Top Favorite Watercolors 2023 | Part 2: Blues, Blue-Greens, Desaturated Greens
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Күн бұрынToday we are taking a look at Part 2 of my Top 48 favorite colors in 2023 from brands including Da Vinci, Daniel Smith, Roman Szmal, Schmincke, Stoneground, and Winsor & Newton. Stay tuned for Parts 3 & 4!
* Resources Mentioned *
Monochromatic & Analogous Value Studies E-Book: www.etsy.com/listing/1526874447/
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* Brands Mentioned *
Daniel Smith: amzn.to/44Sug4m
Da Vinci: davincipaints.com/?aff=9
Schmincke: www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/col...
Roman Szmal: www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/col...
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* Timestamps *
0:00 Introduction
0:31 Indanthrene Blue
1:26 Ultramarine Blue
2:09 Phthalo Turquoise
2:48 Cerulean Blue
3:23 Cerulean Blue (Warm Shade)
3:58 Cobalt Teal
4:43 Cobalt Turquoise
5:15 Forest Blue
5:59 Cobalt Green Deep
6:24 Florentine Green
7:05 Forest Green
7:36 Desert Green
8:11 Overview
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@twozsinapod 9 ай бұрын
My favorite blues are French Ultramarine (DV or RS), Cobalt Coelin (RS), Cobalt Teal (DV, QoR, or RS) or Cobalt Sea Blue (RS), and Ocean Blue (RS). I enjoy PB60 in mixes, but the slight drying shift annoys me when using it on its own. I love so many earthy greens but I'd have to say my favorites have been Denise's Green and Aquarius Green. I've more recently started trying Cobalt Green Deep and the darker Cobalt Turquoise.
@ChantelleArts 9 ай бұрын
the granulation of all of the schmincke colours is crazy! especially that last shade, it's gorgeous 😍😍
@themightierpencil 9 ай бұрын
I used to give Ultramarine the side-eye every time it was in one of my pre-poured/manufactured palettes...that is until I started using it in my portrait studies, especially for BIPOC subjects. Juxtaposed with my beloved (discontinued) PO48, it is so gorgeous both next to the burnt orange and as they blend together in wet washes (and also PB36 Cerulean). Now I can't live without either blues on my palette.
@parleymanderson7527 9 ай бұрын
For a warm and granulating cerulean, my fav is the Holbein, I found it to be less streaky than others. My fav Cobalt teal are the Cobalt Sea Blue( RS) and Turquoise Green( Sennelier) they have the same hue but the sennelier has really bad binder separation( the color is worth it though). One of my favorite "unique" blue is the Aquarius Cobalt Blue from RS. It’s quite opaque and granulating like a cerulean but stronger.
@Lauraisabelgonzalezart 9 ай бұрын
You've brought attention to these wonderful colors that I've been using for so long for my Forest mushrooms!!! What a treat to have a Friday video from you too. And my FAVORITE go to Blues/Greens are Indanthrone Blue from Rosa Gallery, Cobalt Green Deep from WN, Green Gold from WN and Cerulean Blue from WN as well!
@JennyGranberry 9 ай бұрын
Desert Green is such a funky fun color - I need to find the right image and paint something with it
@joyfulldj 9 ай бұрын
As for deep blue's I like the sennelier indenthrone blue and white nights deep blue; light blue cerrulian is senneliers cerulean from the billy shovel botanical tube set. For greens I favor daniel smith undersea green and pyreleen green as well as the ds sap green for mixing conveniance. Teals I dont use that much but in the 36 palette from white nights you have a gorgious very translucent teal that I love for painting winter landscapes frozen puddles and such. I just love each color on the billy shovel palette other then senneliers version of quin gold, that I Hate and will be tossed for a naples yellow. I love me the rich warm grey by sennelier and my new favorite ever christmassy red is Royal Talens Rembrand artist version of Napthol red. It is the perfect bright santa red. It does not lend itself well for mixing but I just wanted the color for sake of squeeling ahw when wettng it :P
@grunetinte6975 9 ай бұрын
dessert green is in my rock pebble goals
@cris_ad 9 ай бұрын
Woo! I've been waiting for this video! Something about the way you're doing these swatches/the paper really brings out the most beautiful qualities in all the paints. This series is great!
