The Blues I Use: Phthalo Ultramarine Prussian Cobalt Cerulean

The blues I often use are Phthalo Blue and French Ultramarine. Next is Cerulean Blue. I don't use Prussian and Cobalt Blue that much. Below are links mentioned in the video:

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[PaulaBean]

I'm totally into Phtalo Blue, since it is non-granulating, tinting, and transparent. Thanks for the video.

[bass]

Huge thanks for sharing that Teoh. Experimenting with different palettes, I was a bit confused between ultramarine and cobalt but you’ve certainly helped put me straight here. And on cerulean too. Wonderfully clear and straight to the point...an excellent tutorial. Thanks again.

[bevroberts]

I really like the skies in your journal when you switched to Phthalo blue; they are gorgeous!

[irmacruz]

I agree with your blue choices they are my favorites!
Thank you for your very informative videos!

[celagail]

My favorite blues to use are phthalo blue and indanthrone blue from M. Graham. They are gorgeous colors for night skies and galaxy art!

Additionally, Indanthrone blue makes lovely muted greens (like olive green) as well as a few vibrant greens (perhaps like a chartreuse?). It’s a perfect contrast pigment to make a dark gray or black. And it can make beautiful purples (dark vibrant purples with cool reds and lovely wine purples with warm reds)!

I always come back to you for technical points in watercolour! Thanks so much.

[MicheleLHarvey]

Teoh, great blues overview & tutorial!
For pans that don't fit snuggly, or wiggle in the box I use a small bit of museum putty on the bottom of each pan. Easily removable, but quite sticky and keeps pans safely in place.
Thanks for all the great videos! Love your sketchbooks too! Inspiring!

[paulaneary]

Thank you for the video, I really like your sketches/paintings in your book. They are absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

[capbin]

My favourite is Winsor Blue(Green Shade). Just love it for a clear sky, bit of a contradiction but hopefully you know what I mean.
As others have said that Prussian blue was bad. My pb is quite staining and I used it to test samples of paper to see how they allow lifting!

[ArtbyNorah]

Thanks for this. I personally prefer cerulean blue probably under the influence of the nature around me. However I like indigo and some bright reds like alizarian to create dark backgrounds with depth

[eileengoldenberg]

I love Prussian blue and ultramarine. I use Faber Castell watercolor pencils and
Neo color 2 crayons, and now I have started using M Graham and Schminke watercolors.. We are going to Greece in the fall and will be using lots of cereleun blue, ultramarine and. Prussian blue. Thanks for the video, very interesting...

[LafayetteLeSaint]

My favorite blue is thalo. When I was painting I would mix Thalo Blue with reds or alizarin crimson and get beautiful purples and violets and when mixing with lemon yellow I get bright warm greens that were close to emerald green. My lease favorite was ultramarine because it would give me strong and dull greens.

I would suggest you get another brand of watercolor (like Grumbacher) for your prussian blue. The one you displayed is pretty whimpy.

By the way, the painting is showed us are very nice. I wouldn't mind hanging a few of them on my wall.

[iraville]

really interesting your prussian blue looks so diffrent to the prussian blues i have. its much more intensive and darker and just beautiful. i really like it. besides phthalo blue and ultramarine i realy love blues with PB60 (delftblue or Indigo)

[StephenMarkTurner]

My cobalt blue (M Graham) has very solid even coverage, very nice. I thought it would granulate more (like my other cobalts) but that is OK (it looks like that solid blue that Stephen Quiller has in some of his work). I just bought an Indanthrone (PB60), it is very dark but looks a lot like cobalt when dilute.

[cindybohl]

I really like t halo blue also. You are very talented! Love your sketches.

[stuffstuffstuffyay]

great video thanks! I do like Prussian- my M Graham one is lovely.

[LeesChannel]

Phthalo Green is not a convenience mixture, it's a single pigment color.

[AimeeFleck]

Thanks for this video. I really enjoy your videos. I use a lo of French ultramarine and cobalt blue.

[hjpryor]

This is great! I've made comments about liking the blues in your sketchbooks to my husband. I'll have to try working with thalo more often. I think I use cerulean and burnt umber to get my blacks.
Thanks for the info.

[pauladawnowen]

Isn't Blocx brand very expensive. I would contact the company to get a replacement for the prussian blue. I have M. Graham's and it's rich and gorgeous.