I use a tray with a loose lid, kitchen paper towels & parchment paper on top. All things I already had on hand in the house. Keeps paints wet for about a week with no mold!
This technique has eliminated so much frustration of using acrylic paints! No more scrubbing paint off your palette and no more dry paint! It's life changing!
Fantastic. Just what I need here in TEXAS where the temperature is 102 and I have no AC in my studio. My paints have been drying out before I can get them on the canvas. Thanks again.
I'm just beginning to explore painting with acrylics - I've been painting with watercolors for over 30 years - I played around with them yesterday, and was shocked at how fast the paints dried. I just pulled up your video, having no idea what a 'wet palette' actually meant. THANK YOU!!
Nice home-made solution! Also, Masterson's Sta-Wet Palette 12"x16" can keep acrylic paints fresh for days, or even weeks. Comes inside a plastic box with air-tight lid....very handy for transporting. Includes a thin sponge at the bottom of the box, and nice palette paper. Sold at most art stores, and online.
I just use a plastic cakecontainer (dont know the exact word in english). You can buy them at a household store to save you cakes. You can buy them round or rectangle. They have a lid and small airholes. I put layers very wet kitchentowel , than a bakingsheet. Thats all... My paints stay fresh for weeks without molding or getting that thin film you dont want.
Thanks for the tip. Blue paper towel is a good idea. I used the sponge under the old ironing table cloth. :) And now I will go to the cafeteria for the tray. :)
I just found you today and am soooooo thankful for your videos! So incredibly helpful. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these as well as for sharing your beautiful paintings. I am quite inspired and empowered to create!
So clever Pamela , well done and you have a real calm teaching style and superb delivery , a born teacher. Keep up the wonderful work and making such a difference to so many , very much appreciated .
Thank you for the wet palette demo! You literally saved all of your followers a ton of money as well as being able to match the colors already mixed, the following day!
Hi Pam - Love this palette trick. I've found by having another cafeteria tray and if you turn it over and using #2 tray as a cover, it keeps the paint lots longer! Thanks!
Great video pam. I like the cafeteria tray and tracing paper ideas as it provides for a large stay-wet palette. Larger than what others are showing us to make. I’m a novice just learning and taking my first acrylics class, but having a stay-wet palette is required for this course. Stay well and thanks for great tips.
Thanks so so much for this wonderful tip. I am new to Mixed Media and the biggest problem I have is the paint drying so quickly. I believe this is going going to be the best news EVER. God bless from an extremely hot Geraldton Western Australia.
Hi, thanks for this video💐 I use, for a lot of years, a large plastic box with lid for the acrylic paint, the same way you use the tray. Also because people can take it with them when they do an course. The only thing is, not to make it to wet, otherwise the paints walks all over the box.
Thank you for this great tip. I have only been painting a while and was wondering how to can keep the acrylic paints wet. Would it be ok to use baking parchment instead of tracing paper?
Wow...great idea! My paints have dried up almost immediately, making it very difficult to work. I'm new to acrylic paint. In porcelain painting, we use metal boxes with covers and a piece of glass insert that covered the whole bottom of a metal box. Under the glass, we can draw boxes on plain white xerox paper and place the name of the color pallet or just name the colors that we are using for our project. I suppose also using a plastic square box with a lid would suffice to do the same. Because we use an oil medium..it was easy just to close this up and pack away and keep it fresh for weeks. Using a glass pallet helps keep brushes from getting ruined...so this is also a nice trick. After reading a few other comments..Wilma has a great idea of using a plastic box, kitchen towel & a baking sheet & a cover. Cover is a great idea due to dust. My work with this acrylic painting today was a waste of so much paint and once mixed, it just peeled off like plastic. Not fun! Look forward to trying something different. Thank you so much!
This is a very valuable tip Pam & Ive been using it for some time now thanks to you & Nicholas . I'm currently in Spain and far away from any store that carried tracing paper so I substituted with parchment paper and it worked just fine. Paints actually stay wet for a few days . Looking forward to more of these great tips when I'm set up in my new studio. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge & your process. It really makes a difference for beginners .
Hi Pam, Great tip, thank you! I used wax paper on top of CWM paints and it works pretty well. My favorite tools are garage sale kitchen and work shop tools. Pastry cutting wheel is awesome, as well as angel food cutting tool. Shop tools are endlessly fun. I loved your rolling pin additions. Fun, fun! Thank you.
Hi, Pam. Yes..Louise Fletcher taught me this approach! Its foolproof! And, the blue shop towels are sooo marvelous!
@@MicheleNishikatsu yes we both learned from Nicholas Wilton!
@@PamelaCaughey ..exactly! Nicholas, is so phenomenal..isn't he? He lives near my location!🌼
I use a tray with a loose lid, kitchen paper towels & parchment paper on top. All things I already had on hand in the house. Keeps paints wet for about a week with no mold!
Thanks Pam. It is very cool that you give Nicholas Wilton credit. I have learned so much from both of you.
