Your signature palette is so very well thought out...mines not. I'm always second guessing my choices. I do prefer the 3 transparent oxides. Red, yellow and brown in my palette as my earths too. And I always have PB 36 Cobalt turquoise. And Perm Rose PV 19 from WN. And my beloved Sap and Green Appetite from DS. One of my strangest loves is Misty Morning from Roman Szmal. I just can't be without it. Love how after it dries it turns into this calm soft pinky blue color. So lovely. I don't like Phthalo's so I guess my mixing power will always be not as strong. But in the past when I have added them, they go untouched. So, I've removed all of them from my palettes along with all the cadmiums which I never use either. Love your palette, looking forward to seeing what you do with 24 colors!!!
phthalos, they really aren’t for everyone. even though i love strong tinting colours, i just dont like pb15 red shade. cadmiums, i actually quite like a cadmium lemon yellow but always fought with the opacity! 😩. misty morning!!! i recently got misty morning and im loving it as well! exactly for what u said, sooo beautiful when it dries~
for me, in addition to the basics, almost every palette I have has, Dioxazine violet (Pv 23 or 37),Cobalt Violet and cobalt teal. warm purple, cool purple and a vibrant turq. I may not use them in every painting, but they always make me happy to see on paper.
oooooh i love me some cobalt violet too! XD AND cobalt teal as well but somehow i dont use it that often. your colours are very much speaking my language too hehe ;P
Fantastic... your philosophy is very similar to mine. I also have only one primary yellow and that is, of course, Nickel Azo Yellow PY150. It really simplifies my mixing strategies. I also adore Cobalt Turquoise 🙂
I appreciate your knowledge on pigments, I might watch again with pen and paper, I can never remember the pigment numbers 🙄, I know I have a majority of those colours and by looking at the your selection they are worth a try, thank you. 😊
VERY interesting way to think about color! I need to spend some quiet moments looking at the condition of my pans and tubes to see what's most used and then do some mixing and swatching. I tend to select various limited palettes by subject or mood, but I'll bet there's a lot of consistency over time that I haven't recognized.
ohh definitely select palettes based on moods~ mood and tone but also emotional mood too 😁 oh yesss, i’d be curious if u had any consistently used colours as well! ❤
Some essential color for me is definitely raw sienna/yellow ochre PY42/43 or PBr7 (preferably the more transparent one), Imidazolone Brown PBr25, quin. Red/rose PV19 and a cool yellow like PY175, i have PY150 too but since i draw illustration or anime, using PY150 is a bit too harsh for skin tone. tho PY150 is my preferred yellow for mixing green. For granulating one there’s always the trio or potter’s pink, cerulean blue (red shade) and cobalt teal i have other granulating color too, since i love making color separating mixture for background
oh wow! i've never met anyone whose essential is PBr25, that's very interesting! i quite like your colour selections there. tbh i do like cool yellows like PY175 that really give the animated feel but i rarely paint animated stuff so i think that's why i don't use lemon yellows as often anymore. i still do use them from time to time, just not as often as py150. granulating coloursssss... MUST HAVE! 😜
@@PaintinHiding it's funny how that actually happend, maybe since i got it super early in my journey that i just have a tendency to include it, i got the daniel smith burnt sienna to see if i like how it mixes, color wise i love it but never try mixing a skin tone with it, Pbr25 just seems super economical since it so saturated i only need a tiny bit to mix, other color i like to use is perylene maroon and w&n burnt sienna tho not as much as imidazolone brown.
i love your reasoning and the colors included, sometimes you just narrated my thoughts, haha. These days I gravitate to quirky moody or muted palettes but this is such a good staple palette. I have a small 12 color set I take with me everywhere because it's versatile enough to work for anything and the color choices are close to yours! Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention a few of the colors I can't do without, even in a 12-color palette. Quinacridone Gold hue! Sometimes it is my only yellow, for the same reasons you mentioned: it can work as both a cool and warm tone and also it glows. PB:15/PG7 mix, I use it as a turquoise, blue or green..adjusted if needed. i need a transparent and staining turquoise at all times, I use staining layers a lot for shading. Transparent earth red, either Transparent sienna (Schmincke) or Transparent Red oxide or po48, although I dont really want to use this one up now and run out XD Also pr122 magenta and indigo, if it's not obvious, haha
HA! i knew we have similar taste! ;P hehehe~ i agree with you, i can definitely also use quin gold hue in my palette as the only yellow. it's just a richer PY150 so i'm definitely ok with that. ur turquoise mix is basically what my PB16 does!
PR254 Pyrrole Red is my favorite color and I need it on every palette! Followed by PY43 Yellow Earth colors, PB29 French Ultramarine, and PB28 Cobalt Blues! Rest of my palette is up for mood-shifts, whims, or calculated balance ;)
What a great video! I think it's a great reminder that just because companies call colors primaries, does mean others cannot be. Personally, I just acquired nickel azo yellow and am in love. My new palette is almost identical to yours! Rich green gold is another new favorite and is similar to your green. Green appatite and lunar black are phenomenal with their granulation. Although I think I just have way too many greens, turquoise/teal colors, and most of the quin. magenta/red/orange variation. BUT I paint nature (so mostly botanicals, fish, foliage & lake landscapes). It's amazing the range of colors fish can be, not to mention sunrises/sets over water. Loved this video!!
I love when people walk me through their palettes. I don't know why but I've always loved how people arrive at their colour choices, even if I wouldn't personally arrive at the same ones. I just bought Daniel Smith's PB 16 - Phthalo Blue Turquoise - and I absolutely love it. I had already bought their Phthalo Turquoise, the PG 36/PB 15:3 mix, but I like PB 16 way more.
I like all your choices - it made for a beautiful selection of colors. I tend to go for a lighter yellow more often, so my own palette would probably need a Lemon Yellow. 🍋
I'm working with Windsor & Newton mostly (or cotman for my travel kits) I can't live without: Cerulean - I'm in arizona and it's the ONLY match for our sky and cannot be mixed closely enough for my liking EMERALD (I'm not a fan of sap green and can mix something close with emerald) Viridian Hue Permanent Rose Windsor Yellow Ultramarine Paynes Grey Alizarin Crimson I'm NOT a fan of the cadmiums -- to the extent where seeing dinnertime who recommends mixing anything with a Cad makes me more likely to nope out. In my experience, when I mix with a cad, I get muddy colors. The desert is anything but muddy, and that's what my subject tends to be across the board. 🤷♀️ Interestingly, to paint the greyblue green of jojoba plants, I've only ever managed it with Chinese white and viridian hue. It's such a weird shade.
PY150 is the best yellow, the only one I need on my palette. Others I can't live without are W&N Burnt Sienna, M.Graham Ultramarine Blue, W&N Cobalt Blue, W&N Sap Green, M. Graham Pyrrol Scarlet, and W&N Cobalt Turquoise Light.
I have just started learning about watercolors. I do have one ride or die color, it’s DaVinci’s Soulshine. Someone has said that it is just Indian yellow, but I do love it!
@@PaintinHiding Yup! But I don’t think they make paint mixes. Their line of paints is limited; but I respect them for that. It’s so much easier to select paints when you have lead than 100 to select from.
My red earth is Transparent brown oxide :D Nice video! UPD oh! And the strangest colour I can’t live without is bloody Perylene maroon from Holbein, which will be my warm red in split primaries
I'm very interested in your variations to the classic split primary but I would've loved to see you do some test mixes with them just to showcase what they're capable of
I absolutely agree. The turquoise is absolutely gorgeous mixer. The nickel azo yellow py 150 with pb16 is absolutely insane to mix greens...you can olive them up with a touch of magenta if they get too bright.then yellow mixed incredible range of oranges and almost burnt sienna type colors. And magenta and turquoise is super luminous violets....unreal. I love experimenting with my top 3 as well. And they are the most versatile. The neutrals when mixing all 3 are beautiful and elegant.also add pr 209 sometimes quinacridone scarlet( coral).
I like a lot of pigments, am a bit of a nerd like that, and I like to have different palettes for different purposes, I enjoy putting them together and I enjoy making them very different from each other. I sometimes mix brands to get what I want. I love Roman Szmal’s granulating black, it seems to work with absolutely every other colour, and you can move the granulation to where you want it. It really has taught me about how using a lot of water can change things. I buck the trend by liking to have a mixing white, so I can make my own pastel like mixes, a favourite is a very pale mix of chromium oxide with or without a hint of yellow, wonderful for botanical new shoots and roots and tender parts where a stem meets a flower. I mainly settle on around 18-20 in a set, but have smaller sets too. Two favourites pigments are chartreuse by Isaro, I forget the pigment number, Kremer does a version called Irgazine yellow. I also love Sennelier’s Chinese orange, really beautiful. I am not too fussy about longevity as I do not sell my work, so Jackson’s Alizarin Crimson is just the most glorious colour. I have a cut swatch with half in the dark and half on my desk, just knocking about, and it has not faded as of yet. My big love are the Kremer sets, they are great paints to use, glorious colour and a robust and variable result every time. I have a small set of 8 full pans with a gold, which I also copied quite closely with Jackson’s own, both are really good small sets to use. The sky is the limit where pigments are concerned and if your bank account can stand it, which mine often cannot! You showed us your western palette, do you also have an eastern one? That would also be interesting. I liked your meander around your choices, and your palette of 12 is lovely. Serpentine has not made it to any of mine yet but is wishful thinking for over five years now! Until it materialises I will mix something similar from Green apatite…. Which will not be the same but as near as I can get.
hi again Lindy, hope you're well :D regarding my western palette and the absence of an eastern palette... so i sort of started with a set of 24 rembrandt so i had my base colours and i was set. then slowly added to my collection a colour here, a colour there (some holbein, shinhan, mijello) but not many were base colours for a palette. and then i was gifted lots of paint from a friend, most were western brands. my western palette was me trying to get used to those western paint brands as i was already familiar with my rembrandt and eastern brands. and again, no eastern palette because the colours i have put together don't make a cohesive palette.
