As enjoyable as it was inspiring, Helen. I'm also impressed by how well you make YT-ready videos while you're away from home. Thank you for all that you do for us.
Thanks ever so much! I do everything on my phone, so the only difference with being away is not having a phone stand over my desk (hence the bread bin in this one!)
I think the painting is absolutely beautiful! The countryside, spectacular and it was really nice to see the color combinations you used to develop other green colors. The bottom right swatch plus the one to the up and left, diagonally are my two favorite
Hi Helen - your vids have been popping up in my feed and I've really been enjoying them. New subscriber! It's a rainy day here in Toronto and I'm lazing about enjoying watching you swatch these greens. What lovely friends to let you use their white dinner plates for this!😊😊
This is an inviting bucolic scene, Helen! Reminds me of the rural area in Pennsylvania US where I grew up. It’s nice to visit occasionally to restore my spirit. ❤
I love playing around with mixing greens! I still like my DS sap green and undersea green, but it’s really fun to see how many greens you can get from a small travel palette 😊
I’m just watching this while having a bit of lunch before heading back to the garden to get some weeding done. I love your little painting. It’s so sweet. It’s supposed to be a rainy day tomorrow and I think will spend some time mixing some greens too!
I immediately tried my Schmincke french ultramarine blue with Quin Gold, Lemon Yellow and Indian yellow! Fantastic granulating greens! Thank you for the inspiration!! :)
11days ago you did a Gouache painting & as I tried to copy your style mine failed miserably! I tried to paint ( watercolour), & „scribble „over with various colours ( inks ), all your little sketches with mixed mediums look good, mine was nothing to write home about! I realised how difficult to copy your sketches are! But, I won’t give up! Hi,hi. I like your sketch & the view from window! Thanks.
It's all good practice, and will lead to you developing a style that you like. Were you able to identify what exactly you weren't satisfied with? Plus I think we're all harder on our own work than other people's! I think anytime we put art materials to paper it's worth a pat on the back!
@@helencryer Thanks. I consider myself „patted on back“. And, yes on closer inspection my hills weren’t shaded correctly nor the cliffs, more like a 5 yr. olds sketch. But, I enjoyed putting it on paper & realised how difficult it was to copy you, which was a lesson in itself!
Daniel Smith's Undersea green is one of my favorites too and because it's made up using French ultramarine and Quinacridone gold, I always add those two colors first in any limited palette I create, just so I can make my own undersea green if I don't have palette space for any convenience colors. In my desk palette I currently have five convenience greens, which is a lot for me. Sap green, undersea and perylene green are my usual go to greens but I'm trying out a Serpentine stick and a tube of Cascade green at the moment. Both are granulating. The Serpentine is like a paler, yellower version of sap green with reddy brown speckles through it. The cascade green leans more towards being a darker turquoise green that separates into green and blue sort of like Schmincke's Shire blue. I don't have Shire blue so I'm just judging it from pictures online. Shire blue is a color I've wanted to try for a while, but now that I've got something similar, I haven't really found many places to use it. It's not really an urban sketch color for me, seascapes though would be good.
I have the Serpentine, Cascade Green and Shire Blue in my large palette too. If I was home, I could do a side by side comparison of the last two for you. Even with painting seascapes quite a bit, I just don't use them much!
Usually I'm quite lazy and just use my pre-mixed greens, but French Ultramarine and Quin Gold/Deep Gold I like. I don't have it in my travel palette at the moment, but back at home I was playing around with mixes using PB60 (Indanthrone Blue) and it was making some gorgeous rich greens (and other colours) - if you've got one, I'd definitely recommend a play.
@@helencryer Thanks! Yes, I have several PB60 from several brands. I found your combinations very interesting and will see which colours I have at home to reproduce. I only have a handful of Daniel Smith colours, so I might have to replace those. However, I have enough other brands to have a wonderful play session! Thanks for the inspiration!
You must not paint many evergreen forests since your greens almost all lean warm. I always have DS perylene green on my palette and could use DS' jadeite genuine a lot as well for all the deep bluey forest greens. Perylene green is a great mixer and can go cooler or darker-kind of impressive for what is actually a BLACK pigment; might be one to consider if you are looking for a green candidate to add.
I don't have any evergreen forests at all where I live/visit. I have a couple of Perylene Greens, plus Jadeite Genuine in my main palette, but they're just not accurate for what I see. I ought to try them in mixing more though, thanks for the reminder!
As enjoyable as it was inspiring, Helen. I'm also impressed by how well you make YT-ready videos while you're away from home. Thank you for all that you do for us.
Thanks ever so much! I do everything on my phone, so the only difference with being away is not having a phone stand over my desk (hence the bread bin in this one!)
I think the painting is absolutely beautiful! The countryside, spectacular and it was really nice to see the color combinations you used to develop other green colors. The bottom right swatch plus the one to the up and left, diagonally are my two favorite
Thank you! I'm loving spending time here again!
Wonderful work and colour instructions. You have reminded me of the versatility of ultramarine blue in making greens. 😊
Thanks! It's always fun to do some colour mixing!
