Making a Mini Watercolor Travel Palette out of Scrapwood
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Let‘s make a wooden DIY watercolor palette that is super small and extra light weight out of some pieces of scrap wood and leather. Not related to the video in any way but very cool nonetheless: Check out my art-prints and other stuff in the East Of Awesome shop: eastofawesome....
A R T S U P P L I E S
- Watercolors: As I said in the video, I use very old ones I got gifted a long time ago. They are from Russia and I was told they were super cheap there (more than 15 Years ago) and better than everything than you could get here in Germany for 10 times the money. Don‘t know if thats true but I also own a little Schminke set and those are super nice but … somehow I always preferred the old Russian ones … *(see off-topic footnotes regarding Russia at the bottom)
Either way, this is the small Schminke palette I own and can recommend for someone looking for a ‚ready-to-go-solution‘:
amzn.to/3NZjt0l
And if you want to make your own palette and don’t have already some colors lying around I would go for a small set of tubes wich would be a little easier to fill into the small pans: amzn.to/3tfcQPA
- Travel Brushes: I had some old ones since the dawn of time that I modified to be even smaller and also for my usecase I really only need one mid-sized brush.
But because (obviously) I am a somewhat shallow person and care too much about the look of things I would prefer to have one with a copper colored handle or a black handle like the ones from these sets:
Expensive Option: amzn.to/3MeJgA9
Cheap Option: amzn.to/3xgPJpU
TOOLS I USED
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(or similar stuff I could find links to)
- A Small Bench Vice similar to mine: amzn.to/3xhGTbK
- Victorinox Hiker Walnut Wood Swiss Army Knife amzn.to/3Nl6ndM
W O O D W O R K I N G
- Japanese RYOBA Handsaw: amzn.to/3N9jtdM
(Best handsaw. Period. Note: Japanese saws work on pull instead of push. Watch a quick tutorial if you never used one)
- Japanese SHINTO Saw Rasp: amzn.to/3N9jtdM
(What an amazing tool to shape and refine wood)
- A chisel set I would love to have by German manufacturer KIRSCHEN: amzn.to/3kWFNen
(But I bought 4 rather cheap ones when I just started getting a little bit into woodworking and they are holding up and are fine for how much I use them so far … something like that: amzn.to/3N7Aq8o)
- Wooden Mallet: Got mine from my grandfather along with my carving knife. I suggest to get a used one. Looks 10 times more awesome, works the same and is probably cheaper: shorturl.at/puIW9
(current ebay results for used mallets)
L E A T H E R C R A F T
- Leather Skiving Knife: amzn.to/3yuuIt9
(only if you can sharpen it properly yourself)
- Edge Beveling Tool: amzn.to/3mgS65O
(for thinning out the fold)
- Stainless Steel Ruler like this: amzn.to/397NpIk …
- A nice big cutting mat: amzn.to/37zNVOR
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* OFF-TOPIC FOOTNOTES
When I grew up with one of my best friends being Russian I experienced Russian culture as a warm mix of hospitality, love of arts and literature and getting beaten hard in chess. And strong alcohol along with deliberately prepared food of course.
Let‘s hope we‘ll eventually get back to a point where one can associate stuff like that with this country without thinking of war and suppression first.
Quick recommendation for a book I just finished: In ‚The Master and Margarita‘ the Devil visits 1930s Moscow for a wonderfully wild and anarchic trip through Soviet society. The author Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kiew, volunteered with the Red Cross during first World War as medical doctor and worked in the Ukrainian People's Army as physician. Later he got stuck in Moscow and focussed on his writing wich often criticized and ridiculed the Soviet system and therefore got mostly banned by the Stalin regime while he himself never got permission to leave Russia.
So I feel like it‘s kind of a good time to read Bulgakov: amzn.to/3x6Pdd4
(Also I love the cover art and design for this edition so much, I might also have to get this english edition at some point)
Just posted a little Urban Sketching Video where you can see this little palette in action: ua-cam.com/video/a44jLEOnLGg/v-deo.html ✌️
I love how hand-made this looks, the tiny imperfections add to the charm. Beautiful craftsmanship, I loved watching you create this all by hand. Also your cat is adorable.
