Yes altoid tins for the win!!! I've also used shells :)

That is cool!

Aw that's so kind of you to say, thank you!

Wonderful!

Brilliant idea !!! 💡 👏 🤩♥️

You are so welcome

OOooooh yay you!!!!

Brilliant!!

Yessss! Get those tubes into half pans!! You will feel so much better!! XO

Me tooo!

Well hello! And thank you!!

Awww thank YOU for spending time with me!

Ooooh my gAAAsh did you paint with your Missions yet???? And AMAZING tip!! Sometimes I'm too loosey goosey for my own good!

Making palettes is like therapy!

Aww thank YOU!

Ummmm you're a genius!!!

Awesome!!!

Of course!

There’s def still some wiggle but when the palette is pretty pull will pans and/or you’ve painted with it for a while the paint crud helps keep things tight too lol!!

@@KristyRice Thank you!

Yess!

It’s an addictive way to build palettes!!

You are so welcome!

Yay glad you like it!!!

I have so many mishaps!! Need the apron!!

Awesome!!

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You are welcome!!

Awesome!!

You're welcome!

Thanks for watching! :)

Well I'm working on that come mid May! XO

Have fun!

I'm so happy you found this helpful! Have to admit, I kind of dig your baking sheet idea!!! Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching!!!

There are two brands I know of who specifically recommend using the paint from the tube. But the vast majority do not. The paints definitely are not more vibrant from the tube. Watercolor is water soluable so once cured will rewet easily for the most part. I actually never recommend using straight from the tube, especially as a beginner because it is too easy to grab too much paint, way more than needed .

@@KristyRice OMgosh Kristy! Thank you so much... I'm having so much fun playing and learning along with you... thank you for embracing having fun and playing! I've been using pan paint... not realizing that you can make pans w tubes 😂🤣😂 did I say rank beginner? I'm learning and thank you again!

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Oooh my goodness what fun!!!

Yaaaas!! Brilliant!

I’m so glad you’re here! Have you wanted my beginner watercolor mastermind? Here is the link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i6iHgJuEmc6zlZc.htmlsi=SJ-VSpnRrHJE1o2F I love half pans because I can fit more color options in one palette, and I also don’t paint large so no need for a pan to fit big brushes :)

They’ll work but I’d go with a larger diameter disc magnet for a stronger hold

Depends on which brand your using to build the palette and sometimes which colors are included. I find most all paints cure to the point you could safely travel with them or toss them in a tote on their side within 2 weeks

@@KristyRice yikes. We didn't wait that long... next time! I wish you could have seen her face as she tried out the colors, mixing them, she even cut a piece of paper all on her own to make a color swatch fit in the lid of the tin. She was so cute and just delighted. Thanks so much for all your instruction.

I have a zippered folio right now. Dreaming up ways to bind the pages together like a book!

I’ve never had any reactions, rusting etc with the magnets in the pan :) You could do this with traditional gouache from the tube.

Very normal… but what brand?

You’re welcome!! And no never noticed any rusting and I’ve used this technique with a wide variety of pigments :)

@@KristyRice Again. Thank you so much! Looking forward to watch more video’s from you! 🌹

Oooooh have soooo much fun!!

So I have both combo palettes that being together my fave pigments despite brand. I always make a brand specific palette every time I bring an new brand into my collection :)

And I store my tubes by brand always…

@@KristyRice okay... You store tubes by brand. So what do you do if you're trying to find just the right shade of turquoise? Do you pull out every palette that has a turquoise shade and swatch till you decide which color you like best? Or do you just know that when it comes to turquoise, you're always going to select Brand X? If it's the latter, what do you do with all your other turquoise options from brands Y, Z and AA? Do you keep them? Sorry to hound you on this topic. I'm trying to master organization in a limited space and I want my set up to be as efficient as possible. 😼

I do keep the lid open :)

The only reason I use pans is so I can have more colors in a small space :)

It looked like she just put them in the bottom of the pans without glue. Which makes sense. Of course, being solid and heavy, they stay in the bottom when the paint is added, and after it's dried, the magnets stay in place.

