That Van Gogh travel palette was the first I ever bought when I decided to get back into watercolours and I love it! You colour selection is great for mixing and it's strong enough that it doesn't get battered when I throw it in my huge schlepping bag. Also those cool colours are great for painting the Mediterranean, seascapes are fun!
Oh yes! I found that the Prussian Blue was actually fantastic for these types of landscaped. Any blue with yellow, in fact, seems to have that effect (Phthalo Blue Green Shade for example). I’ll always have a spot in my heart for this palette 😍🎨
Very interesting discussion. I used to use yellow ochre but found that it was opaque. So I switched to raw sienna which is very similar but more transparent and is therefore easier to use to avoid the muddy blurred effect.
Raw Sienna is one of those paints I still haven't had the chance to try out. Perhaps it will be a good idea to get a tube of that. I actually like Yellow Ochre's opaqueness, but it really depends on what you mix it with. It can definitely "ruin" some mixes.
I was going to make a similar comment. I love the Daniel Smith Raw Sienna. If I add a touch of Hansa Yellow Medium I get something very Yellow Ochre-like. I took Yellow Ochre off my pallette, for now.
Hi, picked up one of those Van Gogh sets in Madrid, as I foolishly left my W&N travel set behind in Scotland. I love the colours, especially for the Mediterranean.
I agree. I'm not sure I'll have Yellow Ochre on the new palette I'll set up. I recently came to really see the difference between the more opaque watercolors and transparent ones, and I definitely prefer transparency (:
@ Yasmin S. for some TH-cam won't let me reply to your other comment. I have to say that I much prefer Daniel Smith's Sepia, which is funny - because the rest of the Schmincke paints were as fun for me to use as Daniel Smith's, if not even a little more fun. About the Van Gogh Cerulean Blue - I hate it haha. It's a beautiful color, but whenever I mix it I just don't get the result I want, and it makes a big mess.
Well, the original one pigment Quin. Gold is history anyway...:( Daniel Smith ran out of the pigment as one of the last compagnies using the orignial pigment. Am not convinced by their new mix and am stocking the original quin. gold where ever I can find it. Quin Gold and New Gamboge are my favorit yellows and they changed the formulas. That is gonna cost me money in my search for a replacement. Speaking of replacements there are transparant Yellow Ochre like paints on the market. Wrote it down somewhere. If I can find it, I will let you know. Not familiar with the quin gold deep. Sounds interesting...:)
Liron- I got a bit confused here. So, what have you decided to use in your palette in lieu of Yellow Ochre? Quin Gold, Quin Gold Deep or Sepia? And, please mention the brand you prefer also. Your videos are very helpful. There is lots of info for a beginner to take in - but that’s a good thing! Thank you!
Viridian is a fantastic mixing color. I never use it on it's own. Try mixing it with unusual colors. Alizarin Crimson and Viridian are a good team. Deep Madder Lake comes near to Alizarin. I do love Van Gogh watercolors. For me they were my first paints too...:) Again a great video!
+Bojoura Stolz Thank you 😊 You know what? I just decided to make a vid around Phthalo Green (kind of similar to Viridian for me, in the way I treat it..), and show what it looks like when mixed with different colors.
Liron...sometime mix cerulean blue and burnt sienna together. A beautiful range of lighter greys. My go to for light greys while I like ultramarine and burnt sienna or burnt umber for dark greys.
nice palette! love that it has 3 extra wells. for me i would use it but with a couple of changes, like get rid of the white, black and the yellow ochre and replace them with dioxazine purple, quinacridone gold and green gold. maybe even change out one of those lower two reds for a transparent pyrrole orange. those substitute colors are all qor colors for anyone interested. i know i am sorta spoiled with convenience colors but i can't seem to make the colors i like with drab colors or even mixing some of the brighter ones, with the convenience colors i can mix up the most beautiful ones. :D thanks for sharing your palette with us!
