Very informative! Watching your color approach makes me realize how haphazard my own approach is. 😂 Great stuff! Loved seeing your new palette unwrapping and filling with colors, also.
Brian Ashmore Studio haha well haphazard is good :) I had fun. It’s dangerously fun and satisfying to fill a palette haha the box has been great so far! I haven’t been able to get outdoors though with the whole apes comic ordeal :)
Quickly becoming one of my favourite art channels. Very informative and relaxing. ps: love m.graham anthraquinone blue mixed with quin burnt orange(ds) or burnt umber(mg)
Mitchell Scott thank you. :) I’ve always heard good things about m Graham. That’s what Mary whyte uses and she mentions them a lot. I use their gouache and love it. I need to get a set and try them. I also hear good things about quinocridone (so?) colors. I worry about mold with the honey in m Graham. I guess it’s only an issue if you close it wet and leave it though.
I like their gouache too...I live in a dry arid climate so its not been a issue for me, they don't dry completely hard like WN or DS in palette but they definitely firm up to the point there not runny or anything.
Mitchell Scott sometimes I think about building a small taboret and mounting one of those porcelain Tom lynch palettes on it. I’d probably load some m Graham on that where it would sit open. It’s super damp here in Pittsburgh haha we didn’t expect it to be so wet and rainy. Beautiful though 😄
@@mitchellscott1843 Some people in extremely humid locations can't use M. Graham (at least in portable pallets or paint boxes) because they won't dry up enough to stay in their wells. May be ok for a flat studio set though.
Wow. I’ve never heard such a clear and poetic explanation of the painting process describing color mixing, glazing, and dimension. What seemed like a random lay down of color, emerged as a scene and a portrait-the seeing the 3D face come to life was especially magical. Thank you so much for sharing your process and pearls of wisdom-I learned so much! 😊🎨👍
OK, now that's a helpful video. Great job Jared! I love hearing different artist's reasons to their very personal color choices, and yours is so good! Thanks for giving me lots to think about.
The palette is gorgeous and I love your selection of colors! I love all the colors, which is not great when it comes to selecting a 10-20 colors range, but I always gotta have a magenta/pink in there. Thanks for this video, I'll definitely have to rewatch it to better take in all the tips you share :)
Thank you! :) I'm trying to be more open to vibrant colors. I tend to paint very muddy so it helps push me to throw in a couple bright curve balls to deal with. That's why I added pink, or madder rose, to my palette :)
I really want a little brass box. Just seems like something that will bot only fill be with joy everytime I use it....but it's also perfect for my needs
I was between watching this and watching a film review and I picked this thinking, "Oh he's going to review a product. Neat." It ended up being one of those so glad to be wrong moments, because I have learned so much from these 20 minutes then I think I have ever learned watching anyone else paint. Incredible. I'm definitely looking up the artists you mentioned, especially Mary White.
somethinguncreative awesome! Wow! I live for that. I wasn’t sure what to say because as reviews goes it doesn’t really vary from other palettes haha so I wanted something different. I love her work. I’m jealous of a time I didn’t know her work and stumbled on her. She’s amazing. She has tutorial DVD’s for sale through North Light and lots of books. She’s great. :)
Dude, your awesome and I love how you are improving your content. This kind of videos let me understand a lot more of the technique, please keep painting! :D
love the videos! you are quickly becoming one my favorite artists and am super excited whenever I see you upload a new video! question for you - I'm relatively new to gouache, but have been having trouble mixing greys. Do you mainly adjust the values of your greys like the ultramarine/burnt sienna mixture using white? I always run into issues when trying to get that nice desaturated grey to start landscapes, or mixing the right consistency to do cooler shadows on buildings. you seem to manage that effortlessly so would love any tips if you have a moment :)
Great video! We use almost the same colours. I also have Venetian Red in my palette, although I almost never use it (now I have a reason to keep it there). I always use Naples Yellow when I’m painting portraits. I like to mix it with cobalt teal and just a bit o Quin. Rose for the shadows. Ultramarine blue is possibly the most useful colour that I have and cobalt teal and perylene green my favourite ones.
Hi Jared, I also have this little brass box which I absolutely adore! Perhaps too much because I feel it’s so precious! I’m always trying to tweak the colors for the ultimate mixing options. Have you tried Perylene green? I find this just so cool to see what others out in their palette! Thank you! ClaudiaSJI
I don't like pickle relish or sweet pickles in general. I make tuna salad with chopped celery, tuna and a small bit of mayo. maybe I'm weird that way. I don't really buy much mayo either, so those little mayo packets you get at fast food places come in handy for the rare occasion when I may need some.
This is soooo informative and fascinating. I also use Daniel Smith watercolors yet I have a totally different palette! I don’t think I use a single DS that you use (oh wait... Ultramarine blue- so one). I have so much to learn though. I’m surprised that you use so much yellow ochre! It was one of my least favorite colors because it’s so opaque- until very recently. I’ve been trying the Zorn palette in oils and acrylic and I’m shocked by how much I love it (since none of those colors are my favorite). I want to try Zorn for watercolor. Anyway- amazing video as usual.