The last mixed green is so pretty
Hi Helen - your vids have been popping up in my feed and I've really been enjoying them. New subscriber! It's a rainy day here in Toronto and I'm lazing about enjoying watching you swatch these greens. What lovely friends to let you use their white dinner plates for this!😊😊
Aww, thanks ever so much! Welcome!
what a stunning palette, I love it ☺☺
Thank you!
This is an inviting bucolic scene, Helen! Reminds me of the rural area in Pennsylvania US where I grew up. It’s nice to visit occasionally to restore my spirit. ❤
Mmm, sounds lovely!
Those are some very nice greens you mixed up. Spectacular or not, your painting is a wonderful representation- I think it’s beautiful.
Aww, thanks!
It was enjoyable - beautiful landscapes and lovely sketch.
Thank you!
I love playing around with mixing greens! I still like my DS sap green and undersea green, but it’s really fun to see how many greens you can get from a small travel palette 😊
I've still never had a sap green! I just don't like mid greens and can't bring myself to buy one!
Thankyou Helen ❤
I’m just watching this while having a bit of lunch before heading back to the garden to get some weeding done. I love your little painting. It’s so sweet. It’s supposed to be a rainy day tomorrow and I think will spend some time mixing some greens too!
Ooo - have a lovely time with your mixing!
Another very enjoyable video Helen. The inspirational landscape and your sketch is wonderful.
Thank you!
Interesting palette
I immediately tried my Schmincke french ultramarine blue with Quin Gold, Lemon Yellow and Indian yellow! Fantastic granulating greens! Thank you for the inspiration!! :)
That's great!
11days ago you did a Gouache painting & as I tried to copy your style mine failed miserably! I tried to paint ( watercolour), & „scribble „over with various colours ( inks ), all your little sketches with mixed mediums look good, mine was nothing to write home about! I realised how difficult to copy your sketches are! But, I won’t give up! Hi,hi. I like your sketch & the view from window! Thanks.
@@valeriegehling4358 Keep it up, one day you will find your style and be knocking out paintings left and right!
It's all good practice, and will lead to you developing a style that you like. Were you able to identify what exactly you weren't satisfied with? Plus I think we're all harder on our own work than other people's! I think anytime we put art materials to paper it's worth a pat on the back!
@@helencryer Thanks. I consider myself „patted on back“. And, yes on closer inspection my hills weren’t shaded correctly nor the cliffs, more like a 5 yr. olds sketch. But, I enjoyed putting it on paper & realised how difficult it was to copy you, which was a lesson in itself!
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Daniel Smith's Undersea green is one of my favorites too and because it's made up using French ultramarine and Quinacridone gold, I always add those two colors first in any limited palette I create, just so I can make my own undersea green if I don't have palette space for any convenience colors.
In my desk palette I currently have five convenience greens, which is a lot for me. Sap green, undersea and perylene green are my usual go to greens but I'm trying out a Serpentine stick and a tube of Cascade green at the moment. Both are granulating. The Serpentine is like a paler, yellower version of sap green with reddy brown speckles through it. The cascade green leans more towards being a darker turquoise green that separates into green and blue sort of like Schmincke's Shire blue. I don't have Shire blue so I'm just judging it from pictures online. Shire blue is a color I've wanted to try for a while, but now that I've got something similar, I haven't really found many places to use it. It's not really an urban sketch color for me, seascapes though would be good.
I have the Serpentine, Cascade Green and Shire Blue in my large palette too. If I was home, I could do a side by side comparison of the last two for you. Even with painting seascapes quite a bit, I just don't use them much!
@@helencryer That would be great thanks. No rush, I'm enjoying watching your painting holiday 😄
This video popped up just in time. Lately I have been a bit bored with my usual mixes, so your mixes are very inspiring. Do you have a favourite mix?
Usually I'm quite lazy and just use my pre-mixed greens, but French Ultramarine and Quin Gold/Deep Gold I like. I don't have it in my travel palette at the moment, but back at home I was playing around with mixes using PB60 (Indanthrone Blue) and it was making some gorgeous rich greens (and other colours) - if you've got one, I'd definitely recommend a play.
@@helencryer Thanks! Yes, I have several PB60 from several brands. I found your combinations very interesting and will see which colours I have at home to reproduce. I only have a handful of Daniel Smith colours, so I might have to replace those. However, I have enough other brands to have a wonderful play session! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh that's great! Hope you have a lovely time!
You must not paint many evergreen forests since your greens almost all lean warm. I always have DS perylene green on my palette and could use DS' jadeite genuine a lot as well for all the deep bluey forest greens. Perylene green is a great mixer and can go cooler or darker-kind of impressive for what is actually a BLACK pigment; might be one to consider if you are looking for a green candidate to add.
I don't have any evergreen forests at all where I live/visit. I have a couple of Perylene Greens, plus Jadeite Genuine in my main palette, but they're just not accurate for what I see. I ought to try them in mixing more though, thanks for the reminder!
Sorry, not first today! I was detained by real life.
I'm happy you visited still!
@@helencryer Always a pleasure!