Hello everybody,
I’m working on an artist's wet palette specifically
designed for heavy body acrylics and gouache paints. I would like to know if
painters would be interested and if you could help me? The idea would be
that the palette would be ready to use, there would be a mold-resistant foam
and a hydration membrane to keep paints fresh for days and the case would have
a high-quality sealing system so that the paints stay stable. What else do you
think could be useful for such a product? Do you think of anything? Would you need it to be transportable for example? How long would you need to keep the paints fresh between sessions? Thank you
for your help
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Suggest the best approach for acrylic or oils is to premix stock primaries in say 75ml snap caps. Premix all the values for a painting in groups, from highlights to shadows and a greying colour, in say 10ml snap caps.
Mix all oil paint with slow dry medium as Mark specifies, or use Geneva paint. Have not tried this with acrylic but should work fine. Air (oxygen) is the enemy here.
Paint directly from the containers, using a palette to mix a half tone or cool patch, keep containers closed when not in use.
Plenty of ready to use colour for rework sections or touch ups. Use leftovers to tone future canvasses.
The pic shows the 10ml containers. The oil paint remains useable for six to eight weeks, even longer for full containers with the air displaced by a glass marble. The 75ml containers retain useable paint for about three years.
So, for a product design, something like an ice cube tray, with airtight top/s, for each colour group.
Carefully moulded containers to make for easy cleaning and reuse.
Denis
Thanks for your time!
I'd like to hear more about the testing and results you've achieved..
Well if you want to sell this to artists they will ask the same kind of questions about how long a palette of paint would last.
When you say "because the wet palette hasn't been cleaned properly", does this mean cleaned every day, every week?
Is the mould-resistant foam coated with an anti-microbial agent that will wear off in time? How long, etc..?
Not trying to be awkward, but these are the kinds of questions people will ask you.
Richard
Just an idea. It may not be practical.
Thank you again for your time and you're right, we have a lot of questions concerning the mould-resistant point. Mainly because it is a problem that people have with DIY or other palettes.
Concerning cleaning, you can wash the wet palette between 2 projects, it is enough. The idea is that the wet palette can keep your paints and mixes long enough so that you don't have to waste time/water/money to clean it that often and loose your mixes!
How long is it mould-resistant? From our test and feedback from other users: few weeks most of the time! We even have some users that told us they kept their paints fresh and at the right consistency... for months!
Thanks!
Cecile.
Thanks for your support!