How to create a watercolour palette | Daniel Smith watercolors & swatches

Hey in this video I talk through how to set up a watercolour palette as I FINALLY set up my Daniel Smith palette.

Watercolour tin palette:

Colours included:
🎨 New gamboge
🎨 Hansa yellow light
🎨 Sap green
🎨 Phthalo blue
🎨 Ultramarine
🎨 Quinacridone rose
🎨 Pyroll scarlet
🎨 Payne's grey
Colour I didn't like: Cobalt violet

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[thebooksofmylife]

I don't remember why some of the tubes explode like that (it might've been pressure related), but it often helps to squeeze the tube without opening, just a little, the opposite way to normal so like vertically, it sucks some of the paint back to the end of the tube. It also helps when the tube is open and you squeeze too much, it sucks a lot back in. There are other ways to try and stop that, like one of the other comments said, I also recommend Teoh ' video ☺️

[AdriaStaley]

Carbaozle violet is an excellent purple. I had to spend a lot of time researching the purples in DS to find my perfect purple because of the same issue you had. Some of them are just kinda weak or hard to rewet or granulating. I am not a fan of granulating either. Carbazole is highly pigmented and very juicy. My other favorite is Pthalo Turquoise. I am a huge teal/turquoise fan so I went on a quest to find a good one when I started watercolors and it was the only one that didnt have crazy granulation but I might have to break that and grab the Ultramarine Turquoise cause it leans a bit more green which is nice too.

[nadeaner.cowley]

Yea Cobalt Violet is a notorious color- very weak and very hard to rewet. And unfortunately Daniel Smiths is one of the worst and dont know why the Brand still sells it. The best Cobalt Violet available is from M Graham and Romal Szmals Cobalt Violet Deep. Winsor and Newtons is okay if you get the half pan instead of the tube, all other brands are generally horrible...Dr. Oto Kano on youtube does a bunch of pigment and color comparisons for major artist grade watercolor paints and she compared Cobalt Violet for all the major brands and they all were horrible (except Mr Graham, Roman Szmal and Schmincke and Sennelier-but Schmincke and senneliers cobalt violet is a hue so their version doesnt really count). Great video. Thanks for sharing. Much love

[NordicFoxArt]

Quinacrodones are my favourites no matter which colour it is basically

[CeruleanCzarina]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, lady! You have a voice made for reading audiobooks; I could listen to you explain stuff and tell stories all day. Also, I love the colors that you selected for this palette. It’s a perfect mixing selection. I have a few color suggestions for future additions to your palette. 1. Daniel Smith Green Gold - this paint is a gorgeous three pigment mix (PY150, PY3, PG36). Generally, I prefer single-pigment paints, but this color is literally perfect if you like to paint bright greens for a spring or summer landscape as well as florals. If you decide to try it, I don’t think that you will be disappointed. 2. Quinacridone Violet (PV55) - I have both the Winsor and Newton Professional and Van Gogh versions of this color and they are both delightful. I’m not a purple person, but I do enjoy this hue of purple, and I think that it might be a good replacement for the Cobalt Violet that you had issues with. I’ve heard nothing but bad things about Cobalt Violet from watercolorists on YouTube, so it must be a very difficult paint. If you decide to try it again, I think that watercolors with a honey-based formula (i.e. Sennelier, Roman Szmal) produce versions of Cobalt Violet that have better flow, but I think that it’s still a weak, low-tinting pigment. 3. Cobalt Turquoise Light (PG50) or (PB28) - This is the perfect turquoise blue/green for skies or seas. I started with the Winsor and Newton version which is PG50 and I also fell in love with the White Nights version which is PB28. The latter has a sticky consistency since it is made with honey. They are similar and interchangeable but there is a slight difference between the two. I love both so I have them in separate palettes. 4. Buff Titanium - I first purchased the Daniel Smith version of this color and it’s indispensable for painting beach sand and light cobblestone or brick. DS makes a single pigment version (PW6:1) but I actually prefer the Van Gogh student grade version which is a two-pigment mix of PW6 and PBr7 because it doesn’t granulate and is better for mixing to create muted tones for when I paint still life interiors. 5. Sepia - I love the Winsor and Newton Cotman version of this color because it’s only slightly deeper than Burnt Umber, which I generally like to darken for skin tones anyway, but I can lighten my Sepia with Burnt Sienna if needed to make it look like Burnt Umber. I haven’t used the W&N Pro version, but I would imagine that it’s deeper, maybe deeper than I would actually like. The Van Gogh Sepia is also lovely. I could go on and on, but I look forward to seeing which colors you add to this current palette. Please keep us updated and thank you for an awesome video!

