How to Build a Watercolor Palette - Tubes Vs. Pans
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- I have this thing for creating watercolor palettes from tubes of watercolor inside vintage tins! So now I'm sharing with you how to build a watercolor palette of your own from tube watercolors. Are you a beginner watercolor artist? Over the years I've become just a bit obsessed with collecting different brands of watercolor and adding them to vintage tins. The process of creating these palettes alone feels like a big, beautiful dose of art therapy and then painting with them is just another level!
So here's what you'll need (see below for a shopping list):
- A vintage watercolor tin sized large enough to fit the watercolor set you choose.
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- Half pans
- Palette knife
- Small magnets
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0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Watercolor palette making supplies
1:40 - Thoughts on organizing your process
3:13 - Label half pans
5:10 - Fill the half pans
8:37 - Create your palette
10:08 - Thoughts on prepping the vintage palette
11:51 - Swatch your palette
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I've made two little pallets out of altoid pans, water bottle tops, and magnets. So cute and useful...just the basic yellows, reds and blues, green, purple, Paynes gray. Six colors per pallet. Too much fun!
Yes altoid tins for the win!!! I've also used shells :)
It’s quite timely I came across this tutorial as I got sick of having all my half pans in different tins to decided to make one big tin of all of them together, I used an emptied coloured pencil tin and it’s perfect 👍 I swatched all the colours and put them in colour order and put all the metallic shimmer ones separately on the bottom line, looks fantastic and inviting
Wonderful!
Brilliant idea !!! 💡 👏 🤩♥️
I always just feel good watching and listening to you Kristy! I know you’re all about Art for Jots sake but also with the addition of you’re a fabulous therapist! You just help us all not take it all so seriously and just plain enjoy the process of doing it! You’re the best!
Aw that's so kind of you to say, thank you!
I LOVE YHIS VIDEO
Me tooo!
I love coming back to your videos again and again. I learn so much and you remind me to breathe, take a break , and to enjoy process. Thank you
You are so welcome
I’ve never seen the magnets put inside the pan, brilliant!💡
That is cool!
A toothpick works wonders too getting the paint in corners with less waste xo
Brilliant!!
I’ve just inherited 2 vintage palettes from the 50’s…..thanks for the idea!
OOooooh yay you!!!!
I do my color chart as I go.
Talk about chaos. 😂
Very timely that this popped up to watch as I should be getting a new set of handmade paints that I ordered myself for Christmas. I don’t want to mix up my Daniel Smith paints so I’m going back through them and writing the colors as you do. Why the heck didn’t I think of that first?? Thank you!
I can totally relate to embracing the mess! I've tried to be a clean artist, it's impossible for me. I'm a face and body painter for a living and I can only imagine what my kit looks like after a 6 hour job to a non-artist. I've recently wanted to get back to painting on a flat surface and love your videos!
Thank you Kristy! Love your approach. Sometimes I feel more like a collector than an artist, because I love videos like yours ! I almost through out a large pallet that I was keeping my tubes of paint in because it’s heavy. I will keep it and make use of your idea. The next time I buy any paint sets , I will make sure they are all single pigment. It’s because I like to know what’s in the mix, as we say! Thanks again.
Yessss! Get those tubes into half pans!! You will feel so much better!! XO
The other day I started filling my first pans after watching this tutorial. Sooooo, you know the part about washing your hands…uh…shoulda listened. While I filled them, I also happened to be watching a real tear jerker…I think you can guess what was staring back at me in the mirror that night! 😅
😂😂😂😘
Love the help with thinking this process
Awesome!!
Thank you for the advice and knowledge ❤️
You're welcome!
Loved this video, I’m going to do this! Thank you Kirsty I love your presentation so cheerful and this certainly cheered me up this morning! Hiya from N Ireland! ☘️☘️☘️☘️
Well hello! And thank you!!
Kristy thank you for showing this! I need to do this.
You are welcome!!
Hurrah! The video I've been waiting for. Thank you Kristy!
Yay glad you like it!!!
Thanks! You are so fun to listen to!
Aww thank YOU!
