Aluminum Watercolor Palette 30 Well (11.9"x5.4"x0.8")

This is a great palette for my water colors. I use it in my studio and take to classes. It folds flat and has lots of mixing areas. Many of my friends ask me where to get one after they see me use it.

I normally like palettes where I can move my paints, meaning I like using pans. I just like the ability to create a new palette whenever I feel like it without having to remove the paint. However, the pans and the added metal plates to help make the pans stay in place just got heavy and super unnecessary. Over time I kind of ended up sticking with a certain set of colors and decided to just try this palette out since it was small enough to fit in my unbalance backpack. Thankfully, I am super happy that I did. The palette is sturdy and super light weight. It is slightly heavier than Altoids mint tin that I have with 18 colors in it! I like the metal on this palette it feels very sturdy and I doubt it would bend or dent in my backpack.The palette also has two mixing wells and if you do not put your brushes in the long well you can use it for more mixing space! Lets just say I am VERY happy I decided to get this. I have not filled all the wells for my paints (since I have a small palette) but if i do get new paints it can easily be added. The only downside, at least for me, is if I ever wanted to rearrange the color I would either have to remove the paint (which is a waste) or use it up but that usually takes a long time, but it looks to me I will most likely keep my color palette anyway so it is not a big problem for me.I highly recommend this palette if you are looking for a sturdy, light weight, and clean looking palette. If you are the type of person that prefers pans over tubed wells then maybe this product is not right for you. Although I still recommend trying it, it is an amazing product.

Purchased this to have in my studio use...Love working and mixing on tin. Easy to clean up too. Always handy even when out on a location...although it is my stay at home/studio pallet. Has all my standby paints plus room for a few of those extra colors I drop in. Great construction along with a nice price.

I would have. Given this five stars but many of us artists are left handed and this is a right handed palette. In order to. Use the. Thumb hold, the wells are backward and when pulling paint off the palette you have to insert the brush like a right handed person would and it means that we have to flip the palette around backward with our. Thumb in the hole. I. Was disappointed in this. Make a left handed option! For gosh sakes.Otherwise the palette is very nice. Some are saying it is. Flimsy but this is becaus e aluminum is so. Light weight compared to steel. The whole purpose is to. Have a portable field palette that is lighter. It is very well made and has held up well to my use in the months I've had it. I take it when I travel and have had no dents dings or any other issues with the palette itself. Only that it is right handed. I had a bit of beading up while mixing but it quickly. Wore off and I no longer have the problem. I do have some staining on my palette but tend to mix the same colors in the same areas so I don't worry about it. The greens and blues leave a faint stain. No big deal.

Tried twice with this and each time it arrived so bent that I either couldn't open it or couldn't close it. Defects were not due to Amazon packaging. Finally ordered different product.

Light weight, great for watercolor and gouache! Probably good for acrylics and oils too but have not tried it yet.Pros - it's large plenty of mixing space. Lightweight, compact and travels well. The paint does not bead up like plastic palettes!Cons - It stains a little but does not bother me, can come clean with a little bleach. It does not lie fully flat, perhaps with more use it will. Not magnetic but you can glue magnets to it.A few improvements for me to create one that holds full pans or have no paint slots and take out the thumb hole.

I wanted (And bought) the 30 well and upon pulling it from the shipping box my first thought was WOW! That's.......big! Bigger than expected. That said it's a very nice palette which I intend to use as a table palette at home (Though you could certainly use it for traveling and en plein air, but it is rather big). Construction, fit, and finish is very nice. No dents, warping, chips, scratches or closing issues. Paint smooth and even.To correct the beading issue some have reported (Like with plastic palettes) I recommend first cleaning it well with soap and water and then using toothpaste (A mild polishing compound) and water and lightly scrub the mixing areas & wells with a toothbrush. Maybe add some baking soda to the toothpaste/water mix. I do this to all my new palettes.I am very pleased with this, a nice under $20.00 metal palette. Recommended.

The media could not be loaded. My wife likes the layout. It has two problems:1. The walls of the wells on the left side are not fully sealed so you run the risk of paints running into each other through the gaps( see photo). 2. It makes a noise when she mixes the paint, which means the surface is not as smooth as expected. Material is very thin.