

It’s nothing particularly special or rare, but I kept coming back to it and imagining myself using it. It had been in Julia’s online shop for a while and I kept looking at it when I’d check out listings on Etsy. Goals: choose the necessary materials for the work, study the palette. The first one is a small folding palette by Reeves. Goals: Learn the core principles of watercolor painting and create your own. In my most recent Ponder & Purchase box, I got two antique watercolor palettes. I’m sure there will come a time when I feel like my collection is “complete”, but that hasn’t happened yet! I laughed, “First of all, I don’t need any of this!”Īrt supplies and books have become my vice over the past couple of years and, honestly, there are worse vices to have. start to accurate portrait painting This IS a small book as others have mentioned. In one of our recent conversations, as I told her to add something else to my pile for the next box she sends across the pond, she said, “There can’t be much more that you need, right?” In Watercolor Made Easy: Portraits, award winning artist Peggi Habets. We are definitely two peas in a pod when it comes to things we love and she’s gracious enough to sell me pieces she loves, too.

We’ll also just chat about life and family between talks about antique watercolor palettes and other fun art supplies. We named Sakura as the Best of the Best in our Best Watercolor Paint Sets category because of its superior quality and great consumer experience. Based on our research, we’ve narrowed down the list to models from Winsor & Newton, MozArt Supplies, Artme, and Norberg & Linden.
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So in this video, I show you how I set up a brand new palettethe 12 Winsor & Newton colors I love, the order I put them in, why I put them in that order, and finally how to prep the surface of the mixing wells to.

She’ll give me a call or text pictures of some of the latest treasures she found for me. Our team of experts has selected the best watercolor paint sets out of hundreds of models. How do you set up your watercolor palette That is without a doubt one of the most popular questions I get asked. Calls with my friend Julia in the UK have become a pretty regular weekly thing. Spiral-bound hardcover published by North Light Books in 1993.
