Watercolor palette colors

Well, one week wasn’t enough to get my palette in order. I thought about titling this post something different like “Staying sane while charting your watercolor choices” or “…

You’ve seen them... Right ? Those beautiful looking watercolor charts with a rainbow of fantastic colors. It’s only natural that you want to make one yourself. That’s exactly how I felt when I began my adventure into watercolors. So I looked for a simple tutorial about how to make my own watercolor mixing chart. But

Some artists change colors out in their palette really often – I’ve tried keeping my main palette of 24 colors pretty consistent for about every 2-3 years, so that as I’ve created videos and classes, I wouldn’t be constantly poking at everyone to buy yet ANOTHER color. This “2019” palette will carry through 2021, and […]

A limited palette of watercolors does not have to be limiting! Yes… I’m kind of pleased with myself for that sentence! But it’s true. You’ll be happy to know you don’t need that luxury box set of 80 colors to get fabulous mixing results with watercolors. However, it does take a little bit of care

My teaching palette. 20-colour Mijello palette. I'm always playing around with colours and palettes but this one is working so well I thought it deserved its own post. It is the Mijello 20-colour palette, that I received in the UK last year. It is available from Jacksonsart.com. It is slightly larger than the very popular 18-colour fusion palette, that I also like, and used previously, but with this I can add a couple of my most used convenience colours. Of course the same colours could be…

In this video, I show you how I set up a brand new watercolor palette—the colors I use, the order I put them in, and why!

A comprehensive guide to help you assemble a basic 12 color watercolor palette with confidence.

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…

The term “SPLIT PRIMARY” palette is thrown around so much in artist circles. I used this concept to choose the watercolors for the 2018 Custom Schmincke Palette. Let me explain just exactly what a split primary palette is and why it’s considered the gold standard when setting up your own palette (especially for a traveling)....Read More

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