How I Set Up a New Watercolor Palette Must Know Tips

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Introduction 00:00
Watercolor palette characteristics 0:40
Ideas to avoid paint beading + separation on mixing tray 1:35
How I choose my colors 5:27
How I organize my colors on my palette 11:28
Tips for filling in paint wells with watercolor tube paint 13:39
Swatching colors + creating a color chart 20:08
In this week's art video, I'm sharing my entire process for preparing a new watercolor palette using Daniel Smith tube paints.
I've included everything: what I do to prepare my plastic palette for less beading and color separation when mixing colors, how I choose the paint colors that I'll be adding in, how I organize my colors in my palette, how I fill in wells with tube paint, and how I create a color chart that I can keep coming back to over time. 👀🖌️
Lots of must-know information and tips are shared along the way. 👩‍🎨
Hope you enjoy and find this one helpful! 💙
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► Supplies Used
• Closable 18-Well Plastic Palette with Clear Tray bit.ly/3F6jnzJ
• Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors - Watercolor Essentials Set of 6 (5 ml tubes)
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• DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Set 5ml Tubes - Alvaro Castagnet Watercolor Set - 10 Tubes (5 ml) amzn.to/3245h3F
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@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome back, fellow artists and art-lovers! Hope this one is helpful for you guys getting started on your journey with watercolor. 🖌️Wish you an amazing holiday season. 🎄 *For immediate access to exclusive sketching and watercolor tutorials that I don't share anywhere else (with downloadable outline sketches, reference photos and supply lists), full classes on Art Fundamentals (with assignments), weekly sketchbook prompts to help you stay consistent and advancing your knowledge of essential art topics, live monthly trainings and paint alongs with me, and more: **www.patreon.com/erika_lancaster_artist* 💚🙌

@Megzamani 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@questioneverything3632 3 ай бұрын

Murphy’s oil soap works great for the beading on new palettes. Wipe it on straight from the bottle then wipe off with a dry paper towel. Super easy and works so much better than any of the other methods. Wipe on wipe off! Easy peazy! 😎

@ErikaLancasterArt 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I'll try it. 🙌

@punjabpainting2002 2 жыл бұрын

Well done dear friend..stay connected always

@amexjam55 8 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial on setting up a watercolor palette. As a newbie water colorist I found the information very helpful. Thank you so much.

@ErikaLancasterArt 7 ай бұрын

Hey, there! Glad to hear this one was helpful. Enjoy your art practice and thanks so much for watching.

@paintingwithgurkirat38 2 жыл бұрын

Great work dear friend..stay connected always

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one! Wish you a lovely day. :)

@o0mew0o 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great introduction to beginners. Here's how I set up mine: I color swatch before I put the paint on my palette so it follows a color wheel. I also like having lemon yellow on one corner so it doesn't get contaminated from two sides. So I follow yellows>oranges>reds>pinks>purples>blues>greens. My neutrals go into whatever hue they have so Yellow Ochre in yellows, Sepia in oranges, Payne's Grey in blues etc. I would be very uncomfortable having a cool magenta next to a warm yellow. Kudos to you for these things not bothering you!! Also, instead of changing water so often, you could have two jars of water. One for getting rid of all color from the brushes, the other, which is clear water to use on the palette.

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, there! Thanks so much for watching and for sharing about your set up. :) I do often use two containers of water. However, I also love getting up and walking around, so changing my water doesn't bother me too much. Wish you a lovely day!

@yousra809 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you with all my heart

@ChrisContra 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a great in-depth detailed explanation of setting up a palette! As always, for all things art, Erika Lancaster is the channel to watch! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Chris! Hope you had a lovely time in your end-of-year celebrations and wish you an even more amazing 2022. 💚🌟Thanks so much for popping by. Glad you enjoyed this one.

@artdinhxuanquynh 2 жыл бұрын

coloring great, have a nice day

@valgca Жыл бұрын

This was very helpful, Erika. I like the order that you used and the suggestion about preparing the plastic palette as I just got a new one this morning. Thank you very much. 😊

@ErikaLancasterArt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Valerie! I'm so glad to hear the video was helpful. 🙂 Enjoy your painting!

@ladyhecate9450 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I really enjoyed all the information you shared. It was really informative...more so than many others I have watched.

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, there! I'm so glad you found this one helpful. Much more to come. 💚

@LuBiBochum 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Erika. Best wishes.👍⚘

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, there! Thanks so much for watching. :) Glad you liked it.

