Rating ALL of My Travel Watercolor PALETTES (the BEST and WORST)
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2024
- In today's video I'll review and rate ALL of my travel watercolour palettes. I'll look at how portable each one is (looking at the dimensions and weight) as well as the good and the bad features of each (the number and quality of mixing wells, ability to connect to a travel easel, how many colours it can hold, etc). If you love one of the ones I have criticised let me know in the comments what you like about it and maybe you can change my mind. :)
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This was such an enjoyable video! My most often used palette for traveling is the portable painter classic with the additional slim pans. I dont want for anything when using that. But, i also enjoy collecting mini tra el palettes so it was fun to watch this. It goes to show that there is a lid for every pot (or palette for every artist 😂) and this video will help others.
Thanks, Lindsay! I just got the OG Portable Palette today (found it on sale!) and I think I’m going to like it, in spite of all my snarky comments about plastic palettes. The Art Toolkits are so fab for travel. It’s always fun to see different options. I remember when that Winsor and Newton Field Box and the Whiskey Painters were the only “fancy” ones I knew about. 😊
A note in favour of the Meeden "chunky metal" palette over the Schminke and Winsor & Newton: the metal flap with the multiple ink wells may not fold all the way down to the table, BUT Meeden have thought to roll the metal around the edge so that it will be less likely to cut you. Meanwhile the Schminke and W&N palettes have a raw metal edge, and I know someone who has accidentally cut themselves quite badly on it.
Yep. Whoever is making those metal pallets for Schmincke, those edges are like razor blades.
I love the art toolkit palettes. I took them in my hand luggage for my 14day trip overseas and have used them for many camping trips or just sitting out in my back garden. Thanks for all the information you provided.
Have a couple sizes, and the credit card version is my packable favorite!
Yes, I love them so much too! They have been a real game changer for the travelling artist. 😊
I bought the Winsor & Newton Cotman travel set and swapped out the Cotman pans for my favourite W&N professional pans and put a couple of ultra thin metal self stick tabs on the bottom to magnetise it - works a treat, and also my travel size 6 brush fits a treat! Not many slim palettes can store a brush, which is why I like this one so much. Very much enjoying your comparisons
Great idea! As far as the chunky palettes go, it’s surprisingly portable and lighter than the others. I’ll always have a soft spot for that palette. 😊
Valuable information Leslie. This video I think will save folks a lot of money and be helpful in making their choices for a travel kit. There’s nothing worse than having high expectations and being sorely disappointed when you get it in hand. Bravo.
That’s so true. I like to show products in a way that people feel like they can almost touch it. These days with online shopping it’s often tricky to understand what you’re buying! 😊
Fascinating to see such a wide array of palettes and a good reminder of just how subjective it is to find supplies that suit your life. I use the Meedan "chunky" palette and have been using it for nearly two years for ALL of my local urban sketching as well as travel by both car and plane, bus and train, for hiking trips. You name it. I took out the inside tray and used double stick tape to add in my pans. Mine holds 21 half pans at a total weight of 131 grams, so not very heavy, and the flopped part of the palette has never bothered me at all. I am a committed carry-on only traveler and I have never once thought the palette took up too much room in my bag or was too heavy, but maybe that's because I never felt I could justify the high price of the Art Toolkit set up. Also, I'd be refilling those teeny shallow Art Toolkit pans way too often. On a long trip I think I'd be running out of colors, but I suppose if you do mostly line and wash it would be ok. The big thing here is cost! Those Whiskey Painter all-in-ones cost over $150! Yikes. Maybe when the Meedan one breaks (and I don't think the hinge will last forever, that's for sure), I'll spring for a fancier, thinner, cheaper one, but honestly, after a point, it's sort of splitting hairs on weight. 130 grams is pretty darn light when you get right down to it.
Through the years, I learned that for me, lightweight is the most important.
My current travel palette is a handmade wooden one from a Korean guy (Charlie USK), and I like it because it has two large mixing wells and 4 smaller ones and holds 12 paints.
I put the palette, two waterbrushes, and one ink pen in a washcloth and have a small homemade sketchbook (lightweight too!). I can throw that in my bag and I don't realize I carry it. So I don't have to ask myself every morning if I want/feel/plan to paint. That's been life-changing for me.
I used the whiskey one in the past (without the reservoir) but this one I sometimes would not take with me because of the weight and regret not having it later in the day :( or carry it all day and feel the weight only to realize I could have done without ><
Another, much cheaper option I like is a plastic one from Daler Rowner (Lukas have the same) I stripped it down and it's basically a folded palette where I attach 3 to 6 half pans. The plastic they used is great for mixing colors as there's no beading and there's a lot of space for mixing.
