A few posts ago I wrote about putting together mini palettes with my favorite 8 colors. Included with the palettes are color mixing charts and a sample 8 color only painting with drawing and directions to paint. The reason I made these palettes was because I often hear questions from students about what brand and what colors to purchase. I thought it would be a good idea to simplify the process by supplying a squeeze of each of the colors I like to use.
What I discovered in the process of preparing palettes and recording top secret color mixing info to go on the accompanying charts, was that assembling all of the pieces took a lot of time. Also, I spent several days of watching the paint dry in the pans before I could glue the pans in the palettes and mail them out. Plus I watched several Youtube videos of how to fill half pans correctly, and spent a lot of time with a straight pin trying to pop possible air holes that might appear in the paint colors.
As I prepared the palettes I sold for shipping, I mulled over my palette making and decided that if I could recommend paints to purchase instead of supplying them myself that might be a better way to go for you and me. Then when you could refill your pans from your own tubes when you used up your paint. Then it occurred to me that I could also recommend a palette for you to buy. So, the only thing, you would really need from me would be my color mixing charts and practice painting! And, I could email that to you, so you would need to pay the $4 shipping charge. I could also reduce the price of the palette because there is no palette! How does that sound? Basically, (if you are still here reading, I would just send you the color charts, and the practice painting which I could email to you for $5.
Am I a art teacher marketing genius or do I have too much time on my hands to think about these things?
Let me know your thoughts and if you ordered the palette, its in the mail to you. If you’d still like to purchase one, I have 5 left and then they are gone and yours is an Anywhere Art Collectors item…..
Here is the sample painting that comes with my 8 color mixing charts and line drawing.