list of articles tagged @watercolor
Three-colour Roman Szmal watercolor palette suggested to me by Carinya, picked from the “Urban Sketching” premade set I already own: 254 Ultramarine Intense + 252 Sap Green Light + 120 Italian Burnt Sienna. “Ultramarine and the burnt sienna will make really lovely gray tones and you can warm them up or cool them down based on your mix. Those three would be very similar to the three I like [DS Ultramarine Blue PB29, Green Gold PY 150+PY3+PG36, and Transparent Red Oxide PR101], from what I can tell. A true, vibrant blue + a reddish earth tone + a cool, very light green.” Also, another pigment comparison website: www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/waterfs.html
♧ 2025-01-15
“A simple watercolor palette for beginners (and experts)”. Spelled out as Winsor & Newton brand colors, plus their universal pigment names: ☛ cyan: Winsor Blue (green shade) PB15:3 a.k.a. Phthalocyanine Blue; ☛ magenta: Quinacridone Magenta PR122; ☛ yellow: Winsor Yellow PY154 a.k.a. Azo Yellow Light a.k.a. Benzimidazolone Yellow; ☛ black: Payne’s Gray PB15+PBk6+PV19. Extra colors for extreme cases - forming a kind of a modified “split primary” palette in the end: ☛ black: “Lunar Black” from Daniel Smith PBk11; ☛ green: Winsor Green (yellow shade) PG36; ☛ violet/purple: Winsor Blue (red shade) PB15:1; ☛ red: Cadmium Red Medium PR108. Note: those are mostly staining colors, which reportedly has a number of advantages, but also results in less “typical watercolors texture”. Some deeper exploration with some scientific background as well at: “Watercolor Palette Building III: Choosing a CMY Primary Triad” and the connected playlist.
♧ 2024-08-26