Hello all hoping to get back to the hobby by the end of the year in anticipation of that getting some supplies in order. Hoping one or all of these glass plates can be used for a oil paint pallet? What d9 you think ?

Gawd Almighty Rob I really hope you're taking the piss
But in the possibility you're not. white paper to extract the oil and then on to a plain white saucer.
For (and here comes the Spanish Inquisition for me) Christ sake just paint something
You've given us years of irritating pleasure, keep up the good work
Cheers
Derek

Hoping to do that soon still getting health problems sorted .

Just go for it mate Most of us here are just about held together with bits of chewing gum and string.
So just live with whatever ails you and get on with it ...... Carpe Jugulum

Shit or get off the pot.............

Nobody needs glass mixing dishes. Save your money and follow Del's advice......
.....as ever in his own inimitable way he offers pearls of wisdom...

Mike

if you have oil colors the easiest thing is to buy the specific palette in tear-off sheets.

are white and absorb a little the oil colors. you can find them in an art shop

Huzzah, Ivo, I was going to suggest the very same thing.

Alan

Me too.
Chris

If one uses a glass surface, taping white (or light gray) paper on the outside of the bottom gives a bit of reference. I also have used the pad of paper pallets.

My go-to oil pallet is a cheap 150mm square white ceramic wall tile.
I've had two for the past 20 odd years, and so far, have only needed one.
As for removing excess oil, I've found folded toilet paper soaks out the oil immediately. A cocktail stick provides a speedy transfer to the 'pallet'.
I also use the paper tear-off pallet pad, which I cut up into sensible sizes. Needles to say, that's been around for ages as well.

Cheers,
Andrew

Yep I know I am when I check out I told my wife to take me to a scrap yard ,,,problem with painting is I still can’t sit for long periods of time but we are getting there slowly

How would it work if you could stand at a raised bench? I'm thinking of the same setup as is now popular in offices, a standing desk, that raises the work surface high enough to be practical for standing. I used one, till we bugged out for the lockdown, and I didn't take it, because I didn't have a desk big enough to fit it. But I liked the idea of raising and lowering it and variously standing and sitting. I'm not saying you need to buy that kind of apparatus, just asking whether you could stand at a raised work surface, without the discomfort of sitting for a stretch.

Prost!
Brad

Hello brad thank you for the reply and thoughts the problem is my stenosis is in the lower part of my back and higher neck ( not complaining ) so I can’t stand long either lol shortly going for another pain injection hopefully will sort some of it out . I am optimistically looking to be painting sometime later this year.thanks again Rob