The good news is that it provides a very functional, light-weight, very sturdy, actual quite well machined palette. It's about 4.5" x 4.5" x 1" folded up. Then it folds out with four interlocking "wings", with approximately a 1' x 1' footprint in total. Like this.
It even has a nice little spot for your thumb to go (a complaint I had with the previous plein air palette I'd been using). The 8 mixing wells are deep enough to really open up a color, the two deep mixing wells are really quite large, and I like the little flat space to very gently mix to colors. The paint wells are deep too, which I liked.
Of course, I couldn't be satisfied with something as simple as that. So I took the hinges off (not too hard), bought some black Fusion spray paint (designed to be applied to plastic), and went to town!!
Its totally superficial, but the final two-toned product (a matte black, with some white highlights) was much more up my alley. A few paintings later and ahhhh, everything is nice and messy. Much better! :D
I stumbled on this blog while searching for information about the clover palette. Have you inserted half pans into the slots? Which brand did you use? I read that many of the empty half pans that are available for purchase won't fit. Thanks for info. Your blog's photos give a better feel for the size, usability and "hold-ability" of this palette compared to others views I've seen.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan,
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay. I have not tried putting any in. I just put the paint directly in the space. I bought the palette on the Ken Bromley website, however, and they have many reviews. If memory serves, someone may have described putting pans in and which brand they were. I would go there and read over the reviews.