You can fit 6 whole pans or 12 half pans in the middle of this box or a combination of these, for example I have five whole pans and two half pans in mine. You could either use pan paint or use empty plastic pans and fill with tube paint (which is what I did so my palette included my favourite tube paints too) If you do this let the paint dry a day or two before first use. As the space in the middle is bigger than the pans themselves if you just place them in there it wouldn't work as mentioned before. If however you do as I did, and use self adhesive magnetic tape bought on Ebay, cut it to size and stick to the bottom of each pan you will have secure paints that don't move around. I have heard of some people using those self adhesive 3D foam squares too. I hope this helps someone interested in this palette. It is lovely and weighty, feels expensive and is so practically designed. To protect the enamel being scratched I keep it in a drawstring bag when it's not in use (lessons on YouTube). I have the lightweight 24 pan one too which I hope to upgrade to the heavyweight version. In comparison it is very flimsy, the paint scratches off and is easily dented. The heavyweight box seems to be made of a material more conducive for mixing washes also. Great article by the way!
You can fit 6 whole pans or 12 half pans in the middle of this box or a combination of these, for example I have five whole pans and two half pans in mine. You could either use pan paint or use empty plastic pans and fill with tube paint (which is what I did so my palette included my favourite tube paints too) If you do this let the paint dry a day or two before first use. As the space in the middle is bigger than the pans themselves if you just place them in there it wouldn't work as mentioned before. If however you do as I did, and use self adhesive magnetic tape bought on Ebay, cut it to size and stick to the bottom of each pan you will have secure paints that don't move around. I have heard of some people using those self adhesive 3D foam squares too. I hope this helps someone interested in this palette. It is lovely and weighty, feels expensive and is so practically designed. To protect the enamel being scratched I keep it in a drawstring bag when it's not in use (lessons on YouTube). I have the lightweight 24 pan one too which I hope to upgrade to the heavyweight version. In comparison it is very flimsy, the paint scratches off and is easily dented. The heavyweight box seems to be made of a material more conducive for mixing washes also. Great article by the way!