How to Stop YOUR Acrylic Paints From Drying Fast! 

Let us know in the comments what other struggles you have with Acrylic Paints! We're here to help 😎

To prevent mold in the wet pallet, I put several copper pennies under the paper around the edges. The copper prevents mold from growing. Also, I'm cheap, so I buy sponge air conditioner filters for the sponge and parchment paper for the paper. I get a pack of 200 papers already 12x16 size . Amazon.

How much peroxide do you put in the water to soak paper & sponge in?

I'm going to get a wet pallet.Up till now I've used small containers with lids and stored them in the refrigerator. That also works for me, an 80 yr old gran!

I’m disappointed in the new sta wet palette boxes as I used to be able to place the box on top of the lid. Now, you can’t, it’s all wobbly.

I am a relative newcomer, but I love Jed's style of teaching. He is easy to understand, and he does explain things for us all. Thank you.

Please, what is a "small amount of hydrogen peroxide"? Is it a teaspoon, a tablespoon, or ... ?

I’m excited to start your 2024 class. The one thing I have the most problem with would be mixing my colors to get the right color I need. Clouds trees and shading is what I’m hoping to learn.

Thanks for the hydrogen peroxide tip. It solves a big problem for me!!!!!

I use paper plates. I use two. The top plate I cut a wash cloth the diameter of the eating surface and glue it the the top plate. I spray the cloth with water and use binder clamps to hold the plates together and put it in the fridge. The bottom plate is disposable. The top plate is not.

Hi, I have a question. I am a hobby artist & my art ideas comes from pintrest & my techniques from youtube tutorials. Now in many videos glazing medium, gloss medium & a variety of medium are used. I don't know if i should buy everything or not. & if I do buy it then how to use such mediums.... I hope you can share some of your insights on the matter. Thanks!

Excellent information! Thank you!

Struggle: Remembering the ratio of colours when mixing a colour I had mixed and ran out of.

my problem with acrylics is blending.

Can you buy the "paper" separately? Is it reusable or single use?

I see this is like a year old video so you probably aren’t responding to comments at this time but I would like to talk about keeping your brushes moist while painting with acrylics. I use a product that I dip my brushes into periodically while I’m painting and clean them off with it because just rinsing them in water sometimes isn’t enough. The Farrells have impacted paint and by the end of the day your brush is pretty much ruined if you’re painting outside in the heat of Florida. So this brush cleaner I take with me. Clean my brush off and work the cleanser in well and rinse it really well in the water and then go back to painting with it. I have to keep my brushes reasonably clean as I’m working with them outside. Even inside the house I will go to the sink and clean my brush periodically and then go back and use them some more. Because the acrylic paint dries out on the brush just like it does on the pallet. And you can run through a lot of brushes that way.

I put a copper sheet under the sponge, and i never got mold for months

Will parchment paper work in place of the Masterson paper? Thanks. Enjoyed the video.

I love this!❤ I always have an issue with my paints drying out. Glad I came across your video.

Masterson instructions say to soak the Palette paper for 15 minuets in very hot water.

can I use alcohol instead of peroxide?

Very helpful. Thanks 7:24

Thank you Jed, I usually have to spray my mixed paints but they eventually end up drying on me. The process of pouring and mixing paint is a bit difficult for me being a quadriplegic. The crazy thing is I never painted before I lost my hand function. I think the paper and sponge is going to help me greatly.

But I hate that the paper is white tho…

Thanks a lot for posting this! Just a heads up the link to the stay wet palette does not open.

Why don´t you answer our comments ?

this was great info as I just received this new pallet. Very excited to give it a try. I live in very hot humid dry Panama SA and its been a struggle with my paints drying out.

What is that tray thing you are using to hold the wet palette?

For me the Masterson stay wet palette is a God send. However I use a sheet of glass over the sponge so I can more easily clean off the paint I no longer need leaving a fresh area to mix the next color. My MSWP no longer seals a well as it use to so I also place a small sponge on top of the glass before closing it up when done painting.

very informative and educational. Have you tried an alternative to their sponge, such as paper towel? does it work?

