I have had this palette over 10 years. At the 10 year mark the thin plastic top began to crack. I made a balsa wood top for it. All your comments are true. I have both sizes of Cheap Joe's ceramic palettes but this is my primary and favorite go to studio palette.
You can rub some toothpaste into your metal palette mixing areas and counter the beading, and you can clean your plastic palette with a Mr. Clean eraser, but white porcelain still has many advantages. Plus it's heavy, so your cat won't be able to knock it off your table.
I do have many porcelain palettes. I saw on line where someone was using an ice cube tray and I tried it. i had my husband trim it so it wasn't so deep. i love it. lots of mixing cubes. just a thought, it does allow the paint to bead in it but i really love it.
I'm new to watercolor and looking for palettes; this will go on my wishlist! I appreciate your straightforward explanation; thank you for the video. Subscribed! ♥
Love it love it love it!!!....I "accidently" discovered that my husband bought me a "Stephen Quiller" Porcelain Watercolor Palette for Christmas this year (2020)!!!!!!! I'm so excited, I can hardly stand it!!! I already have a couple large plastic SQ palettes, a SQ travel palette and an additional 15' or so other well known palettes. They are all well loved, stained, chipped on the edges and so forth...The large wells are great because when I'm using my full size watercolor sheets, I won't have to remix my watercolor paints into a different container. Soooo, no more of that will be happening !!! I can hardly wait!!! 4 more days until my dream comes true and I get to open this wonderful gift!!! Yay!!!
This might not be accurate, but I have seen those two terms used simultaneously for the same palette. A quick Google search reveals that ceramic and porcelain are similar, but different only in the type of clay used and the temperature at which they are fired. Knowing that, I really don't think you would experience a big difference between the two, when mixing watercolor paint. I'm sure the result is similar. That said, I use a porcelain palette. :-)
This pallette is very nice and keeping the colours in a somewhat accurate colour wheel would undoubtedly come with real benefits but what I would like even more than this is a big bathroom tile and if you want paintwells, lay down a metal ruler ( or more than one) keep your paints in full pans with a little piece of magnetic tape attached to the bottom of each. Pop your magnetic pans in a row in the order of your choice and pop another ruler on top if you need a lid. To have more of the advantages of the roundness of the quiller pallette you could cut 12 equal lengths of your magnetic tape and lay them down on your tile in a circle . At 8, 12 and 4 O clock on this circle you can put your magenta yellow and cyan etc.... and you can stick all your magnetic pans to the magnetic strips if the strips are glued upside down ( so as not to repel the pans) and with a waterproof glue. It's simpler than it sounds but it means that any paint in your studio palette can very easily be popped in and out of a travelling tin of any kind. You might be able to find a removeable flat metal circle which would be better again than the 12 metal strips. So In short, a big porcelain bathroom tile, a metal ring ( a second one for a lid) and magnetised pans is something I think I would like a little bit more than that lovely quiller palette!😊
I actually made several palettes and have the Quiller palette. I just noticed this video. I have fixed spaced large pans because I paint a lot and don’t want to be hindered by 1/2 pans. The tile would have an issue because as with all our areas of mixed paint, they bleed into one another , a tile has no way to contain that in a lovely way besides layers of piled glue on the edges just doesn’t appeal to me but one uses what they have. That may not bother anyone just as painting from coated plates never bothered me but there will come a time when I certain mix is the blend that a painting asks for. Btw artist’s putty works just as great and better than ripping magnetic strips because artist putty will hold a pan and when one wants to change it, no hassle, lift it up and put in any container how you would like your pans or 1/2 pans. Magnetic pan holding strips are a pain in the rump and artists putty is far easier and never dries out to be reused and reused. Having this palette and other porcelain palettes that can be made to order has spoiled me and is a wonderful time saver. The other commodity that it saves is paint because I can actually see the amount that I will use without it beading up. That translates into dollars that can not be seen as readily. There are all sizes of porcelain plates even at garage sales that make great mixing trays and dry great for the next use. I enamel sprayed my plein aire palette and haven’t had any issues with it. So many options. Once one really works on a full porcelain palette they never regret it. We wish we had a “plein aire version” but because of at least here 40 years of experience watercolor has given me the ability to see the difference and affinity for smooth porcelain and enamel is fine too but once one has it they are sold. 😊
I've been looking for a review of this palette. Thank you very much! I enjoyed your video format. You could make it even better, might I suggest lighting your table even more.
