How do you set up your watercolor palette? That is without a doubt one of the most popular questions I get asked.
So in this video, I show you how I set up a brand new palette—the 12 Winsor & Newton colors I love, the order I put them in, why I put them in that order, and finally how to prep the surface of the mixing wells to prevent beading.
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Thank you Jenna. Very helpful. Can’t wait to fill up my new palette!
On creating the pallatte colors, you did not explain your colors for the bottom, four vertical bins. I seem to remember you use two of the for two types of Yellow .
Also, what about the right side compartments, another 12 ‘trays’ – what goes into these …?
Yep, if there were wells with colors I don’t name, they’re usually duplicate colors that I use for mixing or new colors I was testing for a project.