I cut some popsicle sticks and place on sides to make the fit tight so the paints don’t move in the tin. And then your idea with the sponge at the larger space should hold them tight. Fun video.
Nice job on your first watercolour tin set! I have made several over the years. Adding sponge to the lower area and where there is the little gap on the right side, center row, will stop your plans for sliding and add a convenient area to wipe your brush. For your swatches, you may want to try doing a graded wash, where you have the full colour strength at the top and then less pigment below. It will help you see the gradient of colours you can get. There are also really strong rare earth magnets you can buy and glue to your pans if you find these unstable. They are super strong. I have really appreciated your videos on urban sketching, which I have just started doing this year to complement my watercolour painting. It is so fun to get out and be painting on site!
Very nice tin! I recently went thru and made 4 travel size tins to store paint anywhere and everywhere! I used old altoids and tea tins. In stead of painting them I used a laminated white card to make a mixing area. I reused some old advertising fridge magnets and had the same issue; some are stronger than others. I did all this because I always felt like painting, but didn’t have my supplies! Now I do! I am using little totes and fanny packs. So fun and now all my paint is being used up! Time to get some more!😉😂
Mary, the tip about using a laminated white card is a great one. I was wondering what methods you could use rather than spraying the inside of the lid as I did really like that little graphic :)
I used a glue to keep the magnet adhered to the bottom of the pans. It worked better than depending on the adhesive of the magnet. Another palette I made was to add small round magnets in the pan. That has worked best. My palette is old metal pencil boxes. Thanks for the video, i enjoyed it.
If the non adhesive sides of the magnets attract (rather then repel) each other, you can try sticking a sheet of magnet to the bottom of the tin and then placing the magnets on the bottom of the pans so you have magnets sticking to magnets, it should just about double the holding power (assuming you have the depth in the tin).
You can fill the empty space at the bottom of the tin with a piece of sponge to hold the pans in place and dry your brush. Works for me with irregular tins that don't precisely fit the pans.
I love this!! I’ve made this kind of palettes, and what worked best for me was a double tape. I also reuse old make up pans; from eye shadows and blushers ( I’m a make up artist, so always have this stuff around…🙂), and put them in a thin metal card holders. I get something like Art Toolkit palette. Anyway, I like your videos very much! And, yes, this Rosa’s Green is really beautiful!🌷
Ah thank you! Yes a friend of mine was talking about makeup palettes and pans...I think they are super useful to turn into watercolour sets :) Thanks for watching and happy you are a Rosa Green fan too! 💚
There’s a fellow online that made a “watch” type wrist version w a makeup tin so my niece and I did the same. I cut up an old braided belt for the watch band, superglued it to the bottom of the palette and filled the palette squares w WC paints and it worked very well. I used Velcro to attach the ends to each other so different folks can adjust to fit their own wrists. Ended up having to station the palette on the underside of my wrist for best results. It’s really very cute and fun, and you could use a tennis terrycloth band to wipe brush on and then hold the water cup in the upturned hand.
I brought my husband a pretty metal tin of chocolates back from my holiday in Portugal.... as soon as he got thru the chox, I liberated the tin for me haha.Thanks for the tips, they've come at just the right time! Over the years, I've picked up a few old tins at antique shops and flea markets, just because.
Yeh, there's just something about tins....! I almost bought myself an extremely expensive tin of chocolates in Barcelona earlier this year - I didn't even want the chocolate, just the tin to turn into a watercolour set! Luckily I exercised some restraint 😂
One note about swatching paper: I've noticed colors look different depending on what paper you use. Grumbacher Watercolor pad, which has no cotton in it, shows colors differently from copy paper and from the 100% cotton paper of my Hahnemuhle watercolor sketchbook. Just something to keep in mind.
If you add a bit of sponge at the front that should hold everything in place. I haven't tried repurposing a tin yet, mainly because I don't have any suitable tins. Years ago I bought a cheap $2 plastic eyeshadow set that I prized all the eyeshadows out of and filled that with paint. I never got around to spray painting the lid though and it would have worked better if I had. Otherwise it was nicely pocketable and very light.
Thanks Mark - yes I think he is happy its not just rusting away in the garage and I am using it for something (something more interesting than window bolts) 😂
Might not be the fault of the magnets, but of the level of actual metal in the tin? If it's more aluminium than steel, perhaps no magnet will be strong.
a drop of glycerin (or possibly your own watercolor medium- gum arabic and honey) would keep it from cracking. If you want your watercolors to never dry add more glycerin lol. That stuff will keep it from cracking but will also keep it tacky for years if you overdo it lol.
I literally stopped watching this video when you spray painted over the lovely historical graphics on the inside lid. Just seemed so sad to ruin something special like that. Guess just different values.
Sorry! There wasn't really a way around it though, you need somewhere to mix your paint! It's also a mass-produced tin so it's not an antique or anything. It seems these tins are quite common!
If you use a large safety pin 🧷 to stir the paint you can whip off and reuse between colors..
Yes, or a regular pin or needle.
I cut some popsicle sticks and place on sides to make the fit tight so the paints don’t move in the tin. And then your idea with the sponge at the larger space should hold them tight. Fun video.
Brill thanks for the advice!
it's always enjoyable to see what others bring outside 🥰
Could also use tiny pieces of kneadable eraser to hold paint pans in-at bottom of pans and also to connect them side to side if it works better.
Nice job on your first watercolour tin set! I have made several over the years. Adding sponge to the lower area and where there is the little gap on the right side, center row, will stop your plans for sliding and add a convenient area to wipe your brush. For your swatches, you may want to try doing a graded wash, where you have the full colour strength at the top and then less pigment below. It will help you see the gradient of colours you can get. There are also really strong rare earth magnets you can buy and glue to your pans if you find these unstable. They are super strong. I have really appreciated your videos on urban sketching, which I have just started doing this year to complement my watercolour painting. It is so fun to get out and be painting on site!