I can see how there would be benefits to both though. The metal palette making the paint bead up might help keep it from spreading too much (maybe it's because I'm a beginner, but I've round that the paint tends to sneak away as I try to reload my brush after a while) while a porcelain palette would be perfect for washes to allow the paint to dilute properly and the lack of staining makes it easier to see what the actual wash will be. I probably need a lot more practice to figure out which works best for me for either or.
I agree. I developed my preference for porcelain after experimenting with lots of options over the period of a few years. I hope you find what is perfect for you!! Have a great day and thanks for watching and leaving feedback.
I absolutely love that palette. I just ordered it from Amazon. Lucky I did, it was the last one they had in stock! Thanks for the videos! Great content! Do you happen to have a list of the paints (names) you’re using in the palette? Thx again!
You're welcome. You will love that palette. I have another video that shows how I set up the palette and the colors I use. Check it out at: ruclips.net/video/-3j0IDB1elM/видео.html
@@KrisDeBruineStudio Just wondering..i just got this palette and put my paint in it, i put the entire 5ml tube in the wells....was that a mistake or is that ok?
@@fruitctrl4255 Not a problem. The paint will dry in 1 - 3 days depending on the relative humidity of your home. Then when you get ready to paint, just spritz the paint with a little water and it will reactivate.
I agree completely. I try to purchase my materials at a local art store when possible. I was unable to find this particular palette locally. And it is an awesome palette.
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Hi Phillis. It is called the Mijello 2-Liter Water Bucket. I LOVE it. I use it every day. Here is a link to where I purchased it on Amazon - amzn.to/3pYxBNr You might be able to find it in a local art store too. Enjoy!
I checked the link through to the UK price. It is £147 (pounds, not dollars) plus £16 shipping fee. I didn't find out if it was being sold by an American company, but to buy things from America is a risk because we can get slammed for an additional customs charge which is inconvenient and often shockingly expensive.
Sorry to hear it is so expensive over there. I often recommend this Meeden version of the same palette to those that find the Quiller one too expensive. You can see it here: amzn.to/3iqOtMr Have a great day.
@@KrisDeBruineStudio Thank you very much for taking the time to reply with a link for a more reasonably priced version for the UK. I have just placed an order. The price discrepancy was more the issue than anything else. Why charge English people more than double what they charge American people? A high shipping fee is expensive, but understandable if the item has to travel across the pond...but then there is the trouble with customs. Do you know I once bought a pair of shoes from America and the shipping ended up being £90. British pounds. About half was the company's shipping charge. The other half was a totally unexpected customs fine. It is a bit upsetting, for America. They have got used to such a strong internal market they are not making the necessary adjustments for the global market. The USA is no longer the richest country in the world, but no American seems to have noticed. China is now the richest country in the world - by a large margin. I don't have much time for the human rights abuses hung over from communism, but the USA has the most terrible social problems again they are failing to deal with. Sorry, I just went on a rant. Watercolour palates, shoes, economics, politics and...ok, no more lol. Thanks again. All the best.
Hi Sister Kerry. I'm so glad you found the link helpful. I'm sorry to hear that my UK friends are "being taken to the cleaners" with customs and exorbitant shipping fees. We really should treat our friends better than that. I hope you like the palette when it arrives and that it is of the quality you need. I have purchased another Meeden porcelain palette (the 17-well rectangular palette) and I like it very much. I use it as my back up palette and keep other colors in it. Anyways. I wish you the best. BTW - I like your RUclips handle and avatar. Makes me wonder if you are Catholic.