This is such a brilliant idea! I’m totally doing this! 🔥✨💖
It’s an addictive way to build palettes!!
Kristy,
You make my day every morning when I get ready! Love all your videos and your joyful spirit😇
Love your teaching, fun style! Thank you so much!🥰🥰🥰
Awww thank YOU for spending time with me!
What a great video, and so helpful! Thank you so much!
Of course!
This is EXACTLY what I've been searching TH-cam for today! Thank you.
Awesome!!!
That’s a cool tip to put the magnet in the pan!
Yess!
Haven't made my own watercolour palette yet but this reminds me of when I bought the 36 set of Winsor & Newton Cotman colours. Each half pan was individually wrapped like a boiled sweet and I had to prise each one out of the palette, cut the cellophane (because you couldn't just pull it off, oh nooo), unwrap it and then press it back into the palette between the specially designed runners. I truly felt that I was approaching the speed of light, because time was definitely slowing down. But I would love to try designing my own palette one day.
Making palettes is like therapy!
I finally had a chance to see this video that I was hoping that you would do, because I wasn’t sure how to set it up. I just bought the Mission watercolor set. 👍🏻
When I make my swatch sheet for the palette I find that writing the name of the color below each color is helpful.
Ooooh my gAAAsh did you paint with your Missions yet???? And AMAZING tip!! Sometimes I'm too loosey goosey for my own good!
Hi, I am new to your TH-cam videos and I am thoroughly enjoying them. Thank you for being you and for sharing your experiences with us. Looking forward to visiting you on TH-cam often.
You are so welcome!
If fingers get messy, tap em on a scrap water color paper piece, could make a fun wash or keepsake just for fun!
Yaaaas!! Brilliant!
i can't tell you how much that magnetic inside the paint is such. BRILLIANT IDEA !!! ive tried the stick on tape rolls and they're so wimpy, definitely going to order some of those little earth magnets instead :)
Awesome!!
I made a Paul Rubens palette after watching about a month ago. I have been looking on Etsy for vintage palettes because that sounds like fun too. 👉🏼🐕🎨🖌️💯
A dark blue or black apron is a must for everytime I do anything watercolor related...I keep 2. 1 to wear and 1 to wash...that way I always have a clean one ready if I have a mishap
I have so many mishaps!! Need the apron!!
I use an awl to flatten my palettes, better than a toothpick cos it’s reusable with just a wipe 🤗🤗 And my craft heat tool cures them fast too 🤗🤗🤗
Ummmm you're a genius!!!
SOOO DANG ADORABLE!!! So wish the tims came the way yours end up @ the end. TFS Hugs my crafty & creative Sister XOXOXO
Well I'm working on that come mid May! XO
Kristy, you are a joy. I am currently getting ready to put together my Holbein watercolors in a medeen pallet that I snagged a year and a half ago. I’ve been in a slump. I thank you so much for encouraging me. I’ve been going through a rough year. I just wanted to say thank you. Also when is your big pallet coming out? I’m very interested in it. 😂cheers from Texas! Muahhugs ❤
Have fun!
Ima bingeing on your videos this weekend Kristy. Love! Total newb question, I’ve seen several make palettes from tubes not using pans but just into the wells. Pros and cons to this?
The only reason I use pans is so I can have more colors in a small space :)
You always inspire me I love your videos so much. Very new to watercolours and want to create my own pallets. Where do you get your vintage paint pallets from
Etsy and eBay. You might like this video :
th-cam.com/users/livet-4qiHsR97o?si=z14Xc5HA9cQi7hjJ
Setting up a Mission Gold palette today- wish me luck!
Oooh my goodness what fun!!!
You are such a love ! Boop !
💚😜 lol. Hugs 🫂 🤗 I'm such a collector of art supplies and all kinds of art related paraphernalia lol. You have a beautiful evening ✨ 😊 💕
Thanks for watching! :)
Hi Kristy! I just discovered (and subscribed) to your channel. My friend and I are taking a watercolor class that is supposedly for beginners, but we have been very frustrated because we took an immediate dive into painting complicated pictures. You have been very refreshing and informative to the point that we both are considering quitting the class and continuing with your videos instead. This video is perfect, and I wish that this was taught in my class. My question is...why do you prefer half pans to full pans for paint palettes? Thanks!