Very nice tin! I recently went thru and made 4 travel size tins to store paint anywhere and everywhere! I used old altoids and tea tins. In stead of painting them I used a laminated white card to make a mixing area. I reused some old advertising fridge magnets and had the same issue; some are stronger than others. I did all this because I always felt like painting, but didn’t have my supplies! Now I do! I am using little totes and fanny packs. So fun and now all my paint is being used up! Time to get some more!😉😂
Mary, the tip about using a laminated white card is a great one. I was wondering what methods you could use rather than spraying the inside of the lid as I did really like that little graphic :)
I used a glue to keep the magnet adhered to the bottom of the pans. It worked better than depending on the adhesive of the magnet. Another palette I made was to add small round magnets in the pan. That has worked best. My palette is old metal pencil boxes. Thanks for the video, i enjoyed it.
Thanks for the info Elizabeth!
If the non adhesive sides of the magnets attract (rather then repel) each other, you can try sticking a sheet of magnet to the bottom of the tin and then placing the magnets on the bottom of the pans so you have magnets sticking to magnets, it should just about double the holding power (assuming you have the depth in the tin).
Ooh ok thanks for the advice!
You can fill the empty space at the bottom of the tin with a piece of sponge to hold the pans in place and dry your brush. Works for me with irregular tins that don't precisely fit the pans.
Yeh I think the sponge idea is a winner
I love this!! I’ve made this kind of palettes, and what worked best for me was a double tape. I also reuse old make up pans; from eye shadows and blushers ( I’m a make up artist, so always have this stuff around…🙂), and put them in a thin metal card holders. I get something like Art Toolkit palette. Anyway, I like your videos very much! And, yes, this Rosa’s Green is really beautiful!🌷
Ah thank you! Yes a friend of mine was talking about makeup palettes and pans...I think they are super useful to turn into watercolour sets :) Thanks for watching and happy you are a Rosa Green fan too! 💚
There’s a fellow online that made a “watch” type wrist version w a makeup tin so my niece and I did the same. I cut up an old braided belt for the watch band, superglued it to the bottom of the palette and filled the palette squares w WC paints and it worked very well. I used Velcro to attach the ends to each other so different folks can adjust to fit their own wrists. Ended up having to station the palette on the underside of my wrist for best results. It’s really very cute and fun, and you could use a tennis terrycloth band to wipe brush on and then hold the water cup in the upturned hand.
@@jessicathompson1456 This is a great idea!! 🙌
I brought my husband a pretty metal tin of chocolates back from my holiday in Portugal.... as soon as he got thru the chox, I liberated the tin for me haha.Thanks for the tips, they've come at just the right time! Over the years, I've picked up a few old tins at antique shops and flea markets, just because.
Yeh, there's just something about tins....! I almost bought myself an extremely expensive tin of chocolates in Barcelona earlier this year - I didn't even want the chocolate, just the tin to turn into a watercolour set! Luckily I exercised some restraint 😂
What a lovely tin!!! X
One note about swatching paper: I've noticed colors look different depending on what paper you use. Grumbacher Watercolor pad, which has no cotton in it, shows colors differently from copy paper and from the 100% cotton paper of my Hahnemuhle watercolor sketchbook. Just something to keep in mind.
Very true - my watercolours always sing more on 100% cotton. Its always useful to swatch in the sketchbook you are using. Thanks for highlighting :)
Does the paint change after you’ve had it dry and in the pans then when you use it from the tube?
If you add a bit of sponge at the front that should hold everything in place. I haven't tried repurposing a tin yet, mainly because I don't have any suitable tins. Years ago I bought a cheap $2 plastic eyeshadow set that I prized all the eyeshadows out of and filled that with paint. I never got around to spray painting the lid though and it would have worked better if I had. Otherwise it was nicely pocketable and very light.
Yes, I definitely think adding the sponge will be good (and useful too)
i was wondering why you chose the cadmium colors instead of brighter colors like lemon yellow?
Cut a piece of spurge to put in the bottom of the tray so they can’t move back and forth
Perfect recycle of your father-in-laws cigarette box!!👍👍👍 Your husband should be happy with this.
Thanks Mark - yes I think he is happy its not just rusting away in the garage and I am using it for something (something more interesting than window bolts) 😂
Maybe fill the tin bottom with a full magnet then put your pans on top of the magnet in the tin ..
Yes Ralph, that's a good idea, thank you!
it’s probably the tin material, not the magnets. Maybe a velcro could be a solution?
Might not be the fault of the magnets, but of the level of actual metal in the tin? If it's more aluminium than steel, perhaps no magnet will be strong.
Aha, yes that makes sense, thanks Lisa
a drop of glycerin (or possibly your own watercolor medium- gum arabic and honey) would keep it from cracking. If you want your watercolors to never dry add more glycerin lol. That stuff will keep it from cracking but will also keep it tacky for years if you overdo it lol.
Thank you for the info! :)
When you start using the palette the paint will seep down between the pans and glue them down.
Yes, that's true Eileen, thank you!
A drop of honey helps to prevent cracking.
yeah this or glycerin, both do it for sure.
Thank you!
I literally stopped watching this video when you spray painted over the lovely historical graphics on the inside lid. Just seemed so sad to ruin something special like that. Guess just different values.
Sorry! There wasn't really a way around it though, you need somewhere to mix your paint! It's also a mass-produced tin so it's not an antique or anything. It seems these tins are quite common!