Good morning, Lisa - I'm new to you (thank you, ArtToolKit peeps) and brand new to art, specifically watercolour. I've loved browsing your demo at AKT and your pix on IG. Naturally, i'm trying to figure out a great working palette for myself, and i'm trying lots of ideas. Your palette is lovely and has given me some great ideas. I did try to visit your palette info using [https://lisaspangler.com/2022/12/13/whats-on-my-palette/] but apparently that page is out of commission. Can you direct me to the post in which you discuss your Core Colors? Thank you so much!
Hi Karen! First off, welcome to the wonderful world of watercolor! It's so much fun! Now for that link: I changed how my site worked to make the links shorter and looks like it didn't redirect, darn! Here's the link for you:
Lisa, thank you ever so much for your welcome and your note. Your colours are just so beautiful - a little different from other palettes i've played around with. Can't wait to purchase the colours you use that i don't have and start mixing! Thank you too for the links in your website article to the work of artists you admire - we have the same taste! Jane Blundell is amazing, and at her recommendation i purchased the DS Ultimate Mixing Palette to use as i began my art journey. I co-started with the JML ready-made palette to get a broad sample of paints and colours that are specific to nature journalling + are tried and true work-togethers. And Bruce McEvoy is at the foundation of all my learning. I'm looking forward to visiting Shari's Blaukopf's site; i haven't happened to cross her path. I have to confess that sometimes i sit down to paint something in particular, but get so caught up in the mixing of colours that i never get to the thing i was planning to paint … i have pages and pages of colour swatches. I look at your work and realise that i really need to get "painting" (and sketching) in addition to mixing colours. Thank you again; i'm delighted to have found you.
I keep going back and forth between dv raw sienna and WN gold ochre (which is an orange hued yellow ochre, so it’s even more similar). MANS is also in the mix. Who can decide! I think Gold Ochre is ideal for fall foliage, as it looks just like a distant melange of all the maple leaf colors, but raw sienna, more transparent and a bit more muted, is just so useful as an all-purpose mixer. I prefer raw sienna in the winter and the desert.
Hi Logan! I haven't tried WN gold ochre -- sounds intriguing! Have you tried Holbein's yellow ochre? It's really opaque -- and really yellow! It's another one of my favorites. Like you said -- who can decide? :)
Ooow I love getting to see inside other people's kit bags! I'm pretty new to painting - I studied printmaking at university so less colours and lots of separate layers and slow processes. I still feel pretty overwhelmed by the huge range of colours and effects in watercolour. The possibility of squidging them all together on one page feels really exciting but a little bit crazy for me! I'm trying to control my excitement and learn about them a bit at a time. It's really interesting getting to hear a little bit about why you have chosen certain paints for your pallet and how you use them seasonally.
Good morning, Lisa - I'm new to you (thank you, ArtToolKit peeps) and brand new to art, specifically watercolour. I've loved browsing your demo at AKT and your pix on IG. Naturally, i'm trying to figure out a great working palette for myself, and i'm trying lots of ideas. Your palette is lovely and has given me some great ideas. I did try to visit your palette info using [https://lisaspangler.com/2022/12/13/whats-on-my-palette/] but apparently that page is out of commission. Can you direct me to the post in which you discuss your Core Colors? Thank you so much!
Hi Karen! First off, welcome to the wonderful world of watercolor! It's so much fun! Now for that link: I changed how my site worked to make the links shorter and looks like it didn't redirect, darn! Here's the link for you:
https://lisaspangler.com/whats-on-my-palette/
I'll update the post. Just let me know if you have any q's!
Lisa, thank you ever so much for your welcome and your note. Your colours are just so beautiful - a little different from other palettes i've played around with. Can't wait to purchase the colours you use that i don't have and start mixing! Thank you too for the links in your website article to the work of artists you admire - we have the same taste! Jane Blundell is amazing, and at her recommendation i purchased the DS Ultimate Mixing Palette to use as i began my art journey. I co-started with the JML ready-made palette to get a broad sample of paints and colours that are specific to nature journalling + are tried and true work-togethers. And Bruce McEvoy is at the foundation of all my learning. I'm looking forward to visiting Shari's Blaukopf's site; i haven't happened to cross her path. I have to confess that sometimes i sit down to paint something in particular, but get so caught up in the mixing of colours that i never get to the thing i was planning to paint … i have pages and pages of colour swatches. I look at your work and realise that i really need to get "painting" (and sketching) in addition to mixing colours. Thank you again; i'm delighted to have found you.
I keep going back and forth between dv raw sienna and WN gold ochre (which is an orange hued yellow ochre, so it’s even more similar). MANS is also in the mix. Who can decide! I think Gold Ochre is ideal for fall foliage, as it looks just like a distant melange of all the maple leaf colors, but raw sienna, more transparent and a bit more muted, is just so useful as an all-purpose mixer. I prefer raw sienna in the winter and the desert.
Hi Logan! I haven't tried WN gold ochre -- sounds intriguing! Have you tried Holbein's yellow ochre? It's really opaque -- and really yellow! It's another one of my favorites. Like you said -- who can decide? :)
Ooow I love getting to see inside other people's kit bags! I'm pretty new to painting - I studied printmaking at university so less colours and lots of separate layers and slow processes. I still feel pretty overwhelmed by the huge range of colours and effects in watercolour. The possibility of squidging them all together on one page feels really exciting but a little bit crazy for me! I'm trying to control my excitement and learn about them a bit at a time. It's really interesting getting to hear a little bit about why you have chosen certain paints for your pallet and how you use them seasonally.