Very interesting to see another artist’s palette decisions. Palettes are always a work in progress. I prefer tubes now to pans and I am currently working with a 12 colour palette - Sennelier Yellow Light, Rose Doré Madder Lake, Helios Purple, Viridian, Hookers Green, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Deep, Phthalocyanine Blue, Warm Sepia, Cinerous Blue- all from Sennelier. The twelfth colour is Monté Amiata Natural Sienna from DS which is my ochre substitute. I earlier had White Nights Lemon but I felt one versatile yellow is enough! I tend to stick to these colours and don’t end up using fancier colours (DS has tempting options!) so I don’t really plan to expand beyond 12
hi vikram! i love your palette choices too! seems very geared towards landscape/natural tones, love it! senn yellow light, helios purple, and cinereous blue were ones i started out with as well so the have a special place in my heart :D
I actually am inspired by some of your choices too. Going forward I plan to make that azo yellow my main yellow (it is truly so versatile and makes the best greens) and cerulean blue instead of cinerous blue!
I came here looking for an answer to using multiple brands of paint in a palette because it seems impossible not to. But this video is even more informative and interesting from a utilitarian point of view because it includes a concentrated modulated multiple combinations perspective. This is what I am looking for, a starting point for a foundation to work around. I want to be able to mix from a 24-count set and pull in occasional cameo colors. Well done! Thanks for sharing.
I know I'm late to the party on this video, but here's my two cent's worth... I too go back and forth between PR122 and PV19, still looking for that perfect cool red. Right now, I'm using Red Rose Deep from Da Vinci, but I also love Quin China Rose from Turner. My other "must haves" are PY97 as my middle yellow. Perylene Violet is an absolute must have (really like WN). I use it for so much shadow work. I love Lucas' raw Sienna for my earth yellow, lighter than yellow ochres. DV's Burnt Sienna Deep is a lovely deep burnt orange, DS Perylene Scarlet for my other red. I also tend not to use the orangey reds. I make a custom mix dark green from PG7 and PBr25. DV's Manganese Blue also has a permanent home in my palette. I geek out on watching other painters palette combos and how they put their favorites together. It's wonderful inspiration to try new things. I recently picked up a stick of Serpentine and I'm loving it too!
PB 15:3 by Pinax is my favorite color. I'm specifying the brand because I bought the same pigment by Schmincke and it wasn't as saturated and greenish as I like QvQ
Kindred spirit! I love all the transparent colours and my all time favourite blue is Marine by Holbein. One not in your palette that I use is transparent pyrrol orange PO71.
hi Johanne! :D another fellow marine blue lover?!! YAYYYY!! oohh PO71 is definitely one i'd add if i loved oranges. it's so vibrant and strong tinting!
I haven't unwrapped my pans from the two Schmicke sets I bought during Jackson's last December sale. I'm still working on swatching the various packs of dot cards I bought. One day I will get to making my signature palette.
you will love the process of it all! take your time, get to it when you're ready. i'm sure all the dot cards will have you prepared to make your decision a lot easier ;)
I have only started watercolour painting after a hiatus of several years. I had disperced with my paints. I was gifted a 24 colour palette , Tambi Gansai, certainly ok but as the time passes I call for different attributes, transparent, granulating. I have been trying to establish a signature palette using Daniel Smith. This video has been extremely helpful and unscrambles my confusio yo a great extent, I have a couple of favourite coulors , Quin gold, quin rose and phthalo blue being among them. I am sure they will feature in my final set.
The pigments are all well thought of, all are excellent colours. But I think your signature palette has one blue too many. An Aquarius grey PW6:1 or a Turner's Yellow PY216 could give you pastel like mixes but it is all your preferences. The PBk11 is a good choice, perhaps the most interesting black, but I wonder if you find it useful. I have it and still haven't discovered what to do with it. Overall a selection of safe, standard pigments.
hahaha! i knew someone would say i had too many blues! ;P but yeah~ what can i say, i like my blues ;P and i dont paint with pastel mixes often that's why aquarius grey isn't in this line up. it might make the 24 colour palette line up though. i still need to make up my mind hahaha
I love listening to how you picked your colors! I’m also wanting to start to narrow down my favourite colors, and have smaller, separate palettes for different purposes, so I came here to look for some inspiration! Definitely need to paint more and try the colors/mix the colors more to narrow things down though.
im so glad the video proved useful 🥰 yesss, keep painting! and take notes. that’s how i came to know what colours i truly love and couldnt live without :D
Also I like that you have black on your signature palette! I think I would love a granulating black to mix with other colors in my palette too, as much as there’s a school of thought that says never to use black.
@@TheMessyDeskxyz i think a granulating black serves more purpose than a non-granulating black. that said, even though i can mix my own black from this palette, im not opposed to having a convenience black in my extended palette. it’s for convenience after all 😅😂
I just started painting urban sketches after work in the evening/night… I am using a pre-filled travel palette of 8 colors and I’m feeling the need for some convenience greys because I’m mixing that everyday 😅
I love Marine Blue PB 16 is my favourite...so I stocked up on the original before it changed. Strangely enough, I don't include it in my 12 colour palettes. I select colour that I can use for skies there....such as phthalate blue green shade, and Ultramarine Finest by Schminke. The PB29 from Scminke does not granulate, so that is why I chose it. I always include a PR122, usually my favourite Quinacridone Magenta from QOR. PBk11 as in Lunar Black is always there because of it's granulation. And Buff titanium for dried grasses and the special colours it creates in mixes. I just bought M. GRAHAM'S QUINACRIDONE Red PR209, and am adding that version as my warm red to the 12 paint palette.... I still have a hard time selecting just 12...I recently kicked out PG7 and am keeping PY129 Azo Green from M. Graham. I am also removing my beloved WN Indigo in favour of Anthraquinone Blue from M. Graham..
Very good! I agree with you on the whole palette, especially happy with PY150 and leaving out a Lemon Yellow! I use W&N Aqua Green instead of Cobalt Turquoise, but they're almost the same. I will try the Trans Yellow oxide, it looks perfect for that Ochre/Raw Sienna range. I love Holbein's Marine Blue and did not know they changed the formula, sad to hear! I think you have a great 12 palette! Also I'm going going to try the PR209, I also am not in love with Pyrrol Scarlet, like, it's OK, same with Ultramarine Blue.
hiii vati! 👋 im sooo happy you approve of my palette! always nice to meet people with similar tastes ;) funny you mention aqua green, i’ve really been loving it! i think once i finish my PB16 i might want to experiment with the aqua green in its place. might be a little too green for a blue but we’ll see. never know unless we try! 😆
@@PaintinHiding it's funny, I decided to keep it in my W&N palette with Transparent Yellow and Permanent Rose! I think you're right about the granulation in the Cobalt Turquoise! I created your palette with all Daniel Smith except Rosa Gallery for the PR122 and Holbein Marine. Blick has6 it with PB16 still, FYI. I used Manganese Blue Hue for the Cerulean, Verona Gold Ochre until I can get Transparent Yellow Oxide or Mt Amiata Natural Sienna (love!). I really like your Tr Red Oxide recommendation, lovely! Thx for the inspiration!
@@vatiammatri2660 NIIIIICE! i love your substitute colours~ i have mt Amiata natural sienna from RS and i love it as well. i think i have a couple comparison vids with the Monte Amiata should u be interested :) thank you so much for taking the time to let me know about your palette! it's always so cool to connect with other artists :D
It's so interesting to see other artists preferred primary palettes, I've seen many who are heavy on brown, yellow or green so yours definitely stand out. I'm still new to watercolors so I dont know what I like yet, but I'm almost out of wn cotman perm rose, cad red deep hue and cerulean blue so I guess these are my current favorite/most used so far 😅
the reds that you're running out of are strong tinting which sure means you like them and use a lot. with cerulean blue, u may have used it up more quickly than others because it's lower tinting. but if you do like it, it's definitely one to keep on your palette! :D
I just love this video, and I rewatch it every now and then! I always include Perylene Green in mine...Have you tried the PBk32 deep version from Roman Szmal? That is on my list to try sometime!
awww thank you from the bottom of my heart sara! 🥰 tbh i also watch it every now and then because sometimes i forget my essentials 😂 unfortunately i havent tried that, sorry! i only have shinhan’s PBk31. it’s not a colour i use at all but ur comment has inspired me!