@MsMoniqueWilson 9 ай бұрын
Great line up! I love them all.
@RadishTheFool 9 ай бұрын
Your videos are always such luxuruous treats, thank you Denise!
@polgara28 9 ай бұрын
Lovely choices, Denise! Thanks for sharing. ♥
@stephanie.kilgast 9 ай бұрын
The desert green is an interesting one indeed! I like having one or two weird ones on my palette, though I tend to pick them out for specific paintings. One that you didn't pick but that I personally use a lot is perylene green (I use the one from Schmincke) I use it all the time for the shadows in the foliage. I like seeing other artists' color choices, it's always inspiring :)
@InLiquidColor 7 ай бұрын
Perylene Green is in Part 3! Couldn't have a palette without it :)
@SketchesnScrubs 9 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful collection of colours! Thank you so much for sharing, feeling super inspired x
@alejandromorales9516 9 ай бұрын
I really love this series, Denise! I love hearing about what excites you about all your choices! I am trying to use up the Pthalo Blue GS in my main palette to eventually swap in Pthalo Turquoise by DaVinci like you have here as I prefer the hue. I keep Lunar Blue by Daniel Smith on my palette same reason you use that Forest Blue. I also think you get instantly interesting greens with it. I JUST did something interesting in my main palette and replaced Cerulean Blue with Cinerous Blue by Sennelier. I realized I rarely mixed with Cerulean and lately I want my palette to be very bright and saturated so I went with the Sennelier because I got that perfect hue which is perfect for the finishing details. I'm also very fond of an Indigo ... and I just enjoy them all. I love Daniel Smith's the best but any dark inky blue is great for quickly mixing darks. I also love PB29. I have a bunch and it's a classic for a reason.
@awatercolourist 9 ай бұрын
Hi Alejandro! Thanks for articulating my thoughts about this series 🙂.
@mattspatturnalia8167 3 ай бұрын
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but MaimeriBlu do a muted semi-transparent green made from PG17 (which for some reason they call hooker's green) that looks super close to that beautiful Florentine green, great for those of us in the UK who may find it hard to get hold of the latter 💚
@SarahAndBoston 9 ай бұрын
I love the monochromatic bear study at the top of this video! Love that desert green. Gotta try it!
@InLiquidColor 7 ай бұрын
Thank you! They were really fun to work on :)
@nicole127x 6 ай бұрын
I think my Green Apatite by Daniel Smith is awfully close to that Desert Green by Schminke.
@eugenia.z.art.3789 9 ай бұрын
Waiting for this video so much 🔥🔥🔥
@badgerbat9723 9 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh! How wonderful! Not only did I get to see another Top Favorites video, I also got to find out about your Values pdf!!! So exciting! I just purchased it and am looking forward to working through it. :)
@InLiquidColor 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words and support! I hope you enjoy the ebook!
@colorsmith659 9 ай бұрын
Cobalt Azure by Schmincke is one of the most used (almost empty pan again 😲) paints in my dedicated palette, for mixing and stand-alone skies. So happy to watch your video after a really stressful week on the day job: Well done once more. And I do like your newer style of two layer swatching very much. Your calm (and calming) voice is allways a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for the video.
@mjpete27 9 ай бұрын
Hullo Denise, I do appreciate all of your efforts to educate your viewers! I am still learning and I have changed my favorite colors many times over the years! I have DaVinci Ultramarine Blue as a favorite staple in most of my palettes! I have Perylene Green from DaVinci too! You are the person that I credit for this green in my palettes. I of course have added your Denise’s Green. I used to have SAP green from DS but I have removed almost all of that brand from my collection, well my working palettes, I have found about 40 tubes/pans of colors that are stored in a box. I am a bit tight-fisted to simply toss them in the trash! I am looking forward to seeing paint 3 and onward with this paint selection and your evaluations. See ya next time!
