Altoids/Mint Mini watercolor paint box-New process

Watch me retire my beloved companion of many years, my mini monkey paint box, and create a new one.
Altoids/mint tin mini water color paint box/set, showing my new process which allows for more 1/4 pan size watercolor pans for a smaller box. Also addresses some of the problems faced by other mini tin paint box creators.
Great to tuck in a pocket or throw in a purse, easy to use in public without causing a lot of attention, Great for daily field sketches, or to sneak out during lunch break, waiting rooms or subway or plane ride. (do not take the razor blade sharpener to public places, I would only take that with me to the out doors, and is only shown as a possibility, I use a small sharpener, also in a fix, a piece of sand paper or a flat rock or piece of concrete are useful to sharpen a point.)

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[tonibunny]

@truemirror Hi! I live in the UK and there are various websites which sell them, but I got mine from the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood which is just down the road from me in London. It won't let me post a link here, but if you go to HunterGather.info and search for "retro mini paint box" you should be able to find them :-)

[truemirror]

@tonibunny aww this is good to know< i just got done answering your email, yes, my dad brought that monkey one home for me from London about 45 years ago.

[tonibunny]

Hello! I loved this demonstration, thanks for putting the video up :-) They are still making little mini palettes like your Monkey one, though with different designs on the front. I've just bought three from which I've removed the kiddy paint and replaced it with Winsor & Newton tube paint. I love your extremely compact kit!

[truemirror]

@tonibunny ty, may I ask where you found your kiddy paint boxes? I still haven't found one.

[stephenhayesuk]

love it! I have a little pocket pallette made from a Wheatley aluminium fly (as in fly fishing) box. I used epoxy resin to glue some Windsor and Newton water colour half pans of paints inside it, leaving just enough space for some cut down brushes. Afraid I can't paint too well, but going on a course this autumn.

Agree about covering over the scripture, my friend Ray's wife read psalm 91 over him as we stood round his dying bed 2 years ago. a profound experience none of us will forget.

[truemirror]

@stephenhayesuk I'm sorry to hear about your friend, I am hoping that his loved ones are able to continue life with sweet memories of him. psalms 91 is a very good scripture to care in your heart, plaster it up on the walls and mirror.

I would like to see your mini paint box and even some of your sketches, I just don't feel dressed unless I have my watercolors with me. hopfull we'll be going fishing this week-end, giving me a chance to practice plein air.

[1x9x8x9]

Excellent video!

[truemirror]

@sunflr1986 You are welcome! : )

size & extra weight are important to me for everyday sketching, esp if you are addicted to sketching in color.

[axiomatic272]

@truemirror Thanks. No need to worry about Ray, he died in Christ and went straight to heaven through the merits of our precious Saviour in whom he trusted. I had the honour of giving a funeral oration. Its been hard for his widow, but clean, if you know what I mean.

I wish I was going fishing this weekend, but too much work (must dash now!) However Julia and I will be going fishing to a tiny Welsh lake where red kites and buzzards soar, and we'll be taking our paintboxes then. kind regards.