Whiskey painters Scottie Artist Watercolor Paint Palette Box with Built in Flask. Pocket, Travel Friendly Size. Metal Half pan Palette Box with Flask & Water Reservoir. Hand Made in Italy

I love this flask palette ! Its such a charming design, and I adore compact palettes! It's not too heavy, but its weighted enough to show that it is well made with quality materials. With water added its about the same weight of my phone (with a case) and its a little over half the size in length. Take note that I have added 4 more half pans in the middle so it can fit 12 colors. The half pans were a separate purchase. The paints I put in are Holbein (and one Sennellier paynes grey ) Some things I disliked: I disliked the way the mixing area is at a slant. It can cause the colors to run into each other. I'll see if I can find a way to tighten it so it'll sit at a proper angle for painting (which would be flat for myself) so I'll see if that's something I can do myself. Also, theres only 2 wells to mix in. Its a small palette, so the mixing area will be just as small. I have heard that there was a similar palette made with 4 mixing wells, and I would REALLY love to see that ! Other than that, I really like this palette. I'm excited to own it and will be taking it everywhere I can !

This is a beautiful portable watercolor flask palette. It is comparable in size to the Winsor Newton Heavyweight Enamelled (12 Half Pan and Water Container) and the Daler Rowney Artists Watercolor Sketch Box (Incorporating water bottle-12 quarter pan, plus a small brush). It is nice that it includes the prestigious Whiskey Painters logo on it. Within this palette you may chose any number of half pan to whole pan combinations for your own choice of colors. It is amazing opportunity and treasure to get this class of palette while it is available. Who knew Winsor and Newton and Daler Rowney would quit making any version of their Bijou boxes or that Daler Rowney would quit making their Watercolour Compact Artists Sketch Box that Alwyn Crashaw used a while back. This flask palette setup is portable anywhere and adds to the pure joy of painting. It holds approximately 30 ml of water. On an even nicer note, this vendor sent two additional plastic palette cups. .

As with others here, I really wanted to love this pallete. The construction is super. It oozes quality... until you use it a bit. Unfortunately, there are 2 main design flaws. First, the water cup does not reliably affix to the main body of the pallete. It falls off / pops off very easily. Second, the mixing reservoirs lay at an angle to the main body when opened so that all the liquid runs down to the bottom. It’s impossible to keep mixed colors separated. Poor engineering really. I’ll be send mine back today... Edit: After trying different grips on the box, I found that I could keep the open mixing area flat based upon how I used the bottom ring. Said differently, I can now see how the design of the box could be used effectively, but you need to grip it just so or you’ll have trouble keeping the mixing wells flat. I think I’ll keep this after all. It’s such a great size. I’ll take the time to practice using this so that I can confidently take it for a spin.

This is a great palette. It fits in my pocket, I'll be able to store the Whiskey Painter's brush inside once it arrives, and if I decided to I can add a couple more palettes. The capacity of the flask is HUGE. Somewhere around 30ml of water according to my measurements, which is incredible. Enamel is hydrophobic, but that's par for the course with metal enamels. Little hit with some 600 grit sandpaper and it fixed that issue lickity split. My only issue is with the flask portion. The throat is a bit narrow. It does a great job of preventing spills, but it makes it difficult to get the water you put in back out when you need it. I eventually figured out that I have to just slightly touch the mouth of the flask to break the surface tension on the water and let air back in so that it empties. Not anything annoying, but it did take some experimenting. Aside from that this is an amazing little palette. Having this palette will expand my abilities in painting, and hopefully help me get better since I can take it out on the go. I can't wait to get some paint in it and take it outside to start learning how to actually use it.

The Winsor & Newton Bijou Box is no longer available and unless you have a relative to inherit one from the chances of getting your hands on one now are slim, fat and none. So I turned to the Whiskey Painter's of America for this delightful and well designed travel palette. While it does come with 8 empty half pans, you can fit 12 in if you use the central area. I used 12 Schmincke half pans that fit just fine. If you can get by with eight, you can might cut down a brush to fit but it is too small to hold a DaVinci travel brush. Schminke makes a similar palette already loaded and I was tempted but read a few reviews on the quality so I decided to get this and choose my own colors. I'm glad I did but this has quality issues too. There are some paint issues with the black enamel. The top has a spot that looks like a fingerprint, there are a few spots that look like what you get when you use too much spray paint or spray over wet paint. There is also a spot of enamel missing inside the water cup and a small spot of black on the flask cap, like the top was put on too soon. So either this is a "second" or Whiskey Painters of America has the same quality control issues from their supplier that Schmincke has. I am also disappointed that the flask portion isn't brass, only the cap and nipple. The interior looks like it is steel like the rest of the case. With care it should be fine. I just hope it's stainless and will not rust over time. But as it is steel, I can attach it to my magnetic whiteboard with magnets which is a plus for me. In the end I like this fine. It will do exactly what I wanted it to do, it's small and I like that it will contain my water as well. I'm looking forward to taking it out in the field. But I will still keep my eye open for a Winsor & Newton Bijou Box.