Painting With A Limited Palette Using Only 4 COLOURS!

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Here are the watercolour materials that I use!
Gold Metallic Palette: USA-amzn.to/3561oaw CANADA: amzn.to/34VuB86
Paint Palette:
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Arches Watercolour Paper:
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Princeton Snap Brushes:
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Size 12 Round brush:
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Winsor & Newton Cotman and Professional Paints:
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Mauve: USA- amzn.to/2HBOaJS CANADA- amzn.to/2SUPz0l
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Dr Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White Ink: USA- amzn.to/2OaXxkT CANADA- amzn.to/2EN47d0
Prang 16 Watercolour pan set:
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Prang 8 Watercolour pan set:
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@Kath-Erina 4 жыл бұрын

I bought those colors but went with the true primary colors, yellow magenta and turquoise. I've mixed them wet in the pallette and created 12 colors from those three tubes, let them dry and now I don't have to mix new colors every time but just use my premixed colors. It's so much fun and I could create almost all colors I wanted even a true red and blue and every colour of green, orange, purple even an indigo.. you get it, lol (except black, I only got a deep deep grey but not a true black)

@willcartermedia 4 жыл бұрын

I love that you did not edit out when things don't go as planned, like using too much paint or when there is bleeding. I tend to scrap my works when this happens, aiming for perfection. You showed me that if you stick with it, you can end up with a great result even if the process did not go as planned. Thank you!

@jakea1035 3 жыл бұрын

As always, thank you for taking the time to make this. Watching Ooops! moments are so useful to those of us still learning. Not to scrap a picture but to rescue it is a good lesson to learn.

@strictlymyopinion8307 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for correcting your mistakes in front of us so we learn, there is a lot of perfectionists out there that will not show their mess ups and I believe we need to see them and learn how to correct them. Thank you for taking the time out to teach us and have a nice day 🙂

@gregoryaxton9723 3 жыл бұрын

i realize it is kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good site to watch newly released tv shows online ?

@brockbraylen4039 3 жыл бұрын

@Gregory Axton I would suggest FlixZone. You can find it by googling =)

@paulkayden1158 3 жыл бұрын

@Brock Braylen Yea, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself :)

@Jacklynofalltrades 4 жыл бұрын

My mom is going to start painting and I suggested your channel since you show your beautiful baby and you do small projects. Thank you for being there!

@marialuis3101 4 жыл бұрын

Love that you explain where your colours fit on the colour wheel. Helps to understand the colour wheel and the combinations you can get from mixing.

@quilter1958 4 жыл бұрын

I saw a video (not sure whose) that said if you have a plastic palate, gently use a toothbrush with toothpaste that contains baking soda to rub around the palette then wash well. It should stop the beading.

@nanschifris8734 4 жыл бұрын

quilter1958 Conte I do this with my metal palettes and it works GREAT! I highly recommend trying it.

@lizsullivan7085 4 жыл бұрын

Just the baking soda is all you need. Works great

@SabrinaMSabrinasStories 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos and teaching style so, so much. It's been very helpful to me in learning watercolour, especially as you don't panic when something doesn't go exactly as you planned. PS. that purple painting in particular is to die for!

@v.macneil7468 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Emma! Happy new year. I wondered if you were familiar with Louise de Masi’s posts on KZfaq. Louise is a former teacher who lives in Australia. She is also an inspirational watercolourist with a gentle manner. Just thought that you might enjoy her if you had not already discovered her channel. Wishing you happiness.

@brittanydejesus9258 4 жыл бұрын

LOVED the purple flowers/combo!

@FannaTurano 4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous and brilliant! I'm still lost in the sea of "warm/cool" and color theory stuff, but see here how pleasing they are when combined appropriately. I need to watch your new one hour color theory vid, Em! Especially loved the 2nd with purples and blues. Lovely!

@mrs8357 4 жыл бұрын

You make everything look effortless and that's encouraging for me.Thank you.

