Watercolor swatches

Color swatches created with the thirteen of the fourteen color palette in my Winsor & Newton Cotman Compact watercolor set. A great exercise for getting to know your colors and just some of the possibilities. This was created in a...

Painting swatches is an excellent way to compare and get to know the characteristics of your paint. I wanted to learn how to make watercolor swatches in a way that would be a useful reference guide when I’m painting. I’ve seen lots of examples of these, but they all seem to be slightly different. I

Welcome to this month's Traveler's Journal feature! Today it's all about organization and using your Traveler's Journals to help you do that. I did some browsing on the internet and found some great inspiration: {fabric swatch book - source unknown}...

WHY I DECIDED TO MAKE NEW SWATCH CARDS In my studio I used to have an entire flat file drawer devoted to watercolor swatches. It was a crazy, insanely haphazard mess of half legible notes, usually scribbled on the back of random scraps of watercolor paper. While I loved that drawer and all the litt

because swatching is always fun 😀 we love this idea @annajanesearle ! Thanks for sharing. #Repost @annajanesearle ・・・ You might have seen on my insta stories that I received an order of some @danielsmithartistsmaterials watercolours from @jacksons_art I thought I would make a little swatch of each of the colours I own by Daniel Smith. They are just the most gorgeous of colours and I particularly love the Primatek series. #annarack #watercolor #danielsmith #paints #watercolour #...

Hello fellow artists! I have taught many classes, both in person and online, on many subjects. We have gone trough the basics of watercolor, how to create textu. ..

🙌 Just finished filming a LONG exclusive video for Patreon members where I share ALL the pigments and brands of watercolours I currently use in my palette. As an bonus Patrons can also watch the process video for painting the actual palette (no I didn’t clean it up specially) So make sure you sign up to my Patreon to watch as it’ll be ready by Friday (or before) . . . Although I was annoyed I smudged some of the swatches it’s a lesson in patience - I should have left that page to dry before…