Of course! I think I learned that tip from him at a workshop in Molokai! It was wonderful 😄😄😄
nice abs painting...and the wet paint technique help to minimized waste paint
Thanks so much, Alfonso :)!!
This technique has eliminated so much frustration of using acrylic paints! No more scrubbing paint off your palette and no more dry paint! It's life changing!
YES! It was for me, too - so happy it is working for you!! Much more paint to work with, right? YAY!! :)
This is great! I was trying to figure out your palette technique for acrylic. Thanks so much!
Thankful that I watch this before I began painting
This tip will save me so much wasted paints. THANK YOU SO MUCH !
Fantastic. Just what I need here in TEXAS where the temperature is 102 and I have no AC in my studio. My paints have been drying out before I can get them on the canvas. Thanks again.
Oh dear! Stay cool and hope this will work for you!!🌺🌺
Thank you so much!
This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you for sharing the information on the palette.
Thank you for the vedio, you gave solution to a problem I always have with acrylics, thanks
Wonderful tip!
I've found when you buy cookies at walmart bakery, these plastic trays make great palettes with recloseable lids, paint keeps for 2+ weeks.
I'm just beginning to explore painting with acrylics - I've been painting with watercolors for over 30 years - I played around with them yesterday, and was shocked at how fast the paints dried. I just pulled up your video, having no idea what a 'wet palette' actually meant. THANK YOU!!
this is a great idea
Best idea I ever heard. Many thanks.
Awesome thanks for the tip, I'll have to try it out. I don't like wasting paint and this will definitely help .
Nice home-made solution! Also, Masterson's Sta-Wet Palette 12"x16" can keep acrylic paints fresh for days, or even weeks. Comes inside a plastic box with air-tight lid....very handy for transporting. Includes a thin sponge at the bottom of the box, and nice palette paper. Sold at most art stores, and online.
Hi Sherry - thank you for sharing that tip!!! I"m glad that artists have many ways to keep their acrylics wet so they can work longer :)!!
Fantastic tip. Thank you.
Thanks a lot for your tips🥰
I just use a plastic cakecontainer (dont know the exact word in english). You can buy them at a household store to save you cakes. You can buy them round or rectangle.
They have a lid and small airholes. I put layers very wet kitchentowel , than a bakingsheet. Thats all... My paints stay fresh for weeks without molding or getting that thin film you dont want.
Thank you!!! With covid-19 going on rn i really need something I can find at home.
Thank you, great with baking sheet i have them at home, will try 💐
Thank you so much, this is really helpful!🙏
Thanks for the tip. Blue paper towel is a good idea. I used the sponge under the old ironing table cloth. :) And now I will go to the cafeteria for the tray. :)
Wonderful! Have fun, Can!! :)
So clever!!! Thank you!!!!
Great tip! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Amazing tip
First visit here..very helpful!
Love the painting behind you
Awesomeness!
I just found you today and am soooooo thankful for your videos! So incredibly helpful. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these as well as for sharing your beautiful paintings. I am quite inspired and empowered to create!
I’m so happy to hear this-thank you so much 😁🌻
Very helpful. Thanks!
So clever Pamela , well done and you have a real calm teaching style and superb delivery , a born teacher. Keep up the wonderful work and making such a difference to so many , very much appreciated .
Thank you so much, Anthony! I really appreciate that :)!!
thanks ma’am for this valuable tip👍
Brilliant tip
Very useful tips.
Best wet palette tutorial l have come across 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you for that tip
Great! Tip thank you.
Sounds like a great tip! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this!
I love Nicholas Wilton's classes too.
Enjoyed learning this, saves paint too
Very cool!!
Good tip, thank you
This is the greatest tip. I will use it a lot. Thanks.
Thank you Pamela. Very good instructions. It helps me.
Awesome! Thanks.
Thank you for the tip.
You are welcome Bette! 🌻🌻
Thank you for the wet palette demo! You literally saved all of your followers a ton of money as well
as being able to match the colors already mixed, the following day!
My 7 year old daughter loves painting, I will let her watch your videos ❤️
Thank you Pamela ...... always got great tips xxxxx
This is life saving 😍😍😍😍
This is so helpful. I've seen this method, but missed the 4 layers and the great volume of water. Thank you!
Wonderful! Thank you for the info Miss. Pamela xoxo
Hi Pam - Love this palette trick. I've found by having another cafeteria tray and if you turn it over and using #2 tray as a cover, it keeps the paint lots longer! Thanks!
Thanks, Selene - that's an awesome tip as well! I will definitely try that :)!!
You answer questions I have yet thought to ask. This is a terrific way to create pallette
Excellent !!!! This idea ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just want you to know I so appreciate this tip and I LOVE LOVE that painting you did behind you. OMG I want to crawl into your brain!
That's amazing. Sharing these kinds of tips is very helpful, especially for someone like me who is just learning to paint. Thank you!❣
This will become my standard palette to work off of! Thanks so much! ❤️
Great idea, much cheaper than the stay wet palettes and membranes that I've been wistfully looking at!!! Thank very much!!!
You are so welcome!