I love your choice of colors. Recently I made my palette for outside sketching. And there are Nickel Azo Yellow, Cobalt Blue and PB16 as well. As for the second yellow, I chose Sennelier Raw Sienna PBr7, but I'm not convinced for this color. Reds are PR255 and quin. rose PV19. Greens are Aquarius Green and Cobalt Teal. As brown is Iron Chrome Brown PBr29. As shadows are Shadow Violet and Misty Morning from Roman Szmal. Love them both. And Roman Szmal Ginger Red for bricks and Aquarius Grey for walls and roads, they are special choice for Urban Sketching.
Love your palette selections! Thank you for talking us through it. PR209 if often my warm red choice too, and PB16 has been slipping in as a cool blue for awhile now too. :)
I'm a bit of a personalised palette fiend, so this video is a great insight into how someone else approaches the paint selection process for different types of palettes.
LOVE this! You have chosen some colors that i longed for right away but didn't allow myself to get because so many more experienced painters suggested others. (Except that Serpentine was still among my first and still most-loved.) So Perfect!
This is my third time watching this demo, and now I've gained valuable insights: I understand that the color on my palette isn't just for standalone use but also serves as a mixing tool. In addition to creating large separate swatches, I've started a notebook to swatch all my paints from different brands alongside their pigments. Thank you, Vee!
@@PaintinHiding USD exchange rate now is getting high luckily I found Japan Art SALE will last until July 7, I would like to copy your signature palette, can you recommend in Holbein version. I recorded your earlier recommendation like Quin Mag PR122, Quin Scarlet PR 209, Ultra PB 2, Marine Blue and Phthalo Blue Yellow Shade.
@@SuperExadidas quin magenta, quin scarlet, quin gold, - - - , viridian hue, - - -, marine blue, cerulean blue, ultramarine deep, raw sienna, burnt sienna or imi brown PBr25, burnt umber or sepia. quin gold is not single pigmented but i sometimes use it here as well because i like holbein's quin gold. i would still choose marine blue even though it's no longer single pigmented because i like the hue. but if u want single pigment, you can choose pthalo blue yellow shade as mentioned earlier. raw sienna also not single pigment but it's the closest i've found to DS trans yellow oxide. for red earth, if u want more orange-y, pick burnt sienna, if u want more reddish, pick PBr25. and holbein doesn't have PBk11 but for the dark earth option.... if you use a lot of black colour, pick sepia. if you don't use too much black, pick burnt umber. the first blank is where i chose DS serpentine which is my yellow green. currently i'm using Roman Szmal's autumn green which you can kind of mix yourself by using Holbein's quin gold and cerulean blue (already in the palette). the second blank is where i chose cobalt turquoise pb36. holbein doesn't have this. but u can get a similar thing if you get holbein's coballt turquoise light PB28 and mix with a little ultramarine deep. hope that helps :)
Thank you for this inspiring video! I love your sharing of your thoughtful process off choosing colors. i'm still so torn about what colors are my essential ones, but I do love qor's cobalt turquoise.
I love the way you chose things so logically. You are a very pleasant person to listen to. I wish your video could have been longer. Now you’ve got me thinking: why did I ever buy a jillion colors because they are pretty with very little planning. Hmm, you’ve definitely put me to shame! I’d love another video where you mix with your 12 signature colors. Thanks so much.
thank you Angie :) honestly, i should be shameful too because i definitely bought my fair share of paints before being able to come up with my signature palette. i'm actually slowly working on a part 2 of this video. more like "my expanded palette" which wont be coming out any time soon but definitely in my list. i'll put your suggestion on my to-work-on list :) thank you again for taking the time to comment, i appreciate you!
Wow, that is very in-depth… And I have to say I agree 100% with all of your choices for the exact same reasons! I have been evaluating my color choices and narrowing down my pallets/brands for the last few months… And this video helped me pick the green I’ve been trying to figure out, also your feelings and ideas about earth colors match mine exactly… Great video!
@@PaintinHiding ha ha that is so funny! I was just looking at serpentine genuine, and decided that green appetite was a better fit because it was slightly darker and serpentine was a little too yellow… L O L thanks for your reply, I really enjoy your videos! :-)
@@creativesolutionstoart ohhh i like green apatite too! XD we like similar colours ;D i think i chose RS autumn green because i tend to use more yellow-green and if i need it darker, just mix in a little ult blue. i might have to try green apatite in my palette one day though! ;D
This was interesting! I enjoyed hearing your process for selecting a limited palette! The paints I can't live without are WN Quinacridone Magenta PR122, MG Ultramarine Blue PB29, WN Transparent Yellow PY150, WN or DS Perylene Green PBK31. I like to have those pigments as my minimum in every palette. 🎨
@PaintinHiding I love Perylene Green!!!! It's not granular but has a huge color range from dark to light. It's such a versatile green for me. I mostly paint flowers, so having a good green is a necessity for me. Starting out in watercolor, every floral artist recommended Sap Green, so I started with that. But WN Sap Green doesn't give me much variation. I was so thrilled when I discovered Perylene Green! It's beautiful by itself and mixed. And it creates beautiful dark moody turquoises and blues! It's also a great paint to mix dark nuetrals, blacks, greys, etc. I hope you try it when you get a chance! I have a friend who paints landscapes, and I recommended it to her, and she loves it now, too! 💚
I like Azo Green PY129 very much! I agree about PB16 Marine Blue. I stocked up. My earth red is Quinacridone Rust PO48 from M.Graham and I also stocked up on that. Another earthy rust is Golden Barok Red from Old Holland with PO65. It is the only paint made with that pigment that I am aware of.
heyyy Sara!!! nice! another marine blue lover! yayyyy! i'm seeing jackson's still has it listed as pb16 so i just asked them if it's indeed tthe old formula. if so, i might get myself another tube of it. gotta wait til next week when their staff get back in. ohhh yess PO48 is nice too~ i got a full pan from RS to stock since i dont use it all that much.
i have no idea but i could only speculate that maybe pb16 is expensive so if they didn't increase the price, theyy just added pg7 which is cheaper to keep the cost the same? who knows.
Happened upon this video as I am in the process of revising a travel palette with 21 half pans, especially interested in your using PBk11. I had been waffling about that & will now use instead of a Payne's Grey. Also maybe PR209 as warm red instead of PR112 -- will do some swatching. I too "love" PB16. Thanks.
Great Video thank you. I love your palette, its bright and happy. I dont use black at all. I use bloodstone genuine. I find Black too harsh. I also love DS Serpentine Genuine , Hermatite Geniune, Sodalite Geniune, Geothite Geniune. I too do not like opaque Ochres in palettes and always remove them.
I really enjoyed your thought process! I'm another nickel azo fan...I live in fear this will become an extinct pigment someday lol. I always have trouble with a red/orange earth because I like PR101, AND Pbr7 burnt sienna AND quin burnt orange, PO48 (which, yes, I AM stocking up on!). I often have QBO and burnt sienna both on my palette. I live in the Pacific NW and perylene green PBk 31 has to be on my palette (no black, although since you like granulation, I'm curious why you didn't go for DS' Lunar Black). My totally frivolous color is Fuchsite Genuine from Daniel Smith. I usually just carry a small tube, but with many glacial lakes and waters around here, a glaze of fuchsite adds a wonderful sparkle to water (look up pics of Diablo Lake in North Cascades national park to see what I mean).
thank you tracy :) i wouldn't know what to do without PY150 either haha. as for why i didn't go for DS lunar black.... i'm not sure what you mean, i clearly put PBk11 as the last colour. lunar black is made with PBk11. other brands offer PBk11. i don't care which brand. if you notice in this video, i hardly talked about which brands because most of the pigments here can be found in many brands and i'm not brand specific. it was only a couple colours that i felt like i had to specify brand because i had not found other alternatives in other brands at that point in time. hope that makes sense. :)
@@PaintinHiding It does. I actually appreciated you mentioning pigments. I get frustrated with books that list colors by name! Like..."burnt sienna"...is that a pr101 or a pbr7? Because they do mix differently!
I really need to do this. My art studio desk where i sit to paint has 7 pallette and total approximately 120 different colors accross probably 8 brands, Oh that is insane. I really need to do something about it....but I love every single color. I just counted...11 brands..ugh
have fun with your journey! it’s definitely ok to have multiple palettes, i do too. it’s alaays fun to experiment but having put together my signature palette just made wanting to paint a lot easier to approach for me ❤
Nice set of colors. I use a lot of earth tone for food painting and from your pallet i want to try yellow iron oxide i normally use yellow orche but not very satify from its opaque property. Your metal pallete look so pretty the one pink and gold color, may i know where do you get it as i am in Thaialnd too. Thank you.
hi there :) the palette is just a regular pink palette that i DIY'd using metallic gold spray paint and some shimmer/glitter nail polish to create that gradient effect. hope that helps
Wow, your palette is very functional. 😂 Some of my palette are missing important colors in them. I like working with missing colors there. It’s nice to have functionality, but I just don’t care anymore. If the colors is pretty for the time being, I’ll use it. If it’s not, it’s not being used. I spend hours sorting out palettes of 3-12 pigments and colors.🤷🏾 I work around a lot.
thank you Cat :D as for brands, i purposely left that out because i'm not particular with the brands except for the ones i mentioned. i'm more particular with pigments and for the most part, any brand will do for me.
