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I noticed that for finer work I seem to be having problems handling paint drawn from wet palettes.

Do you guys alternate between a dry surface like a tile and the traditional wet palette?

Define finer work, I tend to use my wet palette for everything except when I make up a thin wash for covering bases.

Pretty much the same.

Everything but doing a wash or metallics.

Fine fine work like dotting white in an eye, I’ll just tap the tip of the brush straight into the pot maybe.
But that’s about it

Just touch your brush lightly on a paper towel to wick away excess water from the palette

I use both, well sort of.
I use the ceramic palette (essentially a tile with wells) to spot repair and sometimes fully paint a mini.

I only use my wet palette, outside of mixing up inks & washes. Even metallics go on there, never had much issue beyond them being overly hydrophilic and separating if left too long.

I just started using my red grass pallet and really like it. The fact that I can just pickup and put down so I can get 30 mins painting in here and there is amazing. I love how the pallet seems to thin all paints just the right amount.

I read you shouldn’t put metallic paint on there but I’m trying it and so far it’s fine.

Interestingly I put a blob of green stuff world intensity in and a blob of one of their washes on there and they were usable for a while after. The next day however both were thinned too much. GW washes just soak into the paper

Redgrave pallets are fantastic for other inks though. I usually use a dealer rooney or liquitex ink and leave it on the pallette for 30 minutes. The excess liquid just soaks in And you're left with glaze material.

Can you explain what exactly your wet palette is doing or not doing?

If the paint consistency is too loose, then the sponge might be too wet or the paint is too loose (in which case, you probably didn't need to put on a wet palette) to begin with.

FWIW, wet palette really shines when transferring globs of paint. It's really not intended for smearing paint onto it.

You can also make your 'dry' palette function like a wet palette by spraying some water then covering it with a foil.

[Late reply. Apologies. Got busy with work and this pandemic isn't making things easy. :( ]

Thanks guys! Good tips!

For the questions:

 maxwin wrote:
Define finer work, I tend to use my wet palette for everything except when I make up a thin wash for covering bases.

 skchsan wrote:
Can you explain what exactly your wet palette is doing or not doing?

If the paint consistency is too loose, then the sponge might be too wet or the paint is too loose (in which case, you probably didn't need to put on a wet palette) to begin with.

FWIW, wet palette really shines when transferring globs of paint. It's really not intended for smearing paint onto it.

You can also make your 'dry' palette function like a wet palette by spraying some water then covering it with a foil.

Spot highlighting for eyes, etc. ^_^