Create YOUR DIY Watercolour Palette - Everything You Need To Know

[@TobySketchLoose]

Here is an in depth course on SkillShare to help you build your palette: skl.sh/3HPGB07

[@turnermw602]

I clicked on the video because I find you inspirational. Your enthusiasm is magical. Thank you! I will watch the rest of the video now.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Yay! Thank you!

[@michelledudley332]

Thank you Toby, it's easy to get overwhelmed by all the colours to pick from when creating a new palette,,,,, you made it quite a bit easier to figure out how to make those choices.

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome!

[@karenr7432]

Lavender is my new favorite. I use it for everything from shadows to florals when I’m calming down those vibrant colors. Thank you for showing how you use it in your urban sketches.

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome!

[@DeborahZajac]

Over the years I've added more convenience colors . I am right now in the process of adding 21 colors to a small metal palette by taking out the guts and adding a magnet to the bottom of my pan. I've gone with a split palette for the most part. I've added several cool reds/pinks for flowers and I may be redundant having both Payne's gray, and neutral tint in my palette. I'll have use it a bit and see which one I use the most I suppose. I'm wanting that Lavender now! That 21st spot just may be that! Thanks for sharing your palette, Toby!

[@TobySketchLoose]

lavender is the best 😀

[@askialuna7717]

I like the metal palettes too. They are very handy.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Agreed!

[@valthedestroyer]

Love a metal palette! Candy tins are also lovely for a palm sized option! 12 half pans fit comfortably in an Altoid mint tin along with a small eraser and pencil sharpener!

[@caro1591]

Super-helpful. Thank you.

[@alinatr2693]

I think one important thing is,YOU choose what colors go in the palette,you don't have to follow rules and if you like pre mixed colors,put them in,no one jugdes you for choosing your favorite colors😊

[@TobySketchLoose]

Here here!

[@JF-kv1gm]

Great video, Toby, thank you. Isn't it amazing how just 2 colours, combined, can create a variety of other possibilities.😊

[@JoAnneSmith-di8ok]

Thank you for the brush up on color. It's nice to know you can customize your palette.

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome!

[@viktoriaberg8706]

Thank you for the inspiration! I am getting back to sketching after a few years hiatus while in school and my old sketching palette was a Vaseline tin with 4 full pans: magenta, yellow, preussian blue and burned sienna. I have a little porcelain plate from a doll service glued to the tin lid. I would simply have one mix going from clean yellow to bright red, purple, green, blue and then dirtier tones. It felt as if there was nothing I couldn't do with it. 😄 Now I'm inspired to experiment!

[@TobySketchLoose]

You can do it! Have fun :)

[@Rhonda.D.Wright]

What an amazing video for learning to put palettes together. So glad I found you. TFS. 😊

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thank you so much!

[@leemarks4543]

Toby, amazing video and you must have seen my search history because I have been searching for this exact content for weeks now, thank you.

[@TobySketchLoose]

:D

[@rosskey5481]

Very helpful, useful and fun. Thanks Toby!

[@turnermw602]

Thank you! You make me happy too.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thank you too!

[@Yomi-san]

Tube to pallette is a really nice tip and as my colours are used up I will be replacing pans from tubes. I bought a plastic travel set but have found I prefer a ceramic pallette at home.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Great tip!

[@josephcollins6033]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[@TobySketchLoose]

pleasure :)

[@PaulaScardamalia]

I usually have to have a Payne's Grey in my palettes, as well as something like a Green Apatite Genuine or a Sap Green, and also lavender. :)

[@SharonFoster852]

I like the small metal palette because I can use a big magnetic clip to fasten it to a clipboard. Then I clip my sketchbook to the clipboard.

[@melryan_king]

Love this Sharon! Will try this for sure. 😊

[@TobySketchLoose]

Great tip

[@susantripp2249]

Thanks Toby, great information as always

[@TobySketchLoose]

My pleasure!

[@TobySketchLoose]

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[@woodywood1951]

thanks for the video. Pretty instructive.

