An overhead view captures an artist's heavily used wooden palette within a workspace in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

An overhead view captures an artist's heavily used wooden palette within a workspace in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. The palette is densely covered with numerous, thick swatches and mixed blobs of oil paint in a wide array of colors, including red, blue, green, yellow, brown, white, black, pink, and ochre tones, indicating active mixing and application. Several artist's tools are interspersed across the paint-laden surface: a long black-handled paintbrush extends from the upper right, while a lighter-handled brush with a distinct red-painted tip lies diagonally in the lower right. A smaller, thinner paintbrush is positioned in the lower center. Two metal palette knives are visible; one, with a short handle, displays mixed red, yellow, and black paint on its blade, while another is partially obscured. Multiple partially squeezed paint tubes are present in the upper right quadrant, one clearly identifiable as "MACENA OILS OCHRE YELLOW 215" with accompanying Cyrillic text. Two cylindrical containers are located on the right side of the palette; one wider pot holds a greenish liquid, likely a solvent, and a narrower pot stands nearby, appearing either empty or containing dark residue. No individuals are present in the scene.