My Watercolor Palette Set Up - Explanation

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Today I'm going over my watercolor palette set up. I'm going to show you each of pigments, the layout on my palette and what I use each pigment for.
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[@jen8441]

So intimidated by the process of painting with watercolor, even after years of practice. So thankful to have such a wonderful teacher explaining the process techniques and mindset going forward.

[@jg1964]

I really appreciate you sharing your palette layout with us, it will be very helpful. Thank you again.

[@docsavagefan2795]

Love the John Pike pallet, John Pike was a wonderful watercolor artist. Love his work. Yours too. Thank you

[@paulah317]

The street scene at the opening looks like Main Street La Crosse, WI. I've painted it several times. My palette is similar to yours. I've removed most of my greens and learning to mix my own. I'm still learning the cobalt teal and cobalt green and lavender mixes. They are relatively new to me so exciting to try new combinations.

[@jeanneanderson6593]

Thank you so much, Matthew! I especially like knowing about neutral tint. I've used it a lot since you told me and all your viewers about it.

[@lucytkmts]

Wow, you have introduced me all that I have wanted to know. Now I have a perfect file of info on pigments Thank you.

[@lynnslawson7576]

Just for fun I bought Daniel Smith colors of Undersea Green and Shadow Violet. I particularly like the green for shadow areas. The violet creates some really interesting granulation.

[@joneyt4645]

Thanks.

[@thomaskuettler2206]

Can you tell us where white fits in with all of this? Should one use it or just use water to make the color lighter and the paper shine through more? Thank you for sharing this information.

[@laura_freire]

Great video, thank you! :-) It would be very interesting to know how you came up with this palette, what colours have you discarded along the way and why, if you chose some colours based on what other artists use, etc. Maybe you could make another video telling us how you have experimented with different colours along the years?

[@dschmid8845]

Many artists appear to use the following colours: cadmium yellow, cadmium red, raw sienna, raw umber, burnt sienna, burnt umber, cobalt blue and ultramarine blue (or French ultramarine). If you look carefully, they essentially are the yellows, earth tones (reds), and blues. Mixing these will produce various greys, and other colours. It appears to be a base palette.

[@SnowS162]

But opera pink is fugitive. Can a fugitive colour be mixed with a permanent colour to make it less fugitive ?

[@RumoHasIt]

While it is fugitive, it only fades when exposed to direct sunlight (think sunbathing). This color is fine to use in sketchbooks! Or, if you plan on using it for archival art, just make sure you frame it under museum grade uv glass and it will stay nice and bright

[@SnowS162]

@@RumoHasIt No, that isn't true that it only fades in direct sunlight.

[@chaddesrosiers1107]

PR122 is the answer. Opera is extremely fugitive. Even without direct sunlight its a color made with a dye. Its going to fade over time as well. I use Holbein Quin Magenta PR122. Daniel smith sells the same pigment as Quin Lilac.
Most Operas are PR122+Dye. I like the Holbein version as they don't use a wetting agent at all. This means the Holbein paint doesn't flow as much and stays were you put it. IMO that makes their Quin Magenta almost perfect for how I would normally use it. It staying put Helps it retain some brightness. IMO Holbeins version used if your using Opera for highlights is as bright and maybe even brighter then the operas I have used., and its perfectly lightfast.

[@SnowS162]

@@chaddesrosiers1107 Interesting, I'll try it out. Thanks.

[@DmytroBogdan]

That rainy city at the background look phenomenal, I wonder is there a video of you making it?

[@faykwong4104]

that seems like Joseph’s painting

[@faykwong4104]

that seems like Joseph’s painting

[@jogiudice-zi8oz]

Did you buy the pallet with the colors in it or did you buy an empty pallet and added the color you wanted in each well?
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[@mrrv6apilot]

“Neutral”