Mixing Greens With My Travel Watercolour Palette, Plus A Mixed-Media Sketchbook Painting

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What I've been up to the last couple of days on my friends' farm!
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@Everywhere2 Ай бұрын

As enjoyable as it was inspiring, Helen. I'm also impressed by how well you make YT-ready videos while you're away from home. Thank you for all that you do for us.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much! I do everything on my phone, so the only difference with being away is not having a phone stand over my desk (hence the bread bin in this one!)

@riverAmazonNZ Ай бұрын

The last mixed green is so pretty

@lisaharner3720 Ай бұрын

This is an inviting bucolic scene, Helen! Reminds me of the rural area in Pennsylvania US where I grew up. It’s nice to visit occasionally to restore my spirit. ❤

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Mmm, sounds lovely!

@FaithAnnNB Ай бұрын

I love playing around with mixing greens! I still like my DS sap green and undersea green, but it’s really fun to see how many greens you can get from a small travel palette 😊

@helencryer Ай бұрын

I've still never had a sap green! I just don't like mid greens and can't bring myself to buy one!

@williambrady1192 Ай бұрын

Wonderful work and colour instructions. You have reminded me of the versatility of ultramarine blue in making greens. 😊

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Thanks! It's always fun to do some colour mixing!

@snowpony001 Ай бұрын

Those are some very nice greens you mixed up. Spectacular or not, your painting is a wonderful representation- I think it’s beautiful.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Aww, thanks!

@teekierudite5108 Ай бұрын

I think the painting is absolutely beautiful! The countryside, spectacular and it was really nice to see the color combinations you used to develop other green colors. The bottom right swatch plus the one to the up and left, diagonally are my two favorite

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm loving spending time here again!

@Purpleladybirdart Ай бұрын

It was enjoyable - beautiful landscapes and lovely sketch.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@amandahodgin9316 Ай бұрын

I’m just watching this while having a bit of lunch before heading back to the garden to get some weeding done. I love your little painting. It’s so sweet. It’s supposed to be a rainy day tomorrow and I think will spend some time mixing some greens too!

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Ooo - have a lovely time with your mixing!

@janemcgrath9615 Ай бұрын

I love colour mixing and seeing what you end up with,I can spend ages doing this,I find it really relaxing. Beautiful countryside and beautiful painting.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

It's so enjoyable to do!!

@ChantelleArts Ай бұрын

what a stunning palette, I love it ☺☺

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mixedmedialife7916 Ай бұрын

Hi Helen - your vids have been popping up in my feed and I've really been enjoying them. New subscriber! It's a rainy day here in Toronto and I'm lazing about enjoying watching you swatch these greens. What lovely friends to let you use their white dinner plates for this!😊😊

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Aww, thanks ever so much! Welcome!

@SN-sz7kw 27 күн бұрын

Thank you! Always inspiring. 💗

@helencryer 26 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@zoewhiteart7676 Ай бұрын

Another very enjoyable video Helen. The inspirational landscape and your sketch is wonderful.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@suzannemarshall7458 22 күн бұрын

Very interesting about your greens. Lovely sketch too

@helencryer 21 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@juliart5 Ай бұрын

I immediately tried my Schmincke french ultramarine blue with Quin Gold, Lemon Yellow and Indian yellow! Fantastic granulating greens! Thank you for the inspiration!! :)

@helencryer Ай бұрын

That's great!

@triciabennetts6578 Ай бұрын

Thankyou Helen ❤

@karenirving7088 Ай бұрын

Interesting palette

@berolinastrassmann Ай бұрын

I watched this a couple more times 😊 somehow Inhad missed that you used Rembrandt's Dusk Yellow, which I have but have never really found a good use for. I am exoerimentkng with the mixes and am e jiying getting so many greens I can go to while painting. Your voice is so calm and soothing that the videos makes for a truly complete paint-meditation session. Thanks again, Helen.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

I really love it for shadows in greenery, and use it quite a bit! Thanks so much!

@valeriegehling4358 Ай бұрын

11days ago you did a Gouache painting & as I tried to copy your style mine failed miserably! I tried to paint ( watercolour), & „scribble „over with various colours ( inks ), all your little sketches with mixed mediums look good, mine was nothing to write home about! I realised how difficult to copy your sketches are! But, I won’t give up! Hi,hi. I like your sketch & the view from window! Thanks.

