Color Study: Beige, Teal, & Violet
For the first color study from the new mixed-media swatches, I chose shades of beige, teal, and violet. It’s a palette I’ve used before, but there are some more subtle variations this time.
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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 MoreEarth Tones Palette Update (again)
After creating my Autumn palette, I decided to swap out a few more colors in my Earth Tones palette. I have been wanting to experiment with creating natural textile textures in watercolor, such as the natural color variations and patterning…
Autumn & Earth Tones Watercolor Palettes
Now that we’re officially into Fall, I assembled a vibrant Autumn watercolor palette. It consists of all Roman Szmal Aquarius paints and leans heavily on greens, yellows and oranges with lots of jewel tones. In addition, I’m augmenting it with…
A. Gallo Signature 2 Palette
I just received my new A Gallo Signature 2 palette and a series of watercolor brushes. The packaging, as always, is very special and feels like receiving a birthday gift. It’s fun to assemble and swatch out a new palette,…
Sennelier Watercolor Palette
Assembled a Sennelier palette with lots of vibrant colors
Read MoreTerrain Palette
Recently, I’ve been working on a series of topography style watercolor paintings. I’ve enjoyed this so much, I created a specialized palette for it. It consists of teals, greens, off-white (ecru) and muted orange. I have yet to use the…
Auxiliary Travel Palette
Because I had 2 travel palette boxes, I decided I might have an auxiliary palette for travel with convenience mixes. That way if I want to travel light I can take the primary travel palette, but if I have more…