Clean up time....

The palette I use for Oil painting is excellent, but not intended originally as a palette at all.

It is in fact an Ikea glass shelf with a grey toned back.  This works perfectly for mixing paint, as it gives a mid-tone and allows me to choose how the mixing goes, either darker or lighter.  

The best part, is the clean up of this palette.  I can leave Oil paint on there for days/weeks and when it comes to cleaning, scrape some with a wide-scraper, or use some methylated spirit which successfully dissolves the oil paint.

As you see, this time I had a Very Messy Palette!

If you click on the photo, you'll see my Clean Up with a difference.

Palette Cleaning

I know!

not the most riveting of videos, but after all the oil paintings, thought you may be a tad interested in seeing how the 'palette' I bought a while back is cleaned up

(don't worry, it doesn't show ALL of the clean up, only part)

Cleaning up a palette

This is a tip I saw online some time ago and

having tried it myself, I found it does work.

(I think it was the

artist Jeremy Ford, but having searched online I've been

unable to find his reference to it)

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We've all been there,

the palette got messy, so we clean it up,

but it leaves a stain.

Of course, porcelain palettes clean up pretty good, 

it's the plastic palettes I'm referring to.

there is a simple and easy solution to it...

Cooking Oil

Just add a few drops to a tissue.

You will need to give it a firm wipe,

but it does clean up

Look...