The imperfections on the pallet, those little brown dots and the little empty space is actually something from the kiln firing process. After glazing you can’t set some pieces directly on the kiln shelf so it has to be raised up on these little stilts and those have little nails embedded into them, so only the tiniest point is touching the ceramic piece. The reason why they’re on the paint mixing side and not on the bottom side is because they wanted the smoothest surface on the concave wells and so they put the pallet face down onto the little stilts so that any of the glaze would move along the surface and give it the smoothest finish, versus it possibly pulling down off of the sides and into the bottom of the well and creating an uneven surface. Most of the time those little stilts don’t leave anything behind but it looks like you got a little bit of brown on the white glaze, maybe dust particles or a little tiny bit of metal or rust. It is an imperfection but it’s just part of the ceramic process and doesn’t affect their quality.
@@PaintinHiding I’m so glad you took the time to read it! I tried to edit it down but I’m hopelessly long winded and I wanted you to get the whole picture. Happy painting.
Vee, maybe you should use the 4.75 inch Meeden ceramic palette. It’s only six perimeter wells but you can easily make tertiary colors by mixing adjacent wells. And they come in sets of three palettes.
thanks hippo~ i already have the 6 well one you're talking about. although i'm not sure if the sets of three is interesting. you can buy a single on on their website i believe.
Great review. Love that palette. Measuring desk space but I agree about a smaller one-it would be perfect. Even 7"would make a difference. I got a Baobong sample packet. I wasn't impressed. Did not like the texture at all. But the Meeden one is similarly priced to the sample packet. May give it a try also. Birthday next week so I'm treating myself. Also love the links to Handprint. I did not know they had info like that available. WTG Vee!
Thank you Beth ~ :D yeah, i can understand that. even for cold press surface, baohong is rather rough. oh! happy birthday in advance beth! 🥳🎂 annd yayyy! u found my handprint links!
Great video Vee. Looks like Meeden are offering some decent quality materials. Like you said, the palette is perfect for learning color theory and the brush set has everything a beginner artist would need. How does the price of the paper compare to Baohong?
Thank you for making the sponsorship clear and adhering to the FTC guidelines. Helps me as a viewer consider what I see and hear. 🙏🏽. Are the links affiliate links ?
How did i miss this video?! So glad you linked it from today's vid (Dec 23 2023). This palette looks fabulous, I have all these really cute ones with tiny wells and constantly frustrate myself, have a small workspace so try to keep small tools but I think a larger palette would be more sane. You know I love mixing and swatching and playing with all the flavors of color wheels would keep me entertained for days. I've done these before but it was WAY more chaotic, this palette is a game changer 🤣
Also your affiliate link to Jacksons I click on it but then Jacksons pushes me off the UK site and direct me to the Australian website. Will your affiliate link still work when it bumps me to a different site? Do you still benefit or do you have to have an Australian affiliate link on Jacksons to?
As I understand it, jackson's launched the AUS site recently. i do wonder if the other region-specific sites would be changed in the near future as well. as for the affiliate link, i think it should still work despite bumping you to the AUS site. i tried to make an AUS-specific link and it seems not to work. i'll need to ask jackson's about that on my own time. but for now, yes, it should still work. thank you so much for considering using my link jess :) i appreciate it~
Thank goodness I found your video! Ive been looking for review for the flower palette. Im confused on how to use it since most watercolor comes with build in palette.
thank you purfleac :) and sorry, i don't have a source. i whipped it up myself and printed them out. they're just circles you could easily find on google and the names of colours you can also write in yourself. hope that helps :)
Hi, I’m in Australia and I tried to open your Amazon wish list but it won’t allow me to do so. I’ve tried several times. Just want to know if anyone else had this problem?
that's odd, i just checked and you're right. it wasn't working. i made a new one and updated the link. it should work now. thank you for letting me know!
I want to get a 12 well palette but this one is too large for my desk. I have plenty of palettes already. But I would be tempted if they made a 6" one.😅
Hello. I’m a recent subscriber and I love your channel. You are so kind to share your knowledge with your subscribers. I’m just watching your video about the Meeden ceramic pallet with interest. I want to print out some color wheels and I followed the three links you listed in your description. I found a lot of great information that I will read through, but I didn’t see the specific links to print the color wheels from templates. If you have time, please tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks.
Thank you for your kind words. Unfortunately I haven’t made the templates in the video available. You can easily just google an empty pie diagram and print it out. Hope that helps.
@@PaintinHiding - Thanks, I will try that. Your templates are so nice & professional looking. If you ever want to bother with it, I know at least one watercolorist on TH-cam who posts line drawings of flowers and other things that she paints on her website that can be purchased individually for a small fee. Just a thought.
@@PaintinHiding I am worried they might be streaky. I returned similar set of white labeled paint brushes. Princeton snap is Taklon but great for watercolours because it’s not streaky.
@@marlbboro8091 i dont think they're streaky at all. if u take a look at the floral painting and the zoom in when i was using the flat brush, u can see that there weren't any streaks left.
