Palettes

Consistently considered the artist's top choice, this is the original plastic palette created and patented by world-renowned artist John Pike in 1960. Unlike copies, it is made of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin using the injection mold method. This plastic is incredibly strong and most importantly stain-resistant. The John Pike Palette is large — 15" × 10-1/2" × 5/8" — with 20, 1-1/2" paint wells.

The inside of the snap-on cover serves as an additional palette without divisions — ideal when you need a clean spot in a hurry. Free of any obstructions, it offers a great "thinking" area in which you find the right color and value by freely pulling in from the three pigment banks, without a runback. This is probably the palette's most important single feature — a generous space where you can work up a wash without it running back into your pure color.

A favorite of the serious watercolor artist, the Masterson Aqua-Pro Watercolor Palette has all the features that experts demand. 32 paint wells surround the outer edge, while three divided mixing areas in the center keep your color ranges neatly separated. The lid snaps down tightly on the base for transport, and can be used as an additional large mixing area when inverted.

The Aqua-Pro is made from highest-quality, stain-resistant, injection molded resins. It measures 1¾"H × 15½"W × 11½"D.

This easy-to-clean, pie-pan shaped cup has brush rests. It's great for mixing tempera. It measures 3-1/2" in diameter and 1-1/8" in depth.