Watercolour Travel Box Empty 2083

Practical details: WATER: The capacity of the integrated water bottle is 30ml (think: shot glass or small medicine glass). The end cap/water tank, if filled to the brim, holds 20ml. Obviously you won't fill it with the brim when painting, so you could fill the tank two to three times from the water bottle during a session. The bottle can be filled from a very slow running tap or with a small funnel (the kind produced for filling hip flasks) or a large pipette/syringe. Tipping out the water again is a bit slow – the mouth of the bottle is partly blocked by the interior of the palette and so the water doesn't flow freely. It's wise to leave the bottle open for a bit to really dry out between sessions if you're not using it frequently. PANS: The rails for the palette portion will accommodate three rows of standard half pans (Schmincke, for example, and most empty half pans you can buy). If you use the smaller Winsor & Newton half pans then you could fit five of these in each of the outer rows, but you'd need to find another strategy for holding everything firmly in place, as the anchor bars then won't fit. (The same applies if you try to place whole pans in the outer rows.) The central row will hold only four half pans, regardless of what brand you use. Those with access to a 3D printer might be able to increase the capacity with some custom pans, but in normal use this palette will hold 12–14 half pans. Review: This is one of the most compact options for carrying 12 half pans in the field and it's beautifully made – a true bijoux ("jewel") box. I've had mine for a few years now and almost never use the water bottle section (it's easier to carry water in a 30ml or 60ml Nalgene bottle or just use water from a drinking bottle) but the end cap/water tank is a very useful feature. And if you paint with a waterbrush then the tank is a great place to put a sponge and have it secure at the side of the palette. The lid/mixing area opens past horizontal, so I recommend attaching a magnet bar (the kind used to hold name badges in place) to the hinge side of the box, to stop the lid opening too far. The alternative is to use your fingers (handheld) or put something underneath it (table top). This mixing area will stain, but the enamel cleans up easily with a white plastic eraser once dry. Because of the limited mixing area – just two wells – it's important to be strategic about your colour choices and perhaps prepare pans with convenience mixes for colour combinations you use a lot. This is the main thing I miss from larger palette tins: that inner flap that opens out to provide additional mixing space. But if you want something really compact that's still able to hold standard half pans (so not the Art Toolkit credit card palettes), and with capacity for more than six colours (so not the only slightly smaller Portable Painter Micro), and if you can deal with having only two mixing wells, then this is a great choice.

I’ve now purchased three of these. The latest one as a gift... very sturdy and compact. Holds 12 half pans or you can leave the middle row empty and carry a short pencil or pen and a travel brush. Really the perfect size for urban sketchers or anyone who just wants to have their paints on hand and easy to manage without having to be too precious about them. I am quite possibly the post clumsy person on the planet and have dropped this paint box countless times and it’s held up. Lid not loose or damaged and non of the pans have come flying out of the box, as has happened with other less robust paint boxes of my experience. You won’t ever regret this purchase.

Fantastic small metal box, I've been using it for years and will never change it.

Greta little box - easy to slip into my bag and have on hand so no excuse not to sketch every day. It is just what I was looking for, closest I have seen to the W&N Bijou Box which has been out of production for soooo long. Feels good in the hand as well.

This is a great little box! 12 colours - add a waterbrush or travel brush, a pencil, a small sketchbook and all easily slips into my handbag without fuss - no excuse not to get sketching whenever I have a spare moment. Just as easily pops in a pocket for those who don't carry a handbag :)

This little travel box is small, sleek and well constructed. It feels solid in the hand and will take 12 half pans, yet is slim enough to fit easily into a pocket. I'm very happy with this palette and it's now part of my everyday carry.

lovely little box,can't wait to get out and use it, in Plein Air!

I love this little W.C. travel Box. I take it with me in the car and have the 1/2 pans filled some of my favourite Daniel Smith Water colours. When I come across a little scene that I would like to paint out comes the palette, travel brush, water and small W.C. block, wonderful.

Lol it is so unbelievably small so cute!! Good quality and I love it _3

A neat small plein air tool! Been looking for an affordable empty travel box for ages. With this one I can DIY choice of colours. Small enough to fit in a pocket.

This is a great little paint box for someone who likes to travel light, or even take their sketch kit to work with them. It's a little smaller than a cigarette box and the quality is excellent; sturdy metal coated with enamel. It will hold six whole pans and three half pans, or you can just put in twelve half pans. There's also a little thumb ring on the bottom.