Mijello Airtight Watercolor 18-Well Pink Palette

I bought this because I wanted a palette with full pans since full pans are nicer on my brushes. But I have a small work area, and I wanted something that wouldn't hog all the space on my work area. It fits surprisingly well in my tiny desk area (about 1/2 the area of a standard computer desk). I used a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to rough up the palette a bit and then washed it thoroughly to make sure I wasn't leaving any cleaning chemicals behind. That worked like a charm and the water didn't bead up like it usually does on a plastic palette. I love the ample mixing area. It's really nice not to have to pull out an extra mixing palette to get painting. It's a great compromise between buying 12 pan palettes and the big monster palettes that hold 30 or more colors. I also love that I can pull watercolor paint off one end of the well without dirtying the whole area the way you inevitably do with pans. I waste less paint in those times when I need to clean the area to get at pure color. I used the removable mixing area to add dabs of a couple more colors I really wanted in my palette. I made a swatch card to put under the removable mixing area, secured it with double sided tape, and then used more double sided tape to secure the removable mixing area to my swatch card. That way, I get a nice record of the colors I'm using and the removable mixing area with my extra dabs of paint doesn't accidentally go flying. To keep the top from dripping into my main palette, I just mop up any water around my extra dabs of paint before closing it (though usually, the water dries fast enough I don't even have to worry about it). I really wanted a palette with just a couple more paint wells and I was happy I could find a way to squeeze those paints in without having to buy a giant palette. I can't attest to whether or not this is really waterproof, but if I put a folded up wet paper towel inside the palette, my paints stay moist for quite a while. I think it would work well as a travel palette. It seems sturdy. I'll probably add a rubber band around the outside to make extra sure nothing banging around in my tote bag pries open the clasp. All-in-all, I'm really happy I bought this palette and I look forward to taking it outside now that spring is here.

I purchased this watercolor palette as an upgrade to one similar to this: Reeves Folding Plastic Palette, Small . I am glad I did! Here are some things I like about this palette: The slanted wells - I squeeze out my paint into these. For watercolor paint, they are relatively large and can hold a lot of paint. Having 18 wells provides ample space for me to have a variety of colors on my palette. The slant makes it easier to use a brush to pick up paint directly from the well with varying amounts of water. I placed my paint at the bottom, although recently I have begun placing my paint at the top of the slant so that the majority of paint is not sitting at the bottom in a puddle. The airtight seal - Soon after purchasing this, I traveled and wanted to bring my watercolors with me. Since I could not bring all the tubes, I squeezed out the colors onto this palette in advance. I put the palette in a ziploc bag just incase there was any leaks and I am happy to say that there wasn't! However, I did find that some of my colors in separate wells had unfortunately spread into each other and around the inner edges of the palette. I left the palette open for 2 days after putting my paint in it as I thought this would be enough time for the paint to dry. Many of my watercolor paints are m. graham & co. which does not harden as much as other paints like winsor and newton, so that could have contributed to the problem. Nonetheless, I expected this situation and this is just a word of caution to try to keep your palette horizontal since the airtight seal helps keep your paint from drying. I spray my palette with water when I need to use it for painting and the airtight seal does a great job at retaining some of that moisture - the paint that I sprayed 3+ days ago is still sticky. There is plenty of space for mixing, including a removable clear plastic tray and the space below that. For some reason, I really haven't taken advantage of these spaces as I do most of my mixing in the trays closer to the wells, but I am sure I will use the extra space eventually. I think I would love this palette even more if the lid portion had separated areas like the bottom does to help mixtures from spreading into each other. Overall, I am very happy with this palette and I do not think I will be using anything else for many years.

This Mijello palette is fantastic. It has lots of wells for paint, a large mixing area that can be removed, and it closes very securely. Normally I don't like plastic ones, but this one is different, and I love it.

A great mid size palette, with quite deep wells for paint, 2 large mixing spaces with a transparent one as well. Easy to clean. Affordable and nice.

Práctica y bonita paleta de acuarela. Responde adecuadamente a lo esperado.

This is my second mijello palette, best artist palettes on the market. Received packages within a day of ordering. Kind regards Suzanne Stilloni

Bella tavolozza, ben fatta , esattamente come mi aspettavo.