[@TobySketchLoose]

You're welcome!

[@icecreamdaddy]

Can't wait to spend all my little pans so i can go and get more watercolour paint.. in tubes! I have that same little metal palette 😅

[@jks774]

@tobySketchLoose do you have a list of the colors in that final pallet?

[@pennyhewitt8801]

I was going to ask this too. Final list of the colours would be so helpful.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Good point! Added to description :)

[@sylviecullen8299]

Hi Toby, I only have three of the colours that is in your final list. Is it possible to give alternatives as I can't get to an art shop for some week's. I have lots of Windsor and Newton colours which might be similar!? I'm a new learner. Thank you for your wonderful videos. 😊❤❤❤

[@TobySketchLoose]

I would check out a couple of common palettes - like the cotman palette. The colours I've chosen are fairly 'specific' for their opacity/granulation etc. But also similar hues are found in many different palettes. I'm not sure which exact Winsor Newton pigments would match the ones I've currently got unfortunately - I'd suggest just trying yours out, and finding what works for you :)

[@mvachon6201]

Hey Toby, what happened with your green gold? It seems like a classic from the previous palette and simply desappeared 🧐 Happy easter

[@TobySketchLoose]

It might come back 😁

[@davidzemens352]

I duplicated your palette, because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. A bit expensive with 12 Daniel Smith large tubes, but it's done now and they will last for years based on how I paid. So far, I am infatuated with the Lavender, Ultramarine, and Quin. Sienna. I also have added a Daniel Smith Lunar Blue and Serpentine Green to my palette. Let me tell you, Lunar Blue and Green Apatite Genuine are another great blend of colors. Knocks my socks off!

[@TobySketchLoose]

Sounds amazing!

[@awatercolourist]

Daniel Smith’s Manganese Blue hue might be fugitive. It has a fluorescent pigment that might be fugitive.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Eurgh - everything has a downside. I'm probably going to repalce it anyway - it's too vibrant :/

[@awatercolourist]

@@TobySketchLoose Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news. It was actually Kim Krick who discovered that. Do you have a black light? If you do, shine it on the Manganese Blue hue, it should fluoresce.

[@alexandrastafford2299]

What is the greenish blue color "MB" you drop in at around 11:15?

[@TobySketchLoose]

Mangenese blue hue

[@incorrigibleme]

For me it’s more like 30 colours. I do NOT like to mix, so I have all my favourite convenience colours. I would die if I had to narrow it down to a primary palette.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Hehe fair enough 😜

[@juliaa3vb732]

I wonder why there's no white? Wouldn't you need that to mix pink etc? (total beginner's question)

[@ladyhollman9534]

White is generally used to make pastels. Most newer pallets (12sets) don’t have white. Me, I always have a white & black but every one is different.

[@juliaa3vb732]

Ah, thank you @@ladyhollman9534 So it’ just a matter of preference

[@TobySketchLoose]

In watercolour 'white' is your paper - 'white watercolour' is gouache, and in traditional watercolours not used. Watercolours are transparent, so will mix with the white under your paper and you get pink by using different pigment, or watery red. That doesn't mean you can't use white BUT there is no such thing as a white watercolour pigment.

[@ladyhollman9534]

@@juliaa3vb732Yes. It’s preference. I use it to make lavender , grey, and various colors. For white color, as Toby stated, you leave white space on the paper. White watercolor paint won’t cover anything, it will only mix into & mostly make a Pastel color. Ergo, if you put in some nice blue water and would like to add some white highlights, you need a white jelly or posca pen or guash because white watercolor will mix with the blue not color over it.

[@juliaa3vb732]

@@TobySketchLoose Ah, I didn't know there isn't watercolour pigment. Iearn every day, thanks 😀

[@peregrine1]

QuinSienna. I see it online at art stores and am not impressed. But when I see how you use it, it suddenly becomes, “ OH! I NEED THIS ONE!” 😂🤭🤩. Thanks, Toby.

[@TobySketchLoose]

hehe