Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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For my final video of 2023, I decided to reflect on my watercolor palette, share how it's going, talk about some colors I'm retiring and adding, and swatching my core colors. As usual, I'm experimenting but I like to give my core colors 3-4 months in use before making any changes. Over the summer and autumn I painted hundreds of paintings and found some colors lacking and need for new colors. I hope you enjoy this relaxing watercolor video.

Blog post with swatches ➤ bit.ly/3RZGghj

Watch the series:
Part 1 - Discovering Daniel Smith colors ➤ youtu.be/rpR035W9jr0
Part 2 - Curating up my custom palette ➤ youtu.be/qZkbU2o_U7c

00:00 Intro
01:36 Examples of my recent paintings
02:11 New colors
04:48 Retired colors
06:13 Swatching my PrimaTek colors
12:24 Swatching my core colors
19:52 Final thoughts

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