Love the choices, although I would personally remove the pb16, because it feels that it can already be mixed with the turquoise and pb29, and get a pyrrole scarlet or vermillion there instead. The pr209 is magenta leaning, so you would never be able to mix vibrant oranges or orange-reds with it.
I looove cerulean. Which one is the one in those swatches? The Holbein one? I watch your video about granulating colors by Mijello and fall in love with the Cerulean as I only have White Nights and Jackson's with very low tinting strength so I'm thinking in getting the Holbein or the Mijello one. Thank you so much! Without you I never known that Mijello has a true cerulean
hi Miros~ :D i dont quite remember which cerulean blue i swatched for this one. but yeah, holbein is my fave for PB35. Mijello's is also very nice but not as affordable for me. you wont be disappointed with either one you choose :)
Colour selection is a very personal thing so whatever I'll mention below is also my personal opinion based on my experience. So don't take it as a rule. In this 12 colour selection you don't actually need the two greens. And that because you have already four blues and if you replaced the greens with two more yellows or even better with a Cool Yellow and a Transparent Orange you would be able to expand the mixing range of all colours and particularly the Green ones. Your selection lacks a very cool yellow. A Lemon Yellow or a primary Yellow. PY150 is a warm one and PY 42 is an earthy more muted one but not cool either. The black also is not needed because it can be mixed as a chromatic one with the phthalos that you have already included in your palette. It is better to use a chromatic black instead of any ready made black because chromatic blacks or darks are made with the colours that you already have in your palette and as such look more relevant to the hues of colours that you use on your paintings. So here are the colours that I would include in a 12 colour selection named by their pigments. PR122 ( that is a Q. Magenta). PR209 ( Q. Red). PY150 Transparent Yellow PY184 or PY3 ( cool Lemon Yellow). PO71 Transparent Pyrole Orange that is a great mixing colour for almost everything PB36 Cobalt Turquoise PB16 Phthalo Turquoise PB35 Cerulean PB29 Ultramarine PY42 Transparent Ochre PR101 Transparent Red Oxide And instead of Black PB60 Intanthrene Blue ( as a darkener) or Indigo that you can mix by mixing in equal parts PG7 with Magenta the PR122 one or the PV19 one.
This really helps! Timing is perfect. I gravitate towards pb16 for mixing purples with pr122. Been testing out Roman Szmal Pbr29 iron chrome brown with pb60 indathrone blue and loving the dark greys reminiscent of paynes grey and indigo. I prefer that to ready made ones. I love Rembrandt pbk11 oxide black for velvet texture in mass tone and crazy granulation when diluted. I can never part with nickel Azo yellow py150 (if ever discontinued, I'd start a riot)
hey hey! we have many of the same favourites! woohoo! 🥳 i havent tried iron chrome brown but i mix similar dark greys/indigos with my red earths and blues. 😊
hi there Lava :) for brands, i'm not too particular except with specific ones i mentioned in this vid but if you want the ones in my current palette, please refer to 24:30. as for paper, it really depends on your preference but i always love painting on 100% cotton paper.
@@PaintinHiding Thank you for your prompt reply. I am a absolute beginner with art in general and have fallen in love with watercolours. I do want to learn as much as possible and your channel makes it possible . Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
@@lava3924 happy to help 🥰 i always try my best to reply to questions and comments so if u ever have anymore questions, feel free to comment any time 😊
like i said in the beginning, im not too fussed with number but it just turned out that i was able to easily choose my 12 this time. as for expanding my palette, im also not fussed with number but i dont want too many so 24 is more like the limit.
Thank you very much, really great video I LOVE IT hoping someday I can follow your signature pallete......I am new subscriber to you new channel. I will follow your PY 150 for my cool and warm color, can you please (help) recommend a cool and warm blue and red color (also in single pigment) in Holbein brand.
hi arwin :) for holbein, i’d use quin magenta pr122 for cool red and quin scarlet pr209 for warm red. ultramarine deep pb29 for warm blue and marine blue for cool blue. (marine blue used to be single pigment PB16 but they changed the formula a couple years ago. now it’s pb16, PG7. i have no problem with this since it’s still the same hue and i like the colour a lot. but if ur not comfy with that pigment info then i recommend phthalo blue yellow shade from holbein instead.)
@@PaintinHiding A million thanks,........ctuallythis is my initial plan for granddaughter paletter (I am now teaching her), I started with 12 Holbein tube 6 yrs ago, then gradually moved to QOR because of their vibrancy, but a bit pricey :(
@@SuperExadidas if you tell me of some local brands that are affordable in your country, i can give some more advice if you'd like. i'm always happy to help people save money. :)
@@PaintinHiding Thank you, after Holbein , it will be Mission Gold Mijello, White Night and Shin Han. I would like my granddaughter to learn to use only 6 colors ( 3 warm and cool primaries). I don't want her to make the same mistake I made, where I ended up with so many colors and brands ------ before concluding that the brand I love is QOR.
@@SuperExadidas that kind of sounds like maybe u have more experience than i do ;P well, mijello and white nights have the same pigments available so just find the equivalent ones. for shinhan, i dont like their reds and yellows but their blues are good. ultramarine deep, cerulean blue, marine blue. 👍🏻
This is a wonderful color selection! Though I really like the Serpentine, I just cannot live without green gold and buff titanium.
thank you so much Bonnie!
Your signature palette is so very well thought out...mines not. I'm always second guessing my choices. I do prefer the 3 transparent oxides. Red, yellow and brown in my palette as my earths too. And I always have PB 36 Cobalt turquoise. And Perm Rose PV 19 from WN. And my beloved Sap and Green Appetite from DS. One of my strangest loves is Misty Morning from Roman Szmal. I just can't be without it. Love how after it dries it turns into this calm soft pinky blue color. So lovely. I don't like Phthalo's so I guess my mixing power will always be not as strong. But in the past when I have added them, they go untouched. So, I've removed all of them from my palettes along with all the cadmiums which I never use either. Love your palette, looking forward to seeing what you do with 24 colors!!!
phthalos, they really aren’t for everyone. even though i love strong tinting colours, i just dont like pb15 red shade. cadmiums, i actually quite like a cadmium lemon yellow but always fought with the opacity! 😩. misty morning!!! i recently got misty morning and im loving it as well! exactly for what u said, sooo beautiful when it dries~
for me, in addition to the basics, almost every palette I have has, Dioxazine violet (Pv 23 or 37),Cobalt Violet and cobalt teal. warm purple, cool purple and a vibrant turq. I may not use them in every painting, but they always make me happy to see on paper.
oooooh i love me some cobalt violet too! XD AND cobalt teal as well but somehow i dont use it that often. your colours are very much speaking my language too hehe ;P
Oooh. Not only is your signature set lovely, so is the designated western palette. That's gorgeous. ❤
awww thank you so much! i'm so glad you like them too :D
Fantastic... your philosophy is very similar to mine. I also have only one primary yellow and that is, of course, Nickel Azo Yellow PY150. It really simplifies my mixing strategies. I also adore Cobalt Turquoise 🙂
hi JDub! YES another cobalt turquoise lover! woohoo! XD
I appreciate your knowledge on pigments, I might watch again with pen and paper, I can never remember the pigment numbers 🙄, I know I have a majority of those colours and by looking at the your selection they are worth a try, thank you. 😊
hi patricia! thank you so much and thanks for watching and commenting :D
VERY interesting way to think about color! I need to spend some quiet moments looking at the condition of my pans and tubes to see what's most used and then do some mixing and swatching. I tend to select various limited palettes by subject or mood, but I'll bet there's a lot of consistency over time that I haven't recognized.
ohh definitely select palettes based on moods~ mood and tone but also emotional mood too 😁 oh yesss, i’d be curious if u had any consistently used colours as well! ❤
Some essential color for me is definitely raw sienna/yellow ochre PY42/43 or PBr7 (preferably the more transparent one), Imidazolone Brown PBr25, quin. Red/rose PV19 and a cool yellow like PY175, i have PY150 too but since i draw illustration or anime, using PY150 is a bit too harsh for skin tone. tho PY150 is my preferred yellow for mixing green. For granulating one there’s always the trio or potter’s pink, cerulean blue (red shade) and cobalt teal i have other granulating color too, since i love making color separating mixture for background
oh wow! i've never met anyone whose essential is PBr25, that's very interesting! i quite like your colour selections there. tbh i do like cool yellows like PY175 that really give the animated feel but i rarely paint animated stuff so i think that's why i don't use lemon yellows as often anymore. i still do use them from time to time, just not as often as py150. granulating coloursssss... MUST HAVE! 😜
@@PaintinHiding it's funny how that actually happend, maybe since i got it super early in my journey that i just have a tendency to include it, i got the daniel smith burnt sienna to see if i like how it mixes, color wise i love it but never try mixing a skin tone with it, Pbr25 just seems super economical since it so saturated i only need a tiny bit to mix, other color i like to use is perylene maroon and w&n burnt sienna tho not as much as imidazolone brown.
i love your reasoning and the colors included, sometimes you just narrated my thoughts, haha. These days I gravitate to quirky moody or muted palettes but this is such a good staple palette. I have a small 12 color set I take with me everywhere because it's versatile enough to work for anything and the color choices are close to yours!
Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention a few of the colors I can't do without, even in a 12-color palette. Quinacridone Gold hue! Sometimes it is my only yellow, for the same reasons you mentioned: it can work as both a cool and warm tone and also it glows. PB:15/PG7 mix, I use it as a turquoise, blue or green..adjusted if needed. i need a transparent and staining turquoise at all times, I use staining layers a lot for shading. Transparent earth red, either Transparent sienna (Schmincke) or Transparent Red oxide or po48, although I dont really want to use this one up now and run out XD Also pr122 magenta and indigo, if it's not obvious, haha
HA! i knew we have similar taste! ;P hehehe~ i agree with you, i can definitely also use quin gold hue in my palette as the only yellow. it's just a richer PY150 so i'm definitely ok with that. ur turquoise mix is basically what my PB16 does!
PR254 Pyrrole Red is my favorite color and I need it on every palette! Followed by PY43 Yellow Earth colors, PB29 French Ultramarine, and PB28 Cobalt Blues! Rest of my palette is up for mood-shifts, whims, or calculated balance ;)
aha! that seems like a very natural/realistic palette! beautiful choices! calculated balance is a great phrase, i absolutely know what u mean ;D
Seriously those greens and blues are stunning!
glad u agree! 😊
What a great video! I think it's a great reminder that just because companies call colors primaries, does mean others cannot be. Personally, I just acquired nickel azo yellow and am in love. My new palette is almost identical to yours! Rich green gold is another new favorite and is similar to your green. Green appatite and lunar black are phenomenal with their granulation. Although I think I just have way too many greens, turquoise/teal colors, and most of the quin. magenta/red/orange variation. BUT I paint nature (so mostly botanicals, fish, foliage & lake landscapes). It's amazing the range of colors fish can be, not to mention sunrises/sets over water. Loved this video!!
thank you so much!
I love when people walk me through their palettes. I don't know why but I've always loved how people arrive at their colour choices, even if I wouldn't personally arrive at the same ones. I just bought Daniel Smith's PB 16 - Phthalo Blue Turquoise - and I absolutely love it. I had already bought their Phthalo Turquoise, the PG 36/PB 15:3 mix, but I like PB 16 way more.
saaame, i like watching palette vids as well :D
I like all your choices - it made for a beautiful selection of colors. I tend to go for a lighter yellow more often, so my own palette would probably need a Lemon Yellow. 🍋
yay! i'm glad you like my choices of colours :D oooh a transparent lemon yellow would be so nice for making bright greens!
I loved seeing the swatches and hearing the thought process behind the color selection! This was a very fun and interesting video!
thank you so much! i really appreciate that so thank you for watching and taking the time to comment :D
I'm working with Windsor & Newton mostly (or cotman for my travel kits)
I can't live without:
Cerulean - I'm in arizona and it's the ONLY match for our sky and cannot be mixed closely enough for my liking
EMERALD (I'm not a fan of sap green and can mix something close with emerald)
Viridian Hue
Permanent Rose
Windsor Yellow
Ultramarine
Paynes Grey
Alizarin Crimson
I'm NOT a fan of the cadmiums -- to the extent where seeing dinnertime who recommends mixing anything with a Cad makes me more likely to nope out.
In my experience, when I mix with a cad, I get muddy colors. The desert is anything but muddy, and that's what my subject tends to be across the board. 🤷♀️
Interestingly, to paint the greyblue green of jojoba plants, I've only ever managed it with Chinese white and viridian hue. It's such a weird shade.
Your method of organizing palettes is brilliant!
thank you so much M! 🥰
I'd love to see a video of your favourite mixes!
noted! :D
PY150 is the best yellow, the only one I need on my palette. Others I can't live without are W&N Burnt Sienna, M.Graham Ultramarine Blue, W&N Cobalt Blue, W&N Sap Green, M. Graham Pyrrol Scarlet, and W&N Cobalt Turquoise Light.
hi audrey :D of the ones in your list, i do quite like W&N cobalt turq light as well!
I have just started learning about watercolors. I do have one ride or die color, it’s DaVinci’s Soulshine. Someone has said that it is just Indian yellow, but I do love it!
hiii Teresaaa~ i can't say i've tried soulshine but looking at online swatches, it looks lovely!
I love the name! I haven’t tried the paint yet. It sounds pretty!
I love the PB36 + PR122 mixture. I’m going to try that but with Quin Rose instead of the PR122.
glad you like it too! if i ever get to work with a company, i want to call it Vee's Violet ;P
@@PaintinHiding Oh cool! M Graham Vee’s Violet 😃👍🏼
@@awatercolourist wait what, where did mgraham come from? 😂 is that your number 1 choice of brand?
@@PaintinHiding Yup! But I don’t think they make paint mixes. Their line of paints is limited; but I respect them for that. It’s so much easier to select paints when you have lead than 100 to select from.
My red earth is Transparent brown oxide :D Nice video! UPD oh! And the strangest colour I can’t live without is bloody Perylene maroon from Holbein, which will be my warm red in split primaries
ohhh i love how u described the perylene maroon as bloody! very apt! 😆👍🏻
What a lovely video. I love artists that are brave to use their heart colours.
Warm grey (Sennelier), Potter's Pink (Roman Szmal), Quin Gold Hue (Schminke), and Cobalt Teal (Roman Szmal) are my happy colours.
@thank u so much ashley 🥰 i like ur list of happy colours too!
I'm very interested in your variations to the classic split primary but I would've loved to see you do some test mixes with them just to showcase what they're capable of
My ultimate 3 primaries are exactly the same as your illustrative trio. ❤😊
oohhh~ hey hey~ niiiice! love it, great minds think alike :D
I agree, a very good choice of primaries !⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@@LizNori thank you Liz! 🥰
I absolutely agree. The turquoise is absolutely gorgeous mixer. The nickel azo yellow py 150 with pb16 is absolutely insane to mix greens...you can olive them up with a touch of magenta if they get too bright.then yellow mixed incredible range of oranges and almost burnt sienna type colors. And magenta and turquoise is super luminous violets....unreal. I love experimenting with my top 3 as well. And they are the most versatile. The neutrals when mixing all 3 are beautiful and elegant.also add pr 209 sometimes quinacridone scarlet( coral).
I am fairly new to watercolor. I love your idea of creating a signature palette, and I want to work towards that for myself!
you'll get there one day! and the journey is always fun!
My same top 2 favorites are pb 16 turquoise as well as quinacridone magenta pr 122...haha
no way!! HIGH FIVE KENNETH! you made my day! XD
I like a lot of pigments, am a bit of a nerd like that, and I like to have different palettes for different purposes, I enjoy putting them together and I enjoy making them very different from each other. I sometimes mix brands to get what I want. I love Roman Szmal’s granulating black, it seems to work with absolutely every other colour, and you can move the granulation to where you want it. It really has taught me about how using a lot of water can change things.
I buck the trend by liking to have a mixing white, so I can make my own pastel like mixes, a favourite is a very pale mix of chromium oxide with or without a hint of yellow, wonderful for botanical new shoots and roots and tender parts where a stem meets a flower.
I mainly settle on around 18-20 in a set, but have smaller sets too. Two favourites pigments are chartreuse by Isaro, I forget the pigment number, Kremer does a version called Irgazine yellow. I also love Sennelier’s Chinese orange, really beautiful. I am not too fussy about longevity as I do not sell my work, so Jackson’s Alizarin Crimson is just the most glorious colour. I have a cut swatch with half in the dark and half on my desk, just knocking about, and it has not faded as of yet.
My big love are the Kremer sets, they are great paints to use, glorious colour and a robust and variable result every time. I have a small set of 8 full pans with a gold, which I also copied quite closely with Jackson’s own, both are really good small sets to use.
The sky is the limit where pigments are concerned and if your bank account can stand it, which mine often cannot!
You showed us your western palette, do you also have an eastern one? That would also be interesting. I liked your meander around your choices, and your palette of 12 is lovely. Serpentine has not made it to any of mine yet but is wishful thinking for over five years now! Until it materialises I will mix something similar from Green apatite…. Which will not be the same but as near as I can get.
hi again Lindy, hope you're well :D regarding my western palette and the absence of an eastern palette... so i sort of started with a set of 24 rembrandt so i had my base colours and i was set. then slowly added to my collection a colour here, a colour there (some holbein, shinhan, mijello) but not many were base colours for a palette. and then i was gifted lots of paint from a friend, most were western brands. my western palette was me trying to get used to those western paint brands as i was already familiar with my rembrandt and eastern brands. and again, no eastern palette because the colours i have put together don't make a cohesive palette.
