Challenge Day 79 - Wet palette conclusions and how to make one

Well I have to say I am sold on the wet palette for my vallejo paints and I have even experimented with paint from the flip tops as well and things have flowed much better.

I will say one thing though you do need to experiment a little with the amount of water inside your chosen container, to make everything work as it should. Its not hard to get the levels right but I do think its a matter of personal preference.

I have certainly saved a small fortune on my DIY version compared to those from art stores. During my Google searches there were three main components for making one of these and they are as follows.
1. A shallow container with a suitable lid
2. sponges or paper towel
3. Baking parchment or greaseproof paper

That is all that is needed I went out and bought the requisite items and spent under £2.00 on the lot.

The container was a total of 60p, the packet of sponges was 50p and the greaseproof I liberated for nothing from the wife's cupboard.

 Firstly I cut one sponge into three pieces to fit neatly in the bottom of my container, the reason I cut three is because my one is a bit deep thus I have raised the final surface nearer to the top of the container for ease. If you dont want to use sponge a couple of folded sheets of kitchen towel will work just as well.

 Then cut one piece of greaseproof paper to the same size as the container

 Fill with water until the sponges are wet and the water inside the container is just below the top sponge then lay on your sheet of greaseproof paper, it may curl up but once it is wet enough it will lay flat, smooth away any air bubbles and you are ready to paint.

You just change the greaseproof when you have no more room to put paint, and top up with water when it becomes dry. and that's all there is too it. I have used mine for a couple of weeks now and am really pleased with the results this gives.