Artist Palettes Views
I've always had a thing for artists palettes, including the shape with the little thumb hole in it. On a recent trip to New York, I stopped into Partners & Spade and saw that they had a sweet collection of amazingly glopped-on, paint-spattered antique artist palettes for sale. As with most of the humorous and completely random collections at Partners & Spade, they are one-of-a-kind and prices vary.
The thing I like best about artist palettes is that they're not planned and they aren't even intended to be works of art dmdash; but they give a glimpse into the artists process when they painted whatever they painted. And they show that the process can be just as beautiful (if not more) than the end result!
Making a big old mess of colors is exactly what a painter does not want to do on a palette. Letting them dry that way makes it hard to mix new colors over them and is a waste of pricey paint.Unless these came from some very sloppy artists, I doubt that these were actually ever used as palettes (or rather, they were, but they did not look this way when in use). They have an unauthentically fussy, Hobby Lobby thing going on for me.
Let's discuss artist palettes, one of the all-important tools for painting! In fact, unless you squeeze, drip or splatter your paint directly from the tube onto the canvas, you will need a palette. An artist palette is the surface upon which you squeeze out and mix the paint. Traditionally, an artist's palette was a wooden board with a hole for the thumb, so that artists could hold it whilst painting. These days, palettes come in all different sizes and shapes and are made from all kinds of different materials! Each has their pros and cons, and every artist will have a different opinion about which one they prefer. Read through the descriptions below to get an idea of the different artist palette options:
Artist Palettes Images