Very interesting to see another artist’s palette decisions. Palettes are always a work in progress. I prefer tubes now to pans and I am currently working with a 12 colour palette - Sennelier Yellow Light, Rose Doré Madder Lake, Helios Purple, Viridian, Hookers Green, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Deep, Phthalocyanine Blue, Warm Sepia, Cinerous Blue- all from Sennelier. The twelfth colour is Monté Amiata Natural Sienna from DS which is my ochre substitute. I earlier had White Nights Lemon but I felt one versatile yellow is enough! I tend to stick to these colours and don’t end up using fancier colours (DS has tempting options!) so I don’t really plan to expand beyond 12
hi vikram! i love your palette choices too! seems very geared towards landscape/natural tones, love it! senn yellow light, helios purple, and cinereous blue were ones i started out with as well so the have a special place in my heart :D
I actually am inspired by some of your choices too. Going forward I plan to make that azo yellow my main yellow (it is truly so versatile and makes the best greens) and cerulean blue instead of cinerous blue!
I came here looking for an answer to using multiple brands of paint in a palette because it seems impossible not to. But this video is even more informative and interesting from a utilitarian point of view because it includes a concentrated modulated multiple combinations perspective. This is what I am looking for, a starting point for a foundation to work around. I want to be able to mix from a 24-count set and pull in occasional cameo colors. Well done! Thanks for sharing.
I know I'm late to the party on this video, but here's my two cent's worth...
I too go back and forth between PR122 and PV19, still looking for that perfect cool red. Right now, I'm using Red Rose Deep from Da Vinci, but I also love Quin China Rose from Turner.
My other "must haves" are PY97 as my middle yellow. Perylene Violet is an absolute must have (really like WN). I use it for so much shadow work.
I love Lucas' raw Sienna for my earth yellow, lighter than yellow ochres. DV's Burnt Sienna Deep is a lovely deep burnt orange, DS Perylene Scarlet for my other red. I also tend not to use the orangey reds. I make a custom mix dark green from PG7 and PBr25. DV's Manganese Blue also has a permanent home in my palette.
I geek out on watching other painters palette combos and how they put their favorites together. It's wonderful inspiration to try new things. I recently picked up a stick of Serpentine and I'm loving it too!
Damn those colour swatch are fire! I love listening to palette story!
PB 15:3 by Pinax is my favorite color. I'm specifying the brand because I bought the same pigment by Schmincke and it wasn't as saturated and greenish as I like QvQ
oh yeahh definitely. i specified holbein as my fave PB16 because it's a lot greener than others as well. always gotta specify which one we love! ;D
First comment! I just hope it does not get deleted 😐. So looking forward to this 🙂
🏆i'm excited for it as well! :D
@@PaintinHiding 😄
Kindred spirit! I love all the transparent colours and my all time favourite blue is Marine by Holbein. One not in your palette that I use is transparent pyrrol orange PO71.
hi Johanne! :D another fellow marine blue lover?!! YAYYYY!! oohh PO71 is definitely one i'd add if i loved oranges. it's so vibrant and strong tinting!
Nothing like putting together your own favorite split primary colors. M.grahm sap green is spectacular!
I haven't unwrapped my pans from the two Schmicke sets I bought during Jackson's last December sale. I'm still working on swatching the various packs of dot cards I bought. One day I will get to making my signature palette.
you will love the process of it all! take your time, get to it when you're ready. i'm sure all the dot cards will have you prepared to make your decision a lot easier ;)
I have only started watercolour painting after a hiatus of several years. I had disperced with my paints. I was gifted a 24 colour palette , Tambi Gansai, certainly ok but as the time passes I call for different attributes, transparent, granulating. I have been trying to establish a signature palette using Daniel Smith. This video has been extremely helpful and unscrambles my confusio yo a great extent, I have a couple of favourite coulors , Quin gold, quin rose and phthalo blue being among them. I am sure they will feature in my final set.
im glad the video was useful in some way. your faves is also a very nice high tinting transparent trio. great choices!
The pigments are all well thought of, all are excellent colours. But I think your signature palette has one blue too many. An Aquarius grey PW6:1 or a Turner's Yellow PY216 could give you pastel like mixes but it is all your preferences. The PBk11 is a good choice, perhaps the most interesting black, but I wonder if you find it useful. I have it and still haven't discovered what to do with it. Overall a selection of safe, standard pigments.
hahaha! i knew someone would say i had too many blues! ;P but yeah~ what can i say, i like my blues ;P and i dont paint with pastel mixes often that's why aquarius grey isn't in this line up. it might make the 24 colour palette line up though. i still need to make up my mind hahaha
I love listening to how you picked your colors! I’m also wanting to start to narrow down my favourite colors, and have smaller, separate palettes for different purposes, so I came here to look for some inspiration! Definitely need to paint more and try the colors/mix the colors more to narrow things down though.
im so glad the video proved useful 🥰 yesss, keep painting! and take notes. that’s how i came to know what colours i truly love and couldnt live without :D
Also I like that you have black on your signature palette! I think I would love a granulating black to mix with other colors in my palette too, as much as there’s a school of thought that says never to use black.
@@TheMessyDeskxyz i think a granulating black serves more purpose than a non-granulating black. that said, even though i can mix my own black from this palette, im not opposed to having a convenience black in my extended palette. it’s for convenience after all 😅😂
I just started painting urban sketches after work in the evening/night… I am using a pre-filled travel palette of 8 colors and I’m feeling the need for some convenience greys because I’m mixing that everyday 😅
I love Marine Blue PB 16 is my favourite...so I stocked up on the original before it changed. Strangely enough, I don't include it in my 12 colour palettes. I select colour that I can use for skies there....such as phthalate blue green shade, and Ultramarine Finest by Schminke. The PB29 from Scminke does not granulate, so that is why I chose it.
I always include a PR122, usually my favourite Quinacridone Magenta from QOR.
PBk11 as in Lunar Black is always there because of it's granulation. And Buff titanium for dried grasses and the special colours it creates in mixes.
I just bought M. GRAHAM'S QUINACRIDONE Red PR209, and am adding that version as my warm red to the 12 paint palette....
I still have a hard time selecting just 12...I recently kicked out PG7 and am keeping PY129 Azo Green from M. Graham. I am also removing my beloved WN Indigo in favour of Anthraquinone Blue from M. Graham..
hi sara! we have so many similar favourites woohoo! 😆 i do quite like buff titanium as well... it might end up in my 24 palette line up ;D
Very good! I agree with you on the whole palette, especially happy with PY150 and leaving out a Lemon Yellow! I use W&N Aqua Green instead of Cobalt Turquoise, but they're almost the same. I will try the Trans Yellow oxide, it looks perfect for that Ochre/Raw Sienna range. I love Holbein's Marine Blue and did not know they changed the formula, sad to hear! I think you have a great 12 palette! Also I'm going going to try the PR209, I also am not in love with Pyrrol Scarlet, like, it's OK, same with Ultramarine Blue.
hiii vati! 👋 im sooo happy you approve of my palette! always nice to meet people with similar tastes ;) funny you mention aqua green, i’ve really been loving it! i think once i finish my PB16 i might want to experiment with the aqua green in its place. might be a little too green for a blue but we’ll see. never know unless we try! 😆
@@PaintinHiding it's funny, I decided to keep it in my W&N palette with Transparent Yellow and Permanent Rose! I think you're right about the granulation in the Cobalt Turquoise! I created your palette with all Daniel Smith except Rosa Gallery for the PR122 and Holbein Marine. Blick has6 it with PB16 still, FYI. I used Manganese Blue Hue for the Cerulean, Verona Gold Ochre until I can get Transparent Yellow Oxide or Mt Amiata Natural Sienna (love!). I really like your Tr Red Oxide recommendation, lovely! Thx for the inspiration!
@@vatiammatri2660 NIIIIICE! i love your substitute colours~ i have mt Amiata natural sienna from RS and i love it as well. i think i have a couple comparison vids with the Monte Amiata should u be interested :) thank you so much for taking the time to let me know about your palette! it's always so cool to connect with other artists :D
This
Is an amazing palette..i want to recreate..love it
aww that really means a lot to me. thank you so much Lisette! hope you enjoy painting with it :D
It's so interesting to see other artists preferred primary palettes, I've seen many who are heavy on brown, yellow or green so yours definitely stand out. I'm still new to watercolors so I dont know what I like yet, but I'm almost out of wn cotman perm rose, cad red deep hue and cerulean blue so I guess these are my current favorite/most used so far 😅
the reds that you're running out of are strong tinting which sure means you like them and use a lot. with cerulean blue, u may have used it up more quickly than others because it's lower tinting. but if you do like it, it's definitely one to keep on your palette! :D
@@PaintinHiding oh thank you for the information I never thought of that 🌺
I just love this video, and I rewatch it every now and then! I always include Perylene Green in mine...Have you tried the PBk32 deep version from Roman Szmal? That is on my list to try sometime!
awww thank you from the bottom of my heart sara! 🥰 tbh i also watch it every now and then because sometimes i forget my essentials 😂 unfortunately i havent tried that, sorry! i only have shinhan’s PBk31. it’s not a colour i use at all but ur comment has inspired me!