@created2bless322 4 жыл бұрын

1st Miss Emma, your little baby is precious! Love to see you two together! 2nd This is a great video/tutorial. Your watercoloring and techniques are inspiring. I love how you simplified the creating of the neighboring colors. 3rd You're a beautiful young lady, thank you for being here. 4th Yes, Your wonderful video on warm and cool colors was perfect, in many ways🌺🌼🌸🎨 Lastly God bless you and little one💗

@gingersparks73 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I want to pass on to you and your followers a tip concerning using new pallets and having that beading up problem. If you take Arm & Hammer toothpaste with peroxide in the toothpaste and a toothbrush and clean the whole pallet plastic and metal both using the toothpaste it will prevent the beading from happening. It’s awesome and really works!!

@elizabethraegambaccini9336 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful book, Emma!

@vivianamieres 4 жыл бұрын

Emma i LOVE your hair , looking amazing 💅💅💅

@Allthingspaper579 4 жыл бұрын

I just ordered your book! So excited! One of my goals this year is to start watercolor painting and I just found your channel. You do amazing work and I love your instructions. Thank you!!

@nathalieslembrouck2529 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos especially this one. I've started to watecolor last week because of you and I enjoye it so much !!! Many thanks from France 😘

@gopipavi9653 4 жыл бұрын

Hi...I started my watercolor journey with your videos about a year back and I am grateful for that... because it gave me the confidence to venture out to other themes and mediums too...I remember, in your earlier videos, you used to say that our failures may be because of the paper and not ourselves. However I always used to get the water pooling on the paper despite the quality ...and however little water I tried to pick up, it was always more. and I didn't like to lose all the paint that I mixed in pooling/drying it off on the paper towel today too I learnt a new lesson, that since plastic resists water, much of it stays on the brush rather than be laid out on the palette... thank you

@catherinekasten9561 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Emma! I just love your channel; I think I'm addicted! I've ordered one of your workbooks, even though most of the content can be found on your channel. I wanted to "pay" you for all the videos! p.s. My husband commented on one of my paintings, and thought it was 'professional'! So, that was my go-ahead to order some professional paints of your four colors in the video (and maybe more!). I'm having so much fun. Believe me, 'fun' is hard to get in our often 'troubled' world.

@LisaYoungmpp 4 жыл бұрын

These are absolutely beautiful!! Such a helpful tutorial! I can’t wait to try this! 🙌🏽💕

@meri8746 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this awesome lesson and all of the links added! That rounds out as an excellent tutorial! Florals are lovely! 👏🏻

@mammabear2183 4 жыл бұрын

I found this video to be so helpful. Thank you for sharing how to fix a puddle problem. I appreciate your being so honest when things go wrong, so we can learn how to fix it, too. I also appreciate your explanation about mixing colors. Many thanks for the excellent videos you share!!

@judidoherty936 4 жыл бұрын

Emma..these are so lovely. Thank you for your inspiration.

@ullazitabinder2091 4 жыл бұрын

I love those blue'ish, purple'ish flowers :)

@metlrabbit 4 жыл бұрын

This is my new favorite video. Beautiful results and I learned so much about color mixing, which fascinates me. Thank you!

@gingerkelly5146 4 жыл бұрын

These are beautiful. I love your tutorials!! You are so real and helpful in so many ways!! Thank you!!

@bethmarchildon7127 4 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough of your videos. I love watching how fast you mix your colors and comes out beautiful. I have been ordering your color choices from Amazon off of your site just to make sure i get the right colors. Thanks for sharing that with us. Its nice to see how little mistakes can be corrected. Thankyou for sharing that too. :)

@maryellenmeckley667 4 жыл бұрын

Love both of them. Thanks

@LesleyTaylor101 4 жыл бұрын

This has been incredibly helpful AND beautiful! Ready to try these designs. Love your channel!

@user-xb9iv5ys3s 4 жыл бұрын

단순하면서도 예뻐요👍 be simple and pretty💕

@anniehamilton2524 4 жыл бұрын

Love these, thanks for the great colour mixing tricks

@kaypinard 4 жыл бұрын

Love it Emma! I especially loved the purple one! Thanks!

