What's in my 2022 watercolor palette? ✶ Swatching my new colors!

It's been a while since I've shared an update about my watercolor palette, and a lot has changed! Ok maybe not a ton, but enough for another swatching video :) This time my colors are mainly focused around coastal theme since I'm spending the majority of my painting hours on Scotland's coast. But honestly it's such a well-rounded palette you can paint anything with it. #watercolor #swatches #palette
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Color FAQ:
"If you could only use 6 colors, what would they be?"
Now? Ultramarine Finest, Vanadate yellow, Quinacridone Magenta, Diopside Genuine, Lamp Black, Helio Turquoise. But ask me again next week.
"Where can I get the Portable Painter custom pans?"
They told me they are working on adding them to Amazon UK and EU, be patient, they'll be available soon.
"What do you do with dirty paint water when painting outside?"
Pour it into an empty plastic travel bottle and take it home to dispose of in the sink when I clean my brushes.
"Will I get sick from using 'toxic' paint?"
Maybe. "The cumulative impact depends on how much paint you use, and for how long, but the State of California assures me there has never been a site ruled to be polluted because of the use of watercolor paints." - Read more at handprint.com/HP/WCL/pigmt6.html
If you are concerned with this subject, research what is inside your dish soap, laundry soap, shampoo, conditioner, mattress, or literally anything you use daily. Also research environmental impacts of your food production (meat, dairy, soy, palm oil, etc.). Look up 'carbon footprint' of your next flight, car journey, amazon purchase, and...you get the idea.

[@nancyrolfe3033]

It’s me again….lol. I’m going back to watch all your videos about color. Although it was your gouache video of sand painting sand dunes outside that “clicked “ something with me…. I have only watercolors and I previously painted with oils (which I found much easier to know and mix…possibly because I lived in a place with a art place we painted in daily so I received so much help and practice!) These videos are pure gold!! I’m so excited and thrilled I’m finally getting what I’ve needed and wanted… Honey, you are a gem!! P.S. I’m a retired teacher so I feel like I don’t have time to waste….😂😂

[@akaErma]

It's fascinating seeing how other people curate their palettes based on their needs. I'm mostly a portrait painter so I have a ton of earth tones and my brights lean heavily into the warm end of the spectrum. I had to actually invest in a few mixing blues and reds just recently because I realized leaving them out was a mistake. Indigo can only do so much.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Interesting! That must be a challenge in itself

[@lisathaviu1154]

I do figure paintings and I have found myself going for more and more cool colors as I progress, like cobalt turquoise and dioxazine violet. I think I need to check out Potter’s Pink though.

[@ageloe]

I normally skip through swatching videos but you held my attention the whole time with how you described how used each paint and common mixes. Thanks for the video!

[@miriamgillham6701]

I get very chilled watching someone swatch. This was meditative and I zoned right down into your swatching, explanations and joy in these paint choices. I enjoyed listening to how you use these so much. All the best with your next set of coastal paintings.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Be honest..who is taking a shot every time I say “absolutely gorgeous” ?? 🤣 I hate listening to myself talk. Any other video creators feel that way?? 😭

[@FaithAnnNB]

😂

[@lzal9204]

I think it’s much worse when you hear people saying “like” with every other word. The colors are gorgeous!!!

[@an-mareenel3500]

This has never bothered me in your videos Sarah.... ''absolutely gorgeous' is uplifting!😄

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

@@an-mareenel3500 I need more adjectives 🤣

[@Ahobbitatheart]

I think your voice is lovely and I love your channel, but I can totally relate. I’m a journalist and have to listen back to my voice in interviews every day.

[@annafdd]

Handprints rules! I share your love of PO48, but my favourite yellow has to be Daniel Smith Nickel Azo Yellow.

[@catherinebrown9119]

I appreciate you telling us how you mix certain colors together and the purpose of those odors. I paint a lot of shoreline scenes and I struggle to find the right shade at the moment. Thank you! Beautiful mix of colors.

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Wow those looks gorgeous! There’s a lot of new to me colors in this palette that I might have to give a try. I love 💕 both of your Sarah colors! Thanks for sharing this with us and continue to enjoy your Coastal Painting journey! I am enjoying watching your progress & journey as well! 😃

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I'm totally in love with this set, it inspires me so much!

