BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter Nov 4th Making a Palette

Published: Tue, 11/04/25

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #538

I am so happy that I finally have a custom watercolor palette that I have been wanting for years. I will be making at least 5 of them so that no matter which of the 5 palettes I use they will all have the same set-up of colors and all laid out in the same configuration. I made it with 30 pans which is probably too many colors but I love that I can now switch out colors if I choose to. I filmed a quick DIY so you can also make one if you think you need a custom size, removable pans palette.

Here is some advice I have been giving my students lately... Find an artist whose work you really like and study their work and try to paint one of their works. The artist that I am following at the moment is Peter Brown or as many know him as Pete The Street. He is an oil painter but I just find his work amazing. When you choose an artist to follow remember it can be any artist, you just have to love that artists work. You can also switch your favorite artist at any time and start again and again learning how they paint and make sure to have fun learning and painting!

Weekly Local Classes

YES TO CLASS
Main Street Gallery, Lake Zurich Wed, Nov 5th, 9:30am to Noon

contact Mainstreet Art Center to get info on this class.

NO CLASSES
There aren't any classes at the Civic Center in Libertyville until
further notice.

YES TO CLASS

The Studio in McHenry, Sat, Nov 8th 9am to 11:30am

contact David R Becker to get info on this class.

DIY Custom Palette

I did it! I finally made myself a palette that I can't wait to use.
In this video I show you how I made my custom palette.
Thanks for all the suggestions from all of you!

DIY Custom Make your own Watercolor Palette

Artist of the Week

Stewart White
I had the pleasure of meeting Stewart White in Easton Maryland and I was very impressed with his plein-air work.

Product of the Week

I have been searching and buying a bunch of these different portable heat guns and I finally decided that the best one for me is the Ryobi heat gun because I have many of the Ryobi tools and a ton of the batteries.

This other one pictured below from Amazon was nice and small and portable but I do not recommend it because it is really small and didn't blow out a strong amount of heat.

I use these for when plein-air painting and when the weather is damp and things aren't drying.

BUY Ryobi HERE

Free Tutorial Lesson!

YouTube Paint-a-long

Thursday, Oct 30th 6:30pm CST

Foggy Sunrise Lesson Paint-a-long in Watercolor

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BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter Nov 4th Making a Palette

Stewart WhiteI had the pleasure of meeting Stewart White in Easton Maryland and I was very impressed with his plein-air work.

Stewart White
I had the pleasure of meeting Stewart White in Easton Maryland and I was very impressed with his plein-air work.