Limited palette watercolor

I’ve recently started making a very conscious effort to restrict my colour palette (in individual pieces and sketch kits, my overall watercolour studio palette is still a 50+ pigment smorgasbord, my coloured pencil collection is even larger, and I love it). The goal is both to practice more conscious colour mixing, and to train myself […]

I recently put together a set of 6 colours to get someone started in watercolour. This page shows just some of the possible two colour mixes you can make with this set. Amazing mixes with just 6 colours. Add a third colour to each mix and increase the possibilities further. There are many possible 'just 6' combinations. I have chosen a mid yellow and a primary red that will each mix clean secondary colours, added a warm blue as this will make cleaner purples and more realistic greens. I have…

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Last week I showed you how effective it can be to limit the colors on your palette for a sketch. I find it can be a good method to get better at mixing, and to really get to know your paints (or some…

Winter is coming in Montreal. That (normally) means the end of painting outdoors for awhile. But – it so happens Maria Coryell-Martin at ExpeditionaryArt.com has sent me one of her Pocket Pal…

I recently put together a set of 6 colours to get someone started in watercolour. This page shows just some of the possible two colour mixes you can make with this set. Amazing mixes with just 6 colours. Add a third colour to each mix and increase the possibilities further. There are many possible 'just 6' combinations. I have chosen a mid yellow and a primary red that will each mix clean secondary colours, added a warm blue as this will make cleaner purples and more realistic greens. I have…

* I replaced the first photo of this page after using a wet brush to tease out a wash from each color. It is easier to see how these would work in a painting now. My version, that is . . . I've been going through a huge stack of past issues of Watercolor Artist magazine, trying to weed out those I probably won't read again. I will either save a few copies intact that have multiple articles I want to keep, or perhaps create a subject file of clipped articles. Meanwhile, I found one article…

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Is this the perfect watercolor palette for print reproduction?

Today I’m sharing the 6 essential colors I include in all my palettes (along with some notes about changes I might make in the future!)