[@michemman]

Dear Sarah, I have a quick tip for you to try! When you asked us about other colours to do coastal work, I thought of my grandfather's painting of a close up wave breaking. It was a huge painting, 1.8 metres wide by about 600cm, looking straight onto a close up wave, breaking, almost looking through it. It was looking great, but the next time we saw it, Pappa had a few marks of straight crimson glaze, which made it look like small shells stirred up on the beach. It made it come alive. The wave was made from oil paint, with creamy opaque whites, dark turquoise and greyish greens, with sandy colours His trick which I apply in my own work for Bondi Beach, is this! So for rocks under the water, I recommend straight crimson. Now I know you can mix a crimson with your palette, but I recommend a separate tube for your travels. So when I say crimson, I mean a cool colour that has a bluish undertone, that is also tertiary with an undertone of brown, that is permanent. You could look at any of the following, sometimes called carmine, or rose or has a PV 19 violet shade; Eg on Jane Blundell's swatches of reds; www.janeblundellart.com/red-watercolour-swatches.html To make it easier to find these colours on her page, I have listed only DS colours; Bordeaux, PV32 (on her violet/purple page) Quin Burnt Scarlet, PR206 Perylene Scarlet, PR149 Permanent crimson 3 pigment mix with PR 177, PV19,PR149 (This will act like one pigment as they are all on one side of the colour wheel) Perylene Maroon, PR 179 Napthalmide Maroon, PR171 Deep Scarlet, PR175 or any PR206 or PV19 with a violet undertone. (I am pretty sure back in 1993,1994 I used a W&N crimson colour, it may have been fugitive PR 83) Easiest way to look at these is to take a photo of these notes. Find one that you love, straight and in mixes, and use it often, for inspiration! In kindred spirit, Eliza Most Beautiful Day is Today! A Saturday 20th of August, 2022 12 NOON PS....In bed, but you have motivated me to find where I put my "Cassis" colour that I bought two half pans of, that are handmades from Etsy. A true Crimson that was love at first sight. Patrick is colouring my hair today, too much grey, lol, well overdue, and we head to Bondi Icebergs, a swimming club, for dinner and birthday drinks for a friend of his, with view of the beach, water, cliffs. Recommended! Have fun, be inspired, stay warm, enjoy your coastal walks and painting!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thank you for the info, I'll look into it :)

[@Cobaltblueprism]

Sarah, you need to come up with your own music station. Loved the content, and again the background music. That Jazzy outro track. Perfect for the ending.

[@Pixieshade]

I could watch you swatch all day, so relaxing 😌. Your Sarah Violet mix is Absolutely Gorgeous 😉😂 I love it 🥰

[@AdventuresWithRobin]

Ahhhh love love love those colours! I haven't branched into gouache yet so I was thrilled to see another watercolour episode. Eeks, I may need to take this weeks hard earned sales money and buy more paints! Thank you again for all your videos 🥰

[@ColorfullyOptimistic]

Absolutely LOVE the palette and your explanation for the choices. Can't wait to see your journey with it

[@lisathaviu1154]

I recently made myself a travel palette with 13 colors. Instead of black, I included Graphite Grey because my sketchbooks always start with pencil anyway. I have found this to be a great mixing color as it makes everything granulate. I also like that it doesn’t seem to darken mixes as quickly as Payne’s Gray or black. I too, use Quin Burnt Orange instead of Burnt Sienna. It’s more transparent but brighter. One color you might want to try, perhaps, is Sennelier’s Transparent Brown. I know you paint seascapes, but surely you must paint some stuff in the winter? Transparent Brown is great for glazing and will give you that subtle, winter palette. Hope you enjoy Scotland! If you get a chance, be sure to visit the Dean’s Close in St. Andrew’s and go through all of the ruins if you want to step into a magic landscape!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Thank you for the suggestion, I'll check it out :)

[@kelseywood174]

Thank you so much for teaching me the value of black watercolor!

[@lindathaxton1994]

Your color choices are exciting - makes me itch to paint - right now! Thank you 🙏

[@VitasArtworks]

lovely palette ^_^ thanks for sharing. very interesting that you use vulcano red for mixing. never thought about that colour.

[@ktgzmom]

Thank you for showing this. I’m a true WC beginner and I’m on my third set of swatches to work on my washes. This really helped me.

[@ambertjeerdsma2249]

Literally drooling over this video!! Total eye candy Sarah! 🤩💗 Thank you! Would love to try some of these.