I love convenience colors too! It's really funny, because the ones you mentioned remind me of the Daniel Smith secondary set I got, which I found surprisingly useful (: And I will definitely NOT refill the black and white pans. I'll change to other paints. Maybe I'll just have a double French ultramarine well, because I use it so much XD
two wells of your most used colors makes sense, in a tin you could just use full pans for that but hey this is a plastic non-movable box sooo. :D i have had my eye on that ds secondary set for awhile but keep talking myself out of it. i really need to look at some extraordinarily different colors though cuz it seems i keep buying more of similar paints rather than different ones even though they seem to be diff online. i am too far from a store so have to depend to what i can find on my screen and it's not always accurate. oh well i will have paints for life and i am trying out diff brands. lol have a wonderful day!
OK, I am not a nut, seriously. But one of the most fun things I did this week was to start a 5x7 recipe card of my best mixes. I really enjoy it! No pressure to paint a masterpiece, LOL!
Oh yes yes - that's perfectly normal. I used to do that a lot (: It's super helpful to understand the colors you can create, but also the values and how dark you can get it with different mixes.
I recently purchased this Van Gogh palette empty for a travel palette. I love the feel and flexibility but it doesn’t fit standard half pans. Are you reusing VG half pans or have you found WN size half pans somewhere? I love seeing other artist’s palettes. Thanks!
I'm currently using Sakura Koi waterbrush. I have to say I didn't really connect with it. I feel like it doesn't hold enough water (both the tip, AND the little container). Is your experience different? I don't believe there's a big difference between the Sakura and Pentel, but if there is I'll gladly give it a go. I believe I actually have a brand new unused Pentel back home (:
I decided on a DaVinci Sable mix in size 6- I think they run a bit larger. I cant wait! And a sm script sumi brush. In 10 days I am rounding out everything so that all I need to keep up with is paper. This is gettin 'spensive. But I will be cutting back to an artist tube and some paper a month. That's it :D
Haha 😂 You’ll be happy to hear that this is indeed only one of them. I currently have 2 more (but maybe that’s still considered nothing compared to what you have 😉).
Yes, it can be really surprising sometimes (: I saw this palette on Amazon that I really want to try out. It's the Prima Marketing Tropicals. May get it one day and review it ^_^
I just got this palette (aAaaAaa) and it was interesting to see what you thought about it! I think it's really great and i think the size is adorable, because i got a little moleskine watercolor album with it (the pocket sized one) so it's itty bitty! Your color choices are quite different to mine, i prefer a lot of cool colors (i have 5 blues on my palette, plus payne's grey haha). Thanks for the great video! It was really interesting to see what you like to use, and what colors you choose to put in your palette! ((:
Thank you, this is indeed very interesting. I'm a big fan of warms, so naturally our palettes will be very different (; And I love the idea of tiny, portable watercolor supplies!
YAY! I am selecting brands and thinking of my own personal color choices. It's really fun and when I see a color I want to buy, I see if I can mix it myself, I have made 3 Daniel Smith mixes already, but I cannot find a happy turquoise without adding white. I guess it will have to be a pastel more opaque shade until I find what I am looking for. Thanks for sharing. Orange may be on my palette. But I am thinking Quin Gold over Yellow Ocher In July. Van Gogh Quin Rose is a standout and if Ii am not satisfied with the ShinHan version, I will buy Van Gogh again. Madder Lake Deep is a gorgeous red! I Love it! The tube 30 palette set I am getting is heavy on reds, and I am happy about that, and I will do what I do well from makeup artistry and mix colors to make my own if need be. It is one aspect of watercolor I am VERY good at! So many colors are actually convenience shades, but certainly not all. D.S Quin Gold and Cascade green are on my list for my studio palette. I plan only 12 colors for my micro plein air, along with Van Gogh Chinese White ad Paynes Gray...12 true colors is more than enough. Sap Green may not make it, because it is easily mixable, I get to think for 2 weeks, ad swatch the 30 new paints. I made D.S. Cuput Mortem with The Mont Marte, and it's gorgeous, blood clot red., LOL. It will be my main red, and it will not crack with glycerin added. I know how to doctor them. I am adding a toothpick drop of honey as well. So Fun! I love the Ultramarine deep as well! I mix my black, but will likely use true black in some more pop-art creations! I bought V.G. Naples Yellow Red for a base shade for skin. I do faces, and dont want to mix skin overly, because it's too hard to remix and get it right if you dont make enough. This is something I love talking about, sorry!
