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| An ITSY-BITSY PALETTE with brush - 12.2 x 7.3 x 2.3 |
BUT to do that, you need AN ITSY-BITSY PALETTE. And painting with that itsy-bitsy paint palette can be a challenge!
5 Tips to Get that ITSY-BITSY PALETTE working for you:
***Further discussion and examples are available on a YouTube version of this post: How to paint with an Itsy Bitsy Palette.
Have a bigger Paint brush: The paintbrush that usually comes with Itsy Bitsy pallets are too small. They are meant for dry brushing. Your wash for a sky will end up streaky and patchy. A round brush size 6 or 8 with a point works well for portable sketchbooks up to 9 x 12 inches. Make sure the brush has a bit of fullness to hold paint and water for a wash. One that collapses and stores in your palette is even better.
Put a large drop of water on each colour to rehydrate the paint Drop Water onto each of your colours: Before you start your sketch, drop a bit of water on each of the colours in your paint tray and close it. This will help to soften your colours and they will be ready for you. You might consider carrying a small spray bottle if you feel your paints are constantly dry when you need them.
Mixing a Puddle of Green to work with Pick a Starting Colour: Decide which colour to start with. This time of year, green is everywhere so I tend to start with it. One section of my tray is for my green mixes. The other tray becomes my blues/pinks/yellows.
Note the Green Puddle has several different greens in it. Use a premixed colour to speed things up: This is particularly true with Green. I use Sap Green (a pre mixed colour) then push it to warm or cool by adding blues or yellows, even some red. As you’re mixing draw it away from the main puddle so that you have space for more than one kind of green.
Note the different colour puddled areas in the mixing area. Move around your Sketch: If you have a colour that goes in several places paint all of them before moving on. Your mixing space is limited and so once a colour is done, you will need that spot to mix new colours.
If you need a spot of pure colour clean a spot for it.
Keep your paint tray mess. Often my second tray has bits of left over colour I need for a little shot of detail. I seldom clean the whole tray but if I need a pure spot of colour I will clean a small spot for mixing.
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