Stopped by after a Brian Ashmore video mentioned you. Not disappointed. Bluing in the face...it didn't look like anything and then it became a head. wow
New here... nice to hear about your selection of colors and your new brass box. Can you share again the kind of box you ordered as I looked and was not sure what your box name was called. I do like the flat box as well for the reason you do and also for the reason of keeping it in my bag for on the go painting. I'm new to watercolor and truly wished I learned about this medium at a younger age as now I can't get enough of it. Enjoy your day and thanks for sharing. ~ Karla
Karla Smith hi Karla! Thanks for watching. This box is a Roberson box. It usually comes with oval shaped domes for deep pool mixing. There are cheaper alternatives if you want to practice on something before upgrading to a box or custom made box. Holbein also makes a great box. The 250 is great for travel and much cheaper. I’m glad you love watercolor. I’m always around if you have questions! :)
Hello again, since the wait time is so long (12 months) with "The Little Brass Box" I want to put in my order for the same one you have but with an aqua color. I do have everything needed for the next year of practice and learning watercolor so this box is that special purchase that I truly would love to own. Good day... ~ Karla
Karla Smith cool! That is something to stay excited about! :) be sure to talk to John first. He can completely customize it. You could have the lid or the flap with the domes so you have that option. Dividers or none. He very very rarely does flat ones. To my knowledge he’s only made flat Roberson’s for me and the painter Ewa ludwiksak (sp?)
izzikiddo I have! I used to carry that color because one of my favorite painters (David curtis) carries it but I didn’t find I used it often enough to warrant keeping it. :)
I'm not ure what I was referring to exactly because it's been awhile since I made this video, although, Northlight is a film producer that makes art films. I was probably talking about one of those. They have put out some films by Mary Whyte and other greats which are worth looking into for inspiraiton. APV films is also really great.
Well- some things.. 1. The price has increased on them since I bought this one ($375 at the time).. 2. Having built and refurbished many an antique and new brass box myself for fun- I can say that it is worth it for the guy making it. The process is not hard but it is terribly tedius and time consuming. 3. Depends! It's not a bad thing to think something is not worth it. May be it is not to you. Sargent could paint a masterpiece mixing on the palm of his hand. The object doesn't matter unless it matters to you. For me- yea! I love this style of box. You may prefer plastic and to spend that on something else nice. Finally- there ar emore affordable options. Craig Young is a little cheaper- but still expensive. The most bang for your buck I've seen is Brass Palette india- who makes a box like this for around $300 or so. Heck- if you want to build one yourself I could teach you. Just be warned it's super time consuming and if you don't already have half the tools it may end up costing around $300 anyway.
The thing with the cadmium colours is that they are opaque or in the best case semi opaque ( depending the manufacturer). I go for split primary colour selection as well but I avoid using cad colours.
@@JaredCullum You are right but cad colours are a bit problematic in their mixes particularly if you want to paint with multiple layers. They can give easily muddy mixes, that is what I mean and that is the reason why I don't use them. I paint mostly realistic botanicals and portraits nowadays and I rarely go out for urban sketching. But as I saw on your videos you use gouache and mixed media quite often. So using cads makes sense. Your work has changed in time btw. Your painting style evolves.I mean you haven't stick to a particular painting style as a lot of artists do so often and that is very good. I'm not saying that as a compliment or something. That is my objective opinion.
A long vid but I enjoyed it and wrote down a few of your color combinations. I tend to paint on auto pilot so to speak but I reach for the usual burnt sienna/ultra marine a lot. Maybe too much. I also like paynes grey and alizaron. I keep a studio palette with about 20 colors and an abbreviated plein air palette with only about 10 colors. I rather liked the palette you used and I think I'll check them out. Thanks Jared.
Dan Thomas I know exactly what you mean by the auto pilot. Especially when I go to record these videos and I find I say “burnt sienna and ultramarine” like 9000 times haha
Looooved this video - I prefer mixing in a flat palette as well. I loved learning how and why you do your mixes for various things AND that little face emerging out of nowhere just blew me away (I haven't even begun to contemplate painting faces or portraits yet. ). Great stuff, more please...
Magdalena French thank you! Hope you got your situation resolved we chatted about. Portraits are daunting but there is only one way to learn and that’s digging in. It helped me a lot to study Asaro’s plane map of the face. :)
I gouache so my palette's a wee bit different, but I gotta have my Prussian blue. I don't use it all the time, but when I want it, I WANT it. You remind me to think about adding in the occasional out-of-my-box color for something new and different. Great video, Jared.
Jenna Caruthers thanks for watching. I love gouache. I actually hand made my gouache palette. I’m currently working on making a larger brass version of my gouache box. I tried Prussian blue but it just never happened for me. It comes in Schmincke sets and I used to carry it always just in case but found I stick to my guns on ultramarine for almost everything and cobalt or cerulean to basically boost that one or temper it. Maybe I’ll pull the Prussian out again for a shot or put a small limited palette where that is my only option for a while. Force myself to learn what it can do.
Love your channel and have also been enjoying your gouache paintings. Do you recommend putting your gouache paints into pans in a metal palette? Will they dry out too much or do you like to put them out fresh. Since I'm starting out new with gouache I don't want to waste my paints if putting them into a palette would be a mistake. I trust your advice. Thanks.