This one is a very close second that I tend to bring with me when traveling.
I like it less because it's plastic, but I do enjoy it when using it in terms of practicallity.
Like you, I have used the chunkier metal palettes in the past and while I sometimes travel with them, they stay wherever I sleep, so I just bring them out in the evening.
The art tool kits one are on my wish list though ^^
I use Meeden watercolor tins for travel, and have been very happy with them. I replace the metal insert with foam core, which makes it lighter, and gives room for an extra row of pans. For the big cost savings, I can ignore a little writing in the corner of the main mixing surface. Yes, I would rather have an Art Toolkit Folio palette, but it will be $50 instead of $17 ($10 for the palette, and $7 for a bag of extra empty pans.) Your video helped me decide to upgrade to an Art Toolkit palette for my next trip, but I think many cost-conscious artists would rather spend the extra dollars on a good brush or a few tubes of paint.
I like to make videos like this one to help people make decisions because art supplies are soo expensive and online stores can only tell you so much. 😊
I've fell down a rabbit hole of travel palettes (bringing my watercolour kit abroad for the first time) and this was an excellent review that introduced me to a few alternatives!
I’m so glad this helps introduce you to some of the options! I hope you have happy painting adventures ahead. 😊
The biggest problem I’ve had with The Portable Painter Micro is I can’t find mine. 😂 But seriously, it’s been driving me mad for months now. I never used most of its “features,” but it fit everything from my smallest purse to tote bag. For me, its real value laid in forcing me to use limited palettes…often of the unconventional variety, as I’d toss whatever wasn’t in my regular rotation in there. It has also provided a secondary value: Keeping me from falling down an Art Toolkit rabbit hole, as I’ve forbidden myself that investment until/unless I can find the “Micro” that’s massive by comparison! 🤣
If you find it put a small key ring in the hole at the end of the water container/base. Then you can clip on a carabiner or lanyard and attach it to your keys or bag or jeans. That's how I remember where mine is 😂
I hope you find it soon! Ask your guardian Angel to help- works every time! 😇
Maybe in a pocket of your coat of last season? And I know what you mean with the Art Toolkit rabbit hole😅
Loved The Travel Watercolor Palettes. I took a heavier, clunky palette on my Hawaiian cruise and would have chosen a lighter palette if I had seen this video first. Loved the variety you shared and showing the features was really a plus. Thank you for the video and all the information. It will help with my next purchase.
Sounds like you just need to go on another cruise to try out the new palettes. 😉❤️
Thank you for the thorough information! I have a three week trip coming up and I have everything sorted except the travel palette. The Art Toolkit looks perfect for my carry on bag.
so helpful--thank you. Even your voice is calming.
I like to "travel" to the backyard to paint when possible, and also go into town to sit by the water and see the ferry boats, water and mountains. I have several of the palettes you have featured, and find your analysis interesting. I have an Art Toolkit and do like it for the compactness. It fits nicely into my art kit for "traveling"! Thanks for a great video. I am now a new subscriber.
Can you do a video on the art board you were showing?
Yes!! 😊
@@LeslieStrozAgreed, I want to know what is it!
Definitely would like to know what the green and yellow board is, thank you!
Please?
@@LeslieStroz Don't forget the supplier adds in the little metal stick ons that make the non-magnetic palettes stick too (Iike art toolkit).😁
Love love love my Art Toolkit Palettes. Thanks for sharing!
Just a tip. I tape my swatch card to the top of my Arttoolkit palettes, wrapped in clear packing tape. Then you don’t have a loose piece of paper to lose..
Great idea! 😊
I love the Cass Art tin, because it's so slim and elegant and has wells for so many colours. I do use the case to protect it in my bag from getting scratched. Only downside with this palette is the lack of pigment info for the colours - e.g. is the aliz crimson a lightfast hue or is it fugitive. The 'viridian' I think is actually PG7 I think so not labelling it a hue is misleading. So I would only use this palette for sketchbook work. But I really love the palette itself and will refill from tubes when I've used the quarter pans up.
I love also the W&N field box and use it quite a lot. I put self-adhesive metal strip on the bottom so it attaches to a magnetic drawing board, which works well. I think the all-in-one design is great and I don't find the mixing areas flimsy, although more depth would be useful. The little brush is cute but useless so I leave it at home.
I also like the cotman travel palette because it's slim and fits 12 colours, with 3 very decent mixing wells.
