New Palette - Art Tip
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| Masterson's Sta Wet Palette |
As you know I work a lot with acrylics, and now that I am going more into mixed media pieces, I will continue to use the acrylics as my foundation. I found several years ago a tip from Jerry Yarnell, on PBS television on how to set this palette up specifically for acrylics, gives continuing moisture to the paint and EZ clean up.
How:
1) Change out the paper palette sheets with a piece of glass, I usually put a piece of white paper towel underneath the glass, so I continue to have a white surface (for a while) to compare colors to. 2) Then I take a paper towel, cut it in half, then fold each in half and wet them - now I am not talking sopping wet here, but you definitely want to have it wet.
3) Place those two paper towels back on the top and right side of the glass piece and add paint.
4) For EZ clean up on glass mixing area, just use spray mister, then take your palette knife and scrape the paint off the glass, spray again and wipe the glass and you are ready to keep on painting.
5) Want clean/new paint piles, peel up the paper towel sheets, scrape off any good paint onto the next set. Spray under the towels for bleed through paint color, and put new sheets on glass, transfer paint or put on new squeeze of color.
While I paint I continually use a spray mister over the paint on the towels and on the glass palette to keep the paint moist. Since I sometimes use interactive acrylics I can reactivate color pools on the glass surface. Before closing for the day I make sure I have added a spray of mist onto the paint/towels and close it tight. I keep paint in here for weeks, if I open frequently I don't have any mold issues. But, once the towels dry out, so does the paint.
Thanks for stopping by and hope this helps.
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