Looking for hand-made balanced palette

[Max Howard]

Originally Posted by Jean-Marie Koch

Thanks, Debra and Peggy:
The search for the perfect palette is turning out to be a little tricky! As portrait artists, I would think the color/value of the palette would be important. I found one in mahogony on one of the sites suggested to me, but it looks dark. What do you think about the color issue? Did you specify color when you bought yours? And what about the staining problem. How do you deal with that?
Thanks again...
Jean-Marie

Aside from mahogany, I've made them out of birch. I prefer the darker mahogany though.