I quite like the portable painter micro, and also have attached metal strip to the bottom of the water well, which allows for attachment of the whole palette to a magnetic board. Have also seen people attaching the palette to a sketchbook by clamping it on with the thumb ring or by sliding one of the mixing areas between pages and clamping it. Choosing 6 colours was a challenge but good for exploring colour mixing. Although when you're out you may like more colours so you can work quicker without having to work so hard at colour mixing. I have seen the extra wells on youtube but have so far not been able to find them in the UK. It would be a definite bonus to have those.
Yes, I often use clips to attach my palettes to things, even sometimes the magnetic ones. I’m pretty confident that the Cass Art professional watercolours are Daler Rowney. I suspect this because DR used to make the EXACT same palette with the EXACT same colours, so I’d look there for the pigment codes. They possibly have a deal that they supply for Cass Art. Hope that helps! 😊
Perfect timing of this travel watercolor palettes. We will be traveling soon, plane, trains and automobiles and any guidance is helpful. Thank you!
Happy to help. I hope you find the perfect palette for your travels. 😊
Loved this video - I'm addicted to travel gear! I've just recently found and started using the art toolkit palette and love it (also made my own from a business card case).
I have the micro painter and agree that while it's totally Gold for cuteness- it is quite cumbersome to actually use.
I also quite like a cheap Honbay metal, 2 well travel palette- I took out the plastic pan insert and fit 18-21 pans of paint. I bring this one when I travel by car on summer trips of a couple months.
My sentimental favorite is the Winsor Newton all-in-one! I used this one exclusively for probably 40 years of plein aire sketching! The folding mix areas are flimsy but mine have never broken (the hinge on the middle pan section has broken). Perhaps because mine is so old, I think the quality might be better - anyway, I don't have the problem closing it that you have with yours. And, yes, the micro brush was never used and eventually got lost. I still love it - but rarely use it now.
For plein aire sketching, the business card thin palettes and a water brush suit my style perfectly(until the next great thing comes along).
Yes, those Winsor and Newton field boxes are a classic! I can imagine the older ones are sturdier, like everything else built 50 year ago (except me, lol). The Art Toolkit are definitely going to be the classics of this era. 😊
An absolutely fabulous review of all of these palettes, coming at the *perfect* time, because I'm going to be getting the Sendak roll, and my Winsor & Newton palette is officially "too chunky" for the roll, and I'm going to have to downsize. Couldn't have come at a better time. Thank you, Leslie, for your patient and thorough reviews!
You’re so welcome! How fun, setting up a new painting system! 😊
I loved this comparison Leslie. Travel palettes are so much fun. I seem to have different tastes to you and quite a few of the other commentors on here but that just adds to the fun. I'm not a fan of metal palettes for travel purely because they don't always get a chance to dry out properly and so they tend to rust. So my metal palettes are used as storage (52 pan) or as a studio palette (12-20 pans). My first palette was the Cotman one you showed, and I loved it so much I bought a second one. I find it really handy to be able to change out colors by swapping pans out of my storage palette into my desk or travel ones. I bought a portable painter micro palette for an extremely limited travel palette and loved it so much I bought a second one and the extension pans. I could have up to 16 colors in one now but mostly use between 5 and 8 in my two micros. One is set up for urban/flowers and the other landscapes/seascapes so they're both very different color wise. The water tray has a hole in the end so I attached a small key loop and can attach either a carabiner or lanyard to them if I want. I also stuck a magnetic tape strip on the bottom for use on my board if I want.
I haven't tried a wooden palette, they don't really appeal to me and I've noticed the cheaper ones don't always have a resin seal in the paint wells, which I think they should. I think the main reason they don't appeal is that you're stuck with whatever colors you put in them until they are used up. The micro pans are a different size to the normal ones but once you own a few you can still easily switch colors around on a whim or to suit your destination. The art toolkit would appeal to me more than a wooden palette for the same reason.
If the Winsor and Newton palette with the water bottle had been slightly longer it would have tempted me to buy it. I'd have pulled out the water bottle, (I always carry drinking water anyway) and stored a small travel brush, pen, pencil and eraser in there instead for a complete sketching kit. Unfortunately it's a little too short, bummer.
