Like many artists, I have messed around (and I do mean messed) with different kinds of palettes for my oil colors. I've been through the pads of waxed paper (you’d think the muses order beginners to use these), the plastic ones, and classic wooden ones. I have to tell you that once you go to glass you are guaranteed to pass (or something like that). For studio use a great big piece of thick glass can't be beat. Clean up is easy even if you leave paint on it for a week — just attack it with a razor blade scraper (like house painters use on windows). I use a 24" X 36" piece of 1/4 inch plate glass. I attach it to my table top with mirror mounts (see photo) and wood screws. I slip a piece of gray paper under it (as close to a 50% gray as I can find) and that gives me a good middle value to compare my color mixing to. Thick plate glass can be expensive, but if you start looking along your street on trash day you will be surprised at all the big slabs of glass that people throw out —it can’t be recycled in my town and many others. Don’t be embarrassed, just pull over and grab it! Re-using is one of the 3 Rs of being green — reuse!
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