Jane Schafer thanks for watching! You can but it’s sorta more of a hassle than it’s worth. You don’t save much and you can never ever turn or tilt the tray it’s in because of its wet it’ll pour out and if it’s dry it’ll chalk up and fall out. If you’re new and don’t have a ton of gouache paintings to do in a row I’d recommend just using tubes on a palette or butcher tray. A little at a time as long as you don’t hold back. Check out Lena Rivo on here. She and I use a similar method of a small plastic tray. :)
Once again, thanks for a good content. I admire your way to teach us/me the way to improve in this amazing medium. I love painting in watercolor. Some days I'm better and some days i don't get it. But I continue painting and failing and once in a wile I create something. Like today, I painted a nice winter landscape in a flayer. Any way, keep doing this for us who want to be an artist with good skills. Thanks
Mirta Xiomelys Sandin for what it’s worth I have days where it feels like I’m painting with my foot or I completely forget huge important lighting principles and just nose-dive a painting. Those are the best times. I find skill tends to tick back like a slingshot. You fall back a couple steps and if you push through you launch forward. I’m always here. Thank you for watching :)
Another mazing video. I need to try these colour mixes. What interesting greys you are using here. And thank you so much for the great tips and generous information that might take us beginners long time to figure out.
blackcat138 thanks for watching! That’s my goal. Hopefully to stir the enthusiasm pot for something I’m passionate about and worried will die in time people don’t study and keep the plate spinning (traditional media) and I took years and years with no talent or teacher trying to figure this stuff out. I just want to cut a couple months of people’s journey to where they want to go. :)
Thank you for presenting this very clearly explained approach to (your) watercolor painting. Really, very helpful. The palette choices are extremely versatile and allow so much freedom to experiment!! Two Questions: which of your brushes were you using for this video? Also, when you say ‘low saturation’ do you mean you’re using less pigment and more water? Many thanks again.
Tami Jacque hey Tami! Thanks for watching. I am using an escoda prado 12. To dull saturation you want to eliminate the brightness of the color. That can be achieved by adding a compliment to gray the color down and adding white or in this case, correct, more water/less pigment. If it were gouache you’d have to use a lot of white but with watercolor I just keep it very light so that it recedes into the distance. :) hope that helps!
Thank you also for sharing the referenced masters- I know a couple of them but the others I didn’t and have liked what I’ve now read and seen of their work! There is a more contemporary artist, Hazel Soan, a British painter, who I thought of when you were describing the ‘blueing out’ of a shadow- she has a video on UA-cam using this very technique, where she drew her young son, and I too love the effect! Negative drawing- Keep up the great work and postings- so helpful.
Very nice videos. However, the Roberson paintboxes are priced from $98 - $525. So.....nice if you can afford such luxuries, but I believe one can produce very fine painting with a $20 paintbox. It's not the box, is it.
Rashone i don’t recall saying that. When did I say the box effects how well you paint? I have never said that. You could say the same thing about the difference between a hand crafted dining table and a cheap one from wal-Matt/ikea. Do you criticize fine wood workers also? If a person chooses to buy a box or a dining table, I trust it does not effect you in any way so why not just let people enjoy and encourage craftspersonship and decide where to spend their own money? :)
@@JaredCullum I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. It's just that most of us cannot afford such pricey art materials and there are SOME people who think you have to spend a great deal of money. They will ask "what kind of brush do you use" or "what kind of pencil" and ALL I was trying to point out was that the more expense products are not needed. I'd love one of those paintboxes...but I don't have that kind of money. Again, please accept my apology. I guess I didn't phrase what I said well. In NO way did I mean to criticize you. I was thinking I like your work.
Rashone that’s fair and true. Well I apologize if my response seemed curt. I have gotten a bunch of viscerally negative emails and comments and I probably lumped yours in with those. But you are correct. Sargent could have mixed paint in the palm of his hand and still made masterpieces. Your comment is a good point and I should have validated that better. Thank you.
This was really informative, thank you! I especially enjoyed the tips you threw in regarding landscapes, cityscapes and portraiture. While I get the warm/cool primary idea, I have had trouble seeing the point in having a cool and warm yellow as opposed to a middle yellow, like PY97 or PY151. I wonder if you have any thoughts on particular uses for a cool yellow?
dgdraws well said. Almost none hahaha it’s been on the door step with my boot at it’s butt for a few years. I keep it out of habit or for illustration work but I haven’t had much use for it in nature. I almost never use cool yellow. It’s really only there for the comfort of knowing I have the range. Really- with the other warmer colors I should consolidate to just down the middle cad yellow pale. I just haven’t haha
If you wanted the brightest possible lime green or chartreuse you would want a cool blue and a cool yellow but otherwise I never use cool yellows either lol.
Hi Jared, thanks for sharing this very informative tutorial. I would like to ask if you could please share your thoughts about this flat-well Roberson palette after several years of using? I notice that when the palette is open, there could be a gap between the lid and the table as the lid is not the same height as the body. Does this make the palette wobble when mixing washes on the lid?