You have many great points and ideas here; thanks for sharing! I hear you about rust. I’m always really good about opening my palettes to dry when I get home, but I don’t think many people are. I totally agreed about metal palettes being too HEAVY for travel, with the exception of the Art Toolkit palettes, which are my current addiction. 😅
Thank you for your thorough review! I am adding the whiskey palette to my Christmas wish list right now🎨
Thank you for sharing your insight and experience.... very helpful indeed 😉
I’m happy to help! 😊
Hi Leslie. Thank you for taking the time to go through these travel palettes. Interesting comparisons. I just wanted to add that the JustGoSketching board you use does come with a metal plate to attach to a plastic palette. If that's the set up someone has that should be in an envelope in the kit. I've had my W&N cotman travel kit for over 30 years and it still looks great. So at least they used hard-wearing plastic on it. I'm sort of a big fan of the art toolkit now too. And at last, we have a Britsh stockist at Rosemary & Co. - yay!
This is so fun Leslie! The Windsor and Newtown box was my first - I got it at Glasgow School of Art when I was going there long ago and JUST gave it to my boys (with many times refilled pans!) It is so yellowed and yukky at this point. It is nice to skip the plastic altogether and there are so many options! Thank you for sharing our Tilda Palette - so happy it made it onto your favourites list.
Yes, my daughters Winsor and Newton also got really yellow and broken and awful. It’s one of the reasons I prefer metal or lovely wooden palettes like yours! ❤
I enjoyed your review. This is all very good information to know.
For any palettes that aren't magnetic you can buy metal self adhesive plates that you put on the back of your phone which I have done very successfully
Great idea.
I really enjoyed this review of all your pallets. I've been wondering how they compare to each other.
Thank you for these reviews! I’ve been looking at travel palettes but haven’t pulled the trigger because the small metal palettes that came with some of my watercolors worked well enough so far. But I would like to do more plein air painting, and it seems like the Art Toolkit palettes would work well for me.
Love seeing travel palette reviews! I think Art Toolkit is probably my favourite. I have all 3 sizes and love how customizable they are; also perfect size to slip them into the smallest travel cases. I do like both size Portable Painter palettes as well for the convenience of having something to hold my water, but I only use the larger size for car travel and in my larger cases/bags.
I have been tempted by that Schmincke palette in the past but the price has always prevented me from ordering it, now I don’t feel like I’m missing anything by skipping it!
Definitely save your money! Sounds like you already have a few of the best. 😊
What a thoughtful review of these palettes. Just wanted to add a historical note about the all in one like the Whiskey painter. I have a Winsor Newton all in one just like the Whiskey that I have had for about 30 years and it likely predates the Whiskey palette. I just mention it because one similar may come up on eBay at some point. It has all the same features and has no markings of the maker. If you reverse the orientation of this all in one Whiskey and lay the mixing palette on your thumb and the ring over you middle finger, the mixing palette is more stable.
Oh my goodness, I would love to see photos of that palette! I’m always looking for the older “original” all-in-ones (Rowney, which predated Daler Rowney) also makes one. I’ve been looking for years, but they always go for much more than my budget on eBay! 😊
W&N Cottman (plastic) still comes with a travelbrush ;-)
Got mine half a year ago. Love it.
I am camping at the moment and that is exactly what I brought. Plus a water brush, pencil, kneadable eraser, and a. A5 sized clipboard. Added a small container for water that I once bought as camping gear. And a lid from a jar as as an extra mixing area. Used that today, so happy that I brought it.
@@jvisser4848 perfect!
I love my portable painter. Use it all the time during my trips.
Such great info. Thank you for sharing.😊
I love the art toolkit and my Micro painters palette, which is perfect for work trips. If I have the space, I take a square version of the schmincke tin, which is packed. Fun video!
Thanks! Those all sound like great choices. 😊
First, I love your tutorials and take such delight in watching you create your tiny paintings. To me they're like, how does she fit so much interest and beauty on such a tiny space. I absolutely love them and think they would be an amazing and unique gift for friends.
I just ordered my first Art Tool Kit palette and can't wait to get my hands on it! I also like your small olive green and gold/yellow small easel with the magnetic strip and wonder if it's possible to purchase those somewhere? For me, less equipment is more :) Thank you so much for your variety of tutorials that share so much helpful information!! 🖌✏🎨🏚🥀
I saw that triad stencil- very cool! I hope you like your Art Toolkits as much as I do mine. 😊
I have had the art toolkit (credit card size) for a couple years and had to make a couple modifications to make it easier to use with my plein air kit. It is also not very durable. It is my favorite when I travel (very compact) but have discovered it is more fun to make my own tiny palettes for plein air. I only need 4-5 colors when I am out and about.
I loved watching this, it traveling is not in my stars anymore I do have the Etchr,so I’m off to see your video on that. Thank you. I truly enjoy your videos.
those magnetic palettes look really cool! 😮
I love them so much ❤
I like skinny pallets. My favorite is actually that 15 well plastic one Daniel Smith has for those 6 color sets. I simply mix on the top 'cause I'm not bougie. I also like the skinny Daler Rowny one (the first pallet I ever purchased) but those half pans are not standard, so one needs tube paint to make it refill useful.