I enjoyed this so much... I'm currently making my own wooden palette too!
Thanks Vanessa! Have you already finished yours? how did it turn out?
Finally, a true craftsman! The best part, no screaming power tools. I am going to make one today also, thanks for this video!
hehe, thank you. Did you already finish your palette? Would love to see a picture of the final result!
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I don’t know how to add a picture to this reply… otherwise I would like to show you how it turned out.
@wademfp61 not possible on youtube sadly but you can send it on instagram ( @eastofawesome ) or via email ( mail(at)eastofawesome.com )
painting, woodworking , leatherwork and beautiful cats? If you decide to come to the US we'd host ya any day :) Nice work!!
haha, thank you. I'd love to take you at your word someday. but the cats will probably not be able to come ✌️
@@eastofawesome we have 2, so I get it!
@Kathryn Grant Abernethy ah, we also had two (sisters) for a while until we decided that they could use more action in their lives so we got a little tomcat. Now he tries to jump-scare the ladies all day long and they are super annoyed at him all the time.
@@eastofawesome 😜😂😊
I would love to have this cute palette😊, lovely work…
hm, time to get the chissels out I guess ...
What a wonderful handcrafted work! It´s a treasure!
thanks again! ✌️
What a lovely palette! I love that you only used pretty basic tools, it really shows how doable woodworking can be even without, like, heavy machinery :P
Thank you! Yeah especially for a small project like this you really don‘t need any power tools.
That was so enjoyable to watch! Absolutely love the video and the box! Only problem is, we just moved countries and all our tools are in container storage, so now I either have to wait to get to them or buy new so I can make one myself lol... not like I need another paint box... wait who am I kidding - you can never have too many paint boxes! Especially DIY ones!
ha, you can never have too many, that‘s right! Thanks for the lovely comment! Did you manage to get to your tools in the meantime?
Amazing!
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Super belle👏👏👏👏👍j’adore….
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Inspirational!! Love it! ❤
thanks! ✌️
Beautiful!
This is beautiful!
Amázing! You are a true artist, loved it!
Thanks so much! ✌️
beautiful
Thank you Lissy! ✌️
Lovely to see the process! You are certainly a handyman 👍❤️, with very cute cats😍😍😍!
yeah, thats also why I try hard to not stab them with the cutting tools ✌️ thank you!
Maravilla!!!😍
Great work 👌
Thank you. Because of your video I got four carving tools from the dollar tree and feel that I could do this.
Nice, I would love to see the result! Cheaper chisels and tools often don‘t come properly sharpened, so this might be something you may want to look into. I still haven‘t gotten around to making a dedicated sharpening video but there are a lot already out here and sharp tools are generally safer and - most notably - more fun to use! Good luck with the project!
Thank you so much for the info.@@eastofawesome
That's beautiful, I will try make one too 🤗
Make sure to send a picture! ✌️
This is glorious. What a beautiful palette. I wish you had more subscribers.
Hehe, thank you Sophie. Very much appreciated!
ist das ne süße Palette, so niedlich!
Hehe, vielen Dank! ✌️
I think I felt in love with u just watching this video
aww, wait until you see the next one ...
Que bonitaaa paleta ✨✨
Gracias! ✌️
Wow this is so cool!
thanks Jaclyn! ✌️
Where’s the sketchbook you made to go with this beautiful palette ?
Ah, you got me there. Totally forgot that I still had this footage waiting to be made into a video. I‘ll make it happen now, promise!
Why dont you use magnets
Do you mean instead of the leather 'hinges'? I used magnets for the closing flap ...
What wood do you make it out of? And where can I get it?
Not really sure what type of wood that was, because it had been lying in the scrapwood box for a long time … But beeng as dark as it is, it might be something like walnut. That‘s at least what I would look for. As you only need a small piece you should find some nice leftover pieces on ebay quite cheap.
PS: I would love to see a picture of your project once your done!
@@eastofawesome Thank you.
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