Thank you very much for the Spanish subtitles. That allows me to fully understand your explanations.
Mil Gracias! Excelente tip!!!😘😘😘 Besos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
Very helpful tip, thank you so much.
Thank you!
Excellent idea
Thank you! Cheers!
This is so helpful! Thanks
It works very well!
What a marvelous solution! Thank you for sharing your cost-effective tips.
Great video pam. I like the cafeteria tray and tracing paper ideas as it provides for a large stay-wet palette. Larger than what others are showing us to make. I’m a novice just learning and taking my first acrylics class, but having a stay-wet palette is required for this course. Stay well and thanks for great tips.
Many thanks, Pamela! Hope to see you in my Art School - I also have lots of online courses and LOVE my artist community :) www.ARTandSUCCESS.com!
You’re such an inspiration. Thanku Pamela
Wouuuu!!! This is the best tip I heard !!!!! Many many thanks !!!!!
Well done. Thank you
Thanks for cutting down the frustration we all experience with acrylic paints
Sharyn -I’m glad it is helpful!! 😉
Thanks so so much for this wonderful tip. I am new to Mixed Media and the biggest problem I have is the paint drying so quickly. I believe this is going going to be the best news EVER. God bless from an extremely hot Geraldton Western Australia.
You are so welcome! I really hope this will work for you!! 😊
Hi, thanks for this video💐
I use, for a lot of years, a large plastic box with lid for the acrylic paint, the same way you use the tray. Also because people can take it with them when they do an course. The only thing is, not to make it to wet, otherwise the paints walks all over the box.
Dita van Stipriaan, yes I often see the paint moving around on the palette when I pick it up-but I love how it keeps the paints wet 😉
Very helpful and instructions were perfect
You have a great and soothing voice
Great video!!! Very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
This is such a great idea! Going to try it today!
Thanks for the tip.
Great tip. I love your videos and teaching knowledge. I get motivated every time i see you create.
Wow! What a practical and useful solution. Thanks!!
Thank you somuch 😘
Thank YOU!!!
I love the technique,,tnk u
Thank you sooo very much for sharing, this is one of the most helpful tips ever !!!!!!
So glad you enjoyed it, Christine :)! Happy Painting!
Thank you for this great tip. I have only been painting a while and was wondering how to can keep the acrylic paints wet. Would it be ok to use baking parchment instead of tracing paper?
For others with the same question in the future, yes. Parchment paper works well.
Really a very useful tip, I've thrown out so much dried up paint. Thanks for this.
Me too - acrylic dries to fast - so happy to have learned this great tip! See you in class! :)
Wow...great idea! My paints have dried up almost immediately, making it very difficult to work. I'm new to acrylic paint. In porcelain painting, we use metal boxes with covers and a piece of glass insert that covered the whole bottom of a metal box. Under the glass, we can draw boxes on plain white xerox paper and place the name of the color pallet or just name the colors that we are using for our project. I suppose also using a plastic square box with a lid would suffice to do the same. Because we use an oil medium..it was easy just to close this up and pack away and keep it fresh for weeks. Using a glass pallet helps keep brushes from getting ruined...so this is also a nice trick. After reading a few other comments..Wilma has a great idea of using a plastic box, kitchen towel & a baking sheet & a cover. Cover is a great idea due to dust. My work with this acrylic painting today was a waste of so much paint and once mixed, it just peeled off like plastic. Not fun! Look forward to trying something different. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing from your heart for free lessons on acrylics. Bless you! Love your work.
Diane Hansma You are very welcome Diane! I’m very happy you enjoyed this tip 😊
Thank you so much for this trick. I will surely use it in future.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR A WONDERFUL VIDEO.
hi Pam. Wld parchment paper work instead of tracing paper?. . LOVE yr abstract tutorials. More Please.
This is a very valuable tip Pam & Ive been using it for some time now thanks to you & Nicholas . I'm currently in Spain and far away from any store that carried tracing paper so I substituted with parchment paper and it worked just fine. Paints actually stay wet for a few days . Looking forward to more of these great tips when I'm set up in my new studio. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge & your process. It really makes a difference for beginners .
Thank you for sharing that Laura I do not have any tracing paper but I do have parchment paper!!!
Very helpful tips.
Thanks .
Definitely I will try.
Hi Pam, Great tip, thank you! I used wax paper on top of CWM paints and it works pretty well. My favorite tools are garage sale kitchen and work shop tools. Pastry cutting wheel is awesome, as well as angel food cutting tool. Shop tools are endlessly fun. I loved your rolling pin additions. Fun, fun! Thank you.
Fabulous tip!!!
Thanks for that great tip...really useful,indeed.
Thank you Pam , this is extremely helpful advice.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, I'm going to try this. Great ideas. Thanks
thank you so much ...i have been looking for ways to save paint...this helps tremendously
Thank you so much just starting acrylic painting and this is extremely helpful.
Your generosity of information is very inspiring !
What a great tip! Thanks!
John -awesome! You are very welcome 😉
Love this idea. I am a beginner painter using acrylic paints.