Mini Watercolor Kit – 9 half pans in tiny tin box

Posted on Jan 23, 2012

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I put this together after my friend Nancy gave me an empty little tin on our way back from the Camille Pisarro exhibit at the Legion of Honor.  Awesome!

I was so surprised that this little tin held 9, count that NINE, half pans.  The tin measures a whopping 2-1/4″ square, and 7/8″ tall.

I added the following watercolors (I’m plum out of gouache, and had a few of these already filled!)  from top left corner going counter clockwise, my favorite nine:

• azo yellow
• yellow ochre
• napthol red
• alizarin crimson
• ultramarine blue
• phthalo blue
• viridian
• burnt sienna at top
• titanium white in center…..remember, I’m a gouache gal, so i’ve got to have my white.

Bought a new waterbrush, and I tell you I am NOT a fan of waterbrushes, but for a tiny portable set they can’t be beat.  I mean, I can paint ANYWHERE…I’ve even sketched while going thru a carwash…they do take awhile after all. LOL.

The notebook is not really great for water, but I just love the size and the metallic holder flap whatever it’s called.  Wish an art journal had that feature.  I also take my Lamy Safari with me in this set, forgot to photograph it.  I am set!

NOTE:  I cut out two pieces of cardboard the size of the tin (too deep otherwise) and put those in bottom of tin FIRST, then painted some gel medium on top of that, placed my pans on top of that, and voila, perfection! I’m thinking about painting the outside of the lid white for a better mixing palette, BUT the clear is so cool, I just don’t know yet what I’ll do about that.