An artists' brush storage and protection device includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage compartments, each of the storage compartments including a cover with a paint well below the cover, the paint well defined in part by upstanding walls, an exterior one of the upstanding walls defining a recess with a resilient sealing member disposed therein. Each of the covers may be opened permitting access to the paint well or closed against the upstanding walls of the paint well and the sealing member. The storage unit may further include drawer slides and a palette slidable on the drawer slides relative to the storage unit to reveal or conceal the palette. When bristles of a paint brush are placed in the paint well, its handle rests upon the resilient sealing member which compresses around the handle when the cover is closed to provide a substantially air-tight seal.

A wet palette for water-based paint that includes a flat container having a peripheral rim and which, in its operational state, contains water. A retaining structure for the water, preferably a sponge or a foam, is placed in the flat container and arranged to become impregnated and moisten by contact and absorption of the water contained in the flat container. A sheet of paper permeable to the water is positioned on the retaining structure, and, in its operational state, is in contact with water-based paint applied to an upper side of the sheet of paper. The sheet of paper is a sheet of one-side coated (C1S) paper, which is wet-strengthened (REH), namely a sheet of machine-finished coated (MFC) paper or a sheet of cast-coated paper, the coated upper side of which is exploited, in its operational state, as a support for the application of the water-based paint.

A wet palette for water-based paint that includes a flat container having a peripheral rim and which, in its operational state, contains water. A retaining structure for the water, preferably a sponge or a foam, is placed in the flat container and arranged to become impregnated and moisten by contact and absorption of the water contained in the flat container. A sheet of paper permeable to the water is positioned on the retaining structure, and, in its operational state, is in contact with water-based paint applied to an upper side of the sheet of paper. The sheet of paper is a sheet of one-side coated (C1S) paper, which is wet-strengthened (REH), namely a sheet of machine-finished coated (MFC) paper or a sheet of cast-coated paper, the coated upper side of which is exploited, in its operational state, as a support for the application of the water-based paint.

Paint cleaning cups and related methods. A paint-cleaning cup includes a base, an outwardly extending collapsible wall, and a flange. The base has a first surface and second surface including a drip tray. The outwardly extending collapsible wall has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The flange has a plurality of brush holders. The drip tray extends from the first end of the collapsible wall and the flange extends from the second end of collapsible wall. The collapsible wall is movable between an expanded position where the flange is spaced from the drip tray and a collapsed position where the flange is adjacent to the drip tray.

Paint cleaning cups and related methods. A paint-cleaning cup includes a base, an outwardly extending collapsible wall, and a flange. The base has a first surface and second surface including a drip tray. The outwardly extending collapsible wall has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The flange has a plurality of brush holders. The drip tray extends from the first end of the collapsible wall and the flange extends from the second end of collapsible wall. The collapsible wall is movable between an expanded position where the flange is spaced from the drip tray and a collapsed position where the flange is adjacent to the drip tray.

A system of equipment for creating artworks using a robot artist having a robotic arm. The system generally includes a gripper removably installed in the robotic arm, a magnetic brush clamp supporting a painting brush, and a brush stand with multiple compartments. The gripper includes a first magnetic material, and the magnetic brush clamp has a second magnetic material selected to removably attract to the first magnetic material of the gripper so as to removably attach the magnetic brush clamp with the painting brush to the gripper. Each compartment of the brush stand is sized and configured to removably receive the magnetic brush clamp with the painting brush therein. Relative positions and inclination angles between the gripper, the magnetic brush clamp and the brush stand are calibrated for optimal painting conditions for the robot artist.

A system of equipment for creating artworks using a robot artist having a robotic arm. The system generally includes a gripper removably installed in the robotic arm, a magnetic brush clamp supporting a painting brush, and a brush stand with multiple compartments. The gripper includes a first magnetic material, and the magnetic brush clamp has a second magnetic material selected to removably attract to the first magnetic material of the gripper so as to removably attach the magnetic brush clamp with the painting brush to the gripper. Each compartment of the brush stand is sized and configured to removably receive the magnetic brush clamp with the painting brush therein. Relative positions and inclination angles between the gripper, the magnetic brush clamp and the brush stand are calibrated for optimal painting conditions for the robot artist.