Modified Watercolor Palette
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- How to modify the mixing areas of a Heritage 18 well Watercolor Travel Palette. Supplies listed below and are easily found on the internet. Please look before asking
Palette: Heritage 18 Wells Folding Palette. www.cheapjoes.com
Trays: Plastic 3 inch Triangle Bead Trays
Paint: Daniel Smith Watercolors www.cheapjoes.com
Paint Tube Organizer: www.watercolorpto.com
Glue: Gorilla Glue or Epoxy
Sandpaper: Fine Tooth/Grit
Great idea . I’ll glue mine to the removable tray. My friend came up with that idea.
Great!
Thanks for the idea Brenda. Just one observation - carrying water to the palette on a brush is slow and inefficient, I use a small plastic pipette which carries more water and keeps the water clean.
Thanks so much Brenda, this is really helpful! I love the heritage palettes because they are so lightweight, and easily transportable...but this idea just made them even better!
TFS!
You're welcome!
Thanks so much for this tip. Those little triangle thingies are so inexpensive for a bunch and I have added them to my palette on the clear tray ( that was first scrubbed with an abrasive side of a kitchen sponge to diminish beading) that sits on a white piece of paper and also on a white ceramic tile I also use for mixing. A couple tips to share with you: the larger size white ceramic tile I use is a perfect inexpensive mixing surface that does not bead up. And those stains on the plastic are easily removed using an eraser used for graphite, a tip from a couple other YT videos , works even better than Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I have used both my prismacolor Magic Rub as well as a generic white plastic eraser, both work great.
Love helpful tips... Thanks for sharing!
I love modifying my palettes to suit my needs better! I’ve modified almost every palette I have ever owned. Marie’s 48 pan set, Jerry Q 24 set(bought for the palette itself mainly) a 24half pan folding tin(the common type with 2 fold outs) allowing the pan tray inside to clip on the side freeing up ALL mixing space even can be held by thumb ring that way it’s awesome. Recently I’ve been modifying the W&N Field Box to not only hold more half pans but also to have more mixing trays if needed. My current plan will offer me 30half pans and an additional mixing space all within the original form factor. Can’t wait to share how I did it!!
Sounds like me! Love to modify palettes to my needs.
I ordered the tube organizer. Finally someone figured out a great way to store tubes!
Linda, It is so handy!
Beautifully arranged watercolor palette. the warms and the colds are nicely arranged. Thanks for sharing. new friend here. Let's stay connected #LipsitaArt
i have that palettes, and the big Pike pallet. love watching you demonstrate, thank you.
Great idea Brenda. I stuck them onto my palette with Prestik and this made them easy to remove and clean.
Thanks!
Brenda, thanks for sharing these two amazing tips. The tube holder/organizer is genius! I can see how it'd be quick & easy to find the color tube you need in a plein aire box. :)
Sylvia Catalano, You're welcome!
Perfect Brenda, i noticed these recently on your demo video. I have ordered 3 here in England. Thank you 👍👩🏼🎨🎨😀
Gill Smith You're welcome!
Very helpful and great ideas! Thank you!😸
You're welcome!
Thank you! Great tips! I have the same palette and love the bead trays you used. Going to purchase them for my palette!
Glad to be of help😊
Brenda. I have that same water color palatte and the little tray is a lid to put over the same side it is on to keep any wet paints from getting in your pans when you close it up. I have been trying to figure it our for awhile and when I was watching you I suddenly had a thought about it and I was correct. wow, LOL Thanks for the idea for the pans.
Paula, Never thought of that either LOL! I still like the small trays better though. =)
Very good tips, Brenda! Thank you. I have a few of those palettes, and I'm going to put the trays in all of them.
Wow this is a great idea! I also tried something with my clear plastic trays. I spray painted them white with Krylon Fusion Plastic Spray paint since I had some on hand. Now I have extra mixing trays if needed.
Good idea. Hope the plastic doesn't repel paint too much.
Me too!!!
Fantastic to see your video and artwork.
Rodrick, Thanks for the positive feedback.
Brenda
I just use the clear plastic to hold my swatch card in place for the paints. Then use it for mixing on top if I need to since the back is white. Great MacGyvering from you, Mrs. Swenson!
Thanks!
Brenda, just put the clear tray on top of a white piece of paper n use away 🥰
Great idea!! As a beginner watercolorist, I find the large mixing space to be too small--my paint usually spreads farther in a space like that, but if I had a lot of little trays in it--now that might work! Thank you for the great idea!!
Robin, You're welcome!
What a great solution!!! Also I make a color template that i keep under the clear tray. i would glue the wells on top of it. :)
Katherine, I don't think the lid will close if you glue trays on top...check first.
