose to allow water to be supplied to the device. After a paint roller has been placed into the opening of the second half, the roller can be secured to the second half by positioning the stem and handle of the roller into the notch and wherein water can flow through the opening of the first half into the second half and out the opening of the second half to clean the paint roller.

The current invention is a process, method and device for enhancing an art composition. The device for enhancing an art composition is comprised of specialized pieces that make up completed and non-completed illustrations within a user's art composition or drawing. The invention can be used with any art medium including but not limited to, chalk, paint, marker, ink, pencil and charcoal. It can be used by people with autism.

The current invention is a process, method and device for enhancing an art composition. The device for enhancing an art composition is comprised of specialized pieces that make up completed and non-completed illustrations within a user's art composition or drawing. The invention can be used with any art medium including but not limited to, chalk, paint, marker, ink, pencil and charcoal. It can be used by people with autism.

A paint swatch test device includes a transparent or translucent substrate, such as a sheet of polymeric material, and a plurality of different primer coating patches on the substrate. The patches preferably form a grayscale series of neutral white and gray primer patches having stepwise increments in light reflectance values. The patches can also be provided on an opaque substrate. The color suitability and/or hiding power of a topcoat paint desired to be applied to a surface to be painted can be determined by coating the topcoat paint on at least a portion of a surface of the transparent or translucent substrate, providing a grayscale series of patches between the paint coating and the surface to be painted, and observing the appearance of the paint coating where patches are beneath the coating and where patches are not beneath the coating.

A paint roller removal tool has two semi-cylindrical portions and a hinge connecting them to form a cylinder in the closed position. By squeezing the cylinder, over top of a paint roller cover, first and second inner rings engage the roller cover to remove paint as the paint roller removal tool is moved from one end to another. One, two, three or more passes can be made to remove paint from the roller cover. Squeezing the cylinder further allows firm gripping of the roller cover to enable it to be removed from the paint roller frame and/or attached to the paint roller frame without a hand ever touching the roller cover.

A carrier for artists' painting panels or stretched canvases allows wet paintings to be transported in a protected way, important for use by plein air painters and also for protecting finished paintings. A series of frame bars can easily be assembled by their corners in the field to form a frame that can carry at least two painted panels or stretched canvases. The frame bars are universal in that each can be used with another of any length, so that one can select from among a collection of bars of various lengths to assembly a frame of a needed size. The frame holds at least two painted canvases arranged face-to-face. Corners can be secured together by different means. The canvases are held securely in place in the frame.

A carrier for artists' painting panels or stretched canvases allows wet paintings to be transported in a protected way, important for use by plein air painters and also for protecting finished paintings. A series of frame bars can easily be assembled by their corners in the field to form a frame that can carry at least two painted panels or stretched canvases. The frame bars are universal in that each can be used with another of any length, so that one can select from among a collection of bars of various lengths to assembly a frame of a needed size. The frame holds at least two painted canvases arranged face-to-face. Corners can be secured together by different means. The canvases are held securely in place in the frame.

A paint roller cover cleaner including an enclosure for a roller cover, a high pressure pump and a nozzle supplied with pressurised fluid which directs a jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to rotate the roller cover and facilitate cleaning. In one embodiment a carriage moves the nozzle along the length of the roller cover to effect cleaning along the length of the roller cover. In another embodiment a plurality of controllable nozzles are provided at intervals along the length of the roller cover. In another embodiment the nozzle includes an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve which relatively rotate to align apertures in the respective sleeves to produce jets sequentially along the nozzle.

A caulking assisting device has of a fixed frame mounted to a filler coating-supplying device, a rolling part mounted to the fixed frame, a movable frame and an elastic element. The positioning frame has a pair of first limiting recesses and a pair of second limiting recesses. The movable frame is pivoted to the fixed frame and is rotatable, and a tapered roller is pivoted at the end of the movable frame. Meanwhile, the elastic element is disposed on the movable frame, while a positioning protrusion is located at both ends respectively. As a result, the tapered roller can be moved to a use position and a non-use position by the rotation of the movable frame, thereby switching between the rolling part and the tapered roller while in use.