@@KrisDeBruineStudio I am indeed. I am a religious sister. My vocation mostly involves defence of the Faith online. St Benedict taught that crafts should always be practiced in a monastery, which is a very sound bit of counsel. Those of us that spend a large amount of time boggling our brains with theology need to stop and do an activity that is more earth-bound. The other option is to have said brain get thoroughly frazzled. A few years ago, chronic health and disability saw me wash up in a nursing home. I painted some flowers in watercolour and stamped biblical quotes on them. I don't mean to boast. I am sure it was mostly having the quote that was important, but they were very popular. I am back out in the wild now, and think it makes sense to use all God has given me to work for the Faith. In one of my hospital visits, I ended up in the bed next door to a wonderful Missionary Sister of Charity. They, of course, have a mission to "The poorest of the poor". I was talking to one of the sisters and I realised that there was a specific mission to defend the Church, particularly online. I had fallen into this on MySpace over ten years ago. It was quite comical. The atheists got so mad at me they pushed my blogs up to the top spots, where they stayed. Chuckle. However, since then my health had collapsed very badly and I could no longer walk. I had thought myself fairly useless, given my health. It suddenly struck. Maybe God is not going to call the strong, fit, young and able-bodied to this mission? Perhaps He will not call the strongest of the strong, but the "weakest of the weak". Many years ago, I did my formation as a Discalced Carmelite, but I now propose an order with this specific mission. This is a unique time in history. Medical and technical advances have meant that women who - bluntly - would once have died, are living but with poor health and disability. Those with a vocation who cannot live in a convent for fear of being a burden can live in hermitages outside, and the online work means we can be active in mission work within the monastic tradition with our territory being cyberspace. The charism can be to offer the suffering, pain and indignity of our physical condition for the good of the Church. This has gone down quite well, but the Great Lurgy has held the proposal up a bit. I don't worry. God will have what He wants in His own time. I am just getting on with it in the meantime. I try to use fact and reason, and meet people where they are. This involves a lot of study. I also get called all the names under the sun fairly regularly. Some people seem to think we should continue the policy of dignified silence. I have never been particularly good at either virtue. I really believe it isn't right to stay silent when people say things that are simply not true. When I was studying my Bible this morning, with whether it is correct to engage in defending the Church on my mind, I came upon a verse that makes clear that Christ is the head of the Church. I reflected that if we think it somehow noble to stay silent when unjustly accused, it is Christ who we are allowing to be harmed. The accusations falls on him. The Accuser is...I am sure you know. I am working on a RUclips channel doing animation of biblical stories, and ancient theology, like the 7 Deadly Sins. I am technically a bit if a dodo (#oldladyproblems) so it is a challenge, but I find that people, especially in the UK do not have any knowledge about the Faith that made us who we are. Young people are in a mess. According to Pew Research one-in-four millennials have some form of mental health problem. Sheesh. They have complex lives, but do not have a compass to help guide them. I want to complete a few videos before I start trying to get anyone to watch them. I have no intention of trying to convert anyone. A monk was once asked by a young man which religion he should belong to. The monk said, "Go where the good is for you." I thought that was rather wise. If the Faith we teach (and it's history) makes good sense to someone, I will be pleased. I cannot lie. I converted to Christianity in my early 30s and I am grateful to God every day for giving me this pearl beyond price. I think a person doing this cannot help but be concerned with "real world" problems. I didn't become a nun until later in life which amplifies that. My main focus is the matters of God, but when I get a bee in my bonnet (actually a whole swarm of bees in my bonnet) about something, I want to speak about it. I admit, not usually to people I have just "met" on the comments section of their channel lol. I have a thing about the needs of small business. I will spare you my concerns about the UK, but I worry about America. If I didn't care, it wouldn't matter. I honestly do care. Sometimes if a person has a blend of genuine caring, and the advantage of being able to look at things from a distance, they can see things others can't. I am not intending to enter the bizarre world of party politics. Frankly, I don't think it makes much difference. The issues that causes that buzzing noise from my bonnet should be important to everyone. I have assumed you are a Catholic, and so understand this way of thinking. I hope all is well with you. God bless, Sr K
Hello again dear sister Kerry. I have enjoyed reading a bit of your history. Thank you for sharing it with me. I too am a follower of Jesus, though not Catholic, but I trust you won't hold that against me. 😊 I met Jesus through the witness of my sister when I was 15. He changed my world in an instant and I've been following him ever since. I served as a campus pastor and missionary for 15 years. Now, I am a public high school teacher. I also teach watercolor online. In all of these activities I just want to glorify Him. I do think a lot about how I can use this growing RUclips channel to radiate His beauty. I'm not sure how to do that....but I believe making art and being creative, can reflect His grace, much as a sermon or prayer can do. I would appreciate your prayers as I find my way in this work. I will pray for you today too. That the Lord will lead you in your vocation. That he will give you the strength you need. That you will find a way to speak truth into a very dark world. (Yes...I agree with you there are so many needs in our world today). God bless you and be well.
