The Best Paint Palette for Acrylics
It's taken me many years to find the perfect palette for acrylic paints, and believe me, I think I've tried them all. I like to be able to have enough space to mix my colors, so small palettes do not work for me. I like to store my left over paints in a sealed stay-wet palette, but even that is too small to allow me enough room to "play". Finally, after trying out different ideas, I decided to order a 24" x 30" plate glass sheet. It works wonderfully with my acrylics, it's easy to clean and allows me plenty of space to keep my colors from intermixing, unless I want them to. I placed a sheet of white paper under the glass to allow me to see the colors correctly. I also like to spray water on the the paints to prevent them from drying out too fast. Cleaning the glass is actually fun! When I'm finished painting, I scoop up the clean paints and store them in my stay-wet palette. After letting the paints on the palette dry out, usually overnight, I spray it with water and use a paint scraper to peel up the "skins". Some artists like to use the skins in their work...I don't.
Whatever you do, don't use a piece of plexi as a paint palette with acrylics!
Acrylics are plastic and stick to plastic like glue!
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