[@SarahAndBoston]

So exciting seeing these color choices! I want to mix that blue green you showed...thanks for the inspiration, and hope you're having a blast walking the coast.

[@staceg2003]

After I just committed to not buying more art supplies until I use up more of what I have ... I watch this, and see some colors (Vanadate Yellow, Quin Burnt Orange) that I feel like I HAVE to get! LOL This is a great video. A wealth of information, particularly about your mixing strategies. Thank you for posting. Happy painting!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Oh no sorry 😂 well they are great colors, I'm sure you'll enjoy them

[@1827handmade]

What a beautiful, soothing, therapeutic video. Thank you!

[@rogerehinger6694]

For a long time I've been using Wilcox's reference on watercolors, mine was published in 1991 so there's many new pigments that are not shown in it. Thanks for the heads up on the other sites that review paints. At one time Schminke was my go to colorist, I may have to save up for the trip to my old source if they're still around.

[@vikram1477]

Loved this video and found your choice of colours interesting! Lovely colours all of them!

[@victoriouspeople1]

You're walking the entire coast of Scotland? That's so inspiring! I came for the watercolours, but I really want to learn more about your journey!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yep that's the plan! A labor of love for sure.. you can follow along my Scotland journey over here: @sarahinscotland or sketchingscotland.com/

[@firdyk]

Such beautiful inspiring colours!

[@mikepolo2887]

I love seeing other artists palettes, thank you for sharing! I like cool greens for mixing violets, too, I often use viridian+quin red or magenta for a somewhat dull violet.

[@an-mareenel3500]

Lovely colours Sarah. Very interesting!

[@angelaw8498]

I am so glad I discovered your channel! I’ve spent time travelling and camping in Scotland and absolutely loved the amazing scenery as well as the wonderful people. I’ve not yet watched all of your content, but if you haven’t yet been to Achiltiebuie - I highly recommend!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I have not been to that town yet - but last summer I did a day trip to the west coast and got close! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKGomGdpZdCqjM0

[@Frieda_Kamstra]

Thank you to share this! And have a nice hike! Love what you are doing!💖

[@margaretspringer9197]

An excellent, must-save video -- thank you! What an exciting trip you're taking, too...

[@kimlindseyOH]

This is wonderful! I "found" your channel when you explored the Shire set and am so glad. Wish I had more time to paint, LOL. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@trudyhoneycutt452]

Whew!!! Love that palette!! Off to purchase the one color I don't have, and watch the Patreon video, too!!! Thank you, Sarah, for all the wonderful info you share!!! Happy Hiking!!!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Which color??

[@annenglish2935]

New to watercolor... but I really love and am inspired by my favorite colors! I loved hearing your take on choosing colors... I often watch utube for those. Dr. Oto Kano also recently made a database for watercolor, which she shared on 9/1/22. Thank you for taking us on your journey especially in Scotland... wow... very beautiful! A California Gramma ♥️

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yes her new database is such a wonderful gift to the watercolor community!

[@Emeraldheart1021]

Beautiful video, thank you!

[@hydrophobicbathtowel6816]

So many wonderful colors. I never thought to add a black dot for opacity testing. Ill start doing that. Can't wait to see all your new paintings!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Some people use a thick black line, which might be more useful if it goes from top to bottom, showing how the opacity changes as it gets diluted

[@mendyhand3895]

Great selection! 👍

[@concepcionmartinez3799]

This video is magic. From de colors to your voice. I love everything in it. How many times have I seen it? No way to count them. It gives peace. I Love it. 😊

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I’m so glad you enjoy it ☺️

[@simonnemason2162]

Brilliant. Some really interesting colour choices and your reasons behind the choices. Makes my coastal palette look really boring! Looks like I will have to revisit some of my choices! Confidence in colour choice Congress into it. Thanks for this information.

[@corallie7746]

Sodalite is my favourite colour!!

[@vanessaboman8143]

Your choice of colours for this palette is exciting, and very interesting, with your turquoise is awesome, probably my favourite colour now! Loved this video. Now the colours I don't have are on my wish list.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

It’s been working great so far!