I’m so glad you’re here! Have you wanted my beginner watercolor mastermind? Here is the link:
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I love half pans because I can fit more color options in one palette, and I also don’t paint large so no need for a pan to fit big brushes :)
Fun video- where are you finding small magnets for the 1/2 pans?
How does Gem and Divenci(sp), and Paul Rubens compare to the top one you like?
Another way to put it...which paints to stay away from. Retired and on limited income.
I have Grumbacher 24 colors mainly and was trying to set up a pallet from Ed Ames book on color theory a friend gave me...have just primary colors and have mixed a few other colors. Also, some Susan Scheewe tubes...some of hers maybe acrylic.
Re: brushes I have two different sets of Princeton Snap brushes, Princeton Elite, a set of Micro brushes, a set of Royal Langnickel...and a few others.
Thank you. Hope this is not confusing.
Kristy thanks so much for this video. Can you tell me where you find your beautiful pastel colors peach, pink. Lavender and such?
Holbein has amazing pastels!!!
I loved seeing you create one of your palettes! I knew you used magnets but did t know if you put them on the inside of the pan or glued them to the bottom outside. Now I know! Question about your magnets though: with them, being on the inside of the pan, how strong is their magnetic strength? Do they hold without any sort of wiggle and budge to your metal pan? Or do they hold but when you’re painting, there is still some wiggle to it when your brush is in there? I ordered some magnets, and before filling my pans, tested out the magnetic strength. Mine are strong enough to hold the pan to the pallet, but I can easily slide and move the pan…
There’s def still some wiggle but when the palette is pretty pull will pans and/or you’ve painted with it for a while the paint crud helps keep things tight too lol!!
@@KristyRice Thank you!
This may be a ridiculous question, but... I don't understand why you would dry tube paint. My understanding is the colors are more vibrant right out of the tube. Sorry, I'm a brand new beginner... Your videos are super helpful thank you!
There are two brands I know of who specifically recommend using the paint from the tube. But the vast majority do not. The paints definitely are not more vibrant from the tube. Watercolor is water soluable so once cured will rewet easily for the most part. I actually never recommend using straight from the tube, especially as a beginner because it is too easy to grab too much paint, way more than needed .
@@KristyRice OMgosh Kristy! Thank you so much... I'm having so much fun playing and learning along with you... thank you for embracing having fun and playing! I've been using pan paint... not realizing that you can make pans w tubes 😂🤣😂 did I say rank beginner? I'm learning and thank you again!
Great video! How do you find the quality of these paints? Are they beginner grade watercolor?
Where do you find your vintage palettes? I have one of your recent Paintcrush palettes begging to be filled so this was helpful and it does look like lots of fun to make them from the old ones too 😃!
Ive never thought to put the magnet inside the pan!
Genius! It never occurred to me to put the magnet INSIDE the pan. It's so frustrating to glue magnet strips under the pan.
Great video Kristy! What do you do with your palettes while they are curing? Do you have to keep the lid open until it is totally cured?
I do keep the lid open :)
Hi, Kristy! Thanks for a great video! Can you tell me, have you ever experienced a reaction in the paint from the magnet being in contact with the wet watercolor for so long? ALSO, can this be done with gouache, or would you not recommend that because gouache tends to stay somewhat wet in the pallet? Thank you!
I’ve never had any reactions, rusting etc with the magnets in the pan :) You could do this with traditional gouache from the tube.
This might be dumb but will magnets work on the white full pans? I've been using magnet straps and cutting them.
They’ll work but I’d go with a larger diameter disc magnet for a stronger hold
Well, I am southern, sugah! Fun video. Let us know if you like the Gencraft paints.
Only the pans. Nooope on the tubes
@@KristyRiceso if you end up with paints that you don’t like, do you keep them or move them on to a new home?