Hi Philllis. The porcelain palette in the video is the Stephen Quiller porcelain palette. You can purchase it on Amazon here: amzn.to/3QMLpWY It is quite expensive. Some other companies, like Meeden, have started coming out with copycat palettes that are less expensive, like this one: amzn.to/3QMaAJf Either way...it is a great addition to any watercolor studio.
Hey everyone I thought I would share that I was able to buy this pallett, not from the same maker tho, from Amazon for just under 40 pound. Your'e welcome lol
I totally get that. This is expensive....but once I got it, I fell in love with it. One question - when you use plates do you just put out enough paint for that session...or do you let it dry and reuse the palette/paints? Just wondering.
Kris DeBruine Studio yes I don’t use plates like a regular porcelain palette. I squize tiny amount of paints or using the surface as a mixing area. Also I reuse the rest of paint for another painting. It’s just a quick solution for mixing surface and easy to clean. I usually keep the paints covered to protect from dust. Otherwise, yes! having a palette like yours is really fancy and much more useful.
Hi Chantal. Yes. This Stephen Quiller palette is pretty expensive. Just FYI - Meeden makes a more affordable one that looks pretty similar. amzn.to/3QMaAJf
It's not $90 here in the UK it's £130.83 + £18.26 delivery which is about $175 and reading comments the quality it has really dropped with many having cracks and a greyish colour as oppose white. Knowing an experience potter I was told with materials and production would cost about $35 to produce. Considering Meeden do smaller but pretty much the same thing but at a far far reduced price, it does do much of what you say but here in the UK we would say Quiller is taking the piss for reallywhat is just a porcelain plate. His ego is shown not by in the manner of most artists of putting their name unobtrusively in the bottom right corner but in very big dark lettersinstead - certainly puts me off. In fact as can be found on RUclips pretty much the same can be done with a porcelain plate and some tubes of glue built in ridges.
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I have had this palette over 10 years. At the 10 year mark the thin plastic top began to crack. I made a balsa wood top for it. All your comments are true. I have both sizes of Cheap Joe's ceramic palettes but this is my primary and favorite go to studio palette.
Wow! Ten years! I hope I get as many years of happy use as you have. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! You answered all my questions about this palette. I just purchased it after watching your video!
Oh wow. Great. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
You can rub some toothpaste into your metal palette mixing areas and counter the beading, and you can clean your plastic palette with a Mr. Clean eraser, but white porcelain still has many advantages. Plus it's heavy, so your cat won't be able to knock it off your table.
Ah yes....I have to admit. I prefer my porcelain palette. Thanks for sharing the tip! ~ Kris
I do have many porcelain palettes. I saw on line where someone was using an ice cube tray and I tried it. i had my husband trim it so it wasn't so deep. i love it. lots of mixing cubes. just a thought, it does allow the paint to bead in it but i really love it.
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my goodness, just received this pallete. 🙌🏻 That's so heavy and huge. Despite that I think buying it was the best decision I could have made. 😊
Hi. Yes it is heavy. I like that it won't move around when I'm mixing colors on it. But it is definitely NOT for travelling. :-)
Great video! Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Good info, thank you
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!!
I'm new to watercolor and looking for palettes; this will go on my wishlist! I appreciate your straightforward explanation; thank you for the video. Subscribed! ♥
You're welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful. Welcome to the channel.
