TechTuesday - Wet Palate

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Tech Tuesday. Today I'm going to show you something that will change the way that you paint if you're using a dry palate. For today we're going to talk about wet pallets! There's a lot of conversation about some of the materials/products you should to use, and I have come up with some wonderful solutions if you want to do it at home.

This is what my finished product looks like!

Firstly you'll need a container, you can use a piece of Tupperware or even just a pencil case. Preferably something that is going to be watertight and has the ability to create a seal. Next you will want any foam similar and density to kind you get in a army case or you can use paper towels. You will need this to soak up the water you will be adding to it later. I in this case took a car wash spounge and cut it in half. As well I removed the cloth around the foam so it would fit my container. Lastly you will need parchment paper.

The components needed: Your container, your peice of foam, and a piece of paper cut to fit your container.

 This is where you will see some differing opinions. If you would like to go the economic route as I did you can find in the baking section at your local grocery store a roll of 30 to 40 feet of parchment paper. You may be able to find slightly different qualities and or something that is more form fitting to your Tupperware or whatever you decide to use as your case. You may also decide to boil the parchment paper to get rid of any kind of wax residue before you use it. I personally am going to do no such thing after using it. I have found the paper stays very moist and paint it is very easy to access and move to the model without boiling the paper before hand.

Simple assembily, Just put the foam and parchment paper in the contaner. Thats it!

And you finished product should look something like this.

Once you've got all your materials together.  Simply cut the foam and paper towels if your Tupperware can add water to the bottom of the Tupperware and you're done! Well I hope that you enjoyed this week's installment of Tech Tuesday.  One again Inspirata Ex Igne.