Water color painting kit

Abstract

A water color painting kit is disclosed having a central body, a palette detachably engagable with the central body and a variety of brushes. The central body defines a plurality of water supply chambers therein. The palette includes a color supply portion that carries a variety of color blocks. The color blocks are secured to a base member that snap fits into openings in the palette. The base member has a extension to facilitate the removal and insertion of the base member. In a working configuration, guides located on the palette engage slits on the central body to connect the palette with the central body. In a storage configuration, the palette is disengaged from the central body and stored on the water supply chamber. In a multiple-user embodiment, the kit includes a plurality of palettes engaged with the central body.

1 . A water color painting kit, comprising: 
 a central body having a plurality of water supply chambers therein; and    a plurality of palettes detachably engagable with the central body.    
   
   
       2 . A water color painting kit, comprising: 
 a central body having a water supply chamber therein;    a palette detachably engagable with the central body, the palette having a color supply portion defining a plurality of openings therein; and    a plurality of base members, each base member carrying a respective color block, each base member positioned in a respective opening in the color supply portion of the palette.    
   
   
       3 . The water color painting kit of  claim 2  wherein each base member is releasably engagable in its respective opening.  
   
   
       4 . The water color painting kit of  claim 2  wherein each base member has an extension extending therefrom.  
   
   
       5 . The water color painting kit of  claim 4  wherein each base member has a front end and a back end, wherein the extension is located at the front end of the base member and wherein each base member further comprises a detent on the front end thereof.  
   
   
       6 . The water color painting kit of  claim 2  wherein each base member has a lip extending therefrom.  
   
   
       7 . The water color painting kit of  claim 6  wherein the lip extends around a perimeter of the base member.  
   
   
       8 . The water color painting kit of  claim 2  comprising a first interlocking member positioned on the palette and a corresponding second interlocking member positioned on the central body, wherein the first and second interlocking members engage each other to detachably connect the palette to the central body.  
   
   
       9 . The water color painting kit of  claim 8  wherein the first Interlocking member is a guide, the second interlocking member is a slit, and the guide is dimensioned to slide into the slit.  
   
   
       10 . A water color painting kit, comprising: 
 a palette having an opening therein;    a base member dimensioned to be removably positioned in the opening;    a color block secured to the base member; and    wherein the base member has a front end and an extension protruding outward from the front end.    
   
   
       11 . The water color painting kit of  claim 10  wherein the base member snap fits into the opening in the palette.  
   
   
       12 . The water color painting kit of  claim 10  wherein the base member comprises a lip extending therefrom.  
   
   
       13 . (Cancelled)  
   
   
       14 . The water color painting kit of  claim 11  further comprising a detent on the front end of the base member.  
   
   
       15 . A water color painting kit, comprising: 
 a palette having a plurality of openings therein;    a plurality of base members, each base member dimensioned to removably fit into a respective one of the plurality of openings in the palette; and    a plurality of color blocks, each color block secured to a respective one of the plurality base members.    
   
   
       16 . A water color painting kit, comprising: 
 a central body having a water supply chamber therein;    a palette having a color supply portion;    a working configuration wherein the palette is attached to the central body; and    a storage configuration wherein the palette is detached from the central body.    
   
   
       17 . The water color painting kit of  claim 16  wherein in the storage configuration, the palette is positioned on the water supply chamber.  
   
   
       18 . A water color painting kit, comprising: 
 a palette having an opening therein, and an opening edge surrounding the opening;    a base member having a front end and a back end;    an extension protruding outwardly at the front end of the base member;    a lip protruding outwardly at the back end of the base member;    a first detent positioned on the front end of the base member;    a second detent positioned at the back end of the base member; and    wherein the base member is snap fit into the opening such that the opening edge is positioned between the extension and the first detent on the front end, and between the lip and the second detent on the back end.    
   
   
       19 . A painting kit comprising: 
 a housing defining a plurality of receptacles in a row;    a plurality of base members, each base member retaining a solid paint block, each base member to removably mate with one of the plurality of receptacles such that a plurality of solid paint blocks are retained in spaced alignment; and    at least one brush to span a plural subset of the color blocks to permit the brush to simultaneously draw color from each block in the subset.    
   
   
       20 . The painting kit of  claim 19 , wherein the base members may be manually removed from the receptacles and replaced in an arbitrary order to change an order of the color blocks.  
   
   
       21 . The painting kit of  claim 19 , further comprising: 
 a brush to span two color blocks;    a brush to span three color blocks; and    a brush to span four color blocks.