Very helpful! Thank you!

So cool to see your business growing!! Love from Canada (:

I have that palette paper and love it. I can leave for a week and still have fresh paint.

Thank you!

Great! Thanks for the tip. I'm a newbie and trying to get as many tips and ideas before I get started as I can.

finding the right plein air easel! I deposited $250 with Soltek last June......still waiting.... should I ask for refund? But then what's next. french easel has too many screws and tighteners//lol . Prolific Painter wont take calls..so how do you know what to order?? Wave seems to be for a small palette area....I wanted larger. ???? EnPlein air looked alittle unstable but expensive. So I'm asking you the best of the best Plein Air guy. What would you buy?

my biggest struggle is that I feel like i never have enough paint on my brush. It takes so much to make the canvas not show through. I'm using Merriy primed canvas pad. Is that not a good kind or do I just need to use more paint? I did your intro acrylic series (it was great, thank you!!) and it seems like your paint was covering your canvas more effectively than mine, as I followed.

Wow, 👍 great

Im new to acrylics - what are the best colors to start with (for mixing the widest range) when you have a limited budget.

Thanks! I quit using mine because it would get too runny. I will try it again. :)

With a scull cap & a snotty attitude you could be Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad😉😂

I have two of the Masterson Stay Wet palettes. One has a blue cover and one has a red cover and they are the same size. My problem is that the tops have warped and won't close tightly. I have the medium size palette/box and also the little Handy Palette. Both of the lids of the smaller palette boxes fit nice and airtight. Any idea how to remedy this without buying another palette box? Thanks.

Getting ready to use acrylic for the first time, have never touched them. Actually it's painting for the first time. I've drawn for years. I experimented many years ago, had all the equipment, and someone came along and stole all my art supplies. Haven't tried since, but I want a medium that can cover some area. I draw with colored ball point ink pens and it takes for ever to do anything large especially large areas with one color. I had oils but acrylic seems simpler, I don't want to start getting hung up on all the oil paints stuff, maybe later. Your videos are what I need, thanks Jed.

Seems like this would also work with gouache. Have you tried it with gouache?

Been using Stay Wet for years. For me the paint stays wet for many days. Love this pallet.

Great, informative video, Jed. I would like to create a stamp pad using acrylic paint, but not sure what to mix it with, or what pad to use. I was thinking using polyethylene glycol as a retardant and blank felt stamp pad. What do you think?

Thank you ,it’s wonderful to now that we can use ,to prevent mild on the pallets a damp sponge or paper ,thank you that is very good news . 🇨🇦👍🇪🇨

I'm getting interested in painting again. Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting , I will be able to put your suggestions practice 🍁👍🏻

This is awesome, thank you! Going to pick one up in the morning - will be a big help.

One of my biggest struggles is how to make my acrylic landscape paintings look just as good as oil. I would like to have more blending time

Hi Thanks for all the information Do you ever use Golden open Why or why not?

Sometimes my paints get a bit jelly like the second day. Is my pallet too dry?

very informative!!! thank you

Thank you, great idea.

Thank you for illustrating the palette.

Thank you for sharing this!

No offense. Jit got a long neck 🙂

Thanks for sharing

Yes I m ready- born teady

Thank you

Thank you for sharing such great info

Thank you for sharing!

Very helpful

Great tips 😀😀😀

i bought the wrong one - didn't pay attention to size - so great tip about that! i have a small one. can't get used to it but will try with these tips! thanks!

Excellent!!

So when you use either of those two things, you don’t need to store it in the fridge? How long does each of those last with paints? Thx 😊

the problem many people have is that they want to paint with acrylic paint as if they had oil paint. But that is wrong. With acrylic paint you paint in a different way. A different technique is used. If you want to paint with acrylic paint as if you had oil paints, it is better to use oil paints straight away.