@litylu 9 ай бұрын
Curious, why did you decide to remove DS completely when you still have usable color left? I used to be DS and only DS but I’ve been transitioning and buying a few DV as it’s cheaper but DS offers a few colors I can’t get anywhere else e.g. MANS (mont Amiata natural sienna). I also have one SCH on my palette but they’re super pricey.
@vanessacastagnoli1126 5 ай бұрын
May I ask why you got rid of your DS? Trying to cater as much info before I make a purchase. Thank you
@mjpete27 5 ай бұрын
@@vanessacastagnoli1126 I believe that DS has saturated the market with advertising and raised their prices accordingly! They make good paints, but they are not superior! I know they have plenty of haters but I left them when I tried to get answers form them about paint I purchased and no one would help me! I got bounced around by sellers and finally several people at one of their factories or customer service representatives. I was finally told "We don't need your business, get lost!" This is not acceptable behavior from anyone! I have found a wonderful customer service experience at DaVinci Paints and amazing paints too! I have even purchased their gouache set their paints are truly wonderful! I have Schmincke, Sennelier and M.Graham paints in my palettes and find them equally good paints! Most are more expensive than DaVinci so I buy more from them! Higher cost is not always superior. I tried 14 brands when I came back to paper and paint and I got warm and cool samples when I could I initially purchased a Mijello 36 set with palette and went on the get their 34 single pigment set afte using them for a couple of months. I only found DaVinci after watching a video by Denise Soden on her channel In Liquid Color and watched her color spotlight series and I had to try her Moody Trio from DaVinci. I hope this long winded answer has helped you, at least got you new directions to try!
@christopherreilly4450 9 ай бұрын
The blues, cyans, and greens are really pretty, and the Desert Green looks cool with the separation of the Cadmium Red. I mostly use Indanthrone (my preferred blue) and Ultramarine for blues, and they are really valuable when mixed with yellows, oranges, and browns. I have multiple cyans, and I mostly use Phthalo Blue (GS) or M Graham’s (Phthalo) Turquoise, but I sometimes use Cobalt Teal (it mixes really well with Potter’s Pink). The only greens that I have are the Phthalo Greens, but they are both useful mixers, especially when I use the blue shade to neutralize my Quin Red Light or Alizarin Crimson hue.
@KateTheSleepyTeacher 5 ай бұрын
I would love to see how these colors mix together ❤
@nicoletheknightowl7560 9 ай бұрын
My fav and most used blue is cobalt blue pale by renesans. Cobalt blue pb28 (ren) and cobalt teal pb50 (qor) make a great cobalt cerulean dupe. So good i dont keep cerulean on my pallete anymore. Only other blues i have on my main pallete are french ultramarine pb29 (davinci) , pthalo turquoise pb16(w&n) (only pthalo i use) and then qor's paynes grey if that counts too.
@jen_french 9 ай бұрын
Ooh I’m so glad I saw this, have been eyeing up the Daniel Smith indanthrone blue but I might have to do some more research. Have you tried Roman Szmal’s version? It’s half the price of Schminke! We can’t get Da Vinci affordably here in Australia either 😢
@InLiquidColor 7 ай бұрын
You've probably found an answer to this already - sorry for the delay! - but I have tried RS's Indanthrone and it works well, too :)
@litylu 9 ай бұрын
Great vid! I love cobalts and cerulean but don’t use them anymore as I’ve removed ALL toxic colors from my palette which doesn’t make color choosing as easy. I currently have DS Manganese Blue Hue, SCH F.Ultramarine or DS Ultramarine, DV Indanthrene Blue (changed from DS version as I found that too chalky). I rarely use phthalos but do have a tube of DV Phthalo Turq. and DS Phthalo Blue GS.
