Travel Palettes Refresh
It’s been a year and a half since I made my bijou travel palettes. Today, I updated them based on how my paintings have evolved. I have two metal bijou palettes that hold 12 colors each, so I swapped out…
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Da Vinci & American Journey Watercolors
I assembled a palette with most of my Da Vinci and American Journey watercolor paints. Both are American brands and American Journey is an exclusive watercolor line of Cheap Joe’s. Both brands are very cost effective if you live in…
Watercolor Lightfastness Testing
I swatched out 3 palettes of mine for testing lightfastness–my Muted Palette, Primary Palette, and a palette consisting of Da Vinci and American Journey watercolors. I think there may be 2 or 3 slightly fugitive colors, but I wanted to…
Custom Paint Mixes
I created new watercolor paint mixes with the browns and purples I’ve been experimenting with and put them in a mini palette
Read MoreMixing Brown & Purple Watercolors
Inspired by some unique colors I have in colored pencil, I explored various mixes of brown and purple watercolor paints I had on hand. Browns Warm Sepia, Jackson’s Raw Umber, Holbein Sepia, Daniel Smith Purples Quinacridone Purple Blue, Van Gogh…
Mixed-media Color Swatches
I’m collecting color swatches of colored pencils, acrylic markers, and watercolors to start doing some color studies. It’s a way for me to generate new ideas and explore new color combinations.
Read MoreNew Muted Watercolor Palette
I assembled my new muted watercolor palette with curated colors from my collection (Roman Szmal, A Gallo, Daniel Smith, Winsor and Newton, and Sennelier)
Read MoreAssembling a New Muted Palette
I've decided to pull together some watercolors from my collection for a muted palette. This will be an alternate to my primary palette, which leans more toward bright, saturated colors.
Read MoreNew Pattern In Progress
Working on a new pattern. I’m thinking of it as eddies in water.
New Watercolor Studio Set-up
I wasn’t using my studio to paint because I enjoyed being in the living room while painting, so I finally set up a painting studio in the corner of the living room with quality daylight for most of the day…