As for airplanes, none of those pallets shown are a "weight issue", they don't weigh anything, imho ... less than a bar of soap.
I may give those Art ones a try. They look interesting. Thanks for the comparison, very useful. 👍
Nice video. I love my whiskey painters palette..it's so cute :P but i always end up going back to a standard metallic palette like the w&n or meeden one because of the mixing space. also not a fan of open water container. Thanks for sharing, always interesting to see other artists travel kits :)
Thank you so much for explaining
It's really going to help me in long-run
Yay! 😊
I really like the Natsume honeycomb palettes, and the way you can bring multiple palettes or mixing trays with you and they all hold together with magnets! :)
I'm loving the GoDraw mini palette that I got for myself, the one that's 2x2" when it's open, and has a matching-sized sketchbook. I put gouache in that one because I'm also experimenting on using gouache in different ways, and it's been pretty fun for me so far :)
My first watercolour travel pan was the Winsor & Newton Cotman travel pan, and it comes with a water brush, and 12 colours, and the lid has 6 sectioned water mixing trays. It's plastic, but I don't mind it. It works pretty good for me :)
I would love to see a video on small, portable plein air easels that could attach to a telescopic tripod. Sometimes, when I'm out painting, I use my cane to sit down at (my cane can fold out into a tripod seat!) and it's still very awkward holding everything in my hand, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on small travel easels that doesn't take up much space for carrying, since I'm using up one hand for my cane already.
Great review on palettes.
Still need to watch almost the entire video but wanted to thank you in advance for adding both inches and centimeters. Everyone can do that but it is awesome that you took that necessary step a ay for a lot of us ❤
I would love to get the Art Toolkit one(s) and the Cass Art one. Not sure if shipping is doable from UK for me so need to research but if I lived in the US I would definitely already have bought at least 1 but probably 2 of the Art Toolkit ones. Didn’t know about the Cass Art palette yet so that was a nice surprise and maybe even an actual shopping list item. Enjoyed all the experience info added of not only yours but also friends and family’s experiences since all those are just 1 person’s opinions indeed
It's my understanding that Rosemary & Co, UK, carries the Art Toolkit now.
I am going to travel for two months and are bringing several Art Toolkit palettes and take extra pre filled pans with me and put some mixing wells on a magnetic sheet al la Brenda Swenson (she made a video about it). I also bring an extra Herring palette with 16 big wells as a back up and for larger paintings. I have a Fome palette too but I find it too heavy. This afternoon I filled my Cotman travel box with 12 great colors because I just love filling palettes. It is very lightweight and I love it because it has 3 big wells. Nice for hiking. We are going by camper so the weight is not a problem.
I have quite a few of those. I like the Art Toolkit but favor my Daler Rowney quarter pan over it. I have an antique like it but with a fold out flap which is even better. For my chunky I have two vintage Winsor Newton with the water wells like the old Robersons. I cansay I care for many of the modern palettes, except for the Art Toolkit and Daler Rowney. You call it Cass Art but I bought nit as a Daler Rowney. I have a brass sample version of that Winsor and Newton big one with enameled flaps for mixing and a built in water bottle. It holds 15 half pans. I don’t like plastic at all. The Whisky Painters and the Schmincke are both made by FOME in Italy. Daler Rowney made an all in one with a palette attached to a water bottle with cup and mixing flap.
I actually purchased Etchr mini palette (19 wells) after watching your videos, though I don't use it for watercolor. I sculpt with air dry clay and paint them with acrylics, including inks. I love acrylic ink transparency, smoothness, and effects but when I mixed them in standard palettes they dried out too quickly. The Etchr palettes are the perfect depth to mix small bits of acrylic ink that give me just enough time to accomplish the detail work with those colors. It really changed the game for me. I would not, however, advise them for watercolor travel palettes, like you said. They are fragile and heavy, and certainly transport better than most other ceramic palettes, but unless you were planning an extended stay somewhere or did painting indoors they aren't that useful. Thanks for the thorough review!
What an amazing discovery for the Etchr! I could see how that would be the perfect size. 😊
The art toolkit is definitely a favorite, the pocket size is the smallest I could go for and the folio is the most suitable size for me. They all fit basically anywhere !
