Have 'em. In this environment, can't stand 'em.
Vallejos come in them, and basically, they clog up to the point I'm having to remove the inner dropped nib to get any paint out of them...
Certainly, the
older
GW Paint pots were terrible. The newest ones they use are rubber-topped and re-seal. They also have a nib on the back so you can flip the pot lid open and it'll stay up - giving you a small pool of paint to draw from without having to dive into the pot...
Its the best of both words for me.
But certainly droppers can work for other people.
The main reason why I use GW paints is reliability. I can go in, pick them up, and if there's anything wrong with them, I can throw them at the manager until they're replaced. I cannot do that with any of the other brands
My P3 pots are the worst. They are the ones that have a simple plastic flap lid, which constantly breaks off its retaining ring, so I end up with separate lids to pots...
Part of my Mixing Secret - is the fact that my pallets are transparent and over a 1cm grid... So I can see how much to mix that way, if nothing else...
If I were in an environment more conducive to actual painting (ie, somewhere with even moderate humidity), I'd use Dropper bottles and a Wet Pallete more often. But I hve not been able to wet-blend here for 8 years now....... Which is why I keep my painting at this level, which just about anyone can approach