I love your choice of colors. Recently I made my palette for outside sketching. And there are Nickel Azo Yellow, Cobalt Blue and PB16 as well. As for the second yellow, I chose Sennelier Raw Sienna PBr7, but I'm not convinced for this color. Reds are PR255 and quin. rose PV19. Greens are Aquarius Green and Cobalt Teal. As brown is Iron Chrome Brown PBr29. As shadows are Shadow Violet and Misty Morning from Roman Szmal. Love them both. And Roman Szmal Ginger Red for bricks and Aquarius Grey for walls and roads, they are special choice for Urban Sketching.
omg i love ginger red too! it’s in my roman szmal palette XD
Love your palette selections! Thank you for talking us through it. PR209 if often my warm red choice too, and PB16 has been slipping in as a cool blue for awhile now too. :)
thank you Jill!
The colors I can't live without are PO48 and the Perylenes (PR179, PV29, and PBk31)
I absolutely have to have quinacridone gold and indigo in EVERY palette. It doesn't feel like it's MY palette, if those two aren't there.
quin gold and indigo sounds like two strongtinting high potential colours! great choices!
very interesting - thx for sharing.
and thank YOU for watching Sunny! hope you have a good rest of your weekend!
I'm a bit of a personalised palette fiend, so this video is a great insight into how someone else approaches the paint selection process for different types of palettes.
thank you mark! :D
Beautiful palette
thank you Nikola! :D
LOVE this! You have chosen some colors that i longed for right away but didn't allow myself to get because so many more experienced painters suggested others. (Except that Serpentine was still among my first and still most-loved.) So Perfect!
im glad we have similar colour preferences :D
This is my third time watching this demo, and now I've gained valuable insights: I understand that the color on my palette isn't just for standalone use but also serves as a mixing tool. In addition to creating large separate swatches, I've started a notebook to swatch all my paints from different brands alongside their pigments. Thank you, Vee!
hi again arwin :) i'm so glad the video has proven educational. have fun on your journey!
@@PaintinHiding USD exchange rate now is getting high luckily I found Japan Art SALE will last until July 7, I would like to copy your signature palette, can you recommend in Holbein version. I recorded your earlier recommendation like Quin Mag PR122, Quin Scarlet PR 209, Ultra PB 2, Marine Blue and Phthalo Blue Yellow Shade.
@@SuperExadidas quin magenta, quin scarlet, quin gold, - - - , viridian hue, - - -, marine blue, cerulean blue, ultramarine deep, raw sienna, burnt sienna or imi brown PBr25, burnt umber or sepia.
quin gold is not single pigmented but i sometimes use it here as well because i like holbein's quin gold. i would still choose marine blue even though it's no longer single pigmented because i like the hue. but if u want single pigment, you can choose pthalo blue yellow shade as mentioned earlier. raw sienna also not single pigment but it's the closest i've found to DS trans yellow oxide. for red earth, if u want more orange-y, pick burnt sienna, if u want more reddish, pick PBr25. and holbein doesn't have PBk11 but for the dark earth option.... if you use a lot of black colour, pick sepia. if you don't use too much black, pick burnt umber.
the first blank is where i chose DS serpentine which is my yellow green. currently i'm using Roman Szmal's autumn green which you can kind of mix yourself by using Holbein's quin gold and cerulean blue (already in the palette).
the second blank is where i chose cobalt turquoise pb36. holbein doesn't have this. but u can get a similar thing if you get holbein's coballt turquoise light PB28 and mix with a little ultramarine deep.
hope that helps :)
Can’t wait to see the video! 😁
woohoo! see you on sunday!
Thank you for this inspiring video! I love your sharing of your thoughtful process off choosing colors. i'm still so torn about what colors are my essential ones, but I do love qor's cobalt turquoise.
glad u enjoyed watching :)
I love the way you chose things so logically. You are a very pleasant person to listen to. I wish your video could have been longer. Now you’ve got me thinking: why did I ever buy a jillion colors because they are pretty with very little planning. Hmm, you’ve definitely put me to shame! I’d love another video where you mix with your 12 signature colors. Thanks so much.
thank you Angie :) honestly, i should be shameful too because i definitely bought my fair share of paints before being able to come up with my signature palette. i'm actually slowly working on a part 2 of this video. more like "my expanded palette" which wont be coming out any time soon but definitely in my list. i'll put your suggestion on my to-work-on list :) thank you again for taking the time to comment, i appreciate you!
Wow, that is very in-depth… And I have to say I agree 100% with all of your choices for the exact same reasons! I have been evaluating my color choices and narrowing down my pallets/brands for the last few months… And this video helped me pick the green I’ve been trying to figure out, also your feelings and ideas about earth colors match mine exactly… Great video!
hey hey~ great minds think alike! although i do want to add that i've now switched out the DS serpentine for RS autumn green. :D
@@PaintinHiding ha ha that is so funny! I was just looking at serpentine genuine, and decided that green appetite was a better fit because it was slightly darker and serpentine was a little too yellow… L O L thanks for your reply, I really enjoy your videos! :-)
@@creativesolutionstoart ohhh i like green apatite too! XD we like similar colours ;D i think i chose RS autumn green because i tend to use more yellow-green and if i need it darker, just mix in a little ult blue. i might have to try green apatite in my palette one day though! ;D
This was interesting! I enjoyed hearing your process for selecting a limited palette! The paints I can't live without are WN Quinacridone Magenta PR122, MG Ultramarine Blue PB29, WN Transparent Yellow PY150, WN or DS Perylene Green PBK31. I like to have those pigments as my minimum in every palette. 🎨
NICE! we have some similar ''need'' colours :D i have pbk31 as well but haven't had the chance to try it out much yet.
@PaintinHiding I love Perylene Green!!!! It's not granular but has a huge color range from dark to light. It's such a versatile green for me. I mostly paint flowers, so having a good green is a necessity for me. Starting out in watercolor, every floral artist recommended Sap Green, so I started with that. But WN Sap Green doesn't give me much variation. I was so thrilled when I discovered Perylene Green! It's beautiful by itself and mixed. And it creates beautiful dark moody turquoises and blues! It's also a great paint to mix dark nuetrals, blacks, greys, etc. I hope you try it when you get a chance! I have a friend who paints landscapes, and I recommended it to her, and she loves it now, too! 💚
Enjoyed listening to your reasoning... I learned a lot and I love your palette!
hi shelly~ :D thanks so much! glad u found it useful :D
I like Azo Green PY129 very much! I agree about PB16 Marine Blue. I stocked up. My earth red is Quinacridone Rust PO48 from M.Graham and I also stocked up on that. Another earthy rust is Golden Barok Red from Old Holland with PO65. It is the only paint made with that pigment that I am aware of.
heyyy Sara!!! nice! another marine blue lover! yayyyy! i'm seeing jackson's still has it listed as pb16 so i just asked them if it's indeed tthe old formula. if so, i might get myself another tube of it. gotta wait til next week when their staff get back in. ohhh yess PO48 is nice too~ i got a full pan from RS to stock since i dont use it all that much.
I love that Marine Blue💕 Why did they change that formula? I only have one tube, so it is like gold. Thanks for sharing.
i have no idea but i could only speculate that maybe pb16 is expensive so if they didn't increase the price, theyy just added pg7 which is cheaper to keep the cost the same? who knows.
Happened upon this video as I am in the process of revising a travel palette with 21 half pans, especially interested in your using PBk11. I had been waffling about that & will now use instead of a Payne's Grey. Also maybe PR209 as warm red instead of PR112 -- will do some swatching. I too "love" PB16. Thanks.
thank you Caitlin~ glad you found this video useful :)
Great Video thank you. I love your palette, its bright and happy. I dont use black at all. I use bloodstone genuine. I find Black too harsh. I also love DS Serpentine Genuine , Hermatite Geniune, Sodalite Geniune, Geothite Geniune. I too do not like opaque Ochres in palettes and always remove them.
ooohhh i love hematite genuine as well! 😆👍🏻👍🏻
I really enjoyed your thought process! I'm another nickel azo fan...I live in fear this will become an extinct pigment someday lol. I always have trouble with a red/orange earth because I like PR101, AND Pbr7 burnt sienna AND quin burnt orange, PO48 (which, yes, I AM stocking up on!). I often have QBO and burnt sienna both on my palette. I live in the Pacific NW and perylene green PBk 31 has to be on my palette (no black, although since you like granulation, I'm curious why you didn't go for DS' Lunar Black). My totally frivolous color is Fuchsite Genuine from Daniel Smith. I usually just carry a small tube, but with many glacial lakes and waters around here, a glaze of fuchsite adds a wonderful sparkle to water (look up pics of Diablo Lake in North Cascades national park to see what I mean).
thank you tracy :) i wouldn't know what to do without PY150 either haha. as for why i didn't go for DS lunar black.... i'm not sure what you mean, i clearly put PBk11 as the last colour. lunar black is made with PBk11. other brands offer PBk11. i don't care which brand. if you notice in this video, i hardly talked about which brands because most of the pigments here can be found in many brands and i'm not brand specific. it was only a couple colours that i felt like i had to specify brand because i had not found other alternatives in other brands at that point in time. hope that makes sense. :)
@@PaintinHiding It does. I actually appreciated you mentioning pigments. I get frustrated with books that list colors by name! Like..."burnt sienna"...is that a pr101 or a pbr7? Because they do mix differently!
