My BEST URBANSKETCHING PALETTE - Favourite Watercolours Updated for 2022!

[@jeanneprice6736]

Very nice discussion of the colors.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thanks Jeanne

[@davidvitale9338]

Daniel Smith needs to sell a Toby set! 😀

[@TobySketchLoose]

Haha this would make my absolute year!

[@petesuchon7340]

Thanks Toby, new colors for my wishlist.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Enjoy!

[@Art-What..]

Hi Toby,I kind of think it's in my best interest to build a bunch of palettes in the future to accommodate various things in life that need to be painted, even though people can mix colors it's always nice just to grab the color you want..he that has more colors has more color mixing capabilities as well..

[@someuser2851]

Personally I agree with u but also disagree because I for one use only one palette and mix and match colors not as they are but as I imagine them to be so I beleive that it all depends on the artist and their own style

[@Art-What..]

@@someuser2851 some colors you want but to hard to mix to your taste,if brought than mixed could bring new colors to life? But paint cost,if that limits your palette so it does to your creativity..I think? Sounds good in my mind..ha..

[@TobySketchLoose]

It's nice to have different palettes for sure - but make sure you take time to get to know your colours and your mixes. I use different palettes for sketching vs 'painting' because of different granulating/staining properties that benefit the different techniques for example. I'm actually less fussed about the colour - I don't have the patience to carefully match colour so I just use colours I like that are vaguely similar to the scene

[@Art-What..]

@@TobySketchLoose yes, thanks..

[@ranchjp]

Also have a thought on greens that I just implemented with a new folding palette for sketching plein air. You know, what is most distracting to the artist and viewer (IMO) are inappropriate greens (notice I didn't say "natural greens"). We have so much green in our world, and it varies from green-gold to blue green. So the only green in my new palette (in a separate half pan glued into a mixing area) is phthalo green (BS). The new palette has six mixing areas, and I've reserved one area for mixing greens only. So I can get a solid green or pick up a partially mixed load. Along with the PG I have cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, and phthalo blue (GS, also in a separate half pan glued in) - and hansa yellow med, lemon yellow and quinacridone gold. Those along with organic vermillion and quinacridone gold, I can make lots of different greens and browns. I also have transparent red oxide (in place of burnt sienna), quinacridone burnt orange and monte amiata (to replace raw sienna) as earth tones which can be used as well to make greens and browns. The color and tone of buildings and streets is kind of irrelevant because those objects can be any color - but greens and to some extent, sky color, it seems to me are aesthetically important. heres the creative mark folding palette Im using (I bought five of them LOL) www.amazon.com/Creative-Mark-Folding-Plastic-Palette/dp/B0049V1C1W Your site has inspired me a lot.

[@ranchjp]

I have three slots left in the palette, and I'm thinking of adding Naples Yellow (WN version only) only because of its poor mixing strength with blues - good for areas low in the horizon if I paint such a subject.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Awesome!

[@ranchjp]

cobalt blue and quin gold yields a nice light brown; and CB or phthalo Blue (gs) with QG and HYM yield moderately bright to muted greens; I like the convenience colors, but Im trying to really reduce the number of colors I carry

[@TobySketchLoose]

Great tips

[@pennyhewitt8801]

Have you changed your paints since making this video thanks. Love your work 😊

[@TobySketchLoose]

Yes I have, not a huge amount but a few

[@nikkiwells1688]

Thankyou…very interesting. I have got so many colours that different artists have recommended but interestingly I don’t like Hansa yellow as feel it’s a ‘dirty’ yellow and doesn’t have a fresh look although it’s in my palette

[@TobySketchLoose]

I get what you mean about hansa, for me it's got a good punch which is why I like it - but for 'proper' Watercolour perhaps a couple of yellows is a good way to go!

[@R_H21]

That moonglow is nice! I agree about alizarin crimson… I prefer quin magenta.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Moonglow is the best!

[@la_papetrie]

This was great I have a si.ilar palette but I need just a couple more muted tones .I like those ones you mix with to make the different greys. thanks Toby .I have an idea of what I want now 😊

[@TobySketchLoose]

Glad to have helped 😊 happy sketchin!

[@Picasso_Picante92]

Oh! I was so excited about possible getting the colors in your palette until I realized that most were Daniel Smith colors. This brand is so darn expensive here in Japan (sigh).

[@TobySketchLoose]

Ahhh sorry Tony! I only have experience with DS and WN, there are some lovely Japanese brands to try though

[@Picasso_Picante92]

@@TobySketchLoose Holbein is quite popular here.

[@TobySketchLoose]

@@Picasso_Picante92 indeed - I've often wanted to try them. From what I've seen they're flat/non-granulating, but very bold colours

[@eyediggit2]

Do these colours come in the box? Or do you buy the pans when the box is empty? in other words when you have used the original colours out of the box, hope that makes sense :/

[@TobySketchLoose]

I buy the boxes the empty pans and tubes of paint separately - squeeze the tubes into the pans. The cheapest way!

[@eyediggit2]

@@TobySketchLoose Thanks for the reply, I use cotman watercolour tubes but they dry out completely rock hard, they don't look like your paints

[@TobySketchLoose]

@@eyediggit2 the cotman ones do seem to dry very differently. In general Winsor Newton are less good for squeezing out - they use a different recipe for their tubes and their pans

[@susanclancy-kelly9319]

What brand are your colors?

[@TobySketchLoose]

Mostly Daniel Smith - got them all up here :) www.urbansketch.co.uk/supplies-1