Free Sketching Demo with Vincent Castro! Tips and techniques to improve your drawing skills on the go.

We host a free Sketching Demo every First Saturday of the month!

All the supplies you’ll need to get to know your palette

Getting to Know Your Palette 

How to move into a new palette or re-familiarize yourself with an old one! From filling your pans with paint to labeling them in shorthand, we hope to inspire you to play with and explore your palettes in new ways.

Art and demo inspired by Art Toolkit founder Maria Coryell-Martin 

Fill Your Pans

Label Your Pans

Make a Swatch Card

We’re excited to share Art Toolkit’s latest video and blog post, “Getting to Know Your Palette,” where Maria demonstrates how to move into a new palette or re-familiarize yourself with an old one! From filling your pans with paint to labeling them in shorthand, we hope to inspire you to play with and explore your palettes in new ways.

Try writing HYM instead of Hansa Yellow Medium to save space!

Demo Demi Palette

For this demonstration, we built a special Demi Palette, filled with nine watercolors by Daniel Smith.

Mini Pans
Raw Sienna, Perelyne Red, Cobalt Teal Blue, Green Gold, Buff Titanium, Neutral Tint

Standard Pans
Hansa Yellow Medium, Quinacridone Rose, Cobalt Blue

Build Your Own Palette

Did you know that we sell Empty Palettes in our shop, available in three sizes? Build the palette to suit your needs and style by selecting mixing and paint pan packs. As an example, here are all the supplies you need to create our silver demo Demi Palette from the “Getting to Know Your Palette” demonstration.

Empty silver Demi Palette.

A pack of Mini Pans.

A pack of Standard Pans.

Demi Palettes, Mini Pans, and Standard Pans are available at ARTspot along with many other options to explore! Have fun with all the possibilities!