Holbein has amazing pastels!!!

Yes absolutely I squeeze all of my tubes into half pans :)

Thank you 😊

Etsy! Definitely. Etsy’s are usually in better shape albeit more pricey

YES!!! Omg I have since in newer videos shared my mistake and utter frustration at this choice! Thank you for the reminder for new viewers:)

For me it’s often a feeling but I often start with yellows then into oranges, reds, pinks, purples, blues, greens, earthy and lastly neutrals

Yes search “vintage watercolor palettes”, “vintage watercolor tins” or “cigarette tins” “shallow tins”

No def not. Those tray palettes that let the pans snap in def don’t need magnets. What I describe here is only if you’re trying to retrofit into an old tin :)

Always :) Every vintage watercolor palette I’ve come across has old paints inside. They are typically in a separate custom for metal tray inset that can be carefully popped out with a few heaves of a flathead screwdriver :)

Honestly not at all. The tubes are a very very different formulation, I would not recommend. Pans are lovely!

@@KristyRice Thank you! I ordered your brushes today..are back on Amazon and received my 24 pure pigments. Making a hot mess!🤣

The tubes are absolutely not the same and I do not recommend them :( But I love the pans.

So when you need to refill a color what do you do? Is there a source to by replacement pans individually?

Only the pans. Nooope on the tubes

@@KristyRiceso if you end up with paints that you don’t like, do you keep them or move them on to a new home?

in some way yes but I'm not a traditional swatches! I'll usually just paint something with all the new colors to get acquainted with the new palette.

Yay!!

I actually have this brand in a premade set of half pans abd much prefer those over the quality of these tubs paints. I reviewed the brand’s pre-made set on a Facebook live and it was my fave of all Amazon watercolor brands. The tubes are definitely a very different formulation.

@@KristyRice Thank you for the reply!

I much prefer this brand’s factory made half pans… I’ve never tried Arteza but if you can swing it go for the 36 color Mission Gold set on Amazon

@@KristyRice thank so much! I have a set of the Winsor Newton Cotman but they are a beginner set and I would love to upgrade. Awesome!!

Arteza’ s tube watercolour tubes do not re-wet well after drying down Emily Artful did a review on them a while back and that was one major point she made, honestly if you want to upgrade from Cotman I dont think Arteza is the way to go white nights are an affordable professional grade paint that come in tubes and whole pans too if you are in the USA i think Jacksons art are good for shipping over there :-)

@@kellydunigan2525 I've heard really wonderful things gs about White Night thanks for recommending them. I think I will give them a try!

@@lori-lynncampbell9757 Windsor Newton artist grade (not Colman) are good quality. Sennelier are good too. And Schmincke Horadam are German, very good artist grade, but very expensive. Sennelier are a little more than W&N but you can find good sales. I have gotten cheaper sets like Mozart (it has metallic and neon ones in the set) and Rubens glitter just for fun, and they work very well. The difference is how much pigment compared to binders- good paint has a higher pigment ratio. And price isn’t always a good indicator. Arteza gets mixed reviews and is really student grade. The same color from various companies will be slightly different, such as cerulean blue is less greenish in W&N than other companies. And it happens in colors made with only one pigment (pigments have numbers like PB29), too, which doesn’t make sense. But it’s a good reason to make a palette using paints from various companies, putting just your favorites in it. Hope this makes sense and helps.

These are GenCraft tube watercolors. I highly recommend their pan sets over these but they were a good option to show how to build a palette :)

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These are def not artist grade…. Some are lightfast

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Welllll yeahhhh… but their pans are lovely!!

@@KristyRice Honestly almost all the watercolor pan sets on Amazon are pretty damn great! At least the ones I've bought are!