@@tdelphia1 exactly! and there are orange and red leaning burnt siennas that mix differently too! i feel your frustration!
I really need to do this. My art studio desk where i sit to paint has 7 pallette and total approximately 120 different colors accross probably 8 brands, Oh that is insane. I really need to do something about it....but I love every single color. I just counted...11 brands..ugh
have fun with your journey! it’s definitely ok to have multiple palettes, i do too. it’s alaays fun to experiment but having put together my signature palette just made wanting to paint a lot easier to approach for me ❤
I love Rose Dore from wn and prussian blue - I"m using jackson's but any brand is fine for me.
i dont believe i've tried any rose dores but definitely heard great things about it!
Nice set of colors. I use a lot of earth tone for food painting and from your pallet i want to try yellow iron oxide i normally use yellow orche but not very satify from its opaque property. Your metal pallete look so pretty the one pink and gold color, may i know where do you get it as i am in Thaialnd too. Thank you.
hi there :) the palette is just a regular pink palette that i DIY'd using metallic gold spray paint and some shimmer/glitter nail polish to create that gradient effect. hope that helps
@@PaintinHiding thank you . good work, it is really pretty .
I love this video. Here are some colors I can’t live without: Quinacridone Rose, Yellow Ochre, Ultramarine Blue, Sap Green and Hansa Yellow Medium.
thank you so much Marmy 🥰 oohh~ i yellow ochre! i might have said i dont like it but more recently i’ve come to really appreciate yellow ochre 😆👏🏻
Wow, your palette is very functional. 😂 Some of my palette are missing important colors in them. I like working with missing colors there. It’s nice to have functionality, but I just don’t care anymore. If the colors is pretty for the time being, I’ll use it. If it’s not, it’s not being used. I spend hours sorting out palettes of 3-12 pigments and colors.🤷🏾 I work around a lot.
haha thank you!! yeah, i guess we all have our methods and process in choosing our palettes and what colour we use and what not.
You've inspired me to do the same....scale down on the amount of colors!
hiii laura~! aww thank you for so much for taking the time to leave ur comment. that means a lot, i appreciate it. have fun downsizing! ;D
Great informative video. I just wish you had given us the brand name of each of your favorite colors. Thank you for sharing
thank you Cat :D as for brands, i purposely left that out because i'm not particular with the brands except for the ones i mentioned. i'm more particular with pigments and for the most part, any brand will do for me.
I loved your video and your palette! I'm gonna get the 2 oxydes too. Still hesitating for the reds ( Quin or Pyrrole)? 🤔
thank you so much :D quin or pyrrole? get the one you like :)
Love the choices, although I would personally remove the pb16, because it feels that it can already be mixed with the turquoise and pb29, and get a pyrrole scarlet or vermillion there instead. The pr209 is magenta leaning, so you would never be able to mix vibrant oranges or orange-reds with it.
hi Eugenia~ thanks for watching and commenting, i appreciate it! :D ah yeah, thankfully i don't like oranges or warm reds so i dont care about those.
I looove cerulean. Which one is the one in those swatches? The Holbein one?
I watch your video about granulating colors by Mijello and fall in love with the Cerulean as I only have White Nights and Jackson's with very low tinting strength so I'm thinking in getting the Holbein or the Mijello one.
Thank you so much!
Without you I never known that Mijello has a true cerulean
hi Miros~ :D i dont quite remember which cerulean blue i swatched for this one. but yeah, holbein is my fave for PB35. Mijello's is also very nice but not as affordable for me. you wont be disappointed with either one you choose :)
Colour selection is a very personal thing so whatever I'll mention below is also my personal opinion based on my experience. So don't take it as a rule.
In this 12 colour selection you don't actually need the two greens. And that because you have already four blues and if you replaced the greens with two more yellows or even better with a Cool Yellow and a Transparent Orange you would be able to expand the mixing range of all colours and particularly the Green ones.
Your selection lacks a very cool yellow. A Lemon Yellow or a primary Yellow. PY150 is a warm one and PY 42 is an earthy more muted one but not cool either.
The black also is not needed because it can be mixed as a chromatic one with the phthalos that you have already included in your palette. It is better to use a chromatic black instead of any ready made black because chromatic blacks or darks are made with the colours that you already have in your palette and as such look more relevant to the hues of colours that you use on your paintings.
So here are the colours that I would include in a 12 colour selection named by their pigments.
PR122 ( that is a Q. Magenta).
PR209 ( Q. Red).
PY150 Transparent Yellow
PY184 or PY3 ( cool Lemon Yellow).
PO71 Transparent Pyrole Orange that is a great mixing colour for almost everything
PB36 Cobalt Turquoise
PB16 Phthalo Turquoise
PB35 Cerulean
PB29 Ultramarine
PY42 Transparent Ochre
PR101 Transparent Red Oxide
And instead of Black PB60 Intanthrene Blue ( as a darkener) or
Indigo that you can mix by mixing in equal parts PG7 with Magenta the PR122 one or the PV19 one.
thanks, we shall agree to disagree lol
What is the name of your PR209?
hi charlotte~ the one in this video is daniel smith's quin coral :)
Hello from France
Now I kind of want a tube of PR209...
well it’s my fave warm red so far :)
Colbalt Teal!
😀👍
I'm all in.
i'm excited too !😆🥰
Do you think this would be a good beginner combo?
of course, my signature palette has all the basics covered. 😊
This really helps! Timing is perfect. I gravitate towards pb16 for mixing purples with pr122. Been testing out Roman Szmal Pbr29 iron chrome brown with pb60 indathrone blue and loving the dark greys reminiscent of paynes grey and indigo. I prefer that to ready made ones. I love Rembrandt pbk11 oxide black for velvet texture in mass tone and crazy granulation when diluted. I can never part with nickel Azo yellow py150 (if ever discontinued, I'd start a riot)
hey hey! we have many of the same favourites! woohoo! 🥳 i havent tried iron chrome brown but i mix similar dark greys/indigos with my red earths and blues. 😊
Show me some paintings so I can see how you use your paints, please.
noted!
which pb36 cobalt turquoise is this? is it daniel smith?
winsor&newton’s is the one in my palette towards the end. but i use other brands interchangeably
Hello, what paper do you recommend? And what are the brands of your 12 signature palette? Thank you!
hi there Lava :) for brands, i'm not too particular except with specific ones i mentioned in this vid but if you want the ones in my current palette, please refer to 24:30. as for paper, it really depends on your preference but i always love painting on 100% cotton paper.
@@PaintinHiding Thank you for your prompt reply. I am a absolute beginner with art in general and have fallen in love with watercolours. I do want to learn as much as possible and your channel makes it possible . Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
@@lava3924 happy to help 🥰 i always try my best to reply to questions and comments so if u ever have anymore questions, feel free to comment any time 😊
I can't live without sap green and Paynes gray
2 very great crucial colours indeed! ;D
Hello ! May I ask why focusing on 12 or 24 colors ? It can be 18 or 20 ... Both would fit in your small tin as well...😆
like i said in the beginning, im not too fussed with number but it just turned out that i was able to easily choose my 12 this time. as for expanding my palette, im also not fussed with number but i dont want too many so 24 is more like the limit.
I like the pallette, but for me it is missing a bright cool yellow. But I enjoy super bright yellow greens.
thanks elli! and yeah i can definitely see that someone would want a lemon yellow to add to this 😊
Thank you very much, really great video I LOVE IT hoping someday I can follow your signature pallete......I am new subscriber to you new channel. I will follow your PY 150 for my cool and warm color, can you please (help) recommend a cool and warm blue and red color (also in single pigment) in Holbein brand.
hi arwin :) for holbein, i’d use quin magenta pr122 for cool red and quin scarlet pr209 for warm red. ultramarine deep pb29 for warm blue and marine blue for cool blue. (marine blue used to be single pigment PB16 but they changed the formula a couple years ago. now it’s pb16, PG7. i have no problem with this since it’s still the same hue and i like the colour a lot. but if ur not comfy with that pigment info then i recommend phthalo blue yellow shade from holbein instead.)
@@PaintinHiding A million thanks,........ctuallythis is my initial plan for granddaughter paletter (I am now teaching her), I started with 12 Holbein tube 6 yrs ago, then gradually moved to QOR because of their vibrancy, but a bit pricey :(
@@SuperExadidas if you tell me of some local brands that are affordable in your country, i can give some more advice if you'd like. i'm always happy to help people save money. :)
@@PaintinHiding Thank you, after Holbein , it will be Mission Gold Mijello, White Night and Shin Han. I would like my granddaughter to learn to use only 6 colors ( 3 warm and cool primaries). I don't want her to make the same mistake I made, where I ended up with so many colors and brands ------ before concluding that the brand I love is QOR.
@@SuperExadidas that kind of sounds like maybe u have more experience than i do ;P well, mijello and white nights have the same pigments available so just find the equivalent ones. for shinhan, i dont like their reds and yellows but their blues are good. ultramarine deep, cerulean blue, marine blue. 👍🏻