I’m new to watercolor and only own 9 tubes of paint. But I did splurge on the micro Portable Palette and have New Gamboge, Hansa Yellow Lt., Phthalo blue GS, Fr. Ultramarine, Quinacridone red, and Burnt Sienna. The palette is great for travel and painting anywhere away from home! Thank you for sharing your choices. I came up with my original limited palette after watching a lot of your videos and Denise Soden’s 🎨 you both made the past year much brighter for me!
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Another 6 colour suggestion: Hansa yellow medium, Yellow ochre, Transparent pyrrol orange, Quin lilac, Phthalo blue (green shade), Indanthrone blue. Can mix just about any colour in the rainbow with this set. Quin lilac is a rather abnormal colour on its own but it's such a useful mixing colour - with the orange it makes radiant reds and a warm blue makes deep dark purples. Indanthrone is a wonderful non-granulating warm blue which neutralises with the orange to gorgeous greys and near black
Purples are near impossible to mix, bright Violet and Viridian are colors I love. Even if purples have lightfastness issues in the cheaper brands. I don’t trust it but I love the look. I also love opera so…
I made my own small palette box from balsa wood (usually used for model airplanes), coated with white paint and laquer. It's credit-card sized and contains nine colors (split primary + sapgreen + earth colors). It's not as practical as that small fold-out plastic palette, but it's very cute ;-)
I have a very similar selection of colors for my portable painter micro! I also have a yellow, a red, two blues, yellow ochre and burnt sienna. For my “red” I chose a magenta, since I can mix it with some yellow if I need a true red in my painting. I agonized over which colors to add to my micro palette, so I was excited to see how similar our choices were. Your videos must have a bigger influence on me than I realized! Thanks!
I have the Micro pallete filledl with DS 6 color starter set. 3 cools shades 3 warm shades. 2 reds 2 blues 2 yellow. It is so fun to use and see what colors I can come up with. This is the pallet I go everywhere with most days ... just in case I have that opertunity. I like the yellow choices you have. Using a tan yellow is very helpful for more earthy colors. I do miss having sap green though. It is my safety/green color.
just wanted to say that i always come back and rewatch your videos. like when coming back from a break on watercolors or watching related vids on youtube. i learned a lot from you, the videos are relaxing, and the color swatching helped me pick some colors to try also. thanks!!
I would love one of these, I've had one on my Amazon wish list for a while lol. From your info, I would just bring a warm and cool version of each primary. Boom, all the colors!
While it's true that a warm and cool version of the 3 primaries can make all the secondaries. It takes too much mixing to get the earth colors, lemon yellow and cerulean blue aren't versatile enough on their own. Together they make wonderful bright greens, but I'd rather have a yellow ochre, burnt umber, and Paynes gray. All great for fore grounds, buildings, trees, and shadows.
What's your opinion on plastic palettes like this? I've found myself using my old Cotman palette with M Graham and Daniel Smith paints because the rust from tins have been a little agitating.
You have inspired me to go to a limited pallet long enough for mixing certain colors become indelible in my mind. LOVE YOUR WORK. Thank you for your time to teach. 🙏👍🥰
I ask because you seem very drawn to scarlets, and the first thing you usually mix is a vibrant orange. Magentas and their comparatively weak oranges seem to be a major turn off.
Your "loose" ink sketch inspires me as a lover of ink, soooo much. I love you use of color in your washes as well. Always so "simple" yet....perfect....
I wonder how many rectangle quarter pans would fit into the micro mini? I find that 9 colors makes the perfect palette for me to use in the field. Always looking for a smaller palette with lots of mixing space. You do successful mixing on the paper but i don't seem to be able...maybe it is also a matter of my style being so different.
I think we need to compare cobalt blue deeps - I know I have Winsor & Newton and a Schminke but the one I use most is Da Vinci. Can't get enough of that beautiful color and granulation!
