A New Palette! 🥳✨ {& my Plein Air Watercolor Process} Daniel Smith, A Gallo, Greenleaf Blueberry

Welcome to the Video! Let’s have a Swatching Party! 🥳 & a Sketchbook Flip Through! We’ll also talk about my process for very quickly capturing the landscape in front of you when painting on location.. . It’s a tricky thing to do when you only have a few minutes & don’t want heavy wet on wet washes {when everything can just blend together in a big watery mess} so I’ve fine tuned a few ideas that may help.. . Happy Painting!

{*side note ~ my mum said, “i love some of those paintings you said you didnt really like”} & i realized i should preface with the understanding that theres nothing wrong with those colors or paintings per se & thats the beauty of art ~ that we all like slightly different things, in my pursuit though of what im thinking about & trying to create it just wasn’t what i had in mind, thats all ☺️


Colors in the Order Swatched ~

Greenleaf & Blueberry Pyrrol Red
G&B Benzim Orange
Winsor & Newton Cadmium Free Lemon Yellow
G&B Swiss Violet Earth
Rivervale Pink Pipestone
Daniel Smith Sedona
Kremer Pigments Thulite {or G&B Rosaline}
Like a mix of Sedona & DS Pearlescent White with a hint of a Quin pink
A mix of Sedona & white with a hint of a Quin pink type color ~ i would use Isaro Rose as its on my palette

G&B Malachite
A mix of green & lemon yellow ~ G&B has a similar color called Potters green
A mix of a brighter green like a phthalo yellow shade with alot of white & a little French ochre
G&B Barite
G&B French earth

G&B Ultramarine Blue
G&B Verditer ~ i use this similarly to DS Lapis Lazuli, which also has a beautiful granulation pattern.. . & I’ll often mix in ultramarine or a touch of a deeper blue or purple to add depth
A gallo Zirconium Blue
A gallo Copper
Like a mix of copper & white or a cobalt turquoise & white

G&B ultramarine Violet
Like DS Lavender or W&N Smalt with white {or a blue, purple & white}
DS Purpurite
G&B Slate

I like to use the Titanium White from Grumbacher, i find it beautifully creamy!


My Shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/thepoetryof...

Greenleaf & Blueberry

https://www.greenleafblueberry.com

Rivervale Watercolor

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RivervaleWa...

Roman Szmal are also an excellent affordable option, they have many of these colors ~ even a malachite! I’d actually really like to organize a smaller palette with their paints, when I ordered they were only offering full pans which are a little too big for me for en plein air, but now they offer half pans!

I also watched this video from ‪@LeslieStroz‬ Last week & it was absolutely wonderful! She explains everything so thoughtfully! She has an amazing amount of ideas & options for tiny palettes & how to use them!

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Have a gorgeous weekend! 🤗💕🍓🥳🧁