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After using a folded up document protector for about 6 months, featured in the Portable Paint Set Tip, I started looking around for other options that were indeed MADE for painting! This lead me to scouring my wife's college bookstore for the art supplies section. At first I looked at getting my hands on some oil paints, maybe some new brushes. But then I happened upon this unassuming product. A simple exterior, mundane and unassuming. Just sitting there next to the sketchbooks and canvas. On a whim, I picked it up, and decided these would get a chance as a member of my paint kit.
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After using these for a while, I've come to really love them. They aren't for making your paints last a long time, as the paint is obviously open to drying on the flat surface. But on the go, you have a nice water resistant, opaque, disposable palette on hand that you can fold up and fit in next to no space. It is paper thin after all!
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If you're in the market for a cheap mobile alternative to your hard plastic palettes, I highly recommend you
give these a try![](https://lh3-testonly.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tAJoHAlDlpHynJM0mXR90GvKhghI5dH6yVrSTHVnl_ZxvEkfaBWZXQfKllwwzhyDZ1OHgLCPTloZHpBBxoXvRwlt2OhRMYSR-ct5Z3SSaiZHcoOJaUXLGr4e4ZnSzNljIAlUlfeemLVZo=s0-d)
! I haven't gone back to my document protectors since!
I have been using a windsor & newton pad lately and I love it, makes it so much easier! no more messy clean up just tear off the sheet and pop it in the bin. good stuff I say.
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