TerrieJ DimestoreDivaTV ...I think you may enjoy Daniel Smith's Phthalo Turquoise, Terrie. One can get a beautiful aqua, and endless greens when mixed with any yellow. Watercolors make for a happier life😍
M Graham has cobalt turqouise I am going to grab. Thanks Liron! I really looked around!!! Also, Cobalt Teal is a gorgeous one! That is a Daniel Smith one unless I got them reversed. In July I get to start ordering Artist grade tubes. I am gettting the ShinHan 30 set first, them building my D.S., M. Grraham Palette ;-) I am trying a D.S. Stick in Moonglow. It's a muted violet that I have to try, and I will try the sticks just to get that out of the way too.
Regarding ivory black, it's made from charred animal bones. Lamp black is made from soot (I think it's from burned oil products). So ivory black isn't made from ivory, it's just a by product of the butchery industry. Lamp and ivory black, one is warm and one is cool - if in doubt, go for neutral tint or mars black?
Interesting choice of colours! The 12-space box has the three upper central half-pans "walled up". Annoying. The 15-pans palette is great, yes! The DS Sap Green looks great! As for white, the Chinese white is semi-opaque. I don't use white much myself, but a titanium white is much more opaque and better for stars and spatters. I buy a gouache tube instead og the watercolour. The latter is smaller much more expensive. If there is any difference, it must be the milling of the pigments. I personally don't like the white half pans, so I remove them. A tiny drop of Chinese white in the blue is good for skies, though. In my opinion all watercolours containing white is in essence indistinguishable from gouache, but that doesn't mean it can't be used. I am still struggling with different travel palette layouts, but have ended up with some 5+3 colours. Still experimenting with the greens, too. Sometimes I just leave them out of the palette and mix them as I go.
Great points (: I agree - barely used the white (as visible in the video). In fact I would gladly replace it with something else, but I'll have to use it up / dump it some how haha. Gouache will be so much better, indeed. What paints did you end up using?
I use the five/six basics recommended by the Norwegian watercolur artist Aud Rye; Primaries: transparent yellow/nickel azo yellow, Quinacridone Pink and Pthalo Blue (GS), along with Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna and Quinacridone Burnt Sienna (as orange). Daniel Smith, WN or Sennelier. Yellow Lake from Sennelier has the same pigment as the other yellows, and wets well. I really like Sennelier. The Gamboge in the Cotman range is also great. It does not last as long, but costs less than a third of the others. I haven't explored the Quin. Burnt Sienna enough, yet, so it is still a "maybe" for my travel box. I do not worry much about split primaries, cools and warms. I think colour bias is a much better basis for understanding colour, because pigments behave differently than theory predicts. Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna make good darks and easy greys. Ultramarine granulates well, while the Pthalo stains. However, I usually add Payne's Grey (blueish), Indian Yellow, Prussian Blue and Shadow Green out of personal preference. The Shadow Green from Shin Han is a great bargain and good for dark/shadow in vegetation. I think Daniel Smith has a Pyrrole Green that is the same. It is a black pigment, but really green. The Prussian Blue is really not necessary if the Pthalo Blue (GS) is good, so sometimes it gets replaced by a Pthalo Blue (RS) or a Cobalt Blue. Indian Yellow is great for varying greens. I haven't settled yet, so still looking for tips on colours other than the primaries which work really well. Maybe I'll bring back Hooker's Green, just for making it easier.
It is always interesting to see what other artists put in their palettes. I noticed that you have colors that I don't even own. But, I can achieve reasonable substitutes by mixing other colors that I do have. Your Prussian Blue is similar to Daniel Smith's Mayan Blue Genuine. Daniel Smith calls it a low-staining pigment. I don't have Viridian. Daniel Smith's web site identifies Viridian as the secret hidden ingredient in Moonglow. I do have Moonglow and that is an interesting paint. Is your travel palette made of metal or plastic? I have one from Koi which compact; but, the tray that the watercolors are in is rather flimsy. The whole thing is made of plastic. I think what I might be able to do is to remove the thin plastic paint tray and replace it with half pans. This was a good video.
Funny enough, the Prussian Blue actually reminded me of the Daniel Smith Phthalo blue. This palette is made of plastic, and it's very durable. I do plan on getting a new, metal palette, just to fill it up with the new Schmincke paints I got (: I can make it an official Schmincke palette. I'm happy you enjoyed the video ^_^
What size is your Silver Black brush? And you have that turquoise blue I want. I can make it by adding white, as I said.Cerelian BLUE!!! I have to buy that one!!! You have a well rounded plein air palette, but everyone's palette will be different, it's very personal, isnt it! Love this video!!!
