What's In My Watercolor Palette For 2024? Daniel Smith Dot Card Colors!

[@watercolorpour]

Getting Started in the Swatch and Scape Series. In this video I fill a new palette with the 18 colors on my Daniel Smith Dot Card. Be sure to watch the Swatch and Scape series of videos, each episode shares one of these colors. Thank you for watching! ☀Hit the join button for access to exclusive content, livestreams, and live chat.

[@eunicefarrington5779]

Wow! The amount of thought that you put into creating this palette is so impressive! All of the colors you chose and their positions in your palette make them so user-friendly for mixing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@watercolorpour]

Thank you so much!!

[@sherhardgrave3664]

I love Daniel Smith watercolour my daughter always used them so I started out with them as well. Glad I have accumulated almost all the pigments over several years 👩🏻‍🎨😊

[@watercolorpour]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@Angela-jy8um]

What a fantastic way to lay out your paints. I love the separation by how they mix idea... ❤

[@watercolorpour]

Thank you so much!

[@julieo8017]

Yes Please do a video

[@olgaurueta542]

I just got my pallet like yours on Amazon prime, tomorrow I will go buy my paint I’m so excited to see what you come up with using these colors!!

[@watercolorpour]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@olgaurueta542]

@@watercolorpour hi! Read your website email, I left you a message on there.

[@ianjackson5834]

thanks for showing us this great new palette and colour set buff, enjoy your painting this year.

[@watercolorpour]

Hey Ian! Happy New Year! 🥳🥸

[@lilyo1788]

I've just found this fascinating palette layout and would LOVE to see you demo using the colors you've chosen. The colors have been chosen and separated in completely new way to me, and I so appreciate it, and YES, please do a video on this palette! I've watched some of your other videos and would so appreciate it if you could one day post your favourite palette combinations. This seems so different from your "ultimate" palette, so I'm wondering what's new and what you've just had to keep. A lot of questions because your deep understanding of how colors behave is wonderful. Thank you for sharing so generously!

[@watercolorpour]

Hi there! Thank you for watching and that is a wonderful idea about some favorite color combos!

[@VioletteClark]

Thank you - that was lovely ❤

[@watercolorpour]

You’re welcome 😊

[@samanthabudiselich7996]

Very informative! Thank you for sharing.

[@watercolorpour]

Thanks for watching!

[@mariongowland402]

Great, useful video. Thank you.

[@watercolorpour]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Rockymtnbloom]

This is a great idea! Would love videos on different color mixes that produce unique effects. And some colors push others, would love that topic as well.

[@watercolorpour]

Great idea! Thank you for watching and commenting, the next video in this series is going up today at 3:00 PM - exploring Hansa Yellow Light 💛

[@joykruczay]

Thanks to YT algorithms, I found your channel and immediately subscribed. Highly creative way to organize. I would never think of that. But that is why you're the "Buffster" and I'm not!

[@watercolorpour]

Love it! Buffster, you reminded me of all the nicknames from when I was a kid 🧒🏼

[@aleidadiaz2261]

Can you do a video of how to mix all of these?

[@watercolorpour]

You read my mind! Last month I started recording a new color study series, going through each of the colors 💛💛💛hope to get the first video uploaded soon

[@Lauraisabelgonzalezart]

​@watercolorpour I'd love a mixing video too!

[@charmaine55]

Buffy how do you know what colors blend well. Is it from experience? Or is it become of the way the colors are made? Hope my question makes sense

[@charmaine55]

*Because

[@50andCountingcom]

New subscriber! I love the layout of your palette and the thought that went into it. Fascinating! I am just discovering Daniel Smith paint and have just ordered some of the colors you use. I had also been trying to find a solution to the palette dilemma but haven’t found one I thought worked well; I will be ordering the Meeden palette and trying your system. Thank you for this video!

[@watercolorpour]

Thanks for subbing! So cool, happy you are exploring the DS line of watercolors, they have some truly beautiful paints!

[@renmuffett]

Thanks for sharing your palette! I have the DS Quin Red. I love it. .Prussian Green is an interesting color made with 2 pigments. PB27-Prussian Blue and PY35-Cadmium Yellow. Only the PB27 could fade but not every batch of PB27 will. Some is very good. Neither pigment is very granulating on their own, so DS probably adds a granulating medium into the mix.

[@watercolorpour]

Hi, according to Daniel Smith Website and Tube label this Prussian Green is made with PB27 (Prussian Blue) & PY97 (Hansa Yellow Medium) - they no longer use the PY35 (Cadmium) but switched out to Cadmium Hues using a base of PY53 (toxicity reasons) - fun fact the PY97 (Hansa Yellow Medium) is also used in some of their other colors that use more than one pigment such as Indian Yellow, Naples Yellow, New Gamboge, Olive Green, and Prussian Green. - thank you for watching and sharing your pigment knowledge. Always a joy to find other artist who love the study of color

[@watercolorpour]

Bonus: I received this answer from John Cogley (owner and CEO of Daniel Smith) after asking him if they add any granulating medium to the paints: 'The color, opacity, staining and granulation are due to the pigment only. We don’t use any type of granulation medium. The other manner in which our colors granulation is due to several pigments in the same color like Moonglow or the various elements in a natural mineral that causes different specific gravity and therefore granulation. So NO Daniel Smith uses no granulation medium. Thank you Buffy."-- John