Love it love it love it!!!....I "accidently" discovered that my husband bought me a "Stephen Quiller" Porcelain Watercolor Palette for Christmas this year (2020)!!!!!!! I'm so excited, I can hardly stand it!!! I already have a couple large plastic SQ palettes, a SQ travel palette and an additional 15' or so other well known palettes. They are all well loved, stained, chipped on the edges and so forth...The large wells are great because when I'm using my full size watercolor sheets, I won't have to remix my watercolor paints into a different container. Soooo, no more of that will be happening !!! I can hardly wait!!! 4 more days until my dream comes true and I get to open this wonderful gift!!! Yay!!!
Congratulations and Merry Christmas. I hope you enjoy this new palette. I know I love mine.
This was very helpful. I ordered a knock off through Amazon and can't wait for it to arrive.
Great. I hope you love it!!!
Very helpful, Kris. For a lesser expensive pallet, I’ve considered a ceramic model. What are your thoughts on ceramic vs. porcelain?
This might not be accurate, but I have seen those two terms used simultaneously for the same palette. A quick Google search reveals that ceramic and porcelain are similar, but different only in the type of clay used and the temperature at which they are fired. Knowing that, I really don't think you would experience a big difference between the two, when mixing watercolor paint. I'm sure the result is similar. That said, I use a porcelain palette. :-)
@@KrisDeBruineStudio Thank you, Kris!
This pallette is very nice and keeping the colours in a somewhat accurate colour wheel would undoubtedly come with real benefits but what I would like even more than this is a big bathroom tile and if you want paintwells, lay down a metal ruler ( or more than one) keep your paints in full pans with a little piece of magnetic tape attached to the bottom of each. Pop your magnetic pans in a row in the order of your choice and pop another ruler on top if you need a lid.
To have more of the advantages of the roundness of the quiller pallette you could cut 12 equal lengths of your magnetic tape and lay them down on your tile in a circle . At 8, 12 and 4 O clock on this circle you can put your magenta yellow and cyan etc.... and you can stick all your magnetic pans to the magnetic strips if the strips are glued upside down ( so as not to repel the pans) and with a waterproof glue.
It's simpler than it sounds but it means that any paint in your studio palette can very easily be popped in and out of a travelling tin of any kind. You might be able to find a removeable flat metal circle which would be better again than the 12 metal strips.
So In short, a big porcelain bathroom tile, a metal ring ( a second one for a lid) and magnetised pans is something I think I would like a little bit more than that lovely quiller palette!😊
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
I actually made several palettes and have the Quiller palette. I just noticed this video. I have fixed spaced large pans because I paint a lot and don’t want to be hindered by 1/2 pans. The tile would have an issue because as with all our areas of mixed paint, they bleed into one another , a tile has no way to contain that in a lovely way besides layers of piled glue on the edges just doesn’t appeal to me but one uses what they have. That may not bother anyone just as painting from coated plates never bothered me but there will come a time when I certain mix is the blend that a painting asks for. Btw artist’s putty works just as great and better than ripping magnetic strips because artist putty will hold a pan and when one wants to change it, no hassle, lift it up and put in any container how you would like your pans or 1/2 pans. Magnetic pan holding strips are a pain in the rump and artists putty is far easier and never dries out to be reused and reused. Having this palette and other porcelain palettes that can be made to order has spoiled me and is a wonderful time saver. The other commodity that it saves is paint because I can actually see the amount that I will use without it beading up. That translates into dollars that can not be seen as readily. There are all sizes of porcelain plates even at garage sales that make great mixing trays and dry great for the next use. I enamel sprayed my plein aire palette and haven’t had any issues with it. So many options. Once one really works on a full porcelain palette they never regret it. We wish we had a “plein aire version” but because of at least here 40 years of experience watercolor has given me the ability to see the difference and affinity for smooth porcelain and enamel is fine too but once one has it they are sold. 😊
I've been looking for a review of this palette. Thank you very much! I enjoyed your video format. You could make it even better, might I suggest lighting your table even more.