Yes - very personal (: Cerulean blue is gorgeous. Just make sure not to mix it with other brands, or it will create some nasty granulations =P Also, the brush is size 8.
Good video ! I begin watercolor now with the same palette (Van Gogh). I hope it's enough to begin. The choice of paper is also important I think. Sorry for by bad english, i am french and I try don't use Google translate :)
No problem 😉 It was easy to understand. This palette is GREAT for getting started so don’t worry at all. Paper is indeed more important, at least in my opinion!
one littel tip ; u can replace the whatercolor pans ; is true o can replace whit the colour do you what and brands do you what soo dont buy pallets if u can replace pans ;)
That's exactly what I did with my other palettes 😁🎨👍🏼 Thank you for the advice! Sometimes I will actually like the palette haha - but not the paint in it!
That Van Gogh travel palette was the first I ever bought when I decided to get back into watercolours and I love it! You colour selection is great for mixing and it's strong enough that it doesn't get battered when I throw it in my huge schlepping bag. Also those cool colours are great for painting the Mediterranean, seascapes are fun!
Oh yes! I found that the Prussian Blue was actually fantastic for these types of landscaped. Any blue with yellow, in fact, seems to have that effect (Phthalo Blue Green Shade for example). I’ll always have a spot in my heart for this palette 😍🎨
Excellent! Working on making a 6 color palate for travel - you have helped me make more informed decisions. Thank you
Very interesting discussion. I used to use yellow ochre but found that it was opaque. So I switched to raw sienna which is very similar but more transparent and is therefore easier to use to avoid the muddy blurred effect.
Raw Sienna is one of those paints I still haven't had the chance to try out.
Perhaps it will be a good idea to get a tube of that.
I actually like Yellow Ochre's opaqueness, but it really depends on what you mix it with. It can definitely "ruin" some mixes.
I was going to make a similar comment. I love the Daniel Smith Raw Sienna. If I add a touch of Hansa Yellow Medium I get something very Yellow Ochre-like. I took Yellow Ochre off my pallette, for now.
Hi, picked up one of those Van Gogh sets in Madrid, as I foolishly left my W&N travel set behind in Scotland. I love the colours, especially for the Mediterranean.
Quinacrodone Gold makes a nice replacement for yellow ochre. More transparent, less muddy mixes.
I agree. I'm not sure I'll have Yellow Ochre on the new palette I'll set up.
I recently came to really see the difference between the more opaque watercolors and transparent ones, and I definitely prefer transparency (:
@ Yasmin S. for some TH-cam won't let me reply to your other comment.
I have to say that I much prefer Daniel Smith's Sepia, which is funny - because the rest of the Schmincke paints were as fun for me to use as Daniel Smith's, if not even a little more fun.
About the Van Gogh Cerulean Blue - I hate it haha. It's a beautiful color, but whenever I mix it I just don't get the result I want, and it makes a big mess.
Well, the original one pigment Quin. Gold is history anyway...:( Daniel Smith ran out of the pigment as one of the last compagnies using the orignial pigment. Am not convinced by their new mix and am stocking the original quin. gold where ever I can find it. Quin Gold and New Gamboge are my favorit yellows and they changed the formulas. That is gonna cost me money in my search for a replacement. Speaking of replacements there are transparant Yellow Ochre like paints on the market. Wrote it down somewhere. If I can find it, I will let you know. Not familiar with the quin gold deep. Sounds interesting...:)
Liron- I got a bit confused here. So, what have you decided to use in your palette in lieu of Yellow Ochre? Quin Gold, Quin Gold Deep or Sepia? And, please mention the brand you prefer also.
Your videos are very helpful. There is lots of info for a beginner to take in - but that’s a good thing! Thank you!
Viridian is a fantastic mixing color. I never use it on it's own. Try mixing it with unusual colors. Alizarin Crimson and Viridian are a good team. Deep Madder Lake comes near to Alizarin. I do love Van Gogh watercolors. For me they were my first paints too...:) Again a great video!
