Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I definately will be doing more smaller watercolors, but instead of filling sketchbooks, I want to devote my time to larger watercolors that have some meaning (if only to me). I still have four pages left in weather journal, and am trying to be motivated to finish that. Jana, here is my palette. It's a cheap plastic one about 12x10". I do not squeeze out a standard palette each time (I don't know what that is). I just squeeze out paint as I need it. I do not rinse away old paint unless it's really dusty and crumbly, or if I need that space for a new color. ( I'm basically messy and/or lazy). I always keep my colors in these places, since I am very used to them that way. When I'm working on a large piece, I will mix some color up in one of those small containers that you put salsa or radishes in at Mexican take out restaurants.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
My palette
Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I definately will be doing more smaller watercolors, but instead of filling sketchbooks, I want to devote my time to larger watercolors that have some meaning (if only to me). I still have four pages left in weather journal, and am trying to be motivated to finish that. Jana, here is my palette. It's a cheap plastic one about 12x10". I do not squeeze out a standard palette each time (I don't know what that is). I just squeeze out paint as I need it. I do not rinse away old paint unless it's really dusty and crumbly, or if I need that space for a new color. ( I'm basically messy and/or lazy). I always keep my colors in these places, since I am very used to them that way. When I'm working on a large piece, I will mix some color up in one of those small containers that you put salsa or radishes in at Mexican take out restaurants.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
wow, after seeing my palette in a photo, I think I need to clean it!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for showing your palette. I have one of these too (though mine's clean :} since I never use it). My regular watercolor palette has a large mixing area and a lid but right now a third of my pigments have grown mold and the rest are all crispy and crumbly. I think it's time to clean it out and try working from fresh paint.
ReplyDeleteI'm embarassed to admit I actually bought a case of those salsa containers and another of their lids at Costco, the only place I could find them. It's more than a lifetime supply, but they're so handy for oil painting medium and watercolor mixtures and were cheap and now I don't have to beg them from the local taco shop.