These are my two most-used pocket palettes — I decided to make small color maps to fit inside each one’s cloth bag to remind me what’s currently loaded in them. I also have a pocket palette containing gouache which is more useful on toned paper.
The 30 x 30 direct watercolor challenge is nearly over but I once again tweaked the set of colors I’ve been using for it. My choices were loosely based on Marc Taro Holmes’ absolute minimum color choices. Sometimes naples yellow is just not bright enough yet my normal Hansa yellow medium was a bit too bright for this set, so I finally settled for adding quinacridone gold (this is the new formula). And mixing a good brown was more work than I wanted to mess with so I added a raw umber I already had. I wasn’t using those empty space pans for mixing anyway.
Actually I have the same colors in a larger set of whole pans that I’ve been using when at home. Some colors, like serpentine, are over half gone! But I keep a set in my bag, just in case.
The black palette full of 28 mini pans is just for fun — at first I thought these wee pans would be way too tiny to be useful but they are just right for adding a spot of color to an ink sketch. And with so many colors, I don’t fuss with mixing — just jump in with a waterbrush!
I think I use Quinacridone Gold in every single one of my paintings. It is a must have for me.
ReplyDeleteI did too, and it had to be from Daniel Smith. But I’m not so sure about the new version. I miss the discontinued pigment!
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