+Bojoura Stolz Thank you 😊
You know what? I just decided to make a vid around Phthalo Green (kind of similar to Viridian for me, in the way I treat it..), and show what it looks like when mixed with different colors.
Cool!
Liron...sometime mix cerulean blue and burnt sienna together. A beautiful range of lighter greys. My go to for light greys while I like ultramarine and burnt sienna or burnt umber for dark greys.
nice palette! love that it has 3 extra wells. for me i would use it but with a couple of changes, like get rid of the white, black and the yellow ochre and replace them with dioxazine purple, quinacridone gold and green gold. maybe even change out one of those lower two reds for a transparent pyrrole orange. those substitute colors are all qor colors for anyone interested. i know i am sorta spoiled with convenience colors but i can't seem to make the colors i like with drab colors or even mixing some of the brighter ones, with the convenience colors i can mix up the most beautiful ones. :D thanks for sharing your palette with us!
I love convenience colors too!
It's really funny, because the ones you mentioned remind me of the Daniel Smith secondary set I got, which I found surprisingly useful (:
And I will definitely NOT refill the black and white pans. I'll change to other paints. Maybe I'll just have a double French ultramarine well, because I use it so much XD
two wells of your most used colors makes sense, in a tin you could just use full pans for that but hey this is a plastic non-movable box sooo. :D
i have had my eye on that ds secondary set for awhile but keep talking myself out of it. i really need to look at some extraordinarily different colors though cuz it seems i keep buying more of similar paints rather than different ones even though they seem to be diff online. i am too far from a store so have to depend to what i can find on my screen and it's not always accurate. oh well i will have paints for life and i am trying out diff brands. lol
have a wonderful day!
OK, I am not a nut, seriously. But one of the most fun things I did this week was to start a 5x7 recipe card of my best mixes. I really enjoy it! No pressure to paint a masterpiece, LOL!
Oh yes yes - that's perfectly normal.
I used to do that a lot (:
It's super helpful to understand the colors you can create, but also the values and how dark you can get it with different mixes.
@@LironYan
I live for travel palette!
Haha yes it's so fun!! (:
I will now create a brand new palette with the new Schmincke paints I got ^_^
I recently purchased this Van Gogh palette empty for a travel palette. I love the feel and flexibility but it doesn’t fit standard half pans. Are you reusing VG half pans or have you found WN size half pans somewhere? I love seeing other artist’s palettes. Thanks!
I suggest you try a Pentel water brush for plein air sketching Liron, saves having to carry water. I use nothing else.
I'm currently using Sakura Koi waterbrush. I have to say I didn't really connect with it.
I feel like it doesn't hold enough water (both the tip, AND the little container).
Is your experience different? I don't believe there's a big difference between the Sakura and Pentel, but if there is I'll gladly give it a go. I believe I actually have a brand new unused Pentel back home (:
Yes, I use a Pentel water brush and one fill will do several sketches i a 7x5 inch sketch book. The brush is easily filled if it runs out.
Will may give the new one a shot then (:
The old one has too small of a capacity for my taste.
I use the large size Penel wb.
I decided on a DaVinci Sable mix in size 6- I think they run a bit larger. I cant wait! And a sm script sumi brush. In 10 days I am rounding out everything so that all I need to keep up with is paper. This is gettin 'spensive. But I will be cutting back to an artist tube and some paper a month. That's it :D
My first thought was "Your travel palette..... as in only one?" =>.
Haha 😂 You’ll be happy to hear that this is indeed only one of them.
I currently have 2 more (but maybe that’s still considered nothing compared to what you have 😉).
try mixing viridian with sepia, burnt sienna and yellow ochre, you'll love it
Thank you for the suggestion (:
I'm especially curious about mixing it with Yellow Ochre. Will test it soon.
It's always interesting to see what another artist uses as his palette :)
Yes, it can be really surprising sometimes (:
I saw this palette on Amazon that I really want to try out.
