I use a tray with a loose lid, kitchen paper towels & parchment paper on top. All things I already had on hand in the house. Keeps paints wet for about a week with no mold!

Hi, Pam. Yes..Louise Fletcher taught me this approach! Its foolproof! And, the blue shop towels are sooo marvelous!

Thanks Pam. It is very cool that you give Nicholas Wilton credit. I have learned so much from both of you.

This technique has eliminated so much frustration of using acrylic paints! No more scrubbing paint off your palette and no more dry paint! It's life changing!

nice abs painting...and the wet paint technique help to minimized waste paint

I'm just beginning to explore painting with acrylics - I've been painting with watercolors for over 30 years - I played around with them yesterday, and was shocked at how fast the paints dried. I just pulled up your video, having no idea what a 'wet palette' actually meant. THANK YOU!!

This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you for sharing the information on the palette.

This tip will save me so much wasted paints. THANK YOU SO MUCH !

Wonderful tip!

So clever Pamela , well done and you have a real calm teaching style and superb delivery , a born teacher. Keep up the wonderful work and making such a difference to so many , very much appreciated .

Thanks for the tip. Blue paper towel is a good idea. I used the sponge under the old ironing table cloth. :) And now I will go to the cafeteria for the tray. :)

I just found you today and am soooooo thankful for your videos! So incredibly helpful. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these as well as for sharing your beautiful paintings. I am quite inspired and empowered to create!

I've found when you buy cookies at walmart bakery, these plastic trays make great palettes with recloseable lids, paint keeps for 2+ weeks.

Thank you so much!

Best idea I ever heard. Many thanks.

Fantastic tip. Thank you.

Fantastic. Just what I need here in TEXAS where the temperature is 102 and I have no AC in my studio. My paints have been drying out before I can get them on the canvas. Thanks again.

Nice home-made solution! Also, Masterson's Sta-Wet Palette 12"x16" can keep acrylic paints fresh for days, or even weeks. Comes inside a plastic box with air-tight lid....very handy for transporting. Includes a thin sponge at the bottom of the box, and nice palette paper. Sold at most art stores, and online.

Great tip! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for the vedio, you gave solution to a problem I always have with acrylics, thanks

Awesome thanks for the tip, I'll have to try it out. I don't like wasting paint and this will definitely help .

Thankful that I watch this before I began painting

Thank you so much, this is really helpful!🙏

Sounds like a great tip! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Pamela. Very good instructions. It helps me.

thanks ma’am for this valuable tip👍

Thanks a lot for your tips🥰

Thank you for the wet palette demo! You literally saved all of your followers a ton of money as well as being able to match the colors already mixed, the following day!

This is the greatest tip. I will use it a lot. Thanks.

Wow! Amazing tip First visit here..very helpful! Love the painting behind you Awesomeness!

this is a great idea

Thank you for that tip

Best wet palette tutorial l have come across 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Thank you Pamela ...... always got great tips xxxxx

That's amazing. Sharing these kinds of tips is very helpful, especially for someone like me who is just learning to paint. Thank you!❣

So clever!!! Thank you!!!!

Wonderful! Thank you for the info Miss. Pamela xoxo

Very helpful. Thanks!

Awesome! Thanks.

Hi Pam - Love this palette trick. I've found by having another cafeteria tray and if you turn it over and using #2 tray as a cover, it keeps the paint lots longer! Thanks!

Thank you very much for the Spanish subtitles. That allows me to fully understand your explanations.

This is so helpful. I've seen this method, but missed the 4 layers and the great volume of water. Thank you!

Very helpful and instructions were perfect You have a great and soothing voice

Brilliant tip

What a marvelous solution! Thank you for sharing your cost-effective tips.

Enjoyed learning this, saves paint too

You answer questions I have yet thought to ask. This is a terrific way to create pallette

Great! Tip thank you.

This will become my standard palette to work off of! Thanks so much! ❤️

Very useful tips.

Thanks for this!

You’re such an inspiration. Thanku Pamela

Wow! What a practical and useful solution. Thanks!!

Very helpful tip, thank you so much.

Great video pam. I like the cafeteria tray and tracing paper ideas as it provides for a large stay-wet palette. Larger than what others are showing us to make. I’m a novice just learning and taking my first acrylics class, but having a stay-wet palette is required for this course. Stay well and thanks for great tips.