Great!! I'm glad the video was helpful. And thanks for the feedback. I'm always trying to improve. :-)
I can see how there would be benefits to both though. The metal palette making the paint bead up might help keep it from spreading too much (maybe it's because I'm a beginner, but I've round that the paint tends to sneak away as I try to reload my brush after a while) while a porcelain palette would be perfect for washes to allow the paint to dilute properly and the lack of staining makes it easier to see what the actual wash will be. I probably need a lot more practice to figure out which works best for me for either or.
I agree. I developed my preference for porcelain after experimenting with lots of options over the period of a few years. I hope you find what is perfect for you!! Have a great day and thanks for watching and leaving feedback.
I absolutely love that palette. I just ordered it from Amazon. Lucky I did, it was the last one they had in stock! Thanks for the videos! Great content! Do you happen to have a list of the paints (names) you’re using in the palette? Thx again!
You're welcome. You will love that palette. I have another video that shows how I set up the palette and the colors I use. Check it out at: ruclips.net/video/-3j0IDB1elM/видео.html
@@KrisDeBruineStudio Just wondering..i just got this palette and put my paint in it, i put the entire 5ml tube in the wells....was that a mistake or is that ok?
@@fruitctrl4255 Not a problem. The paint will dry in 1 - 3 days depending on the relative humidity of your home. Then when you get ready to paint, just spritz the paint with a little water and it will reactivate.
I agree completely. I try to purchase my materials at a local art store when possible. I was unable to find this particular palette locally. And it is an awesome palette.
Thank you for your informative videos. Your videos are addicting & your incredible on-air personality is captivating -you seem to understand what requirements are needed for keeping your viewers engaged: whether it’s showing your skills; sharing your opinions; providing tutorials, (where the true sense of that word is not lost on you 🤭) Or even giving users a tour of your studio, your passion & zeal isn’t lost on us. So again, thank you 🙏🏼 … #newsubscriber
You are so welcome!
Where can I get that bucket your cleaning your brush
Hi Phillis. It is called the Mijello 2-Liter Water Bucket. I LOVE it. I use it every day. Here is a link to where I purchased it on Amazon - amzn.to/3pYxBNr You might be able to find it in a local art store too. Enjoy!
Where did you get your water bucket?
It's the Mijello 2 liter water container with 3 sections. I purchased it on Amazon at: amzn.to/45NOz4K I love it!!
@@KrisDeBruineStudio thank you
It is now close to 150 $ on Amazon. Art supplies have gone up so much since the pandemic.
Yes. I bought my Quiller palette years ago, when it was more reasonably priced. Here is a much more reasonably priced alternative. amzn.to/42fwSsX
I checked the link through to the UK price. It is £147 (pounds, not dollars) plus £16 shipping fee. I didn't find out if it was being sold by an American company, but to buy things from America is a risk because we can get slammed for an additional customs charge which is inconvenient and often shockingly expensive.
Sorry to hear it is so expensive over there. I often recommend this Meeden version of the same palette to those that find the Quiller one too expensive. You can see it here: amzn.to/3iqOtMr Have a great day.
@@KrisDeBruineStudio Thank you very much for taking the time to reply with a link for a more reasonably priced version for the UK. I have just placed an order.
The price discrepancy was more the issue than anything else. Why charge English people more than double what they charge American people? A high shipping fee is expensive, but understandable if the item has to travel across the pond...but then there is the trouble with customs. Do you know I once bought a pair of shoes from America and the shipping ended up being £90. British pounds. About half was the company's shipping charge. The other half was a totally unexpected customs fine.
It is a bit upsetting, for America. They have got used to such a strong internal market they are not making the necessary adjustments for the global market. The USA is no longer the richest country in the world, but no American seems to have noticed. China is now the richest country in the world - by a large margin. I don't have much time for the human rights abuses hung over from communism, but the USA has the most terrible social problems again they are failing to deal with.
Sorry, I just went on a rant. Watercolour palates, shoes, economics, politics and...ok, no more lol. Thanks again. All the best.
