Justinryan215
I've seen the term "wet pallette" used, but never knew what exactly it was....so I looked it up, that's seems like a lot of work! Lol! Actually, I guess I am a fairly quick painter because I haven't neededicated to mix more paint mid session...
Actually, it's really not too much effort. I made my own, instead of buying one, using a takeout container and a kitchen sponge. For the palette paper, I tried a couple of substitutes for the purpose made product, eg, Masterson's Sta-Wet product. I tried kitchen parchment paper, though that didn't work so well, because my parchment was treated with silicone to make it more non-stick. That also made it less porous, which the paper needs to be. I also tried paper from a lunch bag, but that was too porous. I settled on brown package wrapping paper, which works pretty well. I have also used the Masterson paper, and I may just switch to it, because a pack of 30 sheets is relatively inexpensive. And since I would cut the sheets in half, to fit my palette, it's even cheaper.
I like working with the wet palette with acrylics, compared to my ceramic palette, because it's easier for me to blend colors, and because I can save the paint from one session to the next, over a reasonably short period of time, of course.
For everyone else following along, if you're not familiar with what Justin and I are talking about, here is a video (from Vallejo), demonstrating using a wet palette to paint with acrylics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMPn5po5-m0&list=PL0B7CF79F83F95D2C&index=14
One step missing from the video, is the use of a piece of paper towel, to control the amount of moisture in the paint on the brush, before applying it to the piece. That is, you pick up the color from the palette, then touch it to a piece of paper towel and draw off excess water, then apply it to the piece.