I’m an artist who or ally paints with oils/acrylics. I love to mess with watercolors in my sketchbooks, so decided to try to give it a go on a larger scale. But I’m new to this medium. I have a ? I bought a Daniel Smith pallet that came with extra empty half pans. I also bought some of Daniel Smith metallic colors in a tube, can I transfer those from the tube into those empty half pans? Just don’t want to do that then find I can’t use it later lol loving your channel !
Yes absolutely I squeeze all of my tubes into half pans :)
Thank you 😊
Thank you so much for making this video! I saw some people sticking magnet strips on the back of those half pans to make the half pans stick to the tin. Your way of throwing in a craft magnet will definitely spare me that extra work. But one question though, have you experienced the magnet getting rusted after a while in the paints? Thank you!
You’re welcome!! And no never noticed any rusting and I’ve used this technique with a wide variety of pigments :)
@@KristyRice Again. Thank you so much! Looking forward to watch more video’s from you! 🌹
Yes to the tunnel vision with tedious tasks and stopping to wash hands!! I can totally identify! When I filled pans, by the end of it my back was killing me from hunching over, and my hands looked like I got in a fight with a rainbow and lost. Separate note: I absolutely love your buried magnet idea. I used circular adhesive magnets on the bottom of full pans and they sort of stick out over the edges, so the pans can’t touch one another and don’t fit well in a box/tin…so I stuck them on a metal baking pan. Fine for home/indoor use, but I’m going to redo a set using your technique instead because… definitely can’t just haul a baking tin around with me! I mean, I could but… yeah. Not gonna. And finally…I enjoy your personality and no-holding-back / freeing approach to creating art. If you were a punctuation mark, you would be an exclamation point: your enthusiasm is contagious. Thank you for sharing through your channel!
I'm so happy you found this helpful! Have to admit, I kind of dig your baking sheet idea!!! Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching!!!
Could you share what kind of magnets you purchased. I bought some flat ones from Amazon. They are not the greatest had to hot glue them in the bottoms of the half pans since the glue they came with didn’t work. Thank you
It looked like she just put them in the bottom of the pans without glue. Which makes sense. Of course, being solid and heavy, they stay in the bottom when the paint is added, and after it's dried, the magnets stay in place.
Kristy, I am creating a new palette with my Meeden tube paints that I bought this year. I have other palettes of watercolors paints. Where do you keep your swatches so they are handy? I keep losing mine. 😏
I have a zippered folio right now.
Dreaming up ways to bind the pages together like a book!
My 7 year old granddaughter LOVES painting and mixing colors.... last time we were shopping at a "cheap" store, she was determined to get a 🎨 there. I tried to steer her to something else, no luck. Sure enough, she later reported it "didn't work." I have all these supplies and can't wait to make her a small REAL pallet!
How long should it cure?
Thank you so much!
Depends on which brand your using to build the palette and sometimes which colors are included. I find most all paints cure to the point you could safely travel with them or toss them in a tote on their side within 2 weeks
@@KristyRice yikes. We didn't wait that long... next time! I wish you could have seen her face as she tried out the colors, mixing them, she even cut a piece of paper all on her own to make a color swatch fit in the lid of the tin. She was so cute and just delighted. Thanks so much for all your instruction.
i just got the colors you recommended in your art for joy's sake book. they cost more than $100! but inflation.....they are gorgeous gorgeous colors. my palettes haven't arrived yet so i put them in a ceramic palette with a lid (waiting for my palette with lids to arrive. one is a daniel smith palette that won't be here for a month or so coming from over seas? sigh. one is one of your palettes hope it will be here soon but i wanted to get these paints starting to cure so i could use them. i spread them pretty thin so hopefully they'lll harden up pretty fast? i assme its ok to have the lid on looselly. don't want to get doggie hair in my gorgeous colors!
@kristy
I know you recommended Gencraft half pan sets. Did you find the tubes as easy to work with?
Honestly not at all. The tubes are a very very different formulation, I would not recommend. Pans are lovely!
@@KristyRice Thank you! I ordered your brushes today..are back on Amazon and received my 24 pure pigments.