Hi Sister Kerry. I'm so glad you found the link helpful. I'm sorry to hear that my UK friends are "being taken to the cleaners" with customs and exorbitant shipping fees. We really should treat our friends better than that. I hope you like the palette when it arrives and that it is of the quality you need. I have purchased another Meeden porcelain palette (the 17-well rectangular palette) and I like it very much. I use it as my back up palette and keep other colors in it. Anyways. I wish you the best. BTW - I like your RUclips handle and avatar. Makes me wonder if you are Catholic.
@@KrisDeBruineStudio I am indeed. I am a religious sister. My vocation mostly involves defence of the Faith online. St Benedict taught that crafts should always be practiced in a monastery, which is a very sound bit of counsel. Those of us that spend a large amount of time boggling our brains with theology need to stop and do an activity that is more earth-bound. The other option is to have said brain get thoroughly frazzled. A few years ago, chronic health and disability saw me wash up in a nursing home. I painted some flowers in watercolour and stamped biblical quotes on them. I don't mean to boast. I am sure it was mostly having the quote that was important, but they were very popular.
I am back out in the wild now, and think it makes sense to use all God has given me to work for the Faith. In one of my hospital visits, I ended up in the bed next door to a wonderful Missionary Sister of Charity. They, of course, have a mission to "The poorest of the poor". I was talking to one of the sisters and I realised that there was a specific mission to defend the Church, particularly online. I had fallen into this on MySpace over ten years ago. It was quite comical. The atheists got so mad at me they pushed my blogs up to the top spots, where they stayed. Chuckle. However, since then my health had collapsed very badly and I could no longer walk. I had thought myself fairly useless, given my health. It suddenly struck. Maybe God is not going to call the strong, fit, young and able-bodied to this mission? Perhaps He will not call the strongest of the strong, but the "weakest of the weak". Many years ago, I did my formation as a Discalced Carmelite, but I now propose an order with this specific mission. This is a unique time in history. Medical and technical advances have meant that women who - bluntly - would once have died, are living but with poor health and disability. Those with a vocation who cannot live in a convent for fear of being a burden can live in hermitages outside, and the online work means we can be active in mission work within the monastic tradition with our territory being cyberspace. The charism can be to offer the suffering, pain and indignity of our physical condition for the good of the Church. This has gone down quite well, but the Great Lurgy has held the proposal up a bit. I don't worry. God will have what He wants in His own time. I am just getting on with it in the meantime.
I try to use fact and reason, and meet people where they are. This involves a lot of study. I also get called all the names under the sun fairly regularly. Some people seem to think we should continue the policy of dignified silence. I have never been particularly good at either virtue. I really believe it isn't right to stay silent when people say things that are simply not true. When I was studying my Bible this morning, with whether it is correct to engage in defending the Church on my mind, I came upon a verse that makes clear that Christ is the head of the Church. I reflected that if we think it somehow noble to stay silent when unjustly accused, it is Christ who we are allowing to be harmed. The accusations falls on him. The Accuser is...I am sure you know.
I am working on a RUclips channel doing animation of biblical stories, and ancient theology, like the 7 Deadly Sins. I am technically a bit if a dodo (#oldladyproblems) so it is a challenge, but I find that people, especially in the UK do not have any knowledge about the Faith that made us who we are. Young people are in a mess. According to Pew Research one-in-four millennials have some form of mental health problem. Sheesh. They have complex lives, but do not have a compass to help guide them. I want to complete a few videos before I start trying to get anyone to watch them. I have no intention of trying to convert anyone. A monk was once asked by a young man which religion he should belong to. The monk said, "Go where the good is for you." I thought that was rather wise. If the Faith we teach (and it's history) makes good sense to someone, I will be pleased. I cannot lie. I converted to Christianity in my early 30s and I am grateful to God every day for giving me this pearl beyond price.