It's the Prima Marketing Tropicals. May get it one day and review it ^_^
oh me too! lol i keep seeing people talk about it and show mixing charts done with it - those are some gorgeous colors.
wow awesome drawing man keep going !!💖💖👏👏
I just got this palette (aAaaAaa) and it was interesting to see what you thought about it! I think it's really great and i think the size is adorable, because i got a little moleskine watercolor album with it (the pocket sized one) so it's itty bitty! Your color choices are quite different to mine, i prefer a lot of cool colors (i have 5 blues on my palette, plus payne's grey haha). Thanks for the great video! It was really interesting to see what you like to use, and what colors you choose to put in your palette! ((:
Thank you, this is indeed very interesting.
I'm a big fan of warms, so naturally our palettes will be very different (;
And I love the idea of tiny, portable watercolor supplies!
YAY! I am selecting brands and thinking of my own personal color choices. It's really fun and when I see a color I want to buy, I see if I can mix it myself, I have made 3 Daniel Smith mixes already, but I cannot find a happy turquoise without adding white. I guess it will have to be a pastel more opaque shade until I find what I am looking for. Thanks for sharing. Orange may be on my palette. But I am thinking Quin Gold over Yellow Ocher In July. Van Gogh Quin Rose is a standout and if Ii am not satisfied with the ShinHan version, I will buy Van Gogh again. Madder Lake Deep is a gorgeous red! I Love it! The tube 30 palette set I am getting is heavy on reds, and I am happy about that, and I will do what I do well from makeup artistry and mix colors to make my own if need be. It is one aspect of watercolor I am VERY good at! So many colors are actually convenience shades, but certainly not all. D.S Quin Gold and Cascade green are on my list for my studio palette. I plan only 12 colors for my micro plein air, along with Van Gogh Chinese White ad Paynes Gray...12 true colors is more than enough. Sap Green may not make it, because it is easily mixable, I get to think for 2 weeks, ad swatch the 30 new paints. I made D.S. Cuput Mortem with The Mont Marte, and it's gorgeous, blood clot red., LOL. It will be my main red, and it will not crack with glycerin added. I know how to doctor them. I am adding a toothpick drop of honey as well. So Fun! I love the Ultramarine deep as well! I mix my black, but will likely use true black in some more pop-art creations! I bought V.G. Naples Yellow Red for a base shade for skin. I do faces, and dont want to mix skin overly, because it's too hard to remix and get it right if you dont make enough. This is something I love talking about, sorry!
TerrieJ DimestoreDivaTV ...I think you may enjoy Daniel Smith's Phthalo Turquoise, Terrie. One can get a beautiful aqua, and endless greens when mixed with any yellow. Watercolors make for a happier life😍
Great advice! I'm also unsure, but I know Joseph Zbukvich has Cobalt Turquoise and Peacock Blue.
The two could mix in an interesting way (:
M Graham has cobalt turqouise I am going to grab. Thanks Liron! I really looked around!!! Also, Cobalt Teal is a gorgeous one! That is a Daniel Smith one unless I got them reversed. In July I get to start ordering Artist grade tubes. I am gettting the ShinHan 30 set first, them building my D.S., M. Grraham Palette ;-) I am trying a D.S. Stick in Moonglow. It's a muted violet that I have to try, and I will try the sticks just to get that out of the way too.
I will have a look! Thanks very much! Yes watercolors definitely make for a happier life! I am living proof ;-)
van gogh has changed the burnt sienna formula from pr101 + PBk11 to just pr101. Its very similar to M Graham's quin rust.
Regarding ivory black, it's made from charred animal bones. Lamp black is made from soot (I think it's from burned oil products). So ivory black isn't made from ivory, it's just a by product of the butchery industry. Lamp and ivory black, one is warm and one is cool - if in doubt, go for neutral tint or mars black?
+K Radish Yes - great information (: I actually want to try neutral tint regardless, so will probably get it
Interesting choice of colours!
The 12-space box has the three upper central half-pans "walled up". Annoying. The 15-pans palette is great, yes!
The DS Sap Green looks great!
As for white, the Chinese white is semi-opaque. I don't use white much myself, but a titanium white is much more opaque and better for stars and spatters. I buy a gouache tube instead og the watercolour. The latter is smaller much more expensive. If there is any difference, it must be the milling of the pigments. I personally don't like the white half pans, so I remove them. A tiny drop of Chinese white in the blue is good for skies, though. In my opinion all watercolours containing white is in essence indistinguishable from gouache, but that doesn't mean it can't be used.