[@morrisonwatercolors]

Fabulous video, very well put together! Lots of nice color choices, I will need to try some of the Schmincke colors. The Shire blue for one. Undersea Green is a staple in my palette, which leans heavily in favor of Daniel Smith. Anyway, great job! Would love to travel to Scotland for plein air painting one of these days! :)

[@Lyvvie]

That wee palette at the start is adorable! Your custom QuinMag/Ultramarine makes me think of mimeograph ink (Violette Pensee) - I can smell it, it's amazing. I too adore New Gamboge, Also it's really fun to say gamboge. My palettes always need a teal shade and I have Holbein's Compose Blue and Qor's Cobalt Teal which I use for skies - the sky is often this teal shade here in Victoria AU. I also love a green-gold and have used W&N's version as well Australian brand Art Sprectrum's Australian green-gold. I love building a palette making the swatch card, laminating the card...

[@fruitypebbles803]

Thanks for sharing your thought process! I disagree with basically all of your opinions about color 😆, but I still thought it was funny watching this video because I found myself shouting at the screen like some people shout at their TVs when sports ball is on. I never thought I would be so passionate and loud about something I’m watching on my screen, but I was wrong. 😆

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

to each their own!

[@fruitypebbles803]

@@SarahBurnsStudio oh absolutely, and I’m sorry if it came across as negative. Everyone has their own process and their own preferences, and their own color needs. I was just surprised I had such a strong reaction to a video about colors. It kind of made me feel more artsy or something. Sorry, this comment was definitely more about me and not really about you at all. 🙈

[@hannahthufvesson]

Oooh, Daniel Smith Monte Amiata Natural Sienna!! I know I’ve recommended it before, because it’s stunning! It’s absolutely transparent, sliiightly granulating and it just _glows_! It’s a beautiful mixer and glazer, a bit brighter than yellow ochre imo, and I highly recommend it! Especially for coastal scenes! 🥰

[@vikram1477]

I second that! Love Monte Amiata sienna!

[@hannahthufvesson]

@@vikram1477 Right!? 🥰

[@SN-sz7kw]

Thank you!!!

[@allysonberry8708]

I wonder if your palette will change as the seasons change. I’m betting the coast might take on warmer tones in the fall and then cool down even more in the winter. We’ll have to wait and see! Thanks for sharing these gorgeous colors with us.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yes indeed! I don’t think I’d need to change my colors, just the mixes

[@tdelphia1]

You have so little water on your brush swatching and painting with watercolor! And you started with a BLACK pigment. I think at heart Sarah, you are more a gouache painter. :-) I would love to see what happens if you start to use more water and do some (experimental)watercolor paintings that are a bit more relaxed. I’m not criticizing! because I love your art! But when you do watercolor I always feel like you are so tightly controlling the medium and a lot of the fun of watercolor is letting the watery paint flow and mix and…I dunno…”breathe” a bit. I love seeing what people put on their palettes for local conditions. I have to have cobalt teal blue (PG 50) on my palette to capture glacial lakes where I live. I’m also a huge fan of nickel azo yellow (py150). In mass tone, it is ochre-ish and it tints out to an amazing transparent yellow. Unfortunately both of these choices have heavy metals (but you have a cad so maybe you like experimenting a bit). I use mostly Daniel Smith paints (I live near Seattle so that’s a no brainer). Piemontite is a wonderful red earth brown with lots of granulation, and I rotate several of the piemontite greens on and off my palette like Jadeite, serpentine, and green apatite genuine. Another primatek you might want to try in the future is fuschite which adds a light sparkle over blue water. It’s definitely an “extra” but is fun for me with lakes. A color that I can’t live without is perylene green (PBk 31). A black pigment that reads green, but with the right partner, easily mixes into a lively black.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

That's interesting you think that, I totally disagree 😂 most of my watercolor paintings are flowy messes. Anyways, I've seen the fuschite I think on Natasha Newtons channel? I can't remember but yea I remember that was beautiful. So many of the primatek colors are gorgeous but I had to limit myself haha

[@terrilikens4975]

I love the look of lamp black, but it felt almost gritty under under my brush. I think I had the same version you have, the Daniel Smith brand. I abandoned it for mixing. Your custom blue, however, is to die for!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Mine is the winsor & newton, very fine

[@thomasjuracek2406]

Good video Sarah. Looking forward to more videos on plein air painting. I have just made three adjustments to my palette. I have the same 18 well palette, and I swore I would never fill all the wells. Well, today, I ended up filling that last couple of spots, two years later. My most recent additions are SCH olive green yellowish. So far the best basic mixing green I have found. I added SCH raw umber, but the jury remains out on this one. Although I already had burnt sienna and transparent sienna on the palette, I added raw sienna as well. I compared this to the transparent ochre, and it looks like we went different paths. You chose the ochre and I went raw sienna. I will be curious to see how yours works out. All my paints are Schmincke. Good luck.