I love them too. 😊
Lol.. I use a Whiskey Painter Private Stock that holds 18 half pans, has 2 large pans up top for mixing and 5 mini pans below.. it is the perfect size. I also have the art toolkit but find it too fiddley for regular use.. nice for an isolate vacation where you only are doing a few odd urban sketches... that's it. Save your money, use what you have.. they all work fine!
Yes, I’m a big fan of using what you have. I think a lot depends on what size you like to paint too. I mostly paint small when I travel, so the Art Toolkit is great for that. Your larger Whiskey Painters palette sounds divine! ❤
@@LeslieStroz Yes.. love me that whiskey painter tin - they stopped selling it years ago.
Thoughtful rating scale :) Your reviews are practical and help us to make informed decisions. TY
My Schmincke palette with the water in did exactly the same as yours - so I kept the paint and threw the palette away. An expensive mistake. I too got the W&N plastic all in one but don't like mine either so don't use it. Love my art toolkit ones (thanks for the heads up that Rosemary&co sell them in the UK) but I have ordered the Cass Art one as well. But I still will often carry my chunkier Roman Szmal palette because I adore his paints but he doesn't do tubes and often only full pans. So I just take my faves when out and about and you can always pop the art toolkits in as well. I always end up carrying too much but I'm either walking from home of driving so it's just fine. This is a great video review. Thank you.
Yes, the A Gallo paints are like that for me (only available in half pans). 😊
Thankyou Leslie, I'm always looking for improved travel wc pallets and your video was very informative. I agree with just about all your awards. My plastic Winsor Newton pallet years ago I put artist quality paints into it, and it has traveled well. I learned to allow wc to mix on the paper and I'm less than fond of plastic but when I fly, the metal pallets are too heavy..plus security at the bording areas tend to frown on metal in the carry on.. so I make do.
That’s interesting about metal palettes and security; I’ve never had that problem. Yes, plastic is lighter… these days the Art Toolkit is my favourite for travel. The best thing is that there are so many options these days, unlike even a decade ago.
@@LeslieStroz the Art Tool kit is on my wish list..
My favorite palette is housed in a black Meeden tin ... I actually love that the bottom flap remains horizontal to the table, My mixes don't travel as much because the surface is pretty flat. That said, I've had a mid sized Art Toolkit for years and this year I treated myself to a Folio and the Folio has become my "stays in my bag" palette. I have also taken the pocket palette out to paint on vacation or to figure drawing and it can hold it's own. My next vacation I'll probably just bring my Folio.
I’m glad you like your Meeden. Isn’t it funny how we all prefer different features? 😊
thank you for the video ❤. Could you please make a video about all your peg&awl things?
I sort of already have. 😅 The Scout Box and the Sendak each have dedicated videos. Then there’s the Tilda, which I showed here, the Aspirin tin sketchbook, and I have one of their tote bags. 😊
Hi! Thanks for the video! I'm a HUGE travel watercolor palettes fan. My biggest disappointment, probably, was the Etchr ceramic palette. I've lusted over it for a really long amount of time and I paint with tiny brushes pretty often, but it's just somehow not very fun because it's just not working for me. I do want to love it however! I think what hinders me is how it's stored. There is someone on etsy who has designed another holder for it, shaped like a compact powder, which I found to be incredibly intriguing, but sadly they aren't shipping to Germany currently which is a bummer as I feel that this would be a game changer for me.
My favorites are the Bijou Box, Art Toolkit pocket palette and both Pocket Painters - the small and the big one. Love them! Other than that, there's also the Cloverleaf Paintbox. It's plastic however, but I don't know, something just clicks with me when I see it.
I absolutely love my ArtToolkit palettes. I’ve been buying from this company for years and have all of their sizes. The company has excellent customer service and I’ve ordered many other things from them (they have travel brushes from Rosemary & Co) and other painting accessories. I highly recommend them. 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Yes! I love the recent collaboration between Rosemary and Art Toolkit- it was the subject of one of my previous videos. The Rosemary & Co travel brushes are my favourites. 😊
I love the quality and feel of my Whiskey Painters palettes and use them at home, but I travel with the Art Toolkit pocket palette and a mini Sendak from Peg and Awl.
You are my art twin in that. 😅
The Whiskey Painters and Schmncke boxes at the end are probably made by the Italian company Fome. 'Old Holland have the same type of box and I am pretty sure Winsor&Newton used too have it.
Yes, that’s what I thought too, yet the Whiskey Painters seem so much better. Maybe they give the discards to Schmincke. 😉
Holbein have the one Cornellissen do without the water bottle attachment, comes with 8 half pans, which I prefer as it's lighter and I can carry more water in my drinking bottle. I think they are all from the Italian maker too.