Nice. I was curious about your 6 selections. Thanks for sharing. My 6 are. 1. Cad Yellow light 2. Cad Red light 3. French ultramarine 4. Yellow Ochre 5. Burnt Umber 6. Paynes Gray I'm strongly considering replacing the cadmiums with non toxic alternatives.
Excellent video teoh. I have in mine as i live in uk these colours quin gold.... vermillion..ultramarine...burnt umber..raw sienna...cobalt blue. Now the cassart vermillion looks like a warm red in pan but can go cooler warm rose dilluted. And this has a pigment number pr242 which some call geranium red. This makes for a vibrant orange with quin gold and a very nice purple with ultramarine. But the best mix of all is ultra with the quin make stunning lively foilage green.
I need to get that granulating cobalt. My 6 colors upset people since i use two browns but it gives purples, oranges and greens and best of all light and dark skin tones. I use nickel azo yellow, carmine, cobalt, phlalo blue green, transp red oxide and burnt umber. Nickel azo and carmine are completely neutral and can be used for warm and cool mixes. I do use that beautiful anthraq scarlet in my regular palette, im sad its going away. Almost forgot. I also squeeze a bit of potters pink in my mixing space for the granulation.
A great selection of colours. For richer violets could you swap your warm red for a more neutral red (and your Phthalo blue for Prussian blue which is less saturated so might give you a blackish colour as well?)
I couldn’t survive with only 6 colors. I need bright purples and pinks, and greens. So at a minimum it’d have to be split primaries (maybe only 1 yellow?) plus yellow ochre and burnt umber. And id be missing convenience greens and purples. Mixing purples is hard, it all muds so fast. I agree with your blue choices, wonderfully versatile. Maybe Ultramarine instead of cobalt, but you did explain it. I don’t like granulation much except for specific times. Your yellow works really well for both warm and cool mixes too. But your purple choices have got to stink.
I’m so inspired by all the beautiful mixes you can get with only six colors! I always go with a pure, split primary when using six colors. What a mistake! This video is so useful to me! I bet I’d paint at least twice as often with a tiny little palette like that! Also, it’s so affordable! Thank you so much for reviewing it!
I really enjoyed seeing what colors you are using in this palette, and your beautiful sketches! Since I paint mostly flowers and gardens, my color choices are on the cool side. I really love the portability of this little palette - thank you so much! Have a beautiful day Teoh! Donna 😊💐
I should really try a limited palette like this one. Looks like it has practically everything I need! I'd miss the purple, but I don't use it often anyways. Love the results and the shades you could mix with it ~
Personally I find that synthetics maintain a point longer and snap back into shape on their own a little. Just remember to take good care of your brushes, dry them and fix them to a point yourself and not to dig at your watercolours with the point of the brush and try picking up pigment with the body/lower end of the brush closer to the ferrule. Edit: unfortunately brushes don't last forever but you can extend their use with good brush care.
@@RaphaelPowery sorry for the late reply but I've seen other people using real sable brushes and they always look blunt and floppy. Thank you for the advice. I like synthetics for their snap. I'm currently saving up for a Princeton aqua elite :) have you ever tried using those brush soaps?
@@marynorby9530 I've heard him mention the Nevskaya Palitra kolinsky sable brush (one with the white handle) and it looks blunt to me. He probably has some more real hair brushes from Rosemary I think :)
@@fidgetyhuman Princeton brushes are super nice, I have a size 6 Neptune quill and it works like a charm. I don't really use soaps on my watercolor brushes but for my oils I tend to use a good quality dish soap like Palmolive and warm water in the palm of my hand. If you're thorough and quick it'll do the job but don't try to put a whole lot of force into it or you'll damage the hairs especially if they're real. Synthetics can handle more abuse but it's good to be gentle either way.
You can also put shirts of two different colours in the same pan and let them dry to give even more flexibility. Obviously, colours you often use together !