Making a hot mess!🤣
How do you decide what order to put your paint pans in? For some reason yellows or white come first with orange , reds on to magenta and purples….blues to greens and finally earth tones, grays and black. Perhaps it’s from all my colored pencils? How do you choose your colors?
For me it’s often a feeling but I often start with yellows then into oranges, reds, pinks, purples, blues, greens, earthy and lastly neutrals
Are the magnets on the inside of the pan or on the outside bottom?
I just have got my halfpans labeled on the side. Winsor and Newton Professional 48 tubes set from Amazon!? I was not too happy about the labeling because I HAD TO add their numbers. Those tubes are so freaking small as are the halfpans!? Not being able to have the whole name on the side is going to make me swatch mine on my pricy paper (Arches). I am a tad anal minded. Luckily, my pallet needs no magnets that came with mine - but not using them. I do not plan atm to mix my brands as I add more types of watercolor brands. Tomorrow I will fill them with paint - WOOOOT!! KRISTY!!?? Please make a video of Winsor and Newton Professional what is on those tubes as far as info. It is stressing me out somewhat...lols?
Hello! I’ve been wanting to make my own pallets and have always loved vintage things. Whenever I search for vintage tins they still have paint in them. Do you come across this a lot and what do you do in this situation?
Always :) Every vintage watercolor palette I’ve come across has old paints inside. They are typically in a separate custom for metal tray inset that can be carefully popped out with a few heaves of a flathead screwdriver :)
Are there certain keywords you use to search for appropriate sized tins? I'm finding old cookie tins and things that really wouldn't work well at all
Yes search “vintage watercolor palettes”, “vintage watercolor tins” or “cigarette tins” “shallow tins”
Is the premium TUBE gencrafts watercolor paint exactly the same as the the PAN gencrafts watercolor? Just curious because the pan pallet is 48 colors for $30 and the tubes are 50 for $18. Wondering if I could refill my pans with the tubes and count on it being/performing the same? If so why do you think the cost difference?
The tubes are absolutely not the same and I do not recommend them :( But I love the pans.
So when you need to refill a color what do you do? Is there a source to by replacement pans individually?
Got my magnet answer!
Yay!!
Heyo, I don’t know if you still reply to comments on this vid but I have a question, my paint keeps cracking when it drys up and I was wondering how to stop that or it that normal?
Very normal… but what brand?
Kristy, are Gem paints artist grade and lightfast? I have never heard of them.
These are def not artist grade…. Some are lightfast
Do u swatch the colors on paper too? I keep a sheet with my pallet, so I know the colors.
in some way yes but I'm not a traditional swatches! I'll usually just paint something with all the new colors to get acquainted with the new palette.
Did you like the Gen craft paints?
Hi! Where do you get the tiny round magnets you use?
Amazon!
www.amazon.com/shop/kristyrice?listId=3DDAO8BTRZYID
Maybe typing the labels into word and each little piece can be run thru a xyron and stuck to each pan. Once you have the document, I am sure you will re-use the basic colors! I will send you a xyron sticker if you don’t have one, Kristi!
do you always need magnets? i ordered a holbein pallet and it looks like its ?plastic and you just snap the pans into the pallet? am i right about this? i'm just going to go with the 8 or 9 colors you recommended in your book
No def not. Those tray palettes that let the pans snap in def don’t need magnets. What I describe here is only if you’re trying to retrofit into an old tin :)
What size is the magnet
Where is your favorite place to find these palettes? I love that they have the mixing wells. Can you use just a regular tin?
Etsy! Definitely. Etsy’s are usually in better shape albeit more pricey
Where do you find vintage pallets?
Kristy what watercolors are these?
These are GenCraft tube watercolors. I highly recommend their pan sets over these but they were a good option to show how to build a palette :)
Hello, Kristy. I had no idea vintage palettes was a thing. It never crossed my mind to search for vintage options. Thanks for that tip. Look out, Esty - Momma's about to go shopping! 😆😆😆
Now for *ahem* serious questions.
When you paint, do you paint from multiple palettes? Are all your palettes organized by brand? Or do you have a palette with pigments from different brands?