@teekierudite5108 Ай бұрын

@@valeriegehling4358 Keep it up, one day you will find your style and be knocking out paintings left and right!

@helencryer Ай бұрын

It's all good practice, and will lead to you developing a style that you like. Were you able to identify what exactly you weren't satisfied with? Plus I think we're all harder on our own work than other people's! I think anytime we put art materials to paper it's worth a pat on the back!

@valeriegehling4358 Ай бұрын

@@helencryer Thanks. I consider myself „patted on back“. And, yes on closer inspection my hills weren’t shaded correctly nor the cliffs, more like a 5 yr. olds sketch. But, I enjoyed putting it on paper & realised how difficult it was to copy you, which was a lesson in itself!

@zenlife1200 Ай бұрын

Daniel Smith's Undersea green is one of my favorites too and because it's made up using French ultramarine and Quinacridone gold, I always add those two colors first in any limited palette I create, just so I can make my own undersea green if I don't have palette space for any convenience colors. In my desk palette I currently have five convenience greens, which is a lot for me. Sap green, undersea and perylene green are my usual go to greens but I'm trying out a Serpentine stick and a tube of Cascade green at the moment. Both are granulating. The Serpentine is like a paler, yellower version of sap green with reddy brown speckles through it. The cascade green leans more towards being a darker turquoise green that separates into green and blue sort of like Schmincke's Shire blue. I don't have Shire blue so I'm just judging it from pictures online. Shire blue is a color I've wanted to try for a while, but now that I've got something similar, I haven't really found many places to use it. It's not really an urban sketch color for me, seascapes though would be good.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

I have the Serpentine, Cascade Green and Shire Blue in my large palette too. If I was home, I could do a side by side comparison of the last two for you. Even with painting seascapes quite a bit, I just don't use them much!

@zenlife1200 Ай бұрын

@@helencryer That would be great thanks. No rush, I'm enjoying watching your painting holiday 😄

@beejayem42 Ай бұрын

🐨👍

@marianaeksteen4437 Ай бұрын

Undersea Green is also my no 1 green to go to.. A KZfaqr commented on her video - 2 to 3 months ago - that PO 48 is not being manufactured anymore. As it is an ingredient of Undersea Green and Quinacridone Gold we may not be able to obtain these for much longer. I have not done any research yet to confirm the statement - but plan to obtain a tube of Undersea Green with my next online shopping. To you and all the Watercolourists- happy Watercolour July!!! Greetings from sunny South Africa

@helencryer Ай бұрын

I heard that being mentioned quite a while back now, but then that Daniel Smith at least still had some, so I'm not sure. They're still all for sale now anyway.

@berolinastrassmann Ай бұрын

This video popped up just in time. Lately I have been a bit bored with my usual mixes, so your mixes are very inspiring. Do you have a favourite mix?

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Usually I'm quite lazy and just use my pre-mixed greens, but French Ultramarine and Quin Gold/Deep Gold I like. I don't have it in my travel palette at the moment, but back at home I was playing around with mixes using PB60 (Indanthrone Blue) and it was making some gorgeous rich greens (and other colours) - if you've got one, I'd definitely recommend a play.

@berolinastrassmann Ай бұрын

@@helencryer Thanks! Yes, I have several PB60 from several brands. I found your combinations very interesting and will see which colours I have at home to reproduce. I only have a handful of Daniel Smith colours, so I might have to replace those. However, I have enough other brands to have a wonderful play session! Thanks for the inspiration!

@helencryer Ай бұрын

Oh that's great! Hope you have a lovely time!

@tdelphia1 Ай бұрын

You must not paint many evergreen forests since your greens almost all lean warm. I always have DS perylene green on my palette and could use DS' jadeite genuine a lot as well for all the deep bluey forest greens. Perylene green is a great mixer and can go cooler or darker-kind of impressive for what is actually a BLACK pigment; might be one to consider if you are looking for a green candidate to add.

@helencryer Ай бұрын

I don't have any evergreen forests at all where I live/visit. I have a couple of Perylene Greens, plus Jadeite Genuine in my main palette, but they're just not accurate for what I see. I ought to try them in mixing more though, thanks for the reminder!