pls give me an alternate for pallete (plate used to mix colours)?

Answer 1

Depends on how professional you want to be. I only paint for fun, but I use a paper plate.

Answer 2

What medium?

You can get disposable palletes from art supply shops. Wax paper taped to a plate or tray or even foamcore (so it can be any size) works well for acrylics, so does a white enamel butcher's/kitchen tray. Also try polystyrene disposable plates for watercolors.

If you are using larger brushes, then you can get little Glad snack pots to put paint into (approx $2 for 8 at Walmart), this works well for up to 2" brushes. For acrylics you need to keep spraying it with water and put the lid on after use (and keep an eye out for mould), but for watercolors you just leave the lid off, let it dry and re-wet when you need it. When they are dry you can stack them up so they don't take much storage space, while you're painting keep them together in a box, or the lid from a printer paper box.

Answer 3

Gosh, the sky is the limit when you are looking for alternatives to using a palette. From cheap styrofoam plates, to sheets of glass, to formica counter tops, to corian sheets--anything that is non-porous and smooth will work. Some use a wet palette, which is a dish with damp cloth or paper towels in it, topped with a sheet of wax-paper type stuff; this will help keep your acrylic paint open much longer, and can be misted occassionally to add to the time.

Answer 4

I paint a lot in a variety of mediums - what I use are the lids off of the plastic ice cream buckets - and use the smaller plastic lids (cottage cheese and such) for smaller projects or when I use arcrylics.
Wax paper works to cover your paint and then put it in a zip lock baggy to keep the paint from drying out.

Answer 5

I use a cardboard oblong then cover with kitchen grease proof paper. It can cause back trouble to hold a pallet so have it on a little table by you

Answer 6

the best pallete is a glass pallete - easy to clean. If you put white paper beneath it, it gives you an accurate sense of the color you're using.

Answer 7

In the studio I use my home-made one which is LARGE. It is basically a thick plate glass pane in a wooden frame with a hinged lid and a carrying handle. I made it years ago and it serves me very well for in one place painting (Studio). I find pot lids work well for smaller and more portable situations. The best ones are the non-stick pot lids. They already have a handle (The knob) so they are great.

Answer 8

for any medium
Use a piece of glass Make sure it is sort of thick so you don't break it first use.
You can use a blade knife to scrape it off after use and you can palce any colored paper under neath it to set the tone of your palette to the right color for your canvas. If you need to have it to where you will hold more liquid you can use a pyrex dish that has side to it.
try it you will love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

Wax paper works great.

Answer 10

i've been known to cover a bread board (or other flat board) with foil, or use old butter container lids or other plastic lids-prefereably white ones.