[@suziejane4345]

Thank you Sarah for the recipe using MGraham Anthraquinone blue with Daniel Smith Undersea green. I have made up pan of it for my desk pallet and named it Sarah's Deep Sea. You're discoveries are greatly appreciated 🥰

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

That’s a cute name!

[@koskey06]

Im so sad that quin burnt orange is going discontinued......Its one of my favorite colors that i was happy to stumble on and is the color i always wished burt sienna was. Im main "travel" colors are ones that most wouldnt think to use. I started by putting colors i didnt like or didnt like as much to take a spot on my main palette....well after using it to just play/practice with since it was paint i didnt care about.....i fell in love with the mixes i could get and learned them inside out. Its now 16 half pans in a altoids type tin. I would say 14 are hard set and I got 2 spots i change around looking for something i need that i cant already do with the other 14.

[@randyschaffer1097]

Beautiful choices! Sodalite is wonderful, Undersea Green is a recent addition to my palette and I love it, New Gamboge is an essential yellow for me. Anthraquinone blue and Indanthrone blue compete for my attention, right now Indanthrone has a spot, but I almost always miss the mixing abilities of Anthraquinone blue. I am really love Schmincke Hazy Pink, a Jackson’s exclusive super-granulating. Perylene green is essential in the Pacific NW. Goethite and German Greenish Raw Umber are nice shoreline colors. Really enjoyed your palette descriptions and mixes.

[@randyschaffer1097]

I forgot to mention one of my favorite greens is Daniel Smith Green Apatite. It settles and separates into greens and brown earths. I have never tried the Diopside…but now I must.

[@pennypop408]

I am loving red iron oxide from MG and jadite from DS also piemontite DS, mayan blue gen DS and iridescent scarab red DS.

[@fuzzydragons]

your turquoise is gorgeous! 😀

[@lesleyking2815]

Yes I noticed the shire colour uses up really quick 😳🥴😩

[@AB-xu8ef]

I swear I've read that everyone uses DS Buff Titanium for sand and coastal work. I can't remember if you have talked about that one or not. And thanks for providing my morning, relaxing, happy, wake-up video. :)

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Hmm..well If I wanted an opaque white-ish color I would just add white gouache to my own custom mix

[@laurentanguay5259]

Yay! The Sodalite Genuine! ❤

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Love it!

[@paulallan3564]

One colour I think you'll really love is zoisite by Daniel Smith, it's a highly granulating earthy green great as a base for other mixes , I've just use it liked with garnet to paint a black horse.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Ohh interesting!

[@bluewren65]

My favourite earth pigment is Terra Ercolana. I make my own gouache with it and it gives the most gorgeous rich earth tones.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Is it a green or brown?

[@bluewren65]

@@SarahBurnsStudio It's akin to burnt sienna, but with a much deeper more red hue. It's a Jackson's pigment and I mix it 1:1 by weight with the Schminke gouache binder. I also love it for darkening colours. Because it is a little brighter than burnt sienna the mixed colours just seem so much more lively.

[@melissac.9488]

Hi Sarah, the colors are gorgeous 😍 For my part, I have not yet mastered granulation. I'm experimenting a lot so I haven't really defined a limited palette. I change the colors according to the subjects I would paint. Moreove I love colors and testing new ones. I'm surprised you're using black. I always felt like it gave a sad atmosphere. I'm probably wrong... I think I will test black later. Thank you very much for sharing ❤

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Sad is a label humans apply to something. Black is very useful!

[@kazfarndon4990]

If you get a chance, try DS Hematite genuine. It has to be the most granulating pigment that I've ever tried of theirs.Its a blackish colour so a dilute wash works really well over first washes of various colours for rock textures

[@energi.e]

Merci infiniment pour ce partage passionnant☀️🤩

[@suel4269]

I would love to live near the ocean! Just discovered your channel!

