Custom Daniel Smith Landscape Palette | Vlogmas Day 2

[@EveBolt]

So many beautiful colors!! Just looking at them makes me want to paint XD

[@LuizaKaramelle]

I do like bright, bold colours, as they immediately evoke joy and happiness, but there's a undeniable strong energy with those dark, muted colours you chose! Really amazing palette, I feel very inspired. ✨

[@salishseaquest7952]

This has to be one of the most relaxing videos -- seeing you swatch these beautiful colors, your soft voice and that lovely music. All so restful. Glad you are back. Thank you.

[@OtoKano]

So glad you find it relaxing :)

[@fionamckay]

Oh my word- I have to stop watching your videos. I keep seeing more and more colours that I love.

[@OtoKano]

these ones are particularly gorgeous, I chose them for their gorgeousness! :D

[@everartokelli]

Wonderful landscape palette! As I paint mainly landscapes, I love the depth and texture of Daniel Smith paints. Landscapes are more about knowing how your paints interact with each other and with water, i.e. how much they spread, which ones take over, which are more subtle, which neutralize, which create natural effects, etc. Certainly one can mix colors themselves from a basic palette of transparent, non-granulating colors, but you then miss out on the organic effects that mimic the science and random texture of nature. Thanks for sharing your growth as an artist, Ono!

[@OtoKano]

I totally and absolutely agree with you!!!

[@Sadin15]

Beautiful color selection...and delicious swatches. It could be the winter blues... Or it could be our age but all these colors speak to me too. Thanks for making such a nice video 😊

[@twiggalina]

Lovely to see them all swatched out. Terra vert has become a favourite of mine recently. I love how soft it is.

[@OtoKano]

Totally agree, it's such a lovely color.

[@IridescenceYT]

That Mayan dark blue nearly took my breath away 😍

[@Roslyngal]

A delicious video in every way- hopefully it relaxed you a fraction at least of how much it does us all! I found myself wanting to follow along after you by a few moments, dropping pure water in the middle of each colour sphere, to see the blooming characteristics and the more diluted version of each! Thankyou for what you’re doing, it’s really special.

[@kristyphillips547]

Prussian Green is a color I recently purchased and I LOVE how it mixes with Quin Gold and Quin Magenta! Just a fantastic color on its own, but it mixes really well.

[@lindyashford7744]

Lovely subtle colours. Good to see this post. I have about half of these colours. I Can't do without a yellow shade for landscape, so its green gold or quin gold for me. I really like the kremer irgazine yellow rather than a mixed pigment version of green gold. Still pining for that serpentine loveliness, one of these days.... x

[@lellemaris3731]

Ooh, Oto is back! I'm so looking forward to the Vlogmas-videos! But please don't wear yourself out. I also saw this shift in my colour preferences in use lately and I came to the conclusion that these colours are all over lately, they're quite modern in illustrations and especially items for children. Love the perylene maroon and perylene violet. A go-to colour for me is lately Phtalo Green with a tiny bit of sepia in it. And Indigo. And Quin Siena, especially watered down. And a mix of lots of Quin Rose and a bit of Yellow Ochre - such a beautiful shade of muted pink... I'm looking forward to your artistic explorations!! Did I mention that the music choice for this video was superb? Soo relaxing and subtly Christmassy. Could you tell me where to find it?

[@eileent8989]

I find Transparent Red Iron Oxide very useful for landscape. Also Raw Sienna and Quin. Gold. Raw Sienna varies enormously across brands so there's lots of choice for that one. I'm also recently enjoying M Graham's Perylene Green. A useful landscape bright right now is DS's Lavender for shadows on snow. Generally speaking, my shadows everywhere are almost always violet, so I have/mix quite a few. Your choices are all luscious...not a wallflower among them...and your video has inspired me to run to the store, especially to try some of the granulating colors. However, most people have some sort of a budget for paint and also many new painters can become overwhelmed by too many paint choices, so it's great to know that most of these more neutralized landscape colors are easily mixed from brighter colors that may already be on your viewer's palettes. As you demonstrate these colors in future videos, it might be fun and useful to add a word about how each color could be mixed from commonly-used brighter colors and to remind your viewers that the "recipes" on the more neutralized colors' tubes can be helpful in that respect. Also, if one mixes one's own neutralized colors, one can usually add or subtract granulation (or other characteristics) from the target color by selecting for those characteristics from among constituent colors one already has. For example, to obtain a brown that will explode quickly across a wet page, Venetian Red is a good place to start. Another consideration is that mixing skills need to be kept current anyway. A new landscape painter who is planning on painting outdoors will find that she needs her mixing skills to be second nature... both because she won't be carrying much paint and because her paintings will probably dry faster out-of-doors than in the studio. Finally, even those without financial or studio space restraints might prefer to mix many of these colors to get the exact shade each painting needs...or to obtain what is my favorite moment of all in painting: when two colors mix on the paper, resulting in a passage of almost infinite color transitions between the two. I really enjoyed your video...such evocative colors...my mind moved among them from oceans to forests to deserts. Thanks very much.