Hello! I have been using it for years now. I ended up swapping this one for the larger FW palette when I started making them for fun. I hate to say it because I know they are expensive but they are worth it. Especially little brass.. His craftsmanship is really great- although I know he’s one of the most expensive boxes there are. I have not had any issues with bending or even chipping like I’ve seen on other kinds. It depends on what makes you happy though. It also is nice that they retain their value. But (obviously) it doesn’t make painting better or easier haha. It is sturdy but it’s mostly just something to make you happy using. I know some people can’t stand the thought of it because of the expense but people spend their own money on their own weird things. Having actually made these boxes i understand the price. It’s not particularly hard to make but it is tedious and takes a lot of time to get it right.
Oh- and the lid. It is slightly smaller than the base. Base being .5 inch and lid being 3/8ths. It doesn’t wobble. All the weight is in the center base with the paint. It will wobble if you use a thumb ring version. But you can put little rubber stops on it or I use a piece of wood I cut a hole out of the center where the thumb ring sits for mine I made with a thumb ring.
@@JaredCullum Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I have been wanting to purchase a palette like this for a quite a while and also prefer mixing the paint on a flat surface. That's why I am just wondering if flat wells would work well with the Roberson style palettes. I definitely agree that this palette is well worth the price. There have been people investing over 2 grands in gadgets like a customized keyboard. Not everything has to be compared to the mass production value.
So you could do a couple things too. Check out the binning Monroe- it’s larger and flatter laid out. Also- they’re totally customizable. So you could ask for ovals in the lid for big areas and the flaps flat. You could order a binning Monroe totally flat too which would be large and flat like the Holbein boxes. Just something to think about. :)
@@JaredCullum That's really cool! I will definitely look more into the range of options. It's good to know that there can be customizations. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and information about the palette.
Thanks for sharing your color choices and showing your beautiful new brass box! I love seeing new paint squeezed on the palette. 😍 I recently discovered Quin. Pink of Daniel Smith, it is such a nice pink color. I used to have Payne's Gray in my palette but I swapped it with Neutral Tint which I now prefer. I have also added Quin. Gold,which I now feel is essential! I find Cobalt Blue to be a little similar to Ultramarine, so I use Phtalo Blue instead. I started with a Schmincke set too so we have similar color choices. 🙂
Jacqueline Mendoza I’ll have to check out quinn pink. I tried neutral for a bit too but just decided I like the blue tint. I kinda wish it wasn’t so grainy in Daniel Smiths line. Thanks for watching! :)
@@JaredCullum I use Schmincke's Neutral Tint, I have not tried the DS version yet. I may stick to Schmincke for Neutral Tint. 🙂 I also noticed that you don't have Viridian or Phtalo Green on your palette!
Jacqueline Mendoza I would stick to it. I used to use Schmincke for everything and love how smooth their color is but I can’t get it locally and I use a lot of watercolor. It’s easier to go to the blick here and get DS which is IMO the best I can get here. I don’t. I think about vididian all the time haha I had it for years but never used it so I dropped it. Same with pthalo colors. I had ph blue gs but never used it. I have it in my other palette just in case though- my larger box. :)
@@JaredCullum You can buy Schmincke in individual tubes from an art store here that sells online called Art Nebula www.artnebulaph.com. I know they ship internationally. A 5ml tube costs between $4 - $7.🙂
Hi, what is the weight of your box? I'm wondering if it's something that I could carry around in my travel kit. I couldn't find the weight on the Little Brass Box website.
Sylvia Ramos it is not terribly heavy. It is more heavy than a little Schmincke tin box but not as heavy as the other hand made brass boxes I have seen. Hope that helps :)
davidamosphotography well- they’re expensive, sure, but I’d rather the craftsman get paid for the consideration and hard work and a product with materials that will last generations. There are less expensive alternatives if you like the structure. Clover boxes are plastic alternatives.
Very informative! Watching your color approach makes me realize how haphazard my own approach is. 😂 Great stuff! Loved seeing your new palette unwrapping and filling with colors, also.
Brian Ashmore Studio haha well haphazard is good :) I had fun. It’s dangerously fun and satisfying to fill a palette haha the box has been great so far! I haven’t been able to get outdoors though with the whole apes comic ordeal :)
Quickly becoming one of my favourite art channels. Very informative and relaxing.
ps: love m.graham anthraquinone blue mixed with quin burnt orange(ds) or burnt umber(mg)
Mitchell Scott thank you. :) I’ve always heard good things about m Graham. That’s what Mary whyte uses and she mentions them a lot. I use their gouache and love it. I need to get a set and try them. I also hear good things about quinocridone (so?) colors. I worry about mold with the honey in m Graham. I guess it’s only an issue if you close it wet and leave it though.
I like their gouache too...I live in a dry arid climate so its not been a issue for me, they don't dry completely hard like WN or DS in palette but they definitely firm up to the point there not runny or anything.
Mitchell Scott sometimes I think about building a small taboret and mounting one of those porcelain Tom lynch palettes on it. I’d probably load some m Graham on that where it would sit open. It’s super damp here in Pittsburgh haha we didn’t expect it to be so wet and rainy. Beautiful though 😄
Ha...maybe in damp Pittsburgh they may be a bit runny? But hey MG is from the rainy humid pnw so maybe even at that its a nonissue :)
@@mitchellscott1843 Some people in extremely humid locations can't use M. Graham (at least in portable pallets or paint boxes) because they won't dry up enough to stay in their wells. May be ok for a flat studio set though.