@@PaintinHiding tbh I couldn't see clearly at all. Even slowed down the playback speed and the lights were reflecting off the paint quite a bit..Maybe you can use the same brushes and paints for a tutorial, not sped up? Frugalcrafter-style video . We can see the paints and brushes in action in real-time. the Meeden stuff looks very intriguing and I have a weakness for brushes and palettes
Thank you for this review video, Vee! I have a smaller ceramic palette like this for my limited table space and I must say I still want bigger palette like in this video as I keep mixing colors too thin lmao. so much to work on but so tight space 😂 Glad to hear the paper is almost as same as Baohong quality so I don't have to buy and test them myself. Thanks again Vee!
you like to paint loose but you review every little details !! that high quality review is a delight . I hope more brands sent you products although i think you deserve to be paid for it represent so much work . thank you Vee .
I am so happy and our company has finally reached out to you. I really can only think of a few TH-camrs offhand who really deserve getting gifts like this that do wonderful reviews for us. And being in an area where it’s hard to get a lot of these kind of things I’m just so happy that they got you. I hope there’s heaps more to come in your future. You’re a wonderful woman and very talented. Your art is beautiful and I love hearing you talk and describe things to us.
@@PaintinHiding sorry, the computer wrote the wrong. Word what I meant to say was, I am so happy A company has finally reached out to you. I’m just a viewer I don’t work for meeden
Yo, I need to start a TH-cam channel for all the free swag.
🤣
The imperfections on the pallet, those little brown dots and the little empty space is actually something from the kiln firing process. After glazing you can’t set some pieces directly on the kiln shelf so it has to be raised up on these little stilts and those have little nails embedded into them, so only the tiniest point is touching the ceramic piece. The reason why they’re on the paint mixing side and not on the bottom side is because they wanted the smoothest surface on the concave wells and so they put the pallet face down onto the little stilts so that any of the glaze would move along the surface and give it the smoothest finish, versus it possibly pulling down off of the sides and into the bottom of the well and creating an uneven surface. Most of the time those little stilts don’t leave anything behind but it looks like you got a little bit of brown on the white glaze, maybe dust particles or a little tiny bit of metal or rust. It is an imperfection but it’s just part of the ceramic process and doesn’t affect their quality.
thank you so much for ur explanation. that makes so much sense now!
@@PaintinHiding I’m so glad you took the time to read it! I tried to edit it down but I’m hopelessly long winded and I wanted you to get the whole picture.
Happy painting.
Vee, maybe you should use the 4.75 inch Meeden ceramic palette. It’s only six perimeter wells but you can easily make tertiary colors by mixing adjacent wells. And they come in sets of three palettes.
thanks hippo~ i already have the 6 well one you're talking about. although i'm not sure if the sets of three is interesting. you can buy a single on on their website i believe.
Big ceramic palette? In this desktop real estate economy??? XD 😂😂😂 But on a serious note, all those products seem pretty neat!
hahahaha~ desktop real estate economy is going downhill~ ;P
Great review. Love that palette. Measuring desk space but I agree about a smaller one-it would be perfect. Even 7"would make a difference. I got a Baobong sample packet. I wasn't impressed. Did not like the texture at all. But the Meeden one is similarly priced to the sample packet. May give it a try also. Birthday next week so I'm treating myself. Also love the links to Handprint. I did not know they had info like that available. WTG Vee!
Thank you Beth ~ :D yeah, i can understand that. even for cold press surface, baohong is rather rough. oh! happy birthday in advance beth! 🥳🎂
annd yayyy! u found my handprint links!
Thank for confirming the Baohong paper mystery! I'll glady order some now!
glad the video was useful! 😊
Hi Vee, thank you so much for reviewing our products🥰🥰Hope you will enjoy using them
Thank you so much! I definitely will! 😆🥰
Lovely review, Vee. Your painting has so much contrast; it's beautiful!
thank you miranda!
Great video Vee. Looks like Meeden are offering some decent quality materials. Like you said, the palette is perfect for learning color theory and the brush set has everything a beginner artist would need.
How does the price of the paper compare to Baohong?
thanks jay! well, comparing 10x7inch blocks... meeden is $16 vs baohong $19 USD. (prices from meeden website) so meeden paper block is cheaper
Thank you for making the sponsorship clear and adhering to the FTC guidelines. Helps me as a viewer consider what I see and hear. 🙏🏽. Are the links affiliate links ?
thank you very much :) yes they're affiliate links
How did i miss this video?! So glad you linked it from today's vid (Dec 23 2023). This palette looks fabulous, I have all these really cute ones with tiny wells and constantly frustrate myself, have a small workspace so try to keep small tools but I think a larger palette would be more sane. You know I love mixing and swatching and playing with all the flavors of color wheels would keep me entertained for days. I've done these before but it was WAY more chaotic, this palette is a game changer 🤣
haha~ i know what u mean jen!! im sort of upsizing this year as well 😊
They aren’t porcelain but you should take a look at the Robax watercolor palettes. There are several size option that come with colors.
thanks for the info lisa~ 🥰
Also your affiliate link to Jacksons I click on it but then Jacksons pushes me off the UK site and direct me to the Australian website. Will your affiliate link still work when it bumps me to a different site? Do you still benefit or do you have to have an Australian affiliate link on Jacksons to?
