Watercolor Mixing Chart: Daniel Smith Essentials

[@arcuda2001]

just thought i'd add my experience , as far as mgraham , for travel palettes .. i've been using the mgraham and other brands for all of my travel palettes , and have not had any issues .. i squeeze out the paint , into the pans, let them " dry" for a few days , and that's it.. i've been painting almost daily , for three years or more ( after 20 year hiatus, from painting).. and most days i'm out and about , urban sketching , etc .. the mgraham are tacky ( which is part of what I actually love about them ).. but not wet or soft enough to flow out of the pans... just my experience with them .. mgraham is fine for travel :-)) just let them dry in pans for a few days 👍👍hope that helps :-))) norakag

[@INCWorks]

Your experience is very welcome, arcuda. 😎 Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. One of these days, I want to put together a travel paint bag and try my hand at on-the-go painting.

[@reneebrady1333]

As an artist and school teacher, I think this was great! I do mixing charts on all of my paints! I think it’s fun. I did do a 48 color one, I do not recommend! That took me almost 10 hours to complete!

[@INCWorks]

Right? I hadn't realized what a time investment those charts were. Six colors are my limit. Hehe!

[@weill6872]

Like the way you organize yourself to mix colors, I'll surely use this method. It was a useful, nice and fun video :) PS: the laugh at the end made me subbed :D

[@INCWorks]

😊 That's awesome - thanks!

[@ajwspjs2]

Ha! You really had me going with this. What a good laugh! When I first started watercolor...I did these charts. Tedious doesn't even begin to describe how you look at it after the 5th row. I think I went from color mixing...to a version of color-glazing. From each square to each square...I ended up doing entire rows all at once. I kinda don't bother anymore. Kinda. I do them, but not like you did here. I just do a row of one color gradually switching it over to a different color by the end...no matter if it takes 5 swatches or ten...and I don't really bother with mixing mud "just to see" because I know which colors make that mud. My pallet contains Windsor/Newton, M Graham, and Daniel Smith because...why not? lol. I find that I like certain versions by different makers and unless the watercolor police are going to come by and inspect my pallets...it's fine. I have the essential mixing pallet...and used the other to put the primatex in. All in all, I have about 5 different travel pallets (and I don't travel), and then I have my major pallet tin with full-pans and magnets that was repurposed from Caran d'Ache watercolor pencils that got the boot...just so that I could use the tin. (The pencils are around somewhere.) It has about 55 colors from all three makers and has been reorganized about 500 times, first by maker, then by color, then by color and temp, then by temp then color, then back to maker, rinse, repeat. I have more fun testing, mark and blob making, and color mixing than anything...and I don't get many pictures painted...too much fun oohing and aahing over the colors to bother. Anyway, thanks for posting this. I found it highly amusing.

[@INCWorks]

While growing my collection, I too have gone on to reorganize numerous times. I'm happy with my current set up for now, which is a shallow drawer of watercolor pans from about 6 or 7 brands. I really enjoyed reading your thoughts, here. Thanks!

[@nadeaner.cowley513]

Thanks for the informative video! Appreciate you!♥️

[@INCWorks]

I'm happy you found it useful. :)

[@judyvla]

Great demo! I just bought this set and am about to embark on my color journey. Think you may be helping reduce my chartophobia-thank you! You mentioned a woman you consider to be a master of color mixing, but I didn’t catch her name. Could you please put it in the comments? Many thanks, and congrats on a great video. Judy

[@INCWorks]

Hi, Judy! 😀Thanks for the kind comments. I believe I referred to Dr Oto Kano. Her KZbin channel is linked in the description box. She has - unfortunately - been inactive for over a year. But her video library is full of informative watercolor paint reviews and analyses.

[@judyvla]

Hi Irene, thank you for Dr Kano’s name. I’ll look for her. Funny coincidence-I’m also from Seattle, and will be coming out for the month of August to go backpacking, where I plan to try to improve my as yet doubtful plein air skills. I’ve sketched and painted while backpacking a few times, but I want to really go for it this year. Thanks again for your help! Judy

[@INCWorks]

@@judyvla I love that you have a plan. I'm intimidated by plein air - possibly because I'm a homebody. 😀 Best wishes for your art adventure!

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