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I've had every sort of palette over the years and the best one yet is actually a sheet of white Perspex I bought in a hardware shop it's a biggie 2 foot by 2 and half and I lay my paints oil or watercolour on this on a table beside my easel giving me a huge area for mixing on , I clean this under an outside tap when cleaning up .
When I'm out and about I use the lid from a 10 litre bucket of white emulsion as a palette it's actually the best I ever had 😊
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I've had every sort of palette over the years and the best one yet is actually a sheet of white Perspex I bought in a hardware shop it's a biggie 2 foot by 2 and half and I lay my paints oil or watercolour on this on a table beside my easel giving me a huge area for mixing on , I clean this under an outside tap when cleaning up .
When I'm out and about I use the lid from a 10 litre bucket of white emulsion as a palette it's actually the best I ever had 😊
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I'm a huge fan of the waxed tear off paper pads for my acrylic paints. I go through them like wildfire as I like to keep my colours crisp but also, if you place one on top of the other after painting, the paint keeps malleable for a couple of days too.
For Watercolour i'm all about the plastic palette though, nice little sections to flood and keep separate. Nothing expensive, just run of the mill.
I definitely think the whole 'just use a plate' thing is a bit of naff advice. I tried a plate, total mess. I'd definitely have a go with the paper plates though, if stuck, Good tip.
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I have used ceramic plates for acrylic as they are easy to clean, but I am now using a non stick bun baking tray, which keeps my colours separate until i choose to mix them. I've used the tear off ones too, but i run out too quickly. Similarly the stay wet palettes, run out of the top surface very quickly and I get left with lots of the blotting paper. I can't be trusted with a proper palette as the hand holding it will end up covered in paint. So the baking tin option seems to be the best, environmental friendly solution. It doesn't even break if you drop it!
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