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Great idea, I've had one of those palettes for years and haven't used it. With that adjustment, maybe I will. I like plein air, I also fund that palette not handy because too big to hold and no finger hook.
You're so right. I also paint plein air and trying to hold the palette is no fun.
I didn't show the bottom of the palette... but I also added an O-ring for a thumb ring. I attached it an industrial cloth tape. The O-ring is rubber and flexible and won't cut into your finger or thumb.
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As others have written here, I also thought that perhaps the clear plastic tray could be turned upside down prior to closing this up, to "seal" in each color in its little space for travel. Well, I recently took this palette on a trip (first time ever I painted outside of my home!) and the paints were not fully dry. 2 of them slid out of their little wells and made a mess in the center area. Even with that clear plastic tray in place, the front edge along the upper part of the "ramp" in each well is lower than the dividing sides, if this makes sense, so paint can still spill out. If only the manufacturer had thought about this just a step beyond ... So for me, note to self - never carry this in any orientation other than flat at the bottom of my bag! :-)
Unfortunately there is no way to keep wet paint from sliding out of wells in any palette. I always keep my palettes flat when transported.
Good to know, Brenda.
Ingegnoso.brava.non ci avevo pensato
Thank you.
Brilliant ! Thank you for the great tip ! 💞💫
Great tips! Thanks for sharing.
I have that palette. I painted a color chart of my watercolors and used the clear plastic part to protect my color chart. I usually only use the mixing areas on the other side.
Kate, You probably work smaller and detailed. I use puddles of color for bigger washes on 10x11 paper.
This is awesome. I was looking for some way to set up a travel palette. Thank you!
Karin, You're welcome!
Brilliant!
Thank you!
Yeah, I'm off to the internet, great ideas!👍🏻. Essie/Luv4art33
brilliant! thankyou so much 😉
Heather
You're welcome!
The clear insert is for use with highly staining pigments. Yours looks fairly pristine but I've had them get so stained you couldn't see the true color being mixed. I don't use plastic at all anymore for that reason.. just porcelain.
Pat, I've never used the clear tray for mixing...I don't like how the paint beads up. I agree porcelain is nice, but not realistic for working outdoors and travel.
I thought the clear tray was basically a cover to separate the large mixing area from your paints. That way if you're outdoors and have wet mixed paints on one side, when you close the palette the mixed areas won't contaminate your paint wells on the other site. Also, the clear tray is easier to clean up once you get to a sink.
Estrafalario that's exactly what I thought the clear palette was for, in case paints are wet when you close it, the paints won't mix.
Estrafalario that's exactly what I thought the clear palette was for, in case paints are wet when you close it, the paints won't mix.
Genius!!!
Great idea!! Thank you for sharing-
Interested to know what type/kind of watercolor brush you're using in this video? It looks like it is very versatile, holding a lot of pigment/water yet has a sharp tip for detail....
Tami Jacque, It's my da Vinci Maestro, series 35, size 12.
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Thank you!!
Brenda, I think the modification of the palette with the 3 bead trays is brilliant! But I was wondering "why not glue them in the clear plastic tray that comes out and leave the big mixing area free to do just that--mix"? I tried that with my palette and it works just fine and I have not lost the usefulness of the clear plastic tray.
Cynthia, The clear plastic tray is made with a plastic that does not allow paint to spread out and mix. It beads up terribly. Not useful for the way I paint which is more wet and painterly. I'm glad it works for you and your approach to painting.
The clear tray probably keeps wet paint from dripping onto the other side if you have to pack up before they all dry.
The palette has a nice seal so it won't leak...with or without the clear tray.
Brenda,do you have a list of what D'S colours are in this pallet anywhere?
You can find my list of paint colors here. Brenda
brendaswenson.blogspot.com/2017/07/modified-watercolor-palette.html?m=0
Where did the other big black one come from?
The black palette is a custom palette made by Craig Young in England. I've had it 15 years.
Greetings from Slovenia ... I have one problem when I compress watercolor paint from the tube to the palette (in order to create my own color palette) when the colors are drying ... they are grinning and I do not know why ... can someone advise me how to do this I fix it?
Tilen ART ,
Grinning... what does that mean?
can you share the Watercolor Palette link & small tringle Palette also
Palette:
www.jerrysartarama.com/mijello-fusion-air-tight-watercolor-palettes-0072048000000?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk96lBhDHARIsAEKO4xbyMcHsjxrGIlgI5GOWKH-JIyYy1Y-NRHrXaPn82vwjdek47PP29T8aAnxxEALw_wcB
Bead tray:
www.amazon.com/Triangle-Sorting-hinestones-Crystal-Painting/dp/B089N38SNJ/ref=asc_df_B089N38SNJ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=532660409450&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8759548883480488905&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013406&hvtargid=pla-1493951568167&psc=1