The Artist's Palette. Cesar Santos vlog 031

Artists have developed and gotten used to different types of palettes over the ages. Here I talk about the most used palettes and specifically my palette.

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[RyanStalsbyArt]

I love your compassion!!! Keep up the videos! and the rhymes!

[AndresdeSot]

Cesar me encantan tus videos .. eres mi artista favorito .. tengo tu dvd secretos del retratro .. gracias por compartir el conocomiento .. me a ayudado bastante , yo uso un vidrio gigante como paleta

Saludos y muchos cariños desde chile.

[ksuhuh]

I made my own with an ergonomic cutout for my belly and arm. That way it's super comfy to hold.

[pachamamaforestal]

Saludos desde Puerto Rico. Mi admiración y respeto a tí César, he seguido tus vídeos, me divierto e inspiran mucho. Tu historia es ejemplar, como también las de muchos verdad. Pero en este caso, me impresiona porq como artista y ser humano eres bien real. Aspectos y tonos q se reflejan claramente en tu trabajo. Intensidad y Ternura al mismo tiempo. Creo q son dos aspectos de la vida q hay que tener bien balanceados, por ahí andamos. Eres tremendo maestro. Abrazo fuerte hermano.

[artofadiaz]

Nice vlog!!
You're right about the hand palette keeping your hand on mouvement. I use a rectangular one without thumb hole so i keep it on a table and always find my other hand left on my pocket.

[markcaselius]

Really like the vertical palette set up. Never thought of the light angle. Will have to give it a try. Good stuff.

[JFTL]

Hey Cesar! I always look forward to your videos, I’ve watched them all. There always so insightful and inspiring. Just waiting for your channel to blow up, keep up the great work.

[shayme_on_u]

I think it's amazing how this man is able to make me excited about a piced of wood!

Like his passion about whtaever he talke about just Maskes me excited

[alphinart]

More great advice from the master. Now let me rap this comment up..Sometimes when you're painting creativity can stop with a screech, first gotta get those colors right and keep the palette within reach!

[RobertF-]

Cesar, I love your paintings and your style. Could you make more videos about the technique you use to make a drawing and a painting? Thanks bro. Peace.

[clipklein]

The palette is the heart of the painter!

[mikeynyc]

I love that you laugh at your own jokes.

[alexk]

Good stuff, I never thought of palettes in this way

[rotemgershoni]

Thanks for this video.. I wanted to ask how do you clean a palette like this? I use glass because my wooden palettes were just ruined because I didn't know how to clean them.

[folieadeuxstudio]

You had also tell like also canvas is very good "palete" for mixing colors. Thank you for videos ;) very great

[ehsanjr]

cesar, please can you talk about oil painting mediums and how to use it.

[juliE]

Just started using a wooden palette, not sure how to go about cleaning it. I'm used to a clear palette where I could just scrape old paint off. Doing the same with the wood palette leaves color behind, what do you do if there is a lot of an undesirable color on your wooden palette and will using different mediums affect future paint you put on the palette? Just scrape it off as best you can and get on with next painting?

[Tubbins]

0:59 Not gonna lie, that's my number one reason for my wooden palette ;)

[EnriqueJega]

amazing painting behind, what is the name of it?

[amyx]

I find holding my palette very uncomfortable. The regular one somehow feels better on my right hand - which I need to paint. The left hand…I guess my thumb isn’t as forgiving?

Idk. All I know is, flipping it over and holding it so the majority of the palette is beyond my knuckles, supported by curved fingers, is more comfortable for me.