Isn’t this the same as Peerless Watercolors?
No. We really like Peerless watercolors for certain applications, but they are not truly watercolors, they are dyes. They do not behave the same way as watercolor and do not have the archival qualities. Also, they do not reconstitute (you can’t rewet and use an area from which you have already picked up color).

Can I make these palettes with water soluble oil pastels?
Yes. Just be prepared for a messier palette for traveling and storing, but they will work great in the studio. The oil pastels have more of a tendency to “offset” onto the back of the palette on top of them, but that will wipe off with a damp paper towel anyway.

Why not just take the crayons or pencils along? You can use a brush to pick up color straight from them.
My box of 40 Neocolor II crayons weighs close to a pound and a half - likewise my box of 40 colored pencils. When I can take all those colors along on something that weighs an ounce or so, the choice is a no brainer for me.

When I am working, I am not one of those folks who carefully replaces each crayon in its slot in the box when I am through with it - I usually throw it down and grab another. So round bodied crayons or pencils are rolling all over the place . . . dropping . . . breaking. This is enough of a problem in the studio, but a disaster when out and about.

I know you can pick up color right from the crayon with a wet brush, but I like to control the amount of water and the intensity of the color. On the body of the crayon, there is no place to spread out and add a little more water, or to mix colors, so even when in the studio, I use the perfect palettes.

How long will these palettes last?
Though forever isn’t here yet, we’re pretty sure they could last that long. You can refill them as much as you like, and if the mess gets to you, you can even take the palette to a sink and use a fingernail brush to remove most of the color and start over. The background will be a mix of pastels instead of white after you do that, but the function will remain the same.

What if my palette has to sit in a hot car for awhile?
Well, we bake Sheer Heaven with polymer clay at 265º and we heat emboss it, and it has’t seemed to mind. The wax basis of some crayons could soften, but no harm would be done. They would still be usable - and if any offset onto the back of another palette, it could easily be wiped away.