I’m new to watercolor and only own 9 tubes of paint. But I did splurge on the micro Portable Palette and have New Gamboge, Hansa Yellow Lt., Phthalo blue GS, Fr. Ultramarine, Quinacridone red, and Burnt Sienna. The palette is great for travel and painting anywhere away from home! Thank you for sharing your choices. I came up with my original limited palette after watching a lot of your videos and Denise Soden’s 🎨 you both made the past year much brighter for me!
Have you ever considered a more saturated verson of limiteded palette?
GIVEAWAY CONTEST HAS CLOSED: Winner is ELGA BENEDICTA
Oh, I have a Micro Portable Painter palette to giveaway. Enter the giveaway at www.parkablogs.com/content/micro-portable-painter-palette-giveaway-2
how generous!
Azo Yellow PY151
Warm Red
Yellow Ochre
Pthalo Blue Pb15:3
Cobalt Blue Deep PB74 (can use Ultramarine PB29)
Burnt Sienna
Another 6 colour suggestion: Hansa yellow medium, Yellow ochre, Transparent pyrrol orange, Quin lilac, Phthalo blue (green shade), Indanthrone blue. Can mix just about any colour in the rainbow with this set. Quin lilac is a rather abnormal colour on its own but it's such a useful mixing colour - with the orange it makes radiant reds and a warm blue makes deep dark purples. Indanthrone is a wonderful non-granulating warm blue which neutralises with the orange to gorgeous greys and near black
People also hate on viridian but its a color mixing champ
I have mostly used a 6 colour pallete for like ever and it has never limited me ever
I am finding that out using this pallet. It is really fun to see what I can come up with !
Purples are near impossible to mix, bright Violet and Viridian are colors I love. Even if purples have lightfastness issues in the cheaper brands. I don’t trust it but I love the look. I also love opera so…
What 6 paints do you have in your palette? Split primary?
I was wondering for a while what colors you use in this mivro palette! Thanks so much for sharing!
I made my own small palette box from balsa wood (usually used for model airplanes), coated with white paint and laquer. It's credit-card sized and contains nine colors (split primary + sapgreen + earth colors). It's not as practical as that small fold-out plastic palette, but it's very cute ;-)
I smile whenever you say “gorgeous.” 😁✨
Hello teoh!! Glad to see a new upload:)
That’s a lot of vibrancy in such a limited palette! 😍
I have a very similar selection of colors for my portable painter micro! I also have a yellow, a red, two blues, yellow ochre and burnt sienna. For my “red” I chose a magenta, since I can mix it with some yellow if I need a true red in my painting. I agonized over which colors to add to my micro palette, so I was excited to see how similar our choices were. Your videos must have a bigger influence on me than I realized! Thanks!
after the exams, i am gonna paint again and watch your videos that i couldn't watch because of the exam preparation. (last thirteen days btw)
I have the Micro pallete filledl with DS 6 color starter set. 3 cools shades 3 warm shades. 2 reds 2 blues 2 yellow. It is so fun to use and see what colors I can come up with. This is the pallet I go everywhere with most days ... just in case I have that opertunity.
I like the yellow choices you have. Using a tan yellow is very helpful for more earthy colors. I do miss having sap green though. It is my safety/green color.
Sap green is my safety blanket too.
I have been so curious to see what colors you’ve chosen for the micro palette! :D thank you for sharing! 💖
T - great colors and micro palette, thanks for review!!
How compact and convenient! I love seeing limited palettes and these are a great selection of colors! 😊 TFS!
just wanted to say that i always come back and rewatch your videos. like when coming back from a break on watercolors or watching related vids on youtube. i learned a lot from you, the videos are relaxing, and the color swatching helped me pick some colors to try also. thanks!!
Ive made my own micro pallete as well and i actually use it morr
I would love one of these, I've had one on my Amazon wish list for a while lol.
From your info, I would just bring a warm and cool version of each primary. Boom, all the colors!
While it's true that a warm and cool version of the 3 primaries can make all the secondaries. It takes too much mixing to get the earth colors, lemon yellow and cerulean blue aren't versatile enough on their own. Together they make wonderful bright greens, but I'd rather have a yellow ochre, burnt umber, and Paynes gray. All great for fore grounds, buildings, trees, and shadows.
