Glass is the way to go. I put mine on top of a TV stand that has casters on the legs. Got it for $3 at a thrift store. Perfect height when I'm sitting and painting. Instead of painting the underside white. I taped medium gray paper to it. Gives a nice neutral background to mix colors against.

Great idea to use laminate in case it breaks. I'm going to be toning the back of mine to a medium tone, but then will cover it with laminate, which I hadn't thought of. For brush holders, I prefer mine to hold them either horizontally or bristle side down to prevent paint from collecting near or under the ferrels.

I have a glass palette I made and just coated the back side with gesso. I also take plastic wrap and lay over the palate paint if I have to leave it alone for a day or so and come back and lift the plastic off the paint and it stays wet longer this way.

That is one amazing, large palette! I love it. I use an old, microwave turntable but it's rectangular. Found it at a thrift store for $3.00, not huge but works for my needs. Cheers!

Thanks for this! I've been meaning to make myself a glass palette for ages, but wasn't sure how to go about it exactly. Also like the idea some other people who commented have, about taping grey paper underneath, or I suppose you could tint gesso? I love to work especially on clear primed linen, so it would simulate the neutral ground, and give me a better idea of how the colours would work in the painting. Great idea! Thanks again!

Hi Michael, thought you might like to know that there is a method of applying laminate without ant bubbles, this is known as 'floating'. all you need is water with a little dish soap in, spread the soapy water onto the glass and apply the laminate, then just use a plastic or rubber squeegee to squeegee out as much water as possible, then leave to dry, the adhesive on the laminate takes over and sticks to the glass, then simply trim the edges. Hope this helps :-)

I just started painting and I have been using the back of a glass cutting board but it's only about 11 by 14" so I'm definitely gonna go to the glass store this week and make a nice palette that I don't have to worry about cleaning every single time I changed a color.

I use a glass palette but with inserts of various colour sheets underneath that match the overall canvas/ board base colour of the underpainting. I mix the colour on the table palette , then transfer it to a small glass palette mounted vertically...this allows for better colour matching as the palette is in the same plane as your picture; you don't fuck your values up when you work vertically, also you don't crane your neck , looking down all the time....see the parallel palette prototype by David Kassan

Thanks for the info on how to DYI pallete, you have a lot of talent, and natural abilities. I enjoy your videos!

Just for your own info. Tempered glass is sized at the factory. Can't cut tempered glass. Plate glass with the clear laminate will work just fine. If broken the laminate will hold together a little bit. Yep "seam" the edges.

I love the 'brush holder' in the background of the video! It looks like a plain 2x4 block of wood, with holes drilled for the brushes - so simple! But, is it ok to stick the brushes up like that to dry? I always heard it was bad to let any liquid flow up the handle, into the ferrule..?

Love your table

Very helpful and Interesting. Thank YOU MUCH.

Thank's for all your helpful times...

Hi Robert, I usually don't use my brushes more than 4-5 paintings so the brushes normally don't have time to go bad. You are right about the ferrules collecting dry paint and going bad.

Yes, this is terrific. Love the brush holder too....tho i would just wait for the brushes to dry then stick them back up in the hole. The glass palette would work equally well with acrylic and gouache. Wonderful set up and great video, thanks!

I have had a few glass Plattes Never thought of putting the stuff on the back. Thats awesome idea.. thank you

Your set-up is enviable! It would be a dream come true for me! I have acquired 2 wooden pallets, and a wonderful box that they fit into. I appreciate this tutorial. :-)

All very elaborate. I bought a piece of grey Perspex. Cannot shatter, cleans easily etc.

What I have some before use a large glass cutting board. Works great

what a great idea...thanks...great tips

I 'paint' one side of the glass with gesso that I have tinted with a mid-value acrylic paint. When dry, I cover that with the clear transparent shelving plastic.An alternative to the shelving is to lay strips of transparent packing tape over the gesso.

Awesome way to fix the glass!!1 tjhank you1

Great video! Im new and have been wondering about glass pallets

thank u for sharing such a great idea .. i will try one.

You could use plexiglas, will do the same, advantage is non breakable, that is if it falls, nothing. You can have cut the size you want, you can even sand the edges with a small block of wood and sand paper black kind. You can buy this at any hardware store

That was awesome!

I use a glass shelving from a refrigerator as a table palette. What I done was paint the back of it with a neutral gray and covered the paint with masking tape to avoid scratching the underside. I then tapped the edges with masking tape This could be an alternative to tempered glass. I used gray because it is easier to identify color correctness. My palette may not be right for everyone but it works well for me. The down side is that it is able to get scratches easily so I may have to replace it soon. Thank you for the tutorial though. Good job.

Hi Mr. Lewis. First, thanks for sharing your idea. Please tell us what kind of paint you applied on the back surface.

so helpful, thank you !

That was great, ilove it, and am going to ake my self one, thanks for the tips.

Thank you very much

Très bonne idée. Very good idea

Great tutorial. What kind of off white paint do you use to paint the laminate? Is there a brand you use? Thanks!

Man that was quick! Oil based paint?

I have a question. Over time my glass palette has developed scratches that dull my painting knives. Is there any way to fill these? I don't know of a liquid glass product that would fill in the scratches but that doesn't mean one doesn't exist. Do you know of a remedy for the scratches? I absolutely love my glass palette after using various other types such as disposable (don't like these at all) & traditional wooden palettes. At one time I even used paper plates which were the worst. The scratches don't make it unusable, by any means, but it's not great for my painting or palette knives so if you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Thank you for such helpful videos.

Thanks for this video! Do you use oil or acrylic paint on the laminated section? Also, do you mix your paint on the laminated side or the glass side? Thanks.

I'd like to know how you got the glass mounted on the table so it won't move?

Great, thanks!

very well...thank you so much

You are smart!

Wat a graet ideia , thaks so much.

I use oil. You use the glass side. Thanks for the comment.

Any white house paint.

Acrilic glass palette also works, is`nt ?

No, it can be acrylic.

oh my goodness, that one go in 4:10 looks so satisfing LOL

I´d like to know when and why use the glass palete, thank you

so I don't really need the glass, but only the plastic coating?

is there specific kind of glass for palette? Pls reply. I don't want to use plastic palette anymore. :)

Super dommage qu'il n'y est pas de traduction en français bravo

Wouldn't acrylic/plexiglass be better than glass?

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My glass scratches

I'd like to know how you got the glass mounted on the table so it won't move?