Excellent !!!! This idea ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you for the tip.

Good tip, thank you

This is amazing. I am a beginner and I am so appreciative of all your tips.

Very cool!!

Wouuuu!!! This is the best tip I heard !!!!! Many many thanks !!!!!

Just want you to know I so appreciate this tip and I LOVE LOVE that painting you did behind you. OMG I want to crawl into your brain!

Great idea, much cheaper than the stay wet palettes and membranes that I've been wistfully looking at!!! Thank very much!!!

thank you so much ...i have been looking for ways to save paint...this helps tremendously

Great tip. I love your videos and teaching knowledge. I get motivated every time i see you create.

Hi, thanks for this video💐 I use, for a lot of years, a large plastic box with lid for the acrylic paint, the same way you use the tray. Also because people can take it with them when they do an course. The only thing is, not to make it to wet, otherwise the paints walks all over the box.

This is a very valuable tip Pam & Ive been using it for some time now thanks to you & Nicholas . I'm currently in Spain and far away from any store that carried tracing paper so I substituted with parchment paper and it worked just fine. Paints actually stay wet for a few days . Looking forward to more of these great tips when I'm set up in my new studio. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge & your process. It really makes a difference for beginners .

This is such a great idea! Going to try it today!

Thank you sooo very much for sharing, this is one of the most helpful tips ever !!!!!!

This is life saving 😍😍😍😍

Thank you so much for this trick. I will surely use it in future.

Thank you so much just starting acrylic painting and this is extremely helpful. Your generosity of information is very inspiring !

This is so helpful! Thanks

Thank you!

Very helpful tips. Thanks . Definitely I will try.

I just use a plastic cakecontainer (dont know the exact word in english). You can buy them at a household store to save you cakes. You can buy them round or rectangle. They have a lid and small airholes. I put layers very wet kitchentowel , than a bakingsheet. Thats all... My paints stay fresh for weeks without molding or getting that thin film you dont want.

Thanks for that great tip...really useful,indeed.

Mil Gracias! Excelente tip!!!😘😘😘 Besos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

Hi Pam, Great tip, thank you! I used wax paper on top of CWM paints and it works pretty well. My favorite tools are garage sale kitchen and work shop tools. Pastry cutting wheel is awesome, as well as angel food cutting tool. Shop tools are endlessly fun. I loved your rolling pin additions. Fun, fun! Thank you.

I love the technique,,tnk u

Thanks for the tip.

Thank you so much for sharing from your heart for free lessons on acrylics. Bless you! Love your work.

Thanks, I'm going to try this. Great ideas. Thanks

Thank you Pam , this is extremely helpful advice.

Great video!!! Very helpful

I love Nicholas Wilton's classes too.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR A WONDERFUL VIDEO.

Great tip and I appreciate the format of the video. you explain everything really well and in a calm way. thank you!

What a great tip! Thanks!

Wow...great idea! My paints have dried up almost immediately, making it very difficult to work. I'm new to acrylic paint. In porcelain painting, we use metal boxes with covers and a piece of glass insert that covered the whole bottom of a metal box. Under the glass, we can draw boxes on plain white xerox paper and place the name of the color pallet or just name the colors that we are using for our project. I suppose also using a plastic square box with a lid would suffice to do the same. Because we use an oil medium..it was easy just to close this up and pack away and keep it fresh for weeks. Using a glass pallet helps keep brushes from getting ruined...so this is also a nice trick. After reading a few other comments..Wilma has a great idea of using a plastic box, kitchen towel & a baking sheet & a cover. Cover is a great idea due to dust. My work with this acrylic painting today was a waste of so much paint and once mixed, it just peeled off like plastic. Not fun! Look forward to trying something different. Thank you so much!

hi Pam. Wld parchment paper work instead of tracing paper?. . LOVE yr abstract tutorials. More Please.

Really a very useful tip, I've thrown out so much dried up paint. Thanks for this.

My 7 year old daughter loves painting, I will let her watch your videos ❤️

Fabulous tip!!!

Well done. Thank you

Thank YOU!!!

Excellent idea

LIFE CHANGING TIP!!!! THANK UPI FOR SHARING!!

Thanks for cutting down the frustration we all experience with acrylic paints

Super tip! I tried this yesterday and was able to premix my colors and paint all day.