Weighted Palette Resource

[Elizabeth Schott]

This shows the bevel of the thumb hole.

[Elizabeth Schott]

The following are the back showing how they "weighted" the palette with extra layers of the thin wood for balance.

[Elizabeth Schott]

The second view.

I think they added 3 extra layers of the wood for the weight, I think it makes the thumb hole a little more comfortable so it isn't a thinner cutting feeling. I may be wrong about that, maybe it is actually the reverse. Ignorance is bliss.

[Khaimraj Seepersad]

I just took a look at those palettes on-line, my goodness, they are huge!

I started off with a 13.5" x 9.5" oval and a 11.75" x 8.5", hardwood ply, but over the years I have shrunk to an 8" circle.

Now, I'm using a 9.25 x 7.25" oval, and I am painting around 4' x 6' canvas on panels. Must be something in the air.

[Denise Hall]

I used the Lee Boynton (even though I'm left handed) palette at Peggy Baumgaertner's workshop this past summer. I had never held a palette before, as I lay my palette down while I paint. To watch Peggy paint with her palette is as if they are one. To watch me paint with that very large palette and everything else around me is like watching a bull in a china shop.

I really wish I would /could stand and hold a palette for the "quickness" and seemingly "one with the paint" experience that so many painters seem to have. I just don't feel comfortable holding all that paint, choosing brushes, cleaning constantly and referring back to my notes (hehe) like I do.

Back to the Boynton. It was very nice - the feel, the fit to your body is amazing. The hole for thumb was very nice as well. I didn't pay that much attention to the weighted quality. Probably because I was trying not to whack the person beside me or drop it into a container of mineral spirits.

Good luck with your decisions! Just wanted to share my experience with a beautiful palette I cannot use.

[Mari DeRuntz]

For anyone interested in the Lee Boynton weighted palette, his website for these products has been changed to www.artpalettes.com

[Elizabeth Schott]

I think it was Chris Saper who posted a picture of Lee Boynton's palette, and I believe it was wood with a shine to the surface.

Does anyone use this? I was going to ask if the finish makes it easier to clean when one isn't attentive enough and the paint is left on for a day.

I need something that is a bit forgiving with out a surface that glares.

[Elizabeth Schott]

The links above do not work or will not take you to the palettes.

[Chris Saper]

Beth,

No, I don't have an image of the Boynton palette. I use the Artisan palette, mentioned by Marvin earlier in the thread.

[Timothy C. Tyler]

Lee looks like Mel.