[@christinahutchison3967]

Looking forward to you testing out these colors. It’s just so relaxing watching you so watch your paints the music you choose is amazing and your voice is so calming.

[@lindseyB_33]

Im loving your new videos! The two colors I absolutely love right now in the Daniel smith line for landscapes that you don’t have shown are Indian red (though the opacity can sometimes be an issue) and burnt tigers eye genuine. Green Apatite genuine is one I’m really enjoying as well but haven’t quite gotten used to. I recently got tigers eye genuine and it reminds me of German grn. Raw umber. It’s different and not quite what I expected though the more I use it the more I’m enjoying it. I really love DS genuine line!

[@OtoKano]

I just ordered burnt tigers eye genuine! Can't wait to try it out.

[@lindseyB_33]

Dr. Oto Kano oh I’m so excited for you!! It was the first Daniel smith I bought, on a whim at that, and it was insta-love.

[@annettefournier9655]

Thanks Oto. Beautiful colors. Sometimes I feel I want bright and sometimes I feel like soft muted colors. Depends on my serotonin levels. It's getting low so phthalo grn light and lemon yellow by sennelier are giving me a boost right now.😁💜

[@OtoKano]

Oh I never thought about how it relates to serotonin levels. I will keep an eye out on that.

[@EstrafaDC]

Rose of Ultramarine is such a fave of mine. Really adore it.

[@mikaingendaa4892]

I wouldn't be able to live without: lavender, raw umber by schminke, cobalt blue/turquoise, ef red iron oxide

[@OtoKano]

They are lovely selection!

[@jillc2700]

Eee! Yes! I was just looking at your channel the other day wondering if I’d missed some of your recent videos. This was just what ai was waiting for: lovely swatch colors (terra vert looks amazing!) soothing voice, and slow jazzy Christmas music. Thanks for the early Christmas present of a new video! I will def. rewatch before adding any DS paints to my next purchase - probably after the new year. *sigh*

[@OtoKano]

I hope you enjoy your new colors when you get them Jill!

[@annathey2222]

I loved this video session! Love the swatch design. My landscape palette has many of the same pigments, I also use raw sienna, yellow ochre and burnt sienna.

[@Zoomfreaky]

I do love seeing you swatch all those beautiful colors, together with your voice and soft music...it is really relaxing. So thank you! Happy holidays!

[@leah-halliwell9272]

Welcome back Oto!!!! Cannot wait to see what Vlogmas has in store.

[@TerrieJohnson731]

Excellent...there seems to be a collective trend...I have loved these colors for some time.Darker, more neutral...I just bought the 35, and flower sets of Paul Rubens. I am happy as can be with the brightness suddenly too! Thank you for this content. It is delightful to find myself in a similar fashion with great artists.

[@misseskval2686]

I loved it so much I was almost drooling over those gorgeous colors, lol. I also want to add love the circles swatch better too. Refreshing could be the word. Thanks so much!

[@pennybordelon707]

Could not live without Moonglow! It paints a picture all by itself.🎇

[@minalyons1]

Who could not like this video with festive version of silent night going on the background accompanied with your soft voice and these lovely exquisite set of daniel smith colors…. I’m quiet mesmerized 🥰

[@GabrielleCarbonneau]

Your videos are so relaxing and inspiring at the same time. ❤️

[@Eirenmist]

I enjoyed this swatching video very much. Wonderful selection of landscape pigments, but it didn't include the one color I cannot do without for landscapes or florals-- green apatite genuine!

[@OtoKano]

yes several people have said that! I totally understand because it is a beautiful colors. I decided not to include it in my palette because it does that weird color split thing when you water it down.

[@nataliatg1972]

Thank you very much for your videos. Color seems to me more beautiful than enywhere else!