Wow. I’ve never heard such a clear and poetic explanation of the painting process describing color mixing, glazing, and dimension. What seemed like a random lay down of color, emerged as a scene and a portrait-the seeing the 3D face come to life was especially magical. Thank you so much for sharing your process and pearls of wisdom-I learned so much! 😊🎨👍
Lil Divette thanks for watching. :) I appreciate your comment.
Superb box !
OK, now that's a helpful video. Great job Jared! I love hearing different artist's reasons to their very personal color choices, and yours is so good! Thanks for giving me lots to think about.
The palette is gorgeous and I love your selection of colors! I love all the colors, which is not great when it comes to selecting a 10-20 colors range, but I always gotta have a magenta/pink in there. Thanks for this video, I'll definitely have to rewatch it to better take in all the tips you share :)
Thank you! :) I'm trying to be more open to vibrant colors. I tend to paint very muddy so it helps push me to throw in a couple bright curve balls to deal with. That's why I added pink, or madder rose, to my palette :)
This is very helpful information. Thank you for uploading this.
I really want a little brass box. Just seems like something that will bot only fill be with joy everytime I use it....but it's also perfect for my needs
Well. I think I am now over the guilt I felt about the $50 palette I bought last year.
I love your paintbox!!! It is perfect. :-o
Thank you! I ended up trading this model for a larger "binning monroe" style model of the same color.
I was between watching this and watching a film review and I picked this thinking, "Oh he's going to review a product. Neat." It ended up being one of those so glad to be wrong moments, because I have learned so much from these 20 minutes then I think I have ever learned watching anyone else paint. Incredible. I'm definitely looking up the artists you mentioned, especially Mary White.
somethinguncreative awesome! Wow! I live for that. I wasn’t sure what to say because as reviews goes it doesn’t really vary from other palettes haha so I wanted something different. I love her work. I’m jealous of a time I didn’t know her work and stumbled on her. She’s amazing. She has tutorial DVD’s for sale through North Light and lots of books. She’s great. :)
Very well presented and informative, thank you.
Margaret F thank you for watching :)
Dude, your awesome and I love how you are improving your content. This kind of videos let me understand a lot more of the technique, please keep painting! :D
Heriberto Morales thank you! I’m trying :) I learn a little every time. It actually helps me a lot to try to put into words what I’m doing :)
Thank you for sharing this. Would you mind telling me the color of your Little Brass Box please? Love that outside color.
Thanks for watching, Susan. The color is Honey Suckle yellow- it's one of the standard colors.
@@JaredCullum thank you so much.
love the videos! you are quickly becoming one my favorite artists and am super excited whenever I see you upload a new video! question for you - I'm relatively new to gouache, but have been having trouble mixing greys. Do you mainly adjust the values of your greys like the ultramarine/burnt sienna mixture using white? I always run into issues when trying to get that nice desaturated grey to start landscapes, or mixing the right consistency to do cooler shadows on buildings. you seem to manage that effortlessly so would love any tips if you have a moment :)
Great video!
We use almost the same colours. I also have Venetian Red in my palette, although I almost never use it (now I have a reason to keep it there). I always use Naples Yellow when I’m painting portraits. I like to mix it with cobalt teal and just a bit o Quin. Rose for the shadows. Ultramarine blue is possibly the most useful colour that I have and cobalt teal and perylene green my favourite ones.
N Monteiro ooo cool! I’ll have to try that Naples mix. That sounds really interesting! :)
Great info again - thanks - could you tell me the kind of brush you are using. Thanks in advance - cheers
Thanks for watching! This is an escoda Prado 12 :)
wow. this is super useful. thank you very much!!!!!
I watched 3 times and wrote some notes down, I will try them now.
Yiyi 29 thanks for watching! :)
So beautiful ❤ fall in love with it.. how much it's cost you total
Hi Jared, I also have this little brass box which I absolutely adore! Perhaps too much because I feel it’s so precious! I’m always trying to tweak the colors for the ultimate mixing options. Have you tried Perylene green? I find this just so cool to see what others out in their palette! Thank you! ClaudiaSJI
Thanks for watching! I haven't tried Perylene green. I will have to look into it! :)
I love how you are explaining with tuna salad :)
VBArt listen- I love a good tuna salad. ;) hahaha
@@JaredCullum who doesn't
I don't like pickle relish or sweet pickles in general. I make tuna salad with chopped celery, tuna and a small bit of mayo. maybe I'm weird that way. I don't really buy much mayo either, so those little mayo packets you get at fast food places come in handy for the rare occasion when I may need some.
This is soooo informative and fascinating. I also use Daniel Smith watercolors yet I have a totally different palette! I don’t think I use a single DS that you use (oh wait... Ultramarine blue- so one). I have so much to learn though. I’m surprised that you use so much yellow ochre! It was one of my least favorite colors because it’s so opaque- until very recently. I’ve been trying the Zorn palette in oils and acrylic and I’m shocked by how much I love it (since none of those colors are my favorite). I want to try Zorn for watercolor. Anyway- amazing video as usual.
