Ultra Compact Watercolor Sets

James Gurney shows two pocket-size watercolor sets, the Pocket Palette and the W/N Bijou Box, along a mini sketchbook, then shares some clips of painting adventures and mishaps. This is an excerpt from "Watercolor in the Wild: BONUS FEATURES."

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[jahews]

This is the kind of artist I want to be.

[numbuh]

omg are THE james gurney!?? dinotopia james gurney!? i didn't know you ran a youtube channel, and such a cool one!! you're a legend at my art school

[lorenzotosi]

Oh my gosh that ending button panel and the sounds of it's functioning and the water splash in the background, it's a real pleasure nnnggh!!!

[r.sahindra]

I thought the opening was generated digitally until i saw behind the scene at the End! Genius!

[Imrockintheboat]

I am absolutely in love with your work. I have been binge watching your videos for 3 days now and will be putting together my own compact kit. This has made me want to dedicate myself to being artistic everyday. Even if for only 30 min. Thank you for showing me how to fall in love with painting again!

[lisathaviu]

One container that I like at this point is one or two of those weekly plastic pill boxes. You can fill them with a good squeeze of watercolors and take them anywhere. The only drawback is that there is no mixing spot. I have been taking an old open plastic palette but I might just buy some cheap Styrofoam plates or just carry some tinfoil. The advantage to the pill containers is that you can seal up your color individually. I love the idea with water-brushes! I just might try that with some Dr. PH Martin's.

[cherrycordiaI]

Mr. Gurney, you are so cool and skilled.

[reginafilangi]

Customized card holder with magnetic bottom and make up pallets!!!? Yes? It is a brilliant idea! Wow...

[moma-b]

I loved the "bloopers" part at the end... 😂👌

[AngelaWeddle]

For those who like something even more compact, I have wrist palette that you wear like a watch. It is a small wooden pallet that has a ribbon/fabric that you tie around your wrist, it has 6 built in pans and the other side that opens up is a small mixing area. I got mine off Etsy. I think Cheap Joe’s or Jerry’s Artarama carry a version with a watch band. I also have the Whiskey Painter’s palette. I like the business card sized palette seen here. It appears they have increased the amount of pans available.

[moss]

Funnily enough, your palette falling onto the ground (oh man) gives me some ideas on how to secure a box watercolor set to my sketchbook. I have some rubber bands at home that could really work wonders, so I’ll try those out sometime. Thank you for the video!

[periodicmabel]

I love your intro and outro, especially how you show some of the behind-the-scenes! Just wonderful (:

[carmsdeguzman]

the effort and thought in everything you do, even the video openings, is so inspiring!!

[Babyjohn]

Thanks for the bloopers as well as your pocket pallet wallet size.😊👍

[Cryptichroma]

I recently was on a flight to Gold Coast and used my Prima watercolour set, a waterbrush, the free bottle of water the airline gives us, and a pack of watercolour postcards. I could paint in the confined space of economy seats and found it much more distracting than getting in half of a movie. The postcards sets are amazing!

[im_piyushekokar]

It was nice to see you get frustrated when your palate dropped. Never seen u loosing your cool.
I'm a big fan of your work. Keep posting please.

[sergeimikhailenko]

That maltese bus driver said "Holy Jesus, what a huge nose he made me" 😂

[Iris]

10 years and i found out about those magnetic mini palettes today 😅, i ordered on from a Shop in Uk, they are not available otherwise here, love your work 😊

[matttdb]

Thank you for this! Really great to see how easy it is to take watercolors around with you anywhere you go. I also love that ending/button panel. Reminds me of a game series I love called Myst. Your outro specifically reminds me of Riven (the 2nd game of the series). Nostalgia is wrapped up in it so much that I can remember the feeling as a child, being in that world from your outro. Keep up both of your wonderful work. I appreciate all the hard work you do!

[Jlbultron]

James Thank you for always sharing tips to work in art and how to use them! Salutes from Puerto Rico!