[@rebeccapage4411]

Your violet mix is fantastic! Love the blue to violet shift as you add water. I hope your journey inspires and refreshes you even though it's exhausting. Btw, I completely respect wanting to choose environmentally safe colors, but one person on birth control or anti-depressants puts more toxic waste into the water supply through their urine than a painter would with cobalts, cads, or nickels in their rinse water in a lifetime.

[@tr33m00nk]

Interesting observation. I think you might want to provide a couple of references to back up your claim. If for no other reason than that there would be a wide range of concentrations of any of the 'toxins' you allude to that "one person" or another might dispose of. Environmental pollution is all about the properties and quantities of specific chemicals. A broad statement about a category of chemicals (e.g.:"anti-depressants" or heavy metals in paints) is not very helpful.

[@Cchouette]

Useful personal video 👍🏻 You seem to like grainy colors 😉 About the Lamp Black, on the sheet it says "DS" (for Daniel Smith) and on the video, it says Winsor & Newton !!? Which one exactly are you using ? 🤔

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I have both actually, I was comparing them but they seem the same to me

[@AB-ft7ng]

That undersea green is the *exact* color of sushi/seaweed sheets lol. It would make me hungry but it is beautiful!

[@rachaelcuddihy8520]

Lovely video as always, been waiting all week to have the time to watch it on tv to get the full effect instead watching on my phone 😊 What travel flat brush you are using at the beginning of the video?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

It’s the Pro Arte travel brush

[@rachaelcuddihy8520]

@@SarahBurnsStudio Thanks so much!

[@MedievalMary]

Gorgeous colors! Especially that custom turquoise 🤤🥰! 18 is a lot. If you only had to choose 12 out of these 18 which you choose? Which colors do you trust the most? I am still trying to figure out my basic workhorse colors. My current pallette for the coast: 1. French Ultramarine 2. Cobalt Blue 3. Pthalo Blue (GS) 4. Hansa Yellow Light 5. New Gamboge 6.Burnt Sienna 7. Quin. Rose 8. Pyrrol Scarlett 9. Perylene Red 10. Indigo 11. Quin. Burnt Sienna 12. Sap Green

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

If I had to use less colors I'd just remove the convenience colors :)

[@miafarone68]

I need to buy Helio turquoise asap!!!

[@janbarriault4494]

similar geography in coast lines here (western newfoundland) really like the greens and yellows... i'm thinking to start monochrome sketchbook, lmao- can't believe i'm asking a color addict for advice on this scheme? any thoughts, suggestions out there?? really like the coastal work - you needed something and the trotting round the coast seems to be the pure article! evidently some physical effort fuels the creativity!

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Monochrome is excellent for studying light/shadow. I do that in my toned paper sketchbook a lot, typically just black ink in a water brush. Sometimes a white posca pen. You can really use any color you want! One fun suggestion is to use a bright color for a whole painting (like a value study). The results are always pretty interesting and high key

[@spiritsjoy]

If you could add i more color what would it be? The violet mix is beautiful but you already have the colors on your palette to mix it whenever you want it. Space for one more?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Since I use violet in my shadows and to mix greys or to neutralise greens, it’s so useful and worth the spot! I guess if I had to choose, maybe another PrimaTek

[@Jendollla]

How did the M graham color hold up on your coastal journey.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I let them dry for a week before using them outside, and they are still slightly tacky. But that's ok - the only thing that matters is that they don't run!

[@lindathaxton1994]

You inspire

[@RafaelDrumondRego]

I just copied most of your pallet and added a few colors. It looks amazing. I am just struggling to mix your turquoise. Is there a specific ratio? Or is it 50% A.Blue and 50% diopside g.?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

yea pretty much, maybe more green

[@RafaelDrumondRego]

@@SarahBurnsStudio ok so I add some phtalo green with it right?

[@charlieo.6888]

Surprised Schmincke's Delft blue didn't make the cut. After using undersea green I find that Schmincke is a little weak in the greens (strong in the blues). I'm currently trying out Schmincke's olive green yellowish along with purple magenta to see how it is compared to their quinacridone magenta. Thank you for sharing!! ❤

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I don’t have Delft blue watercolor, only gouache

[@VoxUrania]

Are there any red sand beaches or shorelines around Scotland? I have been to Nairn, which was magnificent. I grew up on the northern coast of Nova Scotia, which is a unique colour of iron oxide red (but not quite). Any tips for painting this colour, if you find such a beach, would be amazing. This current palette is beautiful and the video is inspiring indeed. Thank you, and safe ourneys.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Not really, but i used to use English Venetian red for that kind of thing. Otherwise I’d just mix bit of red, potters pink and my orangey/yellows until I get a good mix of that earthy red

[@Zekla]

Isn't bismuth vanadate also made of heavy metals?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

No PY184 is often used as the alternative to cadmium lemon yellow

[@andreanelaroche5717]

Just overview the quinacridone gold on your list saying it was discontinued, but i managed to buy some from daniel smith this year?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Did they change the pigments?