As I understand it, jackson's launched the AUS site recently. i do wonder if the other region-specific sites would be changed in the near future as well. as for the affiliate link, i think it should still work despite bumping you to the AUS site. i tried to make an AUS-specific link and it seems not to work. i'll need to ask jackson's about that on my own time. but for now, yes, it should still work. thank you so much for considering using my link jess :) i appreciate it~
Thank goodness I found your video! Ive been looking for review for the flower palette. Im confused on how to use it since most watercolor comes with build in palette.
yay! glad u found it useful :D
Love this palette set up. Do you have a source for the three sheets of Color Wheel, Split Primary, Primary Triad?
thank you purfleac :) and sorry, i don't have a source. i whipped it up myself and printed them out. they're just circles you could easily find on google and the names of colours you can also write in yourself. hope that helps :)
Hi, I’m in Australia and I tried to open your Amazon wish list but it won’t allow me to do so. I’ve tried several times. Just want to know if anyone else had this problem?
that's odd, i just checked and you're right. it wasn't working. i made a new one and updated the link. it should work now. thank you for letting me know!
I want to get a 12 well palette but this one is too large for my desk. I have plenty of palettes already. But I would be tempted if they made a 6" one.😅
i wish they made a 6 inch size as well~
I swear I am addicted to their ceramic palettes! 😂
i know! such a variety!
I have this exact palette and love it!
woohoo!
Hello. I’m a recent subscriber and I love your channel. You are so kind to share your knowledge with your subscribers. I’m just watching your video about the Meeden ceramic pallet with interest. I want to print out some color wheels and I followed the three links you listed in your description. I found a lot of great information that I will read through, but I didn’t see the specific links to print the color wheels from templates. If you have time, please tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks.
Thank you for your kind words. Unfortunately I haven’t made the templates in the video available. You can easily just google an empty pie diagram and print it out. Hope that helps.
@@PaintinHiding - Thanks, I will try that. Your templates are so nice & professional looking. If you ever want to bother with it, I know at least one watercolorist on TH-cam who posts line drawings of flowers and other things that she paints on her website that can be purchased individually for a small fee. Just a thought.
How do the brushes compare to Princeton Neptune and Princeton snaps ?
aww, unfortunately i don't have any princeton brushes to compare
@@PaintinHiding I am worried they might be streaky. I returned similar set of white labeled paint brushes. Princeton snap is Taklon but great for watercolours because it’s not streaky.
@@marlbboro8091 i dont think they're streaky at all. if u take a look at the floral painting and the zoom in when i was using the flat brush, u can see that there weren't any streaks left.
@@PaintinHiding tbh I couldn't see clearly at all. Even slowed down the playback speed and the lights were reflecting off the paint quite a bit..Maybe you can use the same brushes and paints for a tutorial, not sped up? Frugalcrafter-style video . We can see the paints and brushes in action in real-time. the Meeden stuff looks very intriguing and I have a weakness for brushes and palettes
I love how you used your palette. It’s very useful for learners.
thank you~ i do hope some beginners will see this and this it's useful.
Thank you for this review video, Vee! I have a smaller ceramic palette like this for my limited table space and I must say I still want bigger palette like in this video as I keep mixing colors too thin lmao. so much to work on but so tight space 😂 Glad to hear the paper is almost as same as Baohong quality so I don't have to buy and test them myself. Thanks again Vee!
thank you marionette :) glad u found it useful :)
you like to paint loose but you review every little details !! that high quality review is a delight . I hope more brands sent you products although i think you deserve to be paid for it represent so much work . thank you Vee .
thank you~ @bleuverteforetdepin
Yes on the smaller palette I’d definitely buy one.
me too~ the large wells on this is great and all, but a smaller one would be ideal.
Yes! A smaller palette just like this one would be great.
i hope they make it too!~ the large wells on this is great and all, but a smaller one would be ideal.
I am so happy and our company has finally reached out to you. I really can only think of a few TH-camrs offhand who really deserve getting gifts like this that do wonderful reviews for us. And being in an area where it’s hard to get a lot of these kind of things I’m just so happy that they got you. I hope there’s heaps more to come in your future. You’re a wonderful woman and very talented. Your art is beautiful and I love hearing you talk and describe things to us.
"our company"? omg JESS you work at meeden?! thank you so much for your kind words.
@@PaintinHiding sorry, the computer wrote the wrong. Word what I meant to say was, I am so happy A company has finally reached out to you. I’m just a viewer I don’t work for meeden
First! Yay 😊
🏆:)
@@PaintinHiding Another yay 😄.
Great video! I love their ceramic palettes! I have the one you reviewed and bought it to use as a colour wheel palette as well. 😀
thank you! i love your profile pic ;D