I think a person doing this cannot help but be concerned with "real world" problems. I didn't become a nun until later in life which amplifies that. My main focus is the matters of God, but when I get a bee in my bonnet (actually a whole swarm of bees in my bonnet) about something, I want to speak about it. I admit, not usually to people I have just "met" on the comments section of their channel lol. I have a thing about the needs of small business. I will spare you my concerns about the UK, but I worry about America. If I didn't care, it wouldn't matter. I honestly do care. Sometimes if a person has a blend of genuine caring, and the advantage of being able to look at things from a distance, they can see things others can't. I am not intending to enter the bizarre world of party politics. Frankly, I don't think it makes much difference. The issues that causes that buzzing noise from my bonnet should be important to everyone.
I have assumed you are a Catholic, and so understand this way of thinking. I hope all is well with you.
God bless, Sr K
Hello again dear sister Kerry. I have enjoyed reading a bit of your history. Thank you for sharing it with me. I too am a follower of Jesus, though not Catholic, but I trust you won't hold that against me. 😊 I met Jesus through the witness of my sister when I was 15. He changed my world in an instant and I've been following him ever since. I served as a campus pastor and missionary for 15 years. Now, I am a public high school teacher. I also teach watercolor online. In all of these activities I just want to glorify Him. I do think a lot about how I can use this growing RUclips channel to radiate His beauty. I'm not sure how to do that....but I believe making art and being creative, can reflect His grace, much as a sermon or prayer can do. I would appreciate your prayers as I find my way in this work. I will pray for you today too. That the Lord will lead you in your vocation. That he will give you the strength you need. That you will find a way to speak truth into a very dark world. (Yes...I agree with you there are so many needs in our world today). God bless you and be well.
Where do I purchase the pallet
Hi Philllis. The porcelain palette in the video is the Stephen Quiller porcelain palette. You can purchase it on Amazon here: amzn.to/3QMLpWY It is quite expensive. Some other companies, like Meeden, have started coming out with copycat palettes that are less expensive, like this one: amzn.to/3QMaAJf Either way...it is a great addition to any watercolor studio.
Your vdos are good
Thank you so much 😀
The Meeden round porcelain is now half the price and almost identical.
Yes. I often point people to it...who don't want to spend so much. :-)
Hey everyone I thought I would share that I was able to buy this pallett, not from the same maker tho, from Amazon for just under 40 pound. Your'e welcome lol
Yes. I have mentioned the Mijello brand porcelain palette in some of my other videos. It is less expensive and similar.
I think I will continue to use my amazing ikea plates for sometime till accept the reality of the palette is same price with my paints😅
I totally get that. This is expensive....but once I got it, I fell in love with it. One question - when you use plates do you just put out enough paint for that session...or do you let it dry and reuse the palette/paints? Just wondering.
Kris DeBruine Studio yes I don’t use plates like a regular porcelain palette. I squize tiny amount of paints or using the surface as a mixing area. Also I reuse the rest of paint for another painting. It’s just a quick solution for mixing surface and easy to clean. I usually keep the paints covered to protect from dust. Otherwise, yes! having a palette like yours is really fancy and much more useful.
Agree 💯
Wow too much for me
Hi Chantal. Yes. This Stephen Quiller palette is pretty expensive. Just FYI - Meeden makes a more affordable one that looks pretty similar. amzn.to/3QMaAJf
Thank you for the input Ill check it out
It's not $90 here in the UK it's £130.83 + £18.26 delivery which is about $175 and reading comments the quality it has really dropped with many having cracks and a greyish colour as oppose white. Knowing an experience potter I was told with materials and production would cost about $35 to produce. Considering Meeden do smaller but pretty much the same thing but at a far far reduced price, it does do much of what you say but here in the UK we would say Quiller is taking the piss for reallywhat is just a porcelain plate. His ego is shown not by in the manner of most artists of putting their name unobtrusively in the bottom right corner but in very big dark lettersinstead - certainly puts me off. In fact as can be found on RUclips pretty much the same can be done with a porcelain plate and some tubes of glue built in ridges.
Thanks for the feedback. I've been extremely happy with my purchase. Sorry to hear that others have not been.
In Italy Amazon offers it at 247,88€ plus 19,43 shipping, I'm definitely not buying it
Veteran artists can give you a lot more than SIX reasons NOT to use a Porcelain Palette
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Why not use a Porcelain palette in the studio?