@parleymanderson7527 9 ай бұрын
The DV PB60 is a stable on my pallete. Howver, I have to admit that I prefer the Sennelier version. Side by side, the Sennelier is just richer and more saturated.
@litylu 9 ай бұрын
@@parleymanderson7527that’s good to know! I haven’t even gotten to use the DV yet :( Still have a half pan of the DS I’m trying to bust through so I can add the DV. I’m sure it’ll be a big upgrade but I’ll keep in mind about the Sennelier.
@vanessacastagnoli1126 5 ай бұрын
Can you share some of the more non toxic brands?
@martparesbaraldes 9 ай бұрын
For me Schmincke (PG50) Cobalt turquoise is in my top3 watercolours, another blue that I like is Cobalt blue deep (PB74) from (Schmincke and W&N).
@InLiquidColor 7 ай бұрын
Oo I do love PB74! It's such a good one!
@litylu 9 ай бұрын
Hey Denise, is your preferred DV PB29 shown here their “ultramarine green shade” option or the one labeled as just “Ultramarine”?
@InLiquidColor 9 ай бұрын
Their ultramarine. I'd let you know if it was a variant! :)
@alanefideler7234 9 ай бұрын
I say ultramarine blue is anything but boring! I definitely judge brands based on their versions of ultramarine blue, and I have such a fetish (there's literally no other word to describe it in my head) for Mission's ultramarine blue deep...it absolutely GLOWS and granulates so softly, I almost plan paintings around using it.
@Kaninchenbau 9 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@k.elmaraghy1370 9 ай бұрын
Beautiful colors.. though too expensive for my budget 😢
@WalkerFrankeArt 9 ай бұрын
What les you to replacing Phthalo Blue?
@parleymanderson7527 9 ай бұрын
I think she just like the mixes with PB16 more than PB15. Obviously, pb15 is a more "primary" blue but after painting for a while you started to develop your own style and sometimes you realize that a "primary" mixing blue is not needed.
@WalkerFrankeArt 9 ай бұрын
@@parleymanderson7527 Yeah, that's why I was curious about with her journey in particular! I love hearing the various unique palettes people have. I'm definitely a PB15 person (although I have yet to use PB16, so this may give me the push)!
@parleymanderson7490 9 ай бұрын
@@WalkerFrankeArtTry to mix pb15 with a bit of pg7 to try if you like pb16’s hue. I have both Pb15 and pb16. If you like to paint moody things I think Pb16 would be a great fit. I especially love using it for moody forest. However, if you like vibrant color ( even vibrant green, the green mixure look similar whether you use pb15 or pb16), go with pb15. To me, it’s more predictable.
@InLiquidColor 9 ай бұрын
I just like rich teals more than bright blues :D
@WalkerFrankeArt 9 ай бұрын
@@InLiquidColor Haha that's fair! I'll have to check it out
@awatercolourist 9 ай бұрын
First!
@kookatsoonjan 9 ай бұрын
well...hello again...
@awatercolourist 9 ай бұрын
@@kookatsoonjan Hi hi 👋🏼😃. Nice seeing you again!
@GarbauxM 2 ай бұрын
On cobolt green deep you said winsor newton But you wrote schmincke 🤨
@OhJodi69 9 ай бұрын
I love Turner's Indanthrene Blue. It's a bit different than other brands I have seen. I want to call it "Perelyne Blue", if there was such a thing, lol. Also, Turner's Olive Green, instead of sap green. I also love Cotman Cerulean Hue, so much. There's a professional artist who uses it a whole lot for skies, but I don't remember his name.
@parleymanderson7490 9 ай бұрын
How would you describe Turner’s PB60? Btw, I love the Cerulean Hue (PB15+white). It’s useful when you just need a soft and smooth blue( sky, soft shadow, portrait)😊
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