[@renmuffett]

​​​​​@@watercolorpour Awesome! I knew they haven't used real cadmium for quite some time now. My old samples are outdated because so many pigments have been discontinued. I still have my old Quinacridone Gold in both regular and deep, both made with PO49. My old Quinacridone Sienna was made using PO49 also. And my favorite Winser and Newton Transparent yellow used to be PY97. Now its PY150. So now use DS PY97. One question... Is Daniel Smith now making their Raw Sienna Light granulating now? Mine says its non granulating. But then much of my paints are older ones. I still have my in old DS New Gamboge that's PY153. Yes, it's true any pigment can be coursly ground resulting is grainy paint. 😉

[@watercolorpour]

@renmuffett the Raw Sienna Lights info needs updating on the website, I call it low to no granulation, as I haven’t experienced it when painting. I will ask 😉💛😉 and by the way you are sitting on a goldmine. Seen those PO49’s selling for 200-300 a tube on Facebook, most people keep them however since they are such a special pigment

[@jadwigaakwarela]

I love to watch palette videos! I have to try kyanite genuine. Sounds intresting.😊🤗

[@watercolorpour]

It is such a moody blue, and then the surprise of the sparkle ✨ the sandy Bronzite with the stormy kyanite can make lovely two color abstracts

[@pamelaburns1081]

Thanks Buffy. I was about to ask about your palette and you beat me to it.

[@watercolorpour]

Hi Pamela, so happy to have found a palette that is not only affordable but also easy to find. The other palettes I have used in the past were very expensive and harder to locate. ❤️❤️❤️

[@pamelaburns1081]

@@watercolorpour coincidentally I received this palette and an Eco palette for Christmas. And as a bonus, I have all but two of the colors you play with

[@charmaine55]

Also, are you concentrated on these 18 or will you show more combos...i love these by the way. Slowly adding them to my supplies

[@watercolorpour]

This is my core palette but yes I do use other colors and combos often ❤️

[@michaelbusher7298]

I’m wondering if I can use watercolors from other brands with the same name. Would they blend the same with other Daniel smith colors? For instance, I have Ultramarine blue from a different manufacturer. I love your art and am enjoying your videos. Sandy

[@watercolorpour]

You should be able to get similar colors using these mixes. Each brand’s colors will vary even if they have the same name. So you may see slight differences. I recommend using name brand watercolors for best results. (some favorites: Daniel Smith, Winsor and Newton, Maimeri Blue)

[@Ca0309]

Where is the community section? I’d love to see the sheet

[@chrislora8895]

Thank you for this video. It is always good to learn how others use and mix different paints. I believe I have more than 125 Daniel Smith paints 😱 and I love each and every one, even those close to other colors. I have a question. Did you create that swatch card or is that available somewhere? I have many DS dot cards and none look like that. Thank you!

[@watercolorpour]

Hi there! The swatched out color chart is something I made to accompany my dot card for classes and workshops. If you click on my community tab you can see it and right click to save and print 😍

[@chrislora8255]

Thank you!

[@peggyqbkg9705]

7:38 Magical Mixers.

[@ninner196]

Choosing colors can be a bit delicate and especially recommending them to others as I myself have and then realized that I learn so much from others whether students or instructors. Just having fun is enjoyable certainly. Since I do not know it all I would like to defer this portion to just “Learning on the way” if that is ok with you. Some time ago I always thought that since a pigment was a quinacridone then it must always be great and therefore all is great. Well what I learned may or may not change someone’s mind especially if we might might want truly lightfast pigments. Please pardon my spelling, my eyesight is not the best. Anyways one might want to check it out for themselves and although it shows up on that end of the spectrum, it is the lower end of that. Personally I play a lot with the phaloblue gs. I also like the phalogreen blue shade. Using a bit of cobalt turquoise or the cobalt in there just a touch can as you certainly know can be just lots or fun. Enjoy, there is so much to enjoy!🎉🎉😊

[@watercolorpour]

thank you for the color recommendations! LOVE all the Phthalo colors, they are so wonderful for mixing

[@christinediaz3859]

I wanted to try them first, is the DS dot card available in Amazon?

[@watercolorpour]

No these dot cards are not available for sale, they are handed out at in person events and art stores, but they do have a massive dot card that has all their colors, here is my Amazon Influencer Art page link that lists it and other great Daniel Smith products: www.amazon.com/shop/watercolorpour/list/16Q6J2MKKODQR

[@christinediaz3859]

@@watercolorpour oh i see i thought the 18 color dot card is available. The link is US, im from Canada. Thanks for your time!

[@watercolorpour]

Opus carries the large dot cards too, I like them as you can sample any colors you see in YoyTube channels, opusartsupplies.com/en-us/search?q=Daniel+smith+dot+cards

[@christinediaz3859]

@@watercolorpour oh i get i've tried 2 DS dot card, i misunderstood and i thought there is an exactly 18 color dot card as what in your YT 😉