@kipnewman952 4 жыл бұрын

Love the pink you made for the peony. The whole picture is very pretty (so are your curls).

@spiritual514 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining mixing colours and swatches( May be in another video) and sketching . I always wondered about your inspiration. God bless

@prettyblimp 4 жыл бұрын

congratulations on the release of your book! sounds fabulous! best wishes

@janthomas9168 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your video as always. Amazing how 4 colors can turn into so many different colors. Thanks for all your work. Love watching you work. You make it look so easy and natural. I just might get there.

@lindaeastment4542 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Emma, Thank you so much for taking the time to post a very lovely and helpful watercolour painting tutorial loved the 2 paintings my personal favorite was the lilac and blue one xLin

@darleneplant.6284 4 жыл бұрын

I ordered your book and printed it out. It's great. A great help to me. Thank you for all of your hard work!

@pokey3010 4 жыл бұрын

Love this so pretty and you make it loos so easy!! Thanks for showing us how to fix mistakes too!!

@anniegotakindlee 4 жыл бұрын

Very pretty. You make this look so easy.

@bethautrey9634 3 жыл бұрын

I love this! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful talent! Going to try this, I'm a beginner!

@mossie1954 4 жыл бұрын

This is such an important guide for painters, you have done all the hard work!! I will be keeping this BIG TIME :) Love your work.....p.s. LOVE THE BABY TOO!

@nanschifris8734 4 жыл бұрын

Nice lesson. 🙂 Rubbing toothpaste on plastic or metal palettes makes them just “rough” enough to stop the water beading. I rub it in with my fingers and then rinse really well before using. I also use Bee paper because it’s inexpensive. I’ve recently become a fan of Indigo and Kilimanjaro papers, though. I buy whole sheets online (Jerry’s Artarama, Blick’s, Cheap Joe’s) and cut them down. It’s very economical and the papers are awesome.

@ilustralilian_ 4 жыл бұрын

These are beautiful!!! Loved it 💖💖💖

@diane2941 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, what beautiful colors. I need more practice.

@SusanHilesArt 4 жыл бұрын

Quick save when that green ran into the yellow! You reacted so fast. Lol. Your purple flowers are AMAZING!

@Sleepyfar 4 жыл бұрын

Learn so much from this.. thank you so much! ❤️

@titajulics7770 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful... beautiful 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@sondrabrown442 4 жыл бұрын

This is great, very helpful! Thanks!

@donnahenry3772 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!

@soulsisterssurvivorssister8463 4 жыл бұрын

Such an informative video...thanks!

@sandypea 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the video!! I have learned so much from you!!

@supersleuth3161 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for this, very helpful!!

@dipikadebnath9250 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely 😍😍😍

@fixatrixamedtess5268 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Emma I love how you show to paint in watercolers. I my self have paint in years, but I love to see new frech painting in watercolers and I are a new subb to your wonderful channel. thank you. Hugzz tess from Sweden

@lisas292 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I am an intermediate painter but I still need to be reminded to mix more colors. Also, have you tried Fabriano Artistico paper? It is my favorite. Thank you again. Great job!

@ruthwalton3457 4 жыл бұрын

😍😘 thank you

@kristinadsouza9976 3 жыл бұрын

I learned SO much Emma!!! Thank you! I was wondering what you do with the pieces that you make during tutorials? Do you repurpose them for cards or do you sell them? Just curious :-)

@Tyfa22 4 жыл бұрын

Could you do valentine's day cards? :)

@JennferRash 4 жыл бұрын

Very good nice

@Ms1lonewolf 4 жыл бұрын

Cool good job 👍!! I hate those pallets though. The paint does suck up into your brush to much with those pallets. I use a smaller brush and it does help a little. I was surprised about how many different colors you can mix with a limited pallet. When I first started with watercolors I thought I had to go out and buy all the different colors. Then I quickly learned that's not true. I could mix yellow blue and red and get plenty of colors. It does help to have a painsgray also. That way you can darken up a red or a green. You can use purple but I prefer to use painsgray. Plus it always good to have a neutral in your pallet. I wanted to ask you if you have ever painted a horse. I'm trying to accomplish painting a horse right now and I can't keep my paper from drying on me so I can the highlights and shadows done on my horse. I use bee paper also to practice on. Can you do a video on painting a full body horse? Please? I would appreciate it 😊. It would help me ammensely. Thank you so much for sharing. 😎FL.

