But why naked statutes 😢

I started with DS Quin Red as my only red which was a pretty versatile choice. Quickly added Quin Violet (DS) for a deeper red mix and eventually added Organic Vermillion (DS aka scarlet lake) later on for a warm red. I love them but over time am finding Quin Red not as useful as I thought and I might replace it.

Thank you, Kris... so inspiring!!! Can you do something like this and make them 'move' into different poses... riding a horse or throwing a ball? That would help me onto the next level.

On Amazon, it doesn't say Golden Gel medium is adhesive!!! However, you're showing it here ... it was a bit expensive ... can I use glue ??? ❤ Thanks for all your videos!!! You always hit the nail on the head! 😅

Thank you so much. So appreciate your generous wisdom.

It's a good start set ... medium hues so you get an actual red & yellow. The angst of sets with orange reds, pinks, and greenish tinged or orange yellows. Nice demo. (*ease up on that blue for lighter purples)

Hi Kris! I have been swatching some of my paints, when I realized that the old ROYGBIV order of color from the rainbow, usually is not the order of paint manufacturers colors. They start with yellow. Now, I realize if you just put it in a circle, red goes to orange, orange to yellow and so on. But why do they start with yellow instead of red? Does it matter? It bugs me, so apparently it matters, at least to me. Do you know anything about this? I hope you can shed some light!

Thank you! Very helpful.

Very helpful! Thanks!

This was INCREDIBLY helpful! Thank you so much!

Nice

I don’t have alizarin. Which other red be comparable?

I like it for the crazy greens in pallets these days. One really bright wild green can produce all sorts of calm greens when mixed with the neutral tint.

Amazing. Thank you

What a great voice and tempo. I have to look into your courses.

Thank you Kris, what a wonderful demo of a tree….you inspired me

I bought tons of cheap brushes that were labeled as mixed media, suitable for WC just the same at first, thinking that a more diverse range of products was better than just a couple. I figured if I liked it, I would then invest later on on better supplies. I got so frustrated with them that I almost gave up on WC all together. I ended up, on a whim, just ordering an actual watercolor brush, one that was actually made for watercolors! I was so blown away that I ditched every last one of my cheap brushes and just used this new one and ordered a bunch more! It was a complete game changer for me, so much so that it makes me cringe when I hear other artists say to just use what you have. While I get it, not everyone CAN invest in better supplies, trying to do so where and when you can, is also investing in your art and in yourself as an artist! You CAN get by with them, but once you upgrade, you won’t regret it! Once I did this with my brushes, I did the same with my paper and then my paints!! No regrets!! So I recommend in that order to upgrade: brushes, then paper, then paints.

If you’re sticking with just 3 primary colors, I think which ones you should use depends heavily on what kinds of things you’re going to be painting… Because a 3 color palette is actually pretty restrictive in terms of the range of colors you can mix… For example, if you choose a warm yellow like a cadmium yellow deep or Indian yellow, that could be great for a realistic landscape… It will allow you to create extremely vibrant oranges (especially mixed with a warm red, like cadmium or pyrrol scarlet)… But the warmer you go with your yellow, the more you’re also cutting off the most vibrant & brightest green end of the spectrum, which requires a cool yellow. If you choose a warm red in order to mix those brilliant oranges, that’s great… But the warmer your red is, the more you’re cutting off the most saturated, high chroma purples, which require a cool red/magenta/rose color to mix from primaries. Again, if you’re painting landscapes, that might be fine- maybe you’ll only ever need some moodier, more dull purples, for a moody sunset sky, & will have no need of the most saturated purples… Whereas, if you’re painting floral paintings, maybe you do need high chroma purples for violets or irises or whatever. So it’s worth really thinking about the subjects you’ll be painting & the techniques you intend to employ when planning a limited palette. Also, with so few pigments at your disposal, you need to be intentional about whether you want to choose all transparent pigments, all opaque pigments, all semi-, or some tactically selected combination thereof. Personally, I think that, if you can afford to, it’s very much worthwhile (especially if you’ll be painting a wide variety of subjects) to go with a split primary palette. With one warm & one cool red, one warm & cool yellow, & one warm & one cool blue, you significantly expand the spectra of colors you’ll be able to paint- giving yourself the options needed to achieve pretty much the full range of saturation in any direction, from neutral greys, beiges, & browns, to the most intense purples, oranges, & greens. You still have to be selective about transparency vs opacity, because you’d rapidly have to expand to a LOT of paints to cover every combination of opacities for every split primary… A simple split primary palette of six well-selected paints will take you a LONG way.

Well red yellow and blue are the primary colors

So true!!🎉

Have you tried Holbein lavender? It seems to be preferred by many. It is also has PB29, PV15, and PW6. It has no ox-gall.

Great content

Oh yeah. I want to paint it alllllllllll

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Great apples

there are so many variants of PBr7

Blick told me that after 3 months the paper starts to change in regards to sizing. Have you found that to be true? Thank you for your informative vid.

I have been looking for a more transparent replacement for my yellow ochre. I think this answers my question. Thanks!

Thank you! Brilliant! 🖌️✨💖

Thank you!🇨🇦

Much needed video, thank you so much mam ❤

In all fairness; I don't think you invented colours.

Kris, this video was most helpful! I have learned much from you. Appreciate your work. Thanks

Wow this drawing looks amazing ❤❤❤

Love to know how staining these colours are. ;)

Thank you! I’m a beginner.😊 I asked for and was gifted this palette for my birthday after watching your video and looking through your posts. And, I’m going to fill it with your recommended watercolors. I can’t wait to go back and watch all of your videos multiple times. I know that I will learn so much and hopefully improve!

This video is just what I'm looking for. I just bought a primary set because I want to mix my own colors. I'm just getting into water colors since high school art classes (many decades ago). So I've been watching all these videos of people using large numbers of pans of colors. That's too overwhelming. And I just prefer to mix my own colors anyway. Maybe because that's how I learned it, it seems more naturals than picking premade shades. Anyway, that you. I just subscribed to your channel.

Oh I love the last comment! “ keep on growing in watercolour”. My new mantra and thing to share . Thank you. I love mixing greys, browns and blacks. I am going to try some of your recipes that I have not played with yet. 🎉

I don't see "Azo Yellow" in the Mission Gold swatches online or in that 24 color set. Does it go by another name or something?

I absolutely love this palette. I love how a swatch sheet fits behind the clear plastic insert on the other side - it makes for a stunning palette when you open it and can see all of the colors painted out. I also love that it's a one-sided palette (unlike the white fold out ones that hold 20 colors- you can't close this type of palette if they are wet and juicy on both sides). 18 colors is the perfect amount. I also love the round-ish wells. Very easy to fill and holds the perfect amount of paint

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This is a great topic, thanks for explaining the importance of grey. The recipes of grey are just handy. Indeed master the art of grey will greatly enhance the outcome. Grey painter like Joseph Zbukvic has a great proportion of his paintings are just grey. Not just grey but clever mix of different shapes of grey.

Have you tried WN cobolt turquoise or teal light? I was gifted DS phthaol turquoise, but have nothing to compare it to. I’m not a fan of all granulating colors. Thanks

You’re a very kind and brave instructor to show your early work. Thank you.

My most used neutral grey (but leaning a bit to the warmer side) is ultramarine blue and burned sienna.

Here is a longer video showing my entire setup: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aad5Y7t0yrG8k2g.html

So inspiring to paint this way

Are you the Martha Stewart of art?? You sound like her!

Your very underrated😊

Thanks for this detailed and clear approach. I'm trying it so i can ship paintings out to my kids without fear of them breaking! Kind of a modern look to them, too, don't you think? 🙏