Making Art – My Painting Process

My Watercolor Palette

Over the years my palette of colors has evolved. Mostly I’ve adopted a dual-primary color palette which consists of one warm and one cool version of each primary color.

Yellows:         Indian Yellow (warm)                      Aureolin Yellow (cool)

Reds:              Quinacridone Coral (warm)           Permanent Alizarin Crimson (cool)

Blues:             Ultramarine Blue (warm)                Peacock Blue-Holbein (cool)

Earths:           Quinacridone Gold(Daniel Smith), Rhodonite Genuine(Daniel Smith),

Serpentine Green(Daniel Smith), Olive Green, Pyrrol Red,

Genuine Manganese Blue(PB33),Quinacridone Sienna(Daniel Smith),

Lunar Earth, Lunar Black, Naples Yellow.

My Oil Palette

Indian Yellow, Titanium White, Ivory Black, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue,

Phthalo Blue, Olive Green, Hansa Yellow Light, alizarin Crimson, Pyrrol Red, Iron Oxide Yellow,

Sap Green, Iron Oxide Black, Naples Yellow, Buff Titanium.