Chemistry Set XP400 Smithsonian

Chemistry Set XP400 for Smithsonian Box Cover Edition: 100 of 100 Hi Rez Size: 4271 X 2640 Pixels Year: Circa 1995

The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Chemistry Set. Banning toys with dangerous acids was a good idea, but was the price a couple generations of scientists? Original art by Mark Watts / Circa 1995 Smithsonian Chemistry Set XP400 Enjoy collecting a piece of History with your own NFT…Cheers. Mark Watts the Original G1 Transformer Artist from 1981 and beyond. This Illustration was Hand drawn with pencil and painted with an airbrush on hot press Illustration board / low tack frisket / acrylic paint.

-- No computers back then in 1993 used for art too expensive. --

All done by hand and was really very time-consuming. Process: many pencil sketches until the drawing is perfected, then drawing is transferred to smooth hot press illustration board.

Frisket is cut for every line you see on the drawing, to protect areas that are not to be sprayed with the airbrush. This piece was used and printed on the Smithsonian Chemistry Set XP400 Box Art

Smithsonian Chemistry Set XP4000 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-the-chemistry-set-70359831/

Thank you and enjoy collecting! Mark Watts