1. AZO yellow DS
2. Anthraquinoine Scarlet
3. Yellow ochre
4. Pthalo blue Green shade
5. Cobalt blue deep
6. Burnt Sienna
What's your opinion on plastic palettes like this? I've found myself using my old Cotman palette with M Graham and Daniel Smith paints because the rust from tins have been a little agitating.
I like plastic palettes. They are light and don't rust.
I struggle to downsize! lol I love micro palettes but I’m still at 10 paints right now.
I love the micro portable painter palette it has definitely been my favorite I've had mine for almost a year now
You have inspired me to go to a limited pallet long enough for mixing certain colors become indelible in my mind. LOVE YOUR WORK. Thank you for your time to teach. 🙏👍🥰
Is orange your favorite color?
I ask because you seem very drawn to scarlets, and the first thing you usually mix is a vibrant orange. Magentas and their comparatively weak oranges seem to be a major turn off.
Thank you for this great video.
the warm colors look like a great choice for such a vibrant environment!
Your "loose" ink sketch inspires me as a lover of ink, soooo much. I love you use of color in your washes as well. Always so "simple" yet....perfect....
"because I fell out of love with the original color..." hahaha I love the way you put things Teoh!
Wow…your sketchbook!!
I wonder how many rectangle quarter pans would fit into the micro mini? I find that 9 colors makes the perfect palette for me to use in the field. Always looking for a smaller palette with lots of mixing space. You do successful mixing on the paper but i don't seem to be able...maybe it is also a matter of my style being so different.
I think we need to compare cobalt blue deeps - I know I have Winsor & Newton and a Schminke but the one I use most is Da Vinci. Can't get enough of that beautiful color and granulation!
Kremer Pigment's PB74 is the best. Dark and extremely granulating.
Never enjoyed a swatching video so much. Love all the sketches you shared
Always fun to see what's in another artist's palette. Thanks for sharing as always Teoh!
That Kremer Cobalt Blue Deep is superb!
I always enjoy your color choices
Nice video, thank you!
Nice. I was curious about your 6 selections. Thanks for sharing.
My 6 are.
1. Cad Yellow light
2. Cad Red light
3. French ultramarine
4. Yellow Ochre
5. Burnt Umber
6. Paynes Gray
I'm strongly considering replacing the cadmiums with non toxic alternatives.
Excellent video teoh. I have in mine as i live in uk these colours quin gold.... vermillion..ultramarine...burnt umber..raw sienna...cobalt blue. Now the cassart vermillion looks like a warm red in pan but can go cooler warm rose dilluted. And this has a pigment number pr242 which some call geranium red. This makes for a vibrant orange with quin gold and a very nice purple with ultramarine. But the best mix of all is ultra with the quin make stunning lively foilage green.
I need to get that granulating cobalt. My 6 colors upset people since i use two browns but it gives purples, oranges and greens and best of all light and dark skin tones. I use nickel azo yellow, carmine, cobalt, phlalo blue green, transp red oxide and burnt umber. Nickel azo and carmine are completely neutral and can be used for warm and cool mixes. I do use that beautiful anthraq scarlet in my regular palette, im sad its going away. Almost forgot. I also squeeze a bit of potters pink in my mixing space for the granulation.
A great selection of colours. For richer violets could you swap your warm red for a more neutral red (and your Phthalo blue for Prussian blue which is less saturated so might give you a blackish colour as well?)
I couldn’t survive with only 6 colors. I need bright purples and pinks, and greens. So at a minimum it’d have to be split primaries (maybe only 1 yellow?) plus yellow ochre and burnt umber. And id be missing convenience greens and purples. Mixing purples is hard, it all muds so fast. I agree with your blue choices, wonderfully versatile. Maybe Ultramarine instead of cobalt, but you did explain it. I don’t like granulation much except for specific times. Your yellow works really well for both warm and cool mixes too. But your purple choices have got to stink.