The normal sized portable painter that you don’t have is the all time BEST, it would be your gold. You can set it on the table or put it over your knee if you don’t have a table. You won’t like it because it’s plastic but it works so well I don’t need to look at anything else. I paint outside all summer so I use it a lot.
It just arrived! I think I’m going to really like it too! New video coming soon! 😅
I love Art Toolkit and Schmincke palettes, but find the Portable Painter (full size) and Qor Mini the most useful. I’m a Plein air painter and the fact that I stash Art Toolkit and Portable Painter (mini) kits in glove boxes and purses has saved my a$$ a couple of times. I loved your comparisons. Thanks.
I just got the Portable Painter (full size). I think I’m really going to like it (ironically). You sound like me, with art kits everywhere. 😅
I do my best sketches and mini paintings while waiting to be called for my doctor’s appointments. I particularly like mini portable palette. I had additionally added smaller 1/4 pans to fill with the odd earth colors I use just a touch of here and there. Takes me less than 25 seconds to put everything away and grab my cane when i am called into the patient’s rooms. 😁
I love this video! You were so thorough and I appreciated the thoughts about each palette. I mostly use my Arttoolkit palettes. I did purchase an All-In-One Schminke like you and the same thing happened to me! I couldn't figure out why it would no longer close or why it almost looked corroded? I did put water in it and the water came out brown. I have never used it as a palette because of these issues. I saved money and waited quite a while to purchase this palette and am so disappointed.
Oh wow, I’m so sorry that your Schmincke palette was equally disappointing. Interestingly, when I was adding purchase links for everything in the description the US Amazon had a note that stated: “This product is often returned.” I’m not surprised! Yes, the Art Toolkit is a better travel option. 😊
My favourite palettes are a long, thin metal tin that is from vintage paints, and the portable painter full size. It has so many mixing areas where you can put large washes too!
My full size portable palette just arrived today- I think I’m going to enjoy it! 😊
Enjoy!@@LeslieStroz
I'd like to know more about the magnetic easel you are using to demonstrate the magnetized properties of the palettes. I love the Art Toolkit mini/pocket/folios and own several for travel. I have the Portable Micro (adorable, but clunky). Also have the W&N portable. I agree the quality control on the product is lacking. I have my mother's original from years ago - much better made. All in all the Art Toolkit set up works the best for me. The others I've collected are more in the vein of 'shiny objects' rather than considered for serious use. Thank you for the video.
Yes, that’s a lot like me really. The Art Toolkit has been a game changer for travel for me. I hear you about quality too. It seems it gets worse and worse all the time.
Thank you for a very informative video!
I think you are giving the small Portable Painter an unfair review. I have used it for over two yeaas now and love it, it is by far more useful than the Art tool kit ( that i also like) for quick set up as it has its own watercontainer and more separate mixing spaces. If I choose between them I would take the Portable painter every time I needed a limited palette for quick sketching . To attach it to a magnetic board I have just glued a magnetic strip to the bottom and that holds it very well.
I also like the Cornelissens paintbox, I have managed to squeeze in 14 pans.
Thanks for your kind defense of the Portable Painter Micro! As I said, I haven’t used that one, so any judgment I have is based purely on conjecture (unlike the others, which I have used). I will definitely take it out and see what I think in “real life.” I just received the Portable Painter original and am so far really impressed, even though I’m not usually a fan of plastic palettes. Even though it’s larger than the micro it somehow seems easier to set up and put away, but I’m sure the micro gets easier once you’re familiar with it. And yes, that Cornelissen palette is pretty special! 😊
Thank you for your kind answer! The larger portable palette is also very useful, especially the deeper water containers and how easy it is to use. I secure mine over my leg w the watercontainers on either sid of the .leg
I like your video very much. Can you please test the FUUMUUI travel brush?☺
Waiting for stock of the art toolkit at Rosemary & Co here in the U.K. to give it a try!
I know- they sold out FAST!!
Could you add a link to your art wrap? This is a great video for the palettes! Thank you so much.
Yes! It’s the Sendak from Peg&Awl. 😊
I love the Arttoolkit palettes and picked up several on their 2nds sale. They also just released a cool triads tool which is lightweight and handy. I like modding travel palettes from mini to the Sketcher palette, which I modded by making several wells in the brush well with plastic cutouts and glue, then painted with matching acrylic. I pulled the Cotman and filled with Daniel Smith. I like that it's lightweight and sturdy to throw in a bag or pocket. I picked it up at our recycle art collective Pittsburgh. I also picked up several of the blue Cotman Field Boxes when they were $15 last year and put it in professional grade paints. Thanks for your inspiring videos. 🎉🎨
Wow, I want to shop where you shop! 😊
I love the Natsume one
The green one or the honeycomb? 😊
The honeycomb so versatile.