Finally - when it comes to storing the tubes of paint... Do you store tubes by brand or by pigment? That last question is a conundrum for me. Currently I store my paint tubes by brand and that's okay but I can see the value of storing by "color" - which I think would be various hues grouped under a name like, Blues, Reds, Yellows, etc.
The challenge with that method is that I think I'd need more containers to sort tubes by colors than by brands.
Any insight on this is greatly appreciated. 😼
Oooooh have soooo much fun!!
So I have both combo palettes that being together my fave pigments despite brand. I always make a brand specific palette every time I bring an new brand into my collection :)
And I store my tubes by brand always…
@@KristyRice okay... You store tubes by brand. So what do you do if you're trying to find just the right shade of turquoise? Do you pull out every palette that has a turquoise shade and swatch till you decide which color you like best? Or do you just know that when it comes to turquoise, you're always going to select Brand X? If it's the latter, what do you do with all your other turquoise options from brands Y, Z and AA? Do you keep them?
Sorry to hound you on this topic. I'm trying to master organization in a limited space and I want my set up to be as efficient as possible. 😼
Have you painted with this brand yet? What do you think of the quality?
I actually have this brand in a premade set of half pans abd much prefer those over the quality of these tubs paints. I reviewed the brand’s pre-made set on a Facebook live and it was my fave of all Amazon watercolor brands. The tubes are definitely a very different formulation.
@@KristyRice Thank you for the reply!
I'm going to start counting how many times she says "friends" in all her videos. Lol
😂😂😂ssssooooo many!!
Magnets?
What do you think of these paints Kristy?
You might want to update about the clear pans with dark colors....you can't read it
YES!!! Omg I have since in newer videos shared my mistake and utter frustration at this choice! Thank you for the reminder for new viewers:)
What did you think of this brand of watercolors? I was thinking of ordering a brand called Arteza's. Have you heard of the? Would you ever use one of those cute tins you find at the dollar tree? Btw I love your enthusiasm in your videos! Your always warm and welcoming. I appreciate that so much. That's for the answers.
I much prefer this brand’s factory made half pans… I’ve never tried Arteza but if you can swing it go for the 36 color Mission Gold set on Amazon
@@KristyRice thank so much! I have a set of the Winsor Newton Cotman but they are a beginner set and I would love to upgrade. Awesome!!
Arteza’ s tube watercolour tubes do not re-wet well after drying down Emily Artful did a review on them a while back and that was one major point she made, honestly if you want to upgrade from Cotman I dont think Arteza is the way to go white nights are an affordable professional grade paint that come in tubes and whole pans too if you are in the USA i think Jacksons art are good for shipping over there :-)
@@kellydunigan2525 I've heard really wonderful things gs about White Night thanks for recommending them. I think I will give them a try!
@@lori-lynncampbell9757 Windsor Newton artist grade (not Colman) are good quality. Sennelier are good too. And Schmincke Horadam are German, very good artist grade, but very expensive. Sennelier are a little more than W&N but you can find good sales.
I have gotten cheaper sets like Mozart (it has metallic and neon ones in the set) and Rubens glitter just for fun, and they work very well.
The difference is how much pigment compared to binders- good paint has a higher pigment ratio. And price isn’t always a good indicator. Arteza gets mixed reviews and is really student grade. The same color from various companies will be slightly different, such as cerulean blue is less greenish in W&N than other companies. And it happens in colors made with only one pigment (pigments have numbers like PB29), too, which doesn’t make sense. But it’s a good reason to make a palette using paints from various companies, putting just your favorites in it.
Hope this makes sense and helps.
Amazon, Amazon, Amazon…affiliate links always to Amazon! So sick of people only promoting Amazon!
How many Amazon plugs in the first minute and a half?!
We need more people supporting small businesses!!!!!
Rant over!
Wow those paints look awful lol.
Welllll yeahhhh… but their pans are lovely!!
@@KristyRice Honestly almost all the watercolor pan sets on Amazon are pretty damn great! At least the ones I've bought are!