@ Teoch ; Can you tell me if you using tubes or pre-filled pans in your Micro Palette?
Would you please do a in general comparison between Daniel Smith and Schmincker watercolors
Thanks for your videos. Would you please make one about mixing colors?
Love it! Just miss Payne's Gray because the result of Cobalt Blue and Burnt Sienna has that purple tint I don't like.
I’m so inspired by all the beautiful mixes you can get with only six colors! I always go with a pure, split primary when using six colors. What a mistake! This video is so useful to me! I bet I’d paint at least twice as often with a tiny little palette like that! Also, it’s so affordable! Thank you so much for reviewing it!
i love your videos .i have almost all proffesional paints now even though i dont sell yet i can with confidence thanks to videos from you tube ,thanks
I really enjoyed seeing what colors you are using in this palette, and your beautiful sketches! Since I paint mostly flowers and gardens, my color choices are on the cool side. I really love the portability of this little palette - thank you so much! Have a beautiful day Teoh! Donna 😊💐
Great video! Very helpful! Thank you.
I should really try a limited palette like this one. Looks like it has practically everything I need! I'd miss the purple, but I don't use it often anyways. Love the results and the shades you could mix with it ~
Like your pallet . Thanks for sharing !
me encanta lo muchísimo que ayudan sus videos y lo bueno que es 🤩🤩🤩
thats a pretty neat small Palette. great for traveling! I enjoy your videos
Are you using a real sable brush? Is it true that real sable brushes loose their point quicker than synthetic brushes? Thanks for the video.
Personally I find that synthetics maintain a point longer and snap back into shape on their own a little. Just remember to take good care of your brushes, dry them and fix them to a point yourself and not to dig at your watercolours with the point of the brush and try picking up pigment with the body/lower end of the brush closer to the ferrule.
Edit: unfortunately brushes don't last forever but you can extend their use with good brush care.
@@teohyc I have had the opposite experience-sable brushes don’t have sharp-enough points! Which brand do you use??
@@RaphaelPowery sorry for the late reply but I've seen other people using real sable brushes and they always look blunt and floppy. Thank you for the advice. I like synthetics for their snap. I'm currently saving up for a Princeton aqua elite :) have you ever tried using those brush soaps?
@@marynorby9530 I've heard him mention the Nevskaya Palitra kolinsky sable brush (one with the white handle) and it looks blunt to me. He probably has some more real hair brushes from Rosemary I think :)
@@fidgetyhuman Princeton brushes are super nice, I have a size 6 Neptune quill and it works like a charm. I don't really use soaps on my watercolor brushes but for my oils I tend to use a good quality dish soap like Palmolive and warm water in the palm of my hand. If you're thorough and quick it'll do the job but don't try to put a whole lot of force into it or you'll damage the hairs especially if they're real. Synthetics can handle more abuse but it's good to be gentle either way.
Hi Teoh, do you prefer mixing color on paper or on mixing tray?
This is a great review Teoh! Love your reviews and effortless sketches. 🤩
Limited palettes are always fun to use. You realize that they truly don't limit you as the name would imply haha. Great tour of your small palette.
Your art is AMAZING😃!!
I love painting with limeted colour palettes
And it is always interesting to me what other artists put in theire limeted palettes
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
As usual I do like the way you make reviews… thanks a lot.
Love that cobalt blue deep. Very pretty.
I just got my portable painter
A small palette can go a long way indeed.
i was waiting for this update!
What a cute little mini palette
Another great video.
Very interesting
Amazing work.
Much appreciated
so pretty
👏👏👏🎨Merci!!!
Really good explanations and demonstrations. Thanks.
"I like to refill a half used pan with a different colour, if I have fallen out of love with it."
Brain.exe stopped working.
You can also put shirts of two different colours in the same pan and let them dry to give even more flexibility. Obviously, colours you often use together !
That first palette is not the micro Portable Palette. It is the normal portable painter.