[@lesleykuhn8345]

Love the circle swatches! Can’t wait to see your landscape evolution! Happy Holidays and new year! Wishing you a creative and colorful 2020!

[@azzuparis]

I finally started to what this swatching vlogmas ... it's so mesmerising 😍😍 Looking forward to the other videos 😊

[@jenniashbart8233]

I love this palette really liking the muted colors as well

[@hahiestand]

Absolutely beautiful set of colors. Mesmerizing...

[@OtoKano]

Thank you!

[@marionwigzell7334]

Yum! What gorgeous colours (-; Marion

[@anjakritzelkram5544]

So many pretty colors and the style of the video is so relaxing. Also, it makes me to get the DS Dotcard to explore their colors.

[@cathyjoerger4676]

Landscapes are my passion and I do have many of these paints - I love your "2nd studio palette" idea!! I notice that you aren't showing Green Apatite Genuine which is a favorite of mine. I'm just getting to know Zoisite and loving it! I also notice that you haven't included any "browns"?? Thanks for being out there!!!

[@OtoKano]

I totally agree, there are lots of holes in this color choice, I am also lacking in good yellow/yellow ochres. I'll be updating this palette as I go along :)

[@venitha11]

Hi from S Africa. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this very relaxing, soothing video of you swatching ur landscape palette. Gorgeous colors.

[@jasmin5246]

Love these colors! This was so enjoyable to watch! Thank you!

[@alexsandercoelho7484]

Rewatching this masterpiece again, love seeing the beautiful and subtle colors from this palette! and I wish a future C. color showdown would be about cobalt turquoise/cobalt green turquoise(schmincke calls like this)-like colors, I mean, those deep blue green hues usually made from PB36

[@joycemaureroriginal8563]

Burnt sienna, my newest love! Gotta have it. Thanks!

[@priscillawarren9979]

Mayan green must be mine too! Gorgeous.

[@pinkflamingo5628]

So glad you’re back ❤️

[@anam00090]

I have a theory about your shift 😃 Maybe working on tons of monochromatic work for the landscape class slowly caused your preferences to shift towards less saturation 👀 Nice to see your content again 😊 Lovely palette

[@hannahthufvesson]

Love this video! I want all the blues! And the greens too 🙈 Would you consider showing the blue colours all next to each other? That would be amazing!

[@janetchen959]

I like all the colors you shown. They are beautiful.

[@deborahruth5072]

Dang, love all the colors and found I have to have a few more thanks to your swatching. ha Thank you for all that you do.

[@OtoKano]

wooo which color?

[@deborahruth5072]

@@OtoKano Mayan Dark Blue, Cobalt Turquoise, and Serpentine Genuine. Such yummy colors. All of them will fit right in with my current palette. Although, I may need another palette box. :D

[@mmilligan2469]

Thank you! I love your videos and have missed seeing you!

[@MelitaBintoro]

i loveee this background music! so relaxing and great swatches

[@maibritton2882]

Your "shift" could be that your continuing to grow as an artist. I have missed you and understand your struggle.

[@OtoKano]

That's such a kind and awesome way to look at it Mai, thank you so much.

[@maibritton2882]

@@OtoKano your welcome.

[@ahyeongchu9]

this is so helpful! thank you so much. it really gives inspiration!

[@MyTeenLifeLoLTV]

Your handwriting is so pretty

[@OtoKano]

Aw thank you!

[@angelachiazzese]

What a beautiful palette.very inspiring

[@ArtWorkOfDR]

Moonglow from Daniel Smith is one of my favorites love the texture and the shift in colors u can get i have made some nice mix's with it as well

[@artbysha8039]

Gorgeous colors. Smart sample cards. Thank you! Love the soundtrack. Do you have a link?

[@brittathrane4663]

Love those colours...Thank you.

[@glorioskiola]

LOVE your color choices.

[@lilredhead17]

well that purpurite is going straight on my wish list..

[@OtoKano]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@jenniferfreeman9117]

Such a beautiful palette

[@iadenicole931]

Hi. Just watched your video. Love your palette choices. I also love that jazzy Christmas music. Can you tell me where I can get it? It’s so relaxing.

[@artbysha8039]

Excellent and helpful video. Thanks so much

[@atelieradela]

I actually have some of the colors for your palette- haven't gotten into using them and have only swatched and experimented with mixing them together. I have been unhiding looking at fantasy artwork- kind of similar to LOTR universe, so these moody colors do speak to me. I just have to find a way of making art that has this fantasy feeling to it, but make it my own.