@draw2night 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips for palette set up Erika! Merry Christmas dear! Take care stay safe! All the best, Joseph❄🎄🌟👍

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Joseph! Hope you had an amazing time in your end-of-year celebrations and wish you an even more amazing 2022! All the best for you and your loved ones. 🙌🌟Thanks so much for watching!

@theartworld6396 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this useful and wonderful content, may Allah reward you a thousand good for it and for what you have given us. We always eagerly await your wonderful creations. This beautiful and wonderful creation deserves our thanks. We are waiting for you to come and new things. Always with all the best.👍👍👍👍

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for your kindness! Wish you an amazing 2022! 🙌🌟

@rnee1000 2 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful! Right now I have numerous WC paints from many different brands. Each brand has its own palette and tubes are stored by brand rather than color group. It's overwhelming and I'd love to learn some strategies for limiting my brand and color chooices. Getting down to one palette of a limited array of my preferred colors without wasting all of that paint.

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Renee! I'm so glad to hear this one was helpful. :) I SO get you! Having a ton of different colors is super overwhelming and also not necessary for great paintings. I spent so much money in the beginning of my journey on different colors that I ended up not even using or using very little of. Keeping things limited is oftentimes the best way to go and we can really learn so much about color mixing by doing this, too. I have some smaller palettes with Split Primaries (just 6 colors) that I take on trips or for quicker plein air or coffee shop sketches. Thanks so much for watching and taking time to leave your valuable comment! 💚 Wish you a lovely and inspiring rest of 2021!

@juliec. 2 жыл бұрын

Great and helpful tutorial. 👍

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, Julie! Glad it was helpful. :)

@TravelAndEntertainment 2 жыл бұрын

it's a nice discussion.

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for popping by! Wish you a lovely day.

@HundredDrawings 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful discussion.

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Glad it was helpful :)

@elflordsjourneys 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Erika✌ I bought this same pallet awhile back and have never used it, perfect timing on this video.Wished I could afford Daniel Smith paints to fill it.😀 3 reds would be enough for me , that primary set would be a nice start though.

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Limited palettes are great! :)

@robertweinblatt2018 Жыл бұрын

Nothing like porcelain❤

@annalisaswatercolorart8385 2 жыл бұрын

I've got some new watercolor paints that I need to do this with!

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Annalisa! Hope you're having a great holiday season. :) Wish you tons of fun setting up your new palette and all the best for the upcoming year. 💚

2 жыл бұрын

Nice video edition

@TejaaArtists 2 жыл бұрын

very nice detailing

@TejaaArtists 2 жыл бұрын

great informative

@RonnyEllaAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing , have a great Tuesday ! New friend here !

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! Hope you're having a lovely holiday season. 🎄🎉

@tlembro Жыл бұрын

Might want to try Jean Haines…..you will be spoiled!

@ErikaLancasterArt Жыл бұрын

😁 haha thanks! One of my students told me about her. She creates lovely work!

@cthepower 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a detailed explanation. I am having trouble finding information on the surface preparation for plastic mixing areas. Can you direct me please?

@ErikaLancasterArt 5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome! I mention what I do to prepare mine in the video. Timestamps are in the description box- Ideas to avoid paint beading + separation on mixing tray 1:35. This said, you don't have to do anything as, with use, beading will go away. 🙂

@yousra809 2 жыл бұрын

You my heart regards

@TomClarkSouthLondon 2 жыл бұрын

Erika!🤗🎅🏼

@gaybofill6502 2 жыл бұрын

How do I determine what the warm vs. cool temperature is in a particular tube of watercolor paint? It is not listed as such on the label.

@ErikaLancasterArt 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Gay! I'd recommend looking into the Color Wheel and Color Theory to learn how to tell if a color you swatch out is Warm or Cool-biased. I have a full workshop on this and the Split Primary color wheel on Patreon, but I'm sure you can find free videos on this on KZfaq. Here's something I can share with you, which I hope helps: -Warm blues have a purple bias rather than a green bias. They have a hint of red in them. -Cool blues have a green bias rather than a purple bias. They have a bit of green in them. -Warm reds lean towards the yellow side, rather than the purple side. -Cool reds lean towards the purple side, rather than the yellow side. -Warm yellows are those that have a bias towards the orange side. -Cool yellows are those that have a green bias. Wish you a great day and thanks for watching! :)