Stopped by after a Brian Ashmore video mentioned you. Not disappointed. Bluing in the face...it didn't look like anything and then it became a head. wow
New here... nice to hear about your selection of colors and your new brass box. Can you share again the kind of box you ordered as I looked and was not sure what your box name was called. I do like the flat box as well for the reason you do and also for the reason of keeping it in my bag for on the go painting. I'm new to watercolor and truly wished I learned about this medium at a younger age as now I can't get enough of it. Enjoy your day and thanks for sharing. ~ Karla
Karla Smith hi Karla! Thanks for watching. This box is a Roberson box. It usually comes with oval shaped domes for deep pool mixing. There are cheaper alternatives if you want to practice on something before upgrading to a box or custom made box. Holbein also makes a great box. The 250 is great for travel and much cheaper. I’m glad you love watercolor. I’m always around if you have questions! :)
Hello again, since the wait time is so long (12 months) with "The Little Brass Box" I want to put in my order for the same one you have but with an aqua color. I do have everything needed for the next year of practice and learning watercolor so this box is that special purchase that I truly would love to own. Good day... ~ Karla
Karla Smith cool! That is something to stay excited about! :) be sure to talk to John first. He can completely customize it. You could have the lid or the flap with the domes so you have that option. Dividers or none. He very very rarely does flat ones. To my knowledge he’s only made flat Roberson’s for me and the painter Ewa ludwiksak (sp?)
Hey thanks for the helpful tips! Have you tried ds cobalt violet? I’ve really been diggin it lately
izzikiddo I have! I used to carry that color because one of my favorite painters (David curtis) carries it but I didn’t find I used it often enough to warrant keeping it. :)
this is helpful with useful information thank you... what is the 'northlight' videos you mention?
I'm not ure what I was referring to exactly because it's been awhile since I made this video, although, Northlight is a film producer that makes art films. I was probably talking about one of those. They have put out some films by Mary Whyte and other greats which are worth looking into for inspiraiton. APV films is also really great.
Great information. But is it really $545 for the box you have?
Well- some things.. 1. The price has increased on them since I bought this one ($375 at the time).. 2. Having built and refurbished many an antique and new brass box myself for fun- I can say that it is worth it for the guy making it. The process is not hard but it is terribly tedius and time consuming. 3. Depends! It's not a bad thing to think something is not worth it. May be it is not to you. Sargent could paint a masterpiece mixing on the palm of his hand. The object doesn't matter unless it matters to you. For me- yea! I love this style of box. You may prefer plastic and to spend that on something else nice.
Finally- there ar emore affordable options. Craig Young is a little cheaper- but still expensive. The most bang for your buck I've seen is Brass Palette india- who makes a box like this for around $300 or so.
Heck- if you want to build one yourself I could teach you. Just be warned it's super time consuming and if you don't already have half the tools it may end up costing around $300 anyway.
How much it's cost you ?
The thing with the cadmium colours is that they are opaque or in the best case semi opaque ( depending the manufacturer). I go for split primary colour selection as well but I avoid using cad colours.
Neat :) I like them. It gives an extra punch when I want it - I don’t often use bright yellow, red or orange and when I do I want the power.
@@JaredCullum You are right but cad colours are a bit problematic in their mixes particularly if you want to paint with multiple layers. They can give easily muddy mixes, that is what I mean and that is the reason why I don't use them. I paint mostly realistic botanicals and portraits nowadays and I rarely go out for urban sketching.
But as I saw on your videos you use gouache and mixed media quite often. So using cads makes sense.
Your work has changed in time btw. Your painting style evolves.I mean you haven't stick to a particular painting style as a lot of artists do so often and that is very good.
I'm not saying that as a compliment or something. That is my objective opinion.
Really loved this! Great tips. Thank you!
Bojoura Stolz thank you for watching!
A long vid but I enjoyed it and wrote down a few of your color combinations.
I tend to paint on auto pilot so to speak but I reach for the usual burnt sienna/ultra marine a lot. Maybe too much.
I also like paynes grey and alizaron.
I keep a studio palette with about 20 colors and an abbreviated plein air palette with only about 10 colors.
I rather liked the palette you used and I think I'll check them out.
Thanks Jared.
Dan Thomas I know exactly what you mean by the auto pilot. Especially when I go to record these videos and I find I say “burnt sienna and ultramarine” like 9000 times haha
More cool tips; thank you!
Christopher James Thanks :)
You're color pallet is very close to my own. I have more earth tones, 3 shades of earth orangey brown, but living in Oklahoma, red dirt is a thing...
susinok nice! :) I haven’t spent a ton of time but I lived in Dallas for a long time and would go camping In Oklahoma with friends. :)
Looooved this video - I prefer mixing in a flat palette as well. I loved learning how and why you do your mixes for various things AND that little face emerging out of nowhere just blew me away (I haven't even begun to contemplate painting faces or portraits yet. ). Great stuff, more please...
Magdalena French thank you! Hope you got your situation resolved we chatted about. Portraits are daunting but there is only one way to learn and that’s digging in. It helped me a lot to study Asaro’s plane map of the face. :)
I gouache so my palette's a wee bit different, but I gotta have my Prussian blue. I don't use it all the time, but when I want it, I WANT it. You remind me to think about adding in the occasional out-of-my-box color for something new and different. Great video, Jared.