[@joannebramley1352]

Love these colors 😍😍😍😍

[@susanwhite1450]

I enjoyed watching you swatch all these beautiful colours! I hope to one day be able to afford some tubes of Daniel Smith watercolours.

[@karinamallqui8008]

Hi Susan, I have lots of D.S. watercolors. I can share some on a palette with you.

[@susanwhite1450]

@@karinamallqui8008 Hi Karina, Can you DM me on Instagram to see if we can arrange something? @art.rocks Thanks so much!

[@karinamallqui8008]

@@susanwhite1450 hi! I found several art.rocks on Instagram. You better find me @petronilas_room

[@kellywilson2147]

Nice to see you back, Oto!

[@bruceosborne1892]

Some of my favorites.

[@watercolourartincapetown2919]

Wow!! I’ve just realized that turning 30 changed my favourite colours 🤔 I wonder if a change in hormones affects our colour choices. Colour psychology is such an interesting topic! Always enjoy your videos

[@mrcohiba1662]

Thats a ton of colours

[@cherigreen4471]

Off topic, but I love your channel! Your presentations are awesome, and your voice is so relaxing and watching you paint too! I am new to watercolor and I have done acrylics for years. My only problem is now I want every color you review. LOL!

[@OtoKano]

lmao get ready because I'm going to be swatching a whole lot of colors in this vlogmas series!

[@InLiquidColor]

Dreaaaaamy 😍

[@alisonhouben6217]

Adore the christmas music in the background. Was also wondering if you could explain what the numbers mean that are quoted with each colour. Thankyou

[@OtoKano]

They are pigment code, which indicates what pigments are used to make the color.

[@rubyelisa6213]

It seems we have almost the exact same favorite colors :-0

[@LonitaFraser]

Here's a question that's just struck me, and I don't know why it never has before. Does Prussian Green have the same peculiar fugitive issue that Prussian Blue does, do you know?

[@JRCu25]

the Prussian Green from Daniel Smith has the same fugitive issues, but there's one from Schmincke that doesn't, they use PB60 instead of PB27 for the blue.

[@LonitaFraser]

@@JRCu25 Thank you. :)

[@JRCu25]

@@LonitaFraser no problem :)

[@OtoKano]

I will be changing my DS prussian green to the schmincke one! Thank you. I was just chasing colors when I put together this palette, so it's really good to think about these things now!

[@JRCu25]

​@@OtoKano I don't have Schmincke's Prussian Green (or Daniel Smiths) so I can't say how close the hue is to your Daniel Smith one. I suppose Schmincke's is really a hue, it looks a nice one at that though :) It's nice that my first reply has also been useful to you, as your videos are great and have been helpful for making some of my palette choices. Thanks :)

[@antheablackmore5838]

Dr Oto is there a particular way you lay these colours out in the palette so as not to produce mud please? X

[@OtoKano]

Not for this one, but I cover that exact topic in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opPSgKV8dtOteJY

[@punkrockprincess8888]

Hey there, brand new to this channel so apologies if this has been mentioned in past videos - does anyone have any ideas which paintbrush and paper she is using? TIA!

[@punkrockprincess8888]

D'oh just made it to the end of the video - Archers Cold Press 300 GSM if anyone else is curious (and impatient like me haha)

[@Suhzi]

you're forty? here i was thinking you were in your early 20's.

[@maximme]

shouldnt someone painting at the level of using Daniel Smith, you should be in a position to mix your own landscape colours

[@EveBolt]

There's no prerequisites for using this or that brand, and there's no "level" one has to reach before doing whatever they want.

[@roberth9197]

Well some of the colours could be mixed more or less from other colours but whatever 'level' you are at there is a case for having favourite hues and tones ready for use (that is an interesting and complex debate perhaps). Also there are granulations in some of these that are unique.

[@OtoKano]

I totally understand some people love to create their own mixes all the time. Personally, I really don't have a problem with using convinience colors. Those wonderful colors are out there and available to us so why not enjoy them? We all have different opinions on whether to mix or not, that's the great thing about art, it all goes into our different styles.

[@serenityjewel]

Every artist doesn't like everything and everything related to creating art isn't their focus. Mixing colors and the calculations that go into making sure I have enough of what I need irritates me. It's the bottleneck in my creative process. There are no "rules" in how to create art.

[@shreeyakk]

Third!!!