@stardustalchemy830 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! I love your videos. I just wanted to know where you got your palette that holds all your paints! I want to get one just like it😁💜

@spiritual514 3 жыл бұрын

Today colour wheel made lot of sense .

@kathryncurry2662 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing how to mix different shades of colors. Is there an easy way to tell if a color is cool or warm? I’m having a lot of trouble with that, and don’t want muddy mixes.

@EmmaLefebvre 4 жыл бұрын

Kathryn Curry I have a video on that. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbByeq112cucnH0.html

@debbiebuttars5598 4 жыл бұрын

I love that you’re showing how to use a limited palette. So many painters want to buy ALL the colors (even black), when it’s pretty easy to create custom colors. I’ve noticed that you paint with a lot of water. I agree that Arches soaks up the water better. But one of the things I hated when I first started watercolor was how the water would dry so unevenly with hard lines around places where there was more color/pigment. It changed my life when I learned it’s from having too much water in an area. Water pushes the pigment out toward the edges and as it dries you get the dark outlines. It takes more time, but I get better results when I use less water/pigment and use layers to build up color. Just my two cents! Haha! 😂

@gertbanks7585 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Emma enjoying watching your demo. paintings. So nice to see. Once question I have a small block of Strathmore watercolor paper and I would like to know if this paper (it's 140 lb. paper weight). Is this similar to the Bee paper that you used here? Would it work for little demos such as yours? Now the little guy is saying goodbye to us on the channel. So cute. You are a good teacher, teach in down to earth ways I can understand. Thank you.

@debbiequinones3183 4 жыл бұрын

Emma, I purchased your guide to watercolor. My question is , Which watercolor palette are you currently using? The colors in the workbook or the colors that are in your video called "What's in my palette "? I really want to follow along when you say what color you are using in your videos. Thank you, love your work.

@LudimilaFerreiraGomes 4 жыл бұрын

In 7:40 I just screamed internally and then you dealed with it so calmly and I figure out that this happens and is not big deal

@cindygarrison6338 4 жыл бұрын

These are very pretty! I don't recall if you ever discussed which side of the paper to use. It makes a difft, right?

@EmmaLefebvre 4 жыл бұрын

Cindy Garrison it does! Use the more textured side!

@betsymcghee8915 4 жыл бұрын

So, I'm not crazy when I feel like all my water/paint is in my brush!!

@callisonroberts5388 4 жыл бұрын

Use something slightly abrasive to clean the palette

@joettasmith4594 4 жыл бұрын

As a real newbie to watercolors, is it necessary right off to purchase the best paper? I throw so much away at this point, that I hate the idea of throwing expensive paper out. I’m using a cold pressed 140 lb paper. What do you think? I love your videos and they have truly inspired me.

@EmmaLefebvre 4 жыл бұрын

Joetta Smith not necessary. I’d say at first get the strokes down. But when you start to get a bit frustrated because it may seem the quality of your work isn’t at its best, it will probably be because of your paper. When you feel more comfortable, then upgrade. I used cheap canson paper for about a year. Do what works best for you!

@shawnaleewhitney6630 4 жыл бұрын

Joetta, if there's an art supply shop in your area, ask if they have open stock of Arches or Bee. The local shop where I buy supplies has packs of Arches ($$$!), but also sells it by the sheet which is more affordable. You could practice on something else and then use some of the Arches when you're ready.

@joettasmith4594 4 жыл бұрын

Shawnalee Whitney that’s a great idea! So far, I’ve only purchased from Michael’s. I will definitely check with an art supply store about single sheets. I have no artistic talent. This is all so new to me. I was drawn to watercolor painting for some reason. It has such a dreamy quality to it. I do get frustrated sometimes, but I absolutely love it; mess ups and all!