Jenna Caruthers thanks for watching. I love gouache. I actually hand made my gouache palette. I’m currently working on making a larger brass version of my gouache box. I tried Prussian blue but it just never happened for me. It comes in Schmincke sets and I used to carry it always just in case but found I stick to my guns on ultramarine for almost everything and cobalt or cerulean to basically boost that one or temper it. Maybe I’ll pull the Prussian out again for a shot or put a small limited palette where that is my only option for a while. Force myself to learn what it can do.
Love your channel and have also been enjoying your gouache paintings. Do you recommend putting your gouache paints into pans in a metal palette? Will they dry out too much or do you like to put them out fresh. Since I'm starting out new with gouache I don't want to waste my paints if putting them into a palette would be a mistake. I trust your advice. Thanks.
Jane Schafer thanks for watching! You can but it’s sorta more of a hassle than it’s worth. You don’t save much and you can never ever turn or tilt the tray it’s in because of its wet it’ll pour out and if it’s dry it’ll chalk up and fall out. If you’re new and don’t have a ton of gouache paintings to do in a row I’d recommend just using tubes on a palette or butcher tray. A little at a time as long as you don’t hold back. Check out Lena Rivo on here. She and I use a similar method of a small plastic tray. :)
It's so cute, i wish i have that too:(
Once again, thanks for a good content. I admire your way to teach us/me the way to improve in this amazing medium. I love painting in watercolor. Some days I'm better and some days i don't get it. But I continue painting and failing and once in a wile I create something. Like today, I painted a nice winter landscape in a flayer. Any way, keep doing this for us who want to be an artist with good skills. Thanks
Mirta Xiomelys Sandin for what it’s worth I have days where it feels like I’m painting with my foot or I completely forget huge important lighting principles and just nose-dive a painting. Those are the best times. I find skill tends to tick back like a slingshot. You fall back a couple steps and if you push through you launch forward. I’m always here. Thank you for watching :)
Another mazing video. I need to try these colour mixes. What interesting greys you are using here. And thank you so much for the great tips and generous information that might take us beginners long time to figure out.
blackcat138 thanks for watching! That’s my goal. Hopefully to stir the enthusiasm pot for something I’m passionate about and worried will die in time people don’t study and keep the plate spinning (traditional media) and I took years and years with no talent or teacher trying to figure this stuff out. I just want to cut a couple months of people’s journey to where they want to go. :)
Thank you for presenting this very clearly explained approach to (your) watercolor painting. Really, very helpful. The palette choices are extremely versatile and allow so much freedom to experiment!! Two Questions: which of your brushes were you using for this video? Also, when you say ‘low saturation’ do you mean you’re using less pigment and more water? Many thanks again.
Tami Jacque hey Tami! Thanks for watching. I am using an escoda prado 12.
To dull saturation you want to eliminate the brightness of the color. That can be achieved by adding a compliment to gray the color down and adding white or in this case, correct, more water/less pigment. If it were gouache you’d have to use a lot of white but with watercolor I just keep it very light so that it recedes into the distance. :) hope that helps!
Thank you also for sharing the referenced masters- I know a couple of them but the others I didn’t and have liked what I’ve now read and seen of their work! There is a more contemporary artist, Hazel Soan, a British painter, who I thought of when you were describing the ‘blueing out’ of a shadow- she has a video on UA-cam using this very technique, where she drew her young son, and I too love the effect! Negative drawing- Keep up the great work and postings- so helpful.
Wonderful color-filled information. Great to hear about your choices and your research. thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Essie Tangle thank you for watching, Essie!
Very nice videos. However, the Roberson paintboxes are priced from $98 - $525. So.....nice if you can afford such luxuries, but I believe one can produce very fine painting with a $20 paintbox. It's not the box, is it.
Rashone i don’t recall saying that. When did I say the box effects how well you paint? I have never said that.
You could say the same thing about the difference between a hand crafted dining table and a cheap one from wal-Matt/ikea. Do you criticize fine wood workers also?
If a person chooses to buy a box or a dining table, I trust it does not effect you in any way so why not just let people enjoy and encourage craftspersonship and decide where to spend their own money? :)
@@JaredCullum I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. It's just that most of us cannot afford such pricey art materials and there are SOME people who think you have to spend a great deal of money. They will ask "what kind of brush do you use" or "what kind of pencil" and ALL I was trying to point out was that the more expense products are not needed. I'd love one of those paintboxes...but I don't have that kind of money. Again, please accept my apology. I guess I didn't phrase what I said well. In NO way did I mean to criticize you. I was thinking I like your work.
Rashone that’s fair and true. Well I apologize if my response seemed curt. I have gotten a bunch of viscerally negative emails and comments and I probably lumped yours in with those. But you are correct. Sargent could have mixed paint in the palm of his hand and still made masterpieces. Your comment is a good point and I should have validated that better. Thank you.
@@JaredCullum No problem. I understand. I am always amazed at the nasty things people will write. I do like your work!
Did you fill the palette with watercolor here? Or gouache?
