Click the picture for more information on the colours. My current travelling paintbox is the brass one shown in the pictures below. Click on the image for more information about the box and the colours.
Watercolour Box colours – 19th October 2024
These are the current colours in my travelling watercolour palette. This watercolour palette is by David Cooper of Classic Paintboxes: see my article about this box. Here is the colour list. All colours are Daniel Smith except the Ultramarine Blue. I use Schmincke Horadam “Ultramarine Blue Finest”, because it does not granulate quite so much … Continue reading “Watercolour Box colours – 19th October 2024”
Watercolour Box update – 28th August 2022
Another refresh of the colours in my palette. This watercolour palette is by David Cooper of Classic Paintboxes: see my article about this box. Here is the updated colour list. The top row is unchanged: I liked the Permanent Yellow Deep and it’s stayed. The colour for the empty space is a pink: Red Madder … Continue reading “Watercolour Box update – 28th August 2022”
Watercolour Box update – 16th April 2021
I refreshed the colours in my palette. This watercolour palette is by David Cooper of Classic Paintboxes: see my article about this box. Here is the updated colour list. I moved the Fired Gold Ochre to a bigger space. There are three new joiners, and three colours are moved out. The three that moved out … Continue reading “Watercolour Box update – 16th April 2021”
Watercolour Box 3 – June 17th 2019
This is my bespoke small watercolour paintbox made by David Cooper of Classic Paint Boxes. It has 12 Daniel Smith colours which were a birthday present. The picture shows the first pouring, while the paints are just poured and still wet. The paintbox has a clip so I can fix it to my sketchbook, and … Continue reading “Watercolour Box 3 – June 17th 2019”
Watercolour Box 2 – May 2019 update
30th May 2019: I wanted to include some wetting agent in the paintbox. So I removed the white full pan, replaced it by a blue full pan, and put the wetting agent in. Here’s Watercolour Box 2: Jackson’s Cobalt Blue 245, full pan Rembrandt Vandyke Brown 403, half pan Jackson Prussian Blue 261, full pan … Continue reading “Watercolour Box 2 – May 2019 update”
Watercolour Box 1 – May 2019 update
After a lot of use in Crete I topped up the Indian yellow from a tube, and replaced the Prussian blue with another pan I had. The Raw Sienna had been a hard colour to use, it doesn’t dissolve. So I removed it, and used the space for a random colour: Mauve , Rembrandt colour number … Continue reading “Watercolour Box 1 – May 2019 update”
Watercolour Box 2 – April 2019
Update on paintbox number 2.
Watercolour sticks – July 2018
Winsor and Newton waxy watercolour sticks in old cigarette box
Watercolour Box 2 – July 2018
Rembrandt half pans and Jacksons full pans, for Urban Sketching
Watercolour Box 1 – December 2017
Rembrandt half pans for urban sketching and monochrome sketches
Jane Sketching 