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The best sharing and teaching palette I have made yet!

I have a couple dry gouache palettes. I find them more convenient than using fresh gouache, since I am frequently interrupted while working. Working from dry is not the same as fresh obviously, and I enjoy fresh gouache when I am able to make the time. This is a metal tin with full pans. The pans have a magnetic strip on the back to keep them from moving too much. Most of the gouache is M. Graham, a great brand of watercolor and gouache, with a few Winsor and Newton. Paint names are listed below. I added Titanium White to each of the pans when I poured them, and mixed a tint of each hue. Dry gouache will crack, and if I don't keep this tin flat the paint will fall out of the pans.

This is far from a balanced palette, but I think it is interesting to see quirky palette set-ups. So here we go! Palette : 24-well plastic Mijello with airtight lid I think this is meant to be an acrylic palette, but I was interested in the large wells for watercolors. Paints : I have a mixture of brands, labeled on the sketchbook page below. This palette is not well-balanced. It works for me, but I also frequently use multiple palettes. I would not recommend this lineup to anyone, but I would recommend finding what you like. Several of these paints are on this palette so I can figure out how I like to use them. Some of these are on this palette because I have a large tube or multiple tubes and want to use up what I have in abundance. Customization : Ceramic plates, half pans I found two appetizer-size plates that fit nearly perfectly into the center mixing area. I prefer to mix watercolor on ceramic so I am very pleased with this addition. One side of this palette has three giant wells. I chose to set a selection of half-pans in these spaces. I like that I can swap these in and out depending on what I need. I did not adhere them, but it hasn't been a problem for me.