Creating my new watercolor palette

Hi everyone! After a new break, I am back. In this video, I will be talking a little bit about a process that took me weeks to complete: creating my new watercolor palette. I went with very safe choices, as I am not very familiar with colors and pigments yet, but I hope that this will be the start of a journey in the world of colors and also the start of my collection of watercolors 😉
I was previously using Cotman Winsor & Newton watercolors (www.winsornewton.com/row/pain...) which are student grade paints. I have upgraded to:
- Winsor & Newton professional: cobalt turquoise light, potter’s pink, neutral tint
www.winsornewton.com/row/pain...
- Schmincke Horodam Aquarell: pure yellow; transparent ochre, transparent sienna, ruby red, helio cerulean French ultramarine, perylene green
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I will be posting a blogpost about this process with pictures of the swatches and some sneak-peeks of paintings I have done with the colors.
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Chapters:
00:00-02:48 Introduction - why buying new watercolors
02:48-05:50 Choosing process
05:50-07:33 Unboxing
07:33-17:42 Swatching
17:42-19:33 Playing around
19:33-21:57 Conclusion
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[@Soapartisan875]

Beautiful palette . I have a mix of different brands in my specialty palettes. My everyday palette I fell in love with Marie’s Concentrated Pigment watercolors and they are really outstanding in quality . I was able to purchase 36 colors on sale for about $35 dlls . I also have granulating watercolors palettes . I love collecting and organizing my watercolor collection. We can never have enough lol .

[@jodabbles]

Thank you so much :) I am still experimenting with brands, slowly building the collection so that my wallet is no too angry with me ^^ But it is sooo nice just to swatch and experiment with new colors and brands. I have never heard of Marie's concentrated pigment watercolors, maybe I will give them a try in the future, especially if I find such a good deal!

[@lark6676]

You can get extra pans for the micro palette that divides the pan into 2 or 4 so you can put more colors in the palette. I have 16 colors in my micro palette

[@jodabbles]

Oh yes, I've seen that from other artists! Thanks for the reminder :) But isn't it a bit small for your brushes? And how many paintings can you make with 1/4 a pan? I usually take mine for max one-week hiking holidays where I try to paint a small thing every day.

[@lark6676]

@@jodabbles I use mine for tiny paintings. So, I use tiny brushes. But as a travel palette I was thinking in order to get your perylene green in you might like a pan that is split in two. I love Perylene green and couldn't do without it.

[@jodabbles]

True, that's a good idea! I have not used the perylene green much so far, I can't wait to play more with it. Looks like a fun color :)