Wet Palette or not ?
- Thread starter Kaine
- Start date
green stuff
Active member
I used to use tin foil as some use tiles or artist palettes, but moved on to a wet palette since about 2 months now.
Despite the heat, I\'ve grown to appreciate it\'s qualities. I don\'t find it as revolutionnary as some claim it to be but I do note advantages (I\'ll probably find it more usefull when the heat cools down
).
Mine is home made (a container, a thin and wet wipe off sponge, and a sheet of sulferised paper (paper used for baking pies)).
Despite the heat, I\'ve grown to appreciate it\'s qualities. I don\'t find it as revolutionnary as some claim it to be but I do note advantages (I\'ll probably find it more usefull when the heat cools down
).Mine is home made (a container, a thin and wet wipe off sponge, and a sheet of sulferised paper (paper used for baking pies)).
demonherald
New member
made my oen just with the daler rowney wet pallette sheets in a plastic tray...
gotta admit to being lost without one since I switched.. I paint quick and often use a lot of different mixes and having the wet pallette means I can keep the mixes wet and touch up any areas and correct faults as I go without having to remember the exact mixes.. also find it handy to keep some of the sheets and make a note of the colours I\'ve used to get the mix when I find a mix I like...
gotta admit to being lost without one since I switched.. I paint quick and often use a lot of different mixes and having the wet pallette means I can keep the mixes wet and touch up any areas and correct faults as I go without having to remember the exact mixes.. also find it handy to keep some of the sheets and make a note of the colours I\'ve used to get the mix when I find a mix I like...
Gilvan Blight
New member
I\'m a recent convert. My last mini was paitned with one and is the highest ranked in my gallery, thought I\'m sure that\'s not all due to the wet pallet. I found it really helped keep my paints thin and let me keep blends longer.
I made mine myself using sponge, parchment paper and a container I picked up at Michaels. Unfortunately I didn\'t realize the lid of the container I picked was compartmentalized, which means that I can\'t put the lid on to save paint, as the compartments touch the paper and paint gets everywhere. So I can only tell you it keeps paint wet well while I am using it.
I do have a few issues with it though, mainly with getting the parchment to \'stick\' to the sponge and having sections lift up and dry out. So far I\'m guessing that\'s due to inexperience with the tool.
I made mine myself using sponge, parchment paper and a container I picked up at Michaels. Unfortunately I didn\'t realize the lid of the container I picked was compartmentalized, which means that I can\'t put the lid on to save paint, as the compartments touch the paper and paint gets everywhere. So I can only tell you it keeps paint wet well while I am using it.
I do have a few issues with it though, mainly with getting the parchment to \'stick\' to the sponge and having sections lift up and dry out. So far I\'m guessing that\'s due to inexperience with the tool.
fieldarchy
New member
I was making my own for a while but it was too much of a hassle and it didn\'t work right.
I ended up buying the Masterson Handy Wet Palette off of dickblick.com and then bought a pack of 30 sheets of their paper. It\'s been 2 months and I\'ve used two sheets so far. The one I\'m currently using I got a month out of it just using one side. I finally switched to using the other side of the paper two days ago.
All together for two sponge refills, a pack of paper, and the palette itself and my shipping it came to under $25 from dickblick. Well worth the investment in my opinion. And I work all day on the weekends without having to rewet the palette. The paint will coagulate a little bit on the paper but just add some more water to the splotch and you are good.
It\'s been helping me to get some really great results.
I ended up buying the Masterson Handy Wet Palette off of dickblick.com and then bought a pack of 30 sheets of their paper. It\'s been 2 months and I\'ve used two sheets so far. The one I\'m currently using I got a month out of it just using one side. I finally switched to using the other side of the paper two days ago.
All together for two sponge refills, a pack of paper, and the palette itself and my shipping it came to under $25 from dickblick. Well worth the investment in my opinion. And I work all day on the weekends without having to rewet the palette. The paint will coagulate a little bit on the paper but just add some more water to the splotch and you are good.
It\'s been helping me to get some really great results.
Aliengod3
Active member
Privateer Press (the Warmachine guys) came out with a wet palette recently that works very well. The one from PP runs $19.99 and the refill paper packs go for $11.99.
I use one I made because most wet palettes are not big enough for me, I like alot of room. I went to Target and bought the largest flat plastic plate I could find, it is about 13\" x 13\", then I went online to ebay and bought a large pack of sandwich wrap (1000 sheets) for $8 and some paper towels and it works pretty well.
As for \"wet palette or not\" I say wet palette x 100. It keeps your paints from drying out too quick meaning that you will not have to constantly remake your paints which means less money spent buying new paints. Plus you will never have to clean you palette again. All you have to do is throw away the sandwich wrap once you are finished using it. Cleaning a tile everytime you wish to start a new paint session is quick annoying.
I use one I made because most wet palettes are not big enough for me, I like alot of room. I went to Target and bought the largest flat plastic plate I could find, it is about 13\" x 13\", then I went online to ebay and bought a large pack of sandwich wrap (1000 sheets) for $8 and some paper towels and it works pretty well.
As for \"wet palette or not\" I say wet palette x 100. It keeps your paints from drying out too quick meaning that you will not have to constantly remake your paints which means less money spent buying new paints. Plus you will never have to clean you palette again. All you have to do is throw away the sandwich wrap once you are finished using it. Cleaning a tile everytime you wish to start a new paint session is quick annoying.
daemon boy
New member
i find that when using a wet pallette, it makes painting a hell of a lot easier, as you can keep a colour, or a mix for ages, and then come back to it to carry on painting after a break, when using a normal pallette...well they are just gai...
RuneBrush
New member
OK, question for all of those who use a wet pallette. I\'ve just looked in the bottom drawer in the kitched (you know the one full up of unclassified stuff) and found both baking parchment and baking paper. One is brown the other white. I believe that in cooking they have different properties, is this the same as in painting?
Pete
Pete
alextheartist
New member
Originally posted by Einion
Pretty sure I\'ve had both in my wet palette RuneBrush.
They\'re used for the same things in baking BTW
Einion
YEh, one is much more expensive than the other though.
Alex
generulpoleaxe
New member
i paint with realy thin paint (juice) and as such find that a pallette with deep wells suits me much better.
plus i can\'t be arsed making/buying a wet pallette
plus i can\'t be arsed making/buying a wet pallette
Ratboy The Legend
New member
I use quite thin paints anyway and mix enough so it takes ages to dry anyway so i don\'t really need a wet pallette. Plus if i want a paint to stay wet for a while so i can use it later i just place a gw pot over the mix and it will stay wet for much longer.
I tried a wet palette with paper towels and wax paper in an old cookie tin about 4 months ago and I had to put my gear away for some construction in my house. When I opened the tin, I found that the paints were still wet enough to pick up with a brush.
Recently I bought some STA-WET paper and a sponge but it doesn\'t seem to work as well. After a few days the paper soaked up all the paint.
Recently I bought some STA-WET paper and a sponge but it doesn\'t seem to work as well. After a few days the paper soaked up all the paint.