[zenlife]

I started on my watercolor journey about 18 months ago. I started with the Cotman paints and then started buying the Daniel Smith tubes as my colors started to run out. I don't know what the prices are like for you but here in New Zealand I found it was cheaper per half pan to buy the Daniel Smith tubes and fill the pans myself, than to try to replace the Cotman half pans. The initial outlay per tube is high, I buy the 15ml tubes, but overall it works out cheaper. One color I would recommend if you plan to do any beach scenes is Buff Titanium it's great for sand and mixing with other browns for rock colors. Then I'd also add either Cobalt Teal or Phthalo Turquoise or both lol. They're lovely colors for the sea. Any of the Quinacridones are nice mixing colors too. I've never gotten around to buying Burnt Sienna, I bought the 3 color set that had Quinacridone Burnt Orange, Undersea Green and Carbazole Violet as some of my first Daniel Smith colors and the Burnt Orange works great in mixes in place of the Burnt Sienna.

[MirandaWatsonArt]

My favorite general colors are Sap Green and Indigo or Payne's Gray. The Transparent Pyrrole Orange of Qor is also one of my favorites. I've currently been enthralled with highly granulating colors, and the Manganese Blue from Prodigal Son's is my favorite one of that PB33 so far. I have my students buy the Split Primary set from Daniel Smith when I teach my Beginner's Watercolor class, and after the 6 weeks of mixing with just the 6 colors, I suggest they buy Burnt Sienna, Sap Green, and a dark like Burnt Umber or Indigo or Payne's Gray to add to their set. I haven't read the other comments yet, but I did a whole video on Cobalt Violet and how bad I thought they all were. I did finally find one I liked (Prodigal Son's), but they are nearly impossible otherwise.

[jacquelinewilliams]

Apparently, cobalt violet IS supposed to be like that, something to do with the pigment itself. I have tried it in Schminke, Daniel Smith and QoR they were all grossly gummy, but I've recently learned that if you put enough water and pigment together, it's somewhat nicer. I found the same issue with a pale cobalt green.

With respect to the exploding, I always hold the tube very lightly at the bottom with the cap upright and tap the cap about 10-15 times before opening the tube. I think it helps the paint settle back down into the tube, and releases any air bubbles. I'm like you I HATE losing a drop of paint. That stuff is so expensive :)

I love granulation and my favourite DS colours are Green Apatite, Rose of Ultramarine, Blue Apatite, Undersea Green, French Ultramarine, Nickle Azo Yellow & Imperial Purple.

[kellyh]

Quinacridone Rose is by far my favourite colour but Rose of ultramarine is a close second.

[CozyCreates]

For potratis I tend to use more of a burnt umber as I felt the ability to mix burt sienna if I really needed it but with burnt umber I find it helpful for darkening yellows without getting a green tint.

[WietskeVos]

How do you determine whether a blue is cold or warm? I understand the difference with yellow, but not with blue.

[shadowguard]

I’m a beginner watercolorist, but I still enjoy using artist grade art supplies. I have three 15ml tubes of Daniel Smith paints and one on the way. I don’t feel precious about my tubes of paint but I do feel precious of my small set of Sennelier half pans. It’s too cute to use. Before I bought it I thought I wouldn’t use it because it’s so pretty, but my will is weak LOL. I enjoyed your video, thank you!

[heathergould]

Indigo blue and sap green are my favorite colors

[LowKey_izildura]

I find Daniel Smith Burnt Sienna not as much granulating compared to their other G paints.. But if you don`t want granulation at all, you should get Quinacridone Burnt Orange and Quin.B.Scarlet

[elesriil]

Sadly that's the nature of cobalt violet, it's very low staning, hence low colour payoff.

[YourMessenger]

Love your pallette. Have you tried Moonglow (Daniel Smith)? It's a wonderfully moody/misty kind of color and mixes nicely with other colors.

[nydiamontufar]

You could add Rose of Ultramarine, It's great for florals. And Opera rose, if mix it with blues, it makes beautiful purples

[jshortforjay]

i would love to try daniel smith watercolours but they're so expensive compared to local brands like schmincke so i just buy what's available in the art store even though schmincke isn't cheap either lol

[Ambergrayglynn]

I just ordered my first set of Daniel smith paints!! Very excited 😍

[JR-brdu]

New to watercolor and I found this video to be very helpful. Thank you!