@@karenirving7088And pretty 😊
Dear Leslie! I loved your video ! Where can we buy the small magnetic easel ? May you please let us know ?
It’s from “Just Go Sketching” on Etsy. They are made in Cornwall. I’ll make a travel easel setups video soon to show all of the setups I use for watercolour. 😊
I wonder if you reached out to Schmincke with the issue, if they would replace your palette. It would be pretty tacky of them to require a receipt when it’s so obviously their product. It definitely shouldn’t have done that. I have several Whiskey Painters palettes and LOVE them. Thanks for the video!
Oh my goodness, your schmincke palette! What a disaster! I can only think there is a leak beetween the brass and the tin. Bummer. And they are pricey!
I have a similar one mde by Winsor & Newon i got in a sale, ive never used it! 😆 it still has the original unopened paints. Watching you open up the whiskey painters one really made me want to try it now, but seeing what happened to your schmincke one has equally made me wary. I'm tempted to borrow the water pot and keep it with the slimmer cornellissen one and just carry water separately?
Curious, what is the small round mixing palette you are using with the Peg & Awl watercolor palette. I've been looking for a small divided dish like that for so long!
Ohmygoodness, I wish I knew! I’ve had it for ages. I think it came from some cheap art kit for kids and I salvaged it.
I have the Schmincke whiskey painter style palette, and I love it, but I can never get the water out of the reservoir! Is that an issue that you have encountered? The last time I used it I had to shake it considerably in order to get the water out.
Yes! It has an angled portion at the spout that I think is intentional to keep the water from splashing out. You have to find the right angle. 😊
Hi. What is the 'magnetic travel board' you refer to? I am looking for something to hold a 5 x7 pad. Thanks.
I’ve never used a palette that has a water pot attached. I’d be worried about not holding it flat enough and I’d end up sloshing water everywhere!
Have you ever tried using the all in one portable pallet..the larger one?
Tysm for another great video, Leslie! As I now have TWO questions, I’ve decided to ask, tag you, AND hope it’s not as annoying as it seems. (Especially as you’re ALREADY providing so much of your time & energy availing us with so much great content!) @Leslie Stroz
1. Do you know the name of the Etsy seller from whom you bought the bijou box (with mods & M. Graham paints)? Cornellison seems great, but I’ve found shipping prohibitive when attempting to order in the past.
2. Do you offer any online courses/memberships (recorded or live) for watercolor, plein air, or art in general? Your YT videos are excellent, & I’d love to learn more from you if it’s an option! (Am I jealous of your former University students? Yes. Unashamedly yes.)
Thanks so much, and please don’t feel compelled to reply if it’s an inconvenience!
I looked awhile back for the seller of the palette but couldn’t find him; it was just a private sale from someone who doesn’t sell much. Schmincke makes one like the Cornelissen and so do a few other. Keep looking around and don’t lose hope! ☺️ I offer tutorials on Patreon at the moment. I’ll eventually offer video classes, but my Patrons tend to just get it all these days. 😊
Hello! I think the Nomadic Artist is still around.
Maybe they’re just out of stock on Amazon. 😊
I have to agree about the Windsor Newton all in one. It is a bit flimsy and poorly constructed. It's still useful, and I do use it, but I wouldn't buy it again
Same! 😊
Where did you purchase the green magnetic easel board you show in this video?
“Just Go Sketching” on Etsy. It’s the 4x6” version.
@@LeslieStroz thank you
I had exactly the same problem with my Schmincke whisky palatte! It really is a complete waste of money, and overpriced.
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That wasted space on the keep calm could hold a bar magnet.
Clever you- great idea!!
With the palettes that don’t have the extra added mixing wells - why would you even worry about it when you can just use the watercolour pans?
I prefer mixing palettes that have a special coating, but you definitely could use an empty pan or two. 😊
Seconddd
Do try to reach out to Schmincke - even without the receipt. Those palettes are meant to last a lifetime and it’s hard to imagine how you could culpably have caused the damage. 🤷🏼♀️
You’re so right. I will definitely try.
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I wish I would have seen this before our trip to England and purchased the all in one W&N. Very flimsy and too heavy for my taste.
Oh no! 😢
Interesting, but I can't help thinking that all of these metal palettes come from the exact same Chinese factory.
Some might, but several definitely don’t.