[@andreanelaroche5717]

@@SarahBurnsStudio I beleive I got mine from a set, but i can still purchase that color on artemiranda. Pigment is PO 48, PY 150. Is it the same? I think Daniel smith have a tendency to create a new name if the pigments are not exactly the same but i could be wrong.

[@sarahinscotland]

@@andreanelaroche5717 well I don’t have Quinacridone gold so which one do you mean?

[@andreanelaroche5717]

@@sarahinscotland Oh I'm sorry i thought i saw in the list of DS colors you recommanded (the one that you can breifly see when you mention your articles about colors in this video) and it was marqued ''discontinued''

[@sherimazurkevich1711]

Did I hear you correct - that is your handwriting on the swatches? How on earth do you print that precise? It really looks like you printed from a computer somehow.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yes, it's printed, but I had a few typos that I had to white-out and write over

[@awatercolourist]

Hi Sarah! What brush did you use?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

One of my own custom brushes bit.ly/3QLQWMu Currently sold out but you can sign up to get notified about the next release

[@awatercolourist]

@@SarahBurnsStudio Thanks!

[@kathyhackney7950]

You should do an update for 2023

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

in the works

[@michelemarchesani5139]

While i appreciate environmentally friendly colors, animal friendly colors are just as important to me. Schmincke Horadam uses ox gall in their watercolors per their website.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yes, and if that is important to you, make sure to source brushes from companies that don’t use animal products as well

[@michelemarchesani5139]

@@SarahBurnsStudio Oh, for sure! I only use synthetic brushes. Thank you!

[@oscarlopez2052]

Are these colors non-toxic? I ask because, if I'm not mistaken, you said that you would leave the toxic colors and that you would only use transparent colors and one-pigment colors as well, or maybe you've already changed your mind? thanks

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Yes, my core colors are still the same and non-toxic. Only a couple of the new ones contain heavy metals, which may or may not change after experimenting for a while.

[@oscarlopez2052]

@@SarahBurnsStudio hello i like it your channel a lot. and I appreciate what you do and what you teach, could you recommend a split color palette that are non-toxic, light resistant, and especially a single pigment, and if you can recommend something that is not very expensive because I want to start painting and luckily i found your channel, thanks. for your help

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

@@oscarlopez2052 yup for that you can use any of my colors except the super-granulating ones and the undersea green

[@melissaamyx2196]

I added Lunar Black by Daniel Smith to my palette. It's insanely granulating and mixes stunningly with all other colors... just seeing if you fall to temptation lol! But seriously I think you'd fall in love with it! P.S. Can you tell me what you mix with Potter's Pink for sand colors?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Sounds glorious 😍

[@melissaamyx2196]

@@SarahBurnsStudio also, what do you add to Potter's Pink for sand colors? I want to play with that...

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

@@melissaamyx2196 on its own, or yellows, reds, greys, browns

[@melissaamyx2196]

@@SarahBurnsStudio THANK YOU!!

[@randyschaffer1097]

I use Lunar black also…love the extreme granulation. Lunar earth is a very nice red/orange/brown granulator too.

[@Namoraslife]

Wait, did you say, you use phtalo green for mixing vivid purples? How? I thought purple is a warm blue mixed with a cold red and now you're saying you use green? What type of witchcraft ist this?

[@Namoraslife]

Oh, nevermind, you explained it in your custom violet mix. I learned something new today, thanks for that.

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

Haha I know, when I stumbled upon this, it was shock. Mix quin. Magenta with phthalo green and have your mind blown

[@user-wk1mw9nj3i76]

Wow! You should put this mix on screen.

[@BB-nz5sk]

Who is taking care of your pets? Didn't you have a video a year or so ago showing you getting a kitten?

[@SarahBurnsStudio]

I have two beautiful cats, the loves of my life!