So today I'm going to show you my palette how I set my colors up what colors I have my palette and what colors
I recommend if you're a beginner coming up
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So let's get into the video. This is going to be a two-part video first part today
part 2 in a couple of weeks
I'm gonna introduce you to my palette and how I've set out my palette and what colors I've got and
what colors I would suggest and I do suggest to any beginners that come to me
in the next video part 2
in two weeks time
I'm going to go through my colors in a little bit more detail show you what they can do and explain
why I have them in my palette.
So there's plenty of ways. You can set out your palette. I set up my palette to follow
kind of the color wheel it goes from your blues to your greens to your yellows
earth colors wacked in there in the middle and then
Reds, but you don't have to organize it like that
some people organize their palette by working out whichare their darkest colors
right across to their lightest colors and they organize their palette according to darks
- it's a tonal palette really
tonal or value palette from darks
right across the lights. You can do it that way others
set out their palette in the sense of all the cool colors together and all the warm colors together
We'll talk about that in a couple of weeks cool warm that kind of stuff
Some people just have random stuff all over the place
I like there to be some kind of logic to it
If you're learning about color theory
It's nice to have your palette set out like a color wheel because everything kind of combines make sense
and you're not struggling trying to
Create a relationship between how your palette is set out and your color theory
But what I would suggest very strongly is however, you set out your palette. You set it out the same every single time
Why ?because you don't to be hunting for colors oooh where if I put the cobalt blue? I don't know
You can't waste that time you just want to be able to reach for that color straight away. Keep them in the same spot
Whatever process whatever order whatever system you use. Let's just go for a walk around my palette. Come on
Let's go. Let's quickly go through them. Are you ready? Starting with dioxazine violet French Ultramarine blue
cobalt blue cerulean blue Prussian blue or pthalo blue or
Winsor blue green shade is what I'm using at the moment
Winsor green blue shade or pthalo green or Viridian
I've made a video about why I've got that green in my palette  put a little link up here or link in the description if you want
to check that out.
My other green cobalt turquoise light then we come over to Cad yellow light and then Indian yellow
or cad yellow deep and then raw Sienna which I use a bucket load of
Raw umber burnt umber burnt sienna then across here we've got Cad red
permanent alizarin crimson and in the middle, sometimes I put Winsor red not so often and then down here
I've got my spare little space that I like to call the spots for visitors colors that I put into my palette
occasionally and I'll talk about those in a couple of weeks. I'm going to go into a lot more depth
It's my colors are concerned.
Did you like that hand movement? It was very very good karate
I group them in families, and I follow the color wheel as you see
Violets and blues one family greens all together yellows all together earth colors are all together
Reds are all together so family
never forget the family
Of your colors really really important and that was pathetic
and that I do not forgive
Which brings me to another point just answering a very quick question that a few people have asked me
Why do I always have clips of movies in my watercolor videos?
Well two reasons really one is that I love movies
I'm a movie buff, and I'm kind of pretty sure if I wasn't a painter I
Might have gone into filmmaking. Maybe that'll be my encore career. I don't know not the acting bit. Obviously the directing the filming cinematography
I don't know something to do with film
Secondly is that I find them useful. They're good to use...blblblbl
That's hard to say they're good to use as an analogy they are good to use as an analogy  whew
Try it tongue twister and even though this isn't a watercolor question
I know. I know I'm supposed to be sticking to watercolor. Tell me what your favorite film is in the comments below and
Maybe just for a bit of fun
I might be able to incorporate a clip from your favorite movie in one of my videos about watercolor
Weird
now be aware that when you buy your colors depending on the brand
They're going to vary  so much don't get too caught up in this just yet down the track a bit
But just it don't worry too much about it's the differences the count
Let me show you an example of what I mean by that. This is raw umber in four different brands. Look at the difference
just don't think because
You've bought a color and a different brand and it's got the same name that it's the same color now if you're a beginner
Do you want these 15 16 colors? I can't even remember how many there are but 15 or 16 colors
You don't need to start with that many and I probably suggest that you don't
but what should you start with? Well, I
Would suggest that you start with two blues two yellows two reds
Why because it gives you a good range of possibilities as far as mixing goes
I would suggest that you have a warm and a cool of each now
I would suggest that you get ultramarine blue and
Prussian blue
for your
yellows, I suggest that you get a lemon yellow or a cad yellow light
lemon yellow if you want to save some money and
Cad yellow deep or Indian yellow or gamboge or something like that?
So the cool and warm yellow and then for the reds the Cad red or you can get scarlet red
or something similar an orangey kind of red if you want to save money and not get cadmium colors and
Permanent alizarin crimson some people like to get rose madder
That's nice, but I just think that permanent alizarin crimson has got more versatility
That's what I suggest to get first
Then if you're going to add to it the next colors that I would suggest that you get would be
the Viridian or the pthalo green I would suggest burnt sienna and I would suggest
Raw Sienna. So having those six plus those other three you got nine colors. Nine colors gives you a good range good power
Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed it
If for no other reason just to see how I set up my palette just out of curiosity just to satisfy your curiosity
If if you were curious that is,  I don't know
whether you were but if you if you are here and you're watching it, you've got to this stage. Well, I'm
Presuming your were  remember to come back in a couple of weeks or
Subscribe remember to hit that little bell so you get the little reminder in a couple of weeks that I'm doing part two of this video
where we go into more depth
Also remember to let me know what your favorite film is so I can see whether I can incorporate those into my watercolor videos
I do not know how yet but
A little challenge for me movie wanna color runnin. Oh, this could be a link there somewhere. Have a great couple of weeks
I'll see you in two weeks
And peace
I don't know why I did that
It's kinda a bit hippyish, isn't it
