[Digital Genesis]

First off, it isn't vellum


This is how you do it:

Get a plastic tray, board or any other plain non-absorbant surface.

Take some paper towels, lay them on the board flat, and soak them until they are good and wet.

Now, and this is the improvement over the vellum palette, get some baking-paper (the same kind you'd also put between pieces of bread in a lunchbox). - It's available at any grocery store and costs almost nothing. It consists exclusively of starch, with certain brands also being silicone covered (these I usually stay away from, but they might work).

Place it, just like you would vellum, on top of the soaked paper towels. Now you can keep your acrylics wet for hours on end while painting.

The origin of this idea is lost to me, but I thought it was worth restating it, in case someone didnt know.

Just one word of caution: when you mix colors on the baking-paper, try and be gentle as it -can- be scratched if you're too rough. Personally, I always mix colors with a flat palette knife and haven't had any problems.

[Digital Genesis]

Ack! Please move to discussion forum. I was tired when I posted. (still am)