Watercolor color palette

A limited palette of watercolors does not have to be limiting! Yes… I’m kind of pleased with myself for that sentence! But it’s true. You’ll be happy to know you don’t need that luxury box set of 80 colors to get fabulous mixing results with watercolors. However, it does take a little bit of care

Color swatches created with the thirteen of the fourteen color palette in my Winsor & Newton Cotman Compact watercolor set. A great exercise for getting to know your colors and just some of the possibilities. This was created in a...

Primaries

When I was trying to learn watercolor ten years ago, I became very frustrated because I dove deep into a huge palette of colors (24!) that I knew nothing about. I tried several online classes, but none covered the basics of paint and one confused me hugely by breezing through quick descriptions of s

🎨Because I’m obsessed with painting palettes I’ve added the Timelapse process video of my painting for this @kuretakejapan Gansai tambi watercolour 48 as part of an exclusive video on Patreon. 👀You’ll also be able to watch the process video for the @winsorandnewton palette I featured a few days ago. Both were jolly good fun #ohnmarpatreon

Is this the perfect watercolor palette for print reproduction?

Well, one week wasn’t enough to get my palette in order. I thought about titling this post something different like “Staying sane while charting your watercolor choices” or “…

Easy, budget-friendly, and ready to hang in seconds A great format for series/collection presentation Textured watercolor paper mounted on 4-ply art board Individually wrapped in cellophane sleeves 3M velcro hanging dots included (four per print). Since every item is made just for you by your local third-party fulfiller, there may be slight variances in the product received

🙌 Just finished filming a LONG exclusive video for Patreon members where I share ALL the pigments and brands of watercolours I currently use in my palette. As an bonus Patrons can also watch the process video for painting the actual palette (no I didn’t clean it up specially) So make sure you sign up to my Patreon to watch as it’ll be ready by Friday (or before) . . . Although I was annoyed I smudged some of the swatches it’s a lesson in patience - I should have left that page to dry before…