Angela27red transparent watercolor from daniel smith. :)
This was really informative, thank you! I especially enjoyed the tips you threw in regarding landscapes, cityscapes and portraiture. While I get the warm/cool primary idea, I have had trouble seeing the point in having a cool and warm yellow as opposed to a middle yellow, like PY97 or PY151. I wonder if you have any thoughts on particular uses for a cool yellow?
dgdraws well said. Almost none hahaha it’s been on the door step with my boot at it’s butt for a few years. I keep it out of habit or for illustration work but I haven’t had much use for it in nature. I almost never use cool yellow. It’s really only there for the comfort of knowing I have the range. Really- with the other warmer colors I should consolidate to just down the middle cad yellow pale. I just haven’t haha
If you wanted the brightest possible lime green or chartreuse you would want a cool blue and a cool yellow but otherwise I never use cool yellows either lol.
Anastasia Rath very true. I just almost never need that. Haha :)
Hi Jared, thanks for sharing this very informative tutorial. I would like to ask if you could please share your thoughts about this flat-well Roberson palette after several years of using? I notice that when the palette is open, there could be a gap between the lid and the table as the lid is not the same height as the body. Does this make the palette wobble when mixing washes on the lid?
Hello! I have been using it for years now. I ended up swapping this one for the larger FW palette when I started making them for fun. I hate to say it because I know they are expensive but they are worth it. Especially little brass.. His craftsmanship is really great- although I know he’s one of the most expensive boxes there are. I have not had any issues with bending or even chipping like I’ve seen on other kinds.
It depends on what makes you happy though. It also is nice that they retain their value. But (obviously) it doesn’t make painting better or easier haha. It is sturdy but it’s mostly just something to make you happy using. I know some people can’t stand the thought of it because of the expense but people spend their own money on their own weird things. Having actually made these boxes i understand the price. It’s not particularly hard to make but it is tedious and takes a lot of time to get it right.
Oh- and the lid. It is slightly smaller than the base. Base being .5 inch and lid being 3/8ths. It doesn’t wobble. All the weight is in the center base with the paint. It will wobble if you use a thumb ring version. But you can put little rubber stops on it or I use a piece of wood I cut a hole out of the center where the thumb ring sits for mine I made with a thumb ring.
@@JaredCullum Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I have been wanting to purchase a palette like this for a quite a while and also prefer mixing the paint on a flat surface. That's why I am just wondering if flat wells would work well with the Roberson style palettes. I definitely agree that this palette is well worth the price. There have been people investing over 2 grands in gadgets like a customized keyboard. Not everything has to be compared to the mass production value.
So you could do a couple things too. Check out the binning Monroe- it’s larger and flatter laid out.
Also- they’re totally customizable. So you could ask for ovals in the lid for big areas and the flaps flat. You could order a binning Monroe totally flat too which would be large and flat like the Holbein boxes. Just something to think about. :)
@@JaredCullum That's really cool! I will definitely look more into the range of options. It's good to know that there can be customizations. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and information about the palette.
Thanks for sharing your color choices and showing your beautiful new brass box! I love seeing new paint squeezed on the palette. 😍 I recently discovered Quin. Pink of Daniel Smith, it is such a nice pink color. I used to have Payne's Gray in my palette but I swapped it with Neutral Tint which I now prefer. I have also added Quin. Gold,which I now feel is essential! I find Cobalt Blue to be a little similar to Ultramarine, so I use Phtalo Blue instead. I started with a Schmincke set too so we have similar color choices. 🙂
Jacqueline Mendoza I’ll have to check out quinn pink. I tried neutral for a bit too but just decided I like the blue tint. I kinda wish it wasn’t so grainy in Daniel Smiths line. Thanks for watching! :)
@@JaredCullum I use Schmincke's Neutral Tint, I have not tried the DS version yet. I may stick to Schmincke for Neutral Tint. 🙂 I also noticed that you don't have Viridian or Phtalo Green on your palette!
Jacqueline Mendoza I would stick to it. I used to use Schmincke for everything and love how smooth their color is but I can’t get it locally and I use a lot of watercolor. It’s easier to go to the blick here and get DS which is IMO the best I can get here. I don’t. I think about vididian all the time haha I had it for years but never used it so I dropped it. Same with pthalo colors. I had ph blue gs but never used it. I have it in my other palette just in case though- my larger box. :)
@@JaredCullum You can buy Schmincke in individual tubes from an art store here that sells online called Art Nebula www.artnebulaph.com. I know they ship internationally. A 5ml tube costs between $4 - $7.🙂
Hi, what is the weight of your box? I'm wondering if it's something that I could carry around in my travel kit. I couldn't find the weight on the Little Brass Box website.
Sylvia Ramos it is not terribly heavy. It is more heavy than a little Schmincke tin box but not as heavy as the other hand made brass boxes I have seen. Hope that helps :)
Thanks!
I received a response from John Hurtley. He said the Roberson with a finger ring weighs 450grams +/- 10grams.
Rediculous prices for these boxes..
davidamosphotography well- they’re expensive, sure, but I’d rather the craftsman get paid for the consideration and hard work and a product with materials that will last generations. There are less expensive alternatives if you like the structure. Clover boxes are plastic alternatives.
Jarred I love your channel ! You are so talented and a great teacher !😍👍👍👍