I am still struggling with different travel palette layouts, but have ended up with some 5+3 colours. Still experimenting with the greens, too. Sometimes I just leave them out of the palette and mix them as I go.
Great points (:
I agree - barely used the white (as visible in the video).
In fact I would gladly replace it with something else, but I'll have to use it up / dump it some how haha.
Gouache will be so much better, indeed.
What paints did you end up using?
I use the five/six basics recommended by the Norwegian watercolur artist Aud Rye; Primaries: transparent yellow/nickel azo yellow, Quinacridone Pink and Pthalo Blue (GS), along with Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna and Quinacridone Burnt Sienna (as orange). Daniel Smith, WN or Sennelier. Yellow Lake from Sennelier has the same pigment as the other yellows, and wets well. I really like Sennelier. The Gamboge in the Cotman range is also great. It does not last as long, but costs less than a third of the others. I haven't explored the Quin. Burnt Sienna enough, yet, so it is still a "maybe" for my travel box.
I do not worry much about split primaries, cools and warms. I think colour bias is a much better basis for understanding colour, because pigments behave differently than theory predicts. Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna make good darks and easy greys. Ultramarine granulates well, while the Pthalo stains.
However, I usually add Payne's Grey (blueish), Indian Yellow, Prussian Blue and Shadow Green out of personal preference. The Shadow Green from Shin Han is a great bargain and good for dark/shadow in vegetation. I think Daniel Smith has a Pyrrole Green that is the same. It is a black pigment, but really green. The Prussian Blue is really not necessary if the Pthalo Blue (GS) is good, so sometimes it gets replaced by a Pthalo Blue (RS) or a Cobalt Blue. Indian Yellow is great for varying greens. I haven't settled yet, so still looking for tips on colours other than the primaries which work really well. Maybe I'll bring back Hooker's Green, just for making it easier.
Trond Birkeland Amazing combo! That Pyrrol Green sounds very interesting (:
It is always interesting to see what other artists put in their palettes. I noticed that you have colors that I don't even own. But, I can achieve reasonable substitutes by mixing other colors that I do have.
Your Prussian Blue is similar to Daniel Smith's Mayan Blue Genuine. Daniel Smith calls it a low-staining pigment.
I don't have Viridian. Daniel Smith's web site identifies Viridian as the secret hidden ingredient in Moonglow. I do have Moonglow and that is an interesting paint.
Is your travel palette made of metal or plastic? I have one from Koi which compact; but, the tray that the watercolors are in is rather flimsy. The whole thing is made of plastic. I think what I might be able to do is to remove the thin plastic paint tray and replace it with half pans.
This was a good video.
Funny enough, the Prussian Blue actually reminded me of the Daniel Smith Phthalo blue.
This palette is made of plastic, and it's very durable.
I do plan on getting a new, metal palette, just to fill it up with the new Schmincke paints I got (: I can make it an official Schmincke palette.
I'm happy you enjoyed the video ^_^
What size is your Silver Black brush? And you have that turquoise blue I want. I can make it by adding white, as I said.Cerelian BLUE!!! I have to buy that one!!! You have a well rounded plein air palette, but everyone's palette will be different, it's very personal, isnt it! Love this video!!!
Yes - very personal (:
Cerulean blue is gorgeous. Just make sure not to mix it with other brands, or it will create some nasty granulations =P
Also, the brush is size 8.
Good video ! I begin watercolor now with the same palette (Van Gogh). I hope it's enough to begin. The choice of paper is also important I think. Sorry for by bad english, i am french and I try don't use Google translate :)
No problem 😉 It was easy to understand.
This palette is GREAT for getting started so don’t worry at all. Paper is indeed more important, at least in my opinion!
one littel tip ; u can replace the whatercolor pans ; is true o can replace whit the colour do you what and brands do you what soo dont buy pallets if u can replace pans ;)
That's exactly what I did with my other palettes 😁🎨👍🏼
Thank you for the advice!
Sometimes I will actually like the palette haha - but not the paint in it!
Are you still using this watercolor palette when you travel or do plain air paintings?
Greetings from Mexico!
I have different ones now (2) - I'll make a video on the topic soon (:
Thank you and hi from Israel 😊🙏🏼
Liron Yanconsky Yaay! I'll be waiting for the updated video! Thanks a lot!