https://www.rozannecharlottefineart.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-10-18 https://www.rozannecharlottefineart.com/blog/setting-up-a-watercolor-travel-palette-2-color-choices monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/087e5972-61c8-4497-a35a-4867b5b39e9b/Bar+-+Leonidio.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor palette 2: color choices - Make it stand out A sketch made from life in a bar with my Mijello Fusion Palette during my climbing holiday to Leonidio (Greece) in my Hahnemuhle 100% cotton watercolor book (A5 landscape). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/eddf8153-ecc7-4879-891f-8b0db59acedc/Sketching+with+just+primaries.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor palette 2: color choices - Using just the primaries to create earth tones Here I practiced painting a random shelf at my parents house in my home made A6 sketchbook with arches cold pressed paper. I only used my adapted version of the primaries (in this case: Holbein Imidazolone Yellow (PY154), QOR transparent pyrrol orange (PO71); Rosa Gallery Magenta Rose (PR122); and Daniel Smith ultramarine blue (PB29) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/54188be5-7e95-4f65-964e-13fade622c71/color+wheel.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor palette 2: color choices - Make it stand out The left color wheel is an example of a standard split primary color wheel. In the right color wheel I have included Transparent Pyrrol Orange (PO71) to replace the cool and warm red. As you can see, I can still mix every color in the color wheel. These are by no means the only colors you can use to create a color wheel (see the list above). This is a very useful exercise to test your own colors and see if you have any gaps in the colors you could mix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/e37f930e-c281-4557-9702-0d7fab657e93/Sketch+turkey.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor palette 2: color choices - Make it stand out A plein air sketch made with my Mijello Fusion Palette during my climbing holiday to Geyikbayırı (Turkey) in my Hahnemuhle 100% cotton watercolor book (A5 landscape). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/0aa89529-ad99-4b42-bd8b-8c313e222c71/PBK+11.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor palette 2: color choices - Make it stand out All the colors in my Mijello Fusion Palette mixed with PBK 11 (top left for the pure shade of PBK11). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/33d7c7e7-813b-43c0-a149-1d9e938404d4/Current+palette+%28Mijello%29.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor palette 2: color choices - Make it stand out Swatches of the colors currently included in my Mijello Fusion 18 well palette. I added a second layer with some glazes on top, and you can see that the transparent colors are really great for this. I also added some of the neutral mixes (I can create chromatic blacks by adding less water). I can paint anything with this set of colors. - Buff titanium (PW6:1) by Daniel Smith - Goethite (PY43) by Daniel Smith - Yellow Ochre (PY43) by Winsor and Newton - Rich Green Gold (PY129) by Daniel Smith - Imidazolone Lemon (PY175) by Holbein - Transparent Orange by Winsor and Newton (on the tube it says pigment N/A, but many artists assume this is PO71, I have also used Transparent Pyrrol Orange (PO71) by QOR which is very similar - Magenta Rose (PR122) by Rosa Gallery - Perylene Maroon (PT179) by Winsor and Newton - Potters Pink (PR233) by Schmincke Horadam - Quinacridone Burnt Orange (PO48) by Daniel Smith - Burnt Sienna (PBr7) by Daniel Smith - Raw Umber (PBr7) by Daniel Smith - Lunar Black (PBk11) by Daniel Smith - Perylene Green (PBk31) by Schmincke Horadam - Phthalo Green (PG7) by Daniel Smith - Cobalt Turquoise Blue (PB28) by Rembrandt - Winsor Blue (Green Shade) (PB15) by Winsor and Newton - Ultramarine blue (PB29) by Daniel Smith. https://www.rozannecharlottefineart.com/blog/setting-up-a-watercolor-travel-palette-1-selecting-a-palette monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/c839bf18-5560-4641-bf98-7bac467786db/Watercolor+palette+in+action.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor travel palette 1: selecting a palette - Painting en plein air with the Art Toolkit Folio palette Here I was painting the opening of the new Groningen ring road. For one day only you could walk (and sketch) on the new road. I used a little clamp to attach my palette to my sketchbook. I always bring a couple of clamps to keep the pages of my sketchbook from moving in the wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/da42f155-2930-457f-8625-2a185355a40f/Art+toolkit+versus+chunky+palette.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Setting up a watercolor travel palette 1: selecting a palette - Comparing the Chunky watercolor tin to the Art Toolkit Folio palette Comparing the chunky watercolor tin to the Art Toolkit Folio palette The chunky tin is a little smaller in width and height when closed (7x12x2.5 cm) but much heavier and almost three times thicker than the Folio (13.5x8.5x0.7 cm). 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One of my first attempts on suede mat board, which is very similar to velour. You can see the indented line along the top of his tail and around his back where I pressed too hard when transferring the sketch. I do still love this painting though, he's so rotund! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/1ad29845-96dd-44d2-81ec-7ef8ccb8f9fd/mountain+woman+detail.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Soft pastel realism on Hahnemuhle Velour - Make it stand out Detail of mountain woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/f085b3bf-174f-46a1-b982-d49131778729/Mountain+woman.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Soft pastel realism on Hahnemuhle Velour - Mountain woman | soft pastel on velour | 30x40cm Mountain woman | soft pastel on velour | 30x40cm This was my first portrait on velour. I always wondered why there was such a garish green color included in the multi-colored velour blocks. It is like a phthalo green blue shade (PG7) for my fellow watercolor pigment nerds. Since the verdaccio technique (an underpainting technique used for portraits during the early Renaissance) uses a green underpainting, I decided to try and use this color for a portrait. The idea behind this technique is that the green neutralizes some of the bright pinks and oranges. I was definitely not sure whether this color paper would have the same effect, but you never know until you try. And I ended up enjoying painting this portrait so much! It worked incredibly well on this paper and now I will have to buy more sheets to continue my portrait practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66ccb031208b094ea71887dd/dfc75eb6-555a-42d9-a099-9674438bb347/Roxy+-+low+quality+pic.jpg Blog with tips, tricks and reviews for working in soft pastel and watercolor - Soft pastel realism on Hahnemuhle Velour - Make it stand out Roxy | soft pastel on velour | Roxy is the dog of my brother and his wife. I made this painting as a wedding gift. Roxy herself (and her harness) were really nice to paint. But I also really enjoyed working on the foreground wood and water. 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