tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post2155520051590970423..comments2024-03-27T09:05:03.725-07:00Comments on Jane Blundell Artist: Daniel Smith Watercolour Stick PaletteJane Blundellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809568287344145772noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-37065908279855455732017-11-27T22:21:46.639-08:002017-11-27T22:21:46.639-08:00Yes I think Quinacridone Rose is the more obvious ...Yes I think Quinacridone Rose is the more obvious choice, but there is so little difference between Quin Rose and Quin Red that it also works - both are PV19. I'd like to see raw umber added. So useful!Jane Blundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809568287344145772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-35091425586096855632017-11-27T15:48:10.666-08:002017-11-27T15:48:10.666-08:00Lovely tin, and great selection of colours. I do ...Lovely tin, and great selection of colours. I do find some of the options in the sticks puzzling. Not having a Quin Rose, for example, I would expect it to be rather a popular colour? I do really like the piemontite and serpentine sticks, such nice, interesting colours!<br />Lee Angoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12735391091599963495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-91148718114267345822017-11-10T21:46:35.298-08:002017-11-10T21:46:35.298-08:00Now this is a really clever way to make a travel p...Now this is a really clever way to make a travel palette.sandra dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13976065716935953253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-74030290351048619582017-10-29T20:24:57.558-07:002017-10-29T20:24:57.558-07:00No I have been too busy for Inktober. Shame - it&#...No I have been too busy for Inktober. Shame - it's a fun challenge but travelling for half the month made it impossible. Maybe I'll do my own challenge for December. I really like the Da Atramentis inks - especially the brown and black, but also the grey you can make with the brown and blue.Jane Blundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809568287344145772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-16741971335642590402017-10-29T20:21:09.478-07:002017-10-29T20:21:09.478-07:00If you want to send a photo I could add it to the ...If you want to send a photo I could add it to the blog post...it's always nice to get a kit set up well so you can grab it and go :-)Jane Blundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809568287344145772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-48992214393378062392017-10-28T03:51:52.846-07:002017-10-28T03:51:52.846-07:00You'd be surprised what wonderful mixes you ca...You'd be surprised what wonderful mixes you can get with that Buff Titanium. Jane turned me on to that and I've never gone back. It's in almost every palette I put together. The sticks have my favorite Primatek colors at bargain prices; Sodalite, Piemontite and Serpentine. Mixing the Sodalite with the Buff Titanium gets you an awesome gray. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-10677631024636471442017-10-28T03:43:14.287-07:002017-10-28T03:43:14.287-07:00Have you tried wrapping the in dental floss and th...Have you tried wrapping the in dental floss and then gently pulling? Works for cinnamon rolls. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-69641372030677107192017-10-28T03:42:05.939-07:002017-10-28T03:42:05.939-07:00Monterey and Carmel are lovely. If they'd let ...Monterey and Carmel are lovely. If they'd let you, it would be wonderful to set up in the Monterey Bay Aquarium and paint that huge tank with the sun shining down into it and the kelp swirling. I've never been north of San Francisco. I just did Yosemite in May.<br /><br />You'd be surprised how much of Southern California on east to Arizona is now developed. <br /><br />Today I picked up the perfect little tin for stick watercolors. It's a Romney's Kendal Mint Cake hinged pocket tin I picked up in the Christmas section of the local World Market store. I'll spray the inside of the lid white and then start acquiring sticks. Might put full pans in there in the mean time. It's deep enough to hold travel brushes on top. It's a bit large but could even hold some paper, making it a single container holding everything I need. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-60377052424492008502017-10-25T21:36:52.884-07:002017-10-25T21:36:52.884-07:00Thanks for that. I can see the 6 will be very usef...Thanks for that. I can see the 6 will be very useful. And I like the others you suggest. 12 is perhaps an upper limit for me at the moment but I can imagine trying the buff titanium and the sodalite and the undersea green. I tend to like high contrast, earth tones, with the occasional bright colour for the contrast. I'm trying to collect pictures that I like at the moment to help me home in on the common features of what I like. I'm finding pinterest handy for that. At the moment though I'm following the last few days of Inktober on instagram and tumblr. Were you doing anything for that? I've liked what you've presented on inks so far as well. So have been slowly collecting some of the de atramentis inks to experiment with.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631364538623314004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-77113812537689391982017-10-24T23:46:00.528-07:002017-10-24T23:46:00.528-07:00A basic set of a great primary triad - Ultramarine...A basic set of a great primary triad - Ultramarine, Quinacridone Red and Hansa Yellow Medium would be a good start. Add Burnt Sienna as it is so useful for mixing (with the ultramarine for greys and dark browns and dark blues, with the yellow for raw sienna hues and with the red for red-earth hues)<br />Add yellow ochre or raw sienna or Quin gold as the warm/earthy yellow - great for mixing lovely greens etc.<br />Then add cerulean chromium to help make lovely skies.<br />Six sticks that will really get you mixing.<br /><br />If you want 12, I'd add buff titanium, another yellow (yellow ochre or raw sienna or quin gold or the brighter hansa yellow deep), sap green, undersea green and perhaps a warm red for mixing - it depends what you want to paint. I'd also add the sodalite for a nice convenient grey. That would make a convenient set of 12 with a nice balance of colours.Jane Blundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809568287344145772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-88693640773769243912017-10-24T20:02:28.055-07:002017-10-24T20:02:28.055-07:00I'm a bit constrained for space and budget, an...I'm a bit constrained for space and budget, and also find that having too many colours to choose from makes things hard for me while I'm still learning colours and mixing. If I had to limit myself to 4 or 6, and perhaps no more than 12, can you suggest any good sets? I've been re-reading your blog and looking at the handprint site as well, and I'm taken with the idea of trying to build on ultramarine+burnt siena with the DS sticks. The suggestion on handprint.com is a yellow - he suggests yellow ochre or raw siena. Any suggestions for a 4th or 5th or 6th colour? Or for a different yellow? I see that I can get some but not all of the DS colours as sticks, and I'm not yet familiar enough with the theory to fully work through what might be a good next choice. So any advice you can give much appreciated.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631364538623314004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-90973912675782561162017-10-24T15:42:12.539-07:002017-10-24T15:42:12.539-07:00I'll post up more about my trip but arrived in...I'll post up more about my trip but arrived in San Francisco, had the weekend there then drove to Monterey, stayed in Carmel, then to Santa Barbara. Drove drive back to Gig Harbor, then Tacoma to sketch on the way to Seattle for a week. Drove again to McMinnville and had a night in Portland, then returned to Seattle to fly out via San Francisco. 30 years ago I did a massive West Coast trip up as far as Mount Bachelor, down as far as Mexico and east as far as the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas etc so this was a little of a reprise, sketching along the way this time.Jane Blundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809568287344145772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-88040916126702807202017-10-24T15:38:07.870-07:002017-10-24T15:38:07.870-07:00That's helpful to know. Perhaps you could try ...That's helpful to know. Perhaps you could try with a hot knife or warming them first? I have some but they are generally brighter than I choose to use for painting. Fun for accents in mixed media work.Jane Blundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02809568287344145772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-78996099180037377252017-10-24T06:56:44.670-07:002017-10-24T06:56:44.670-07:00Neo-color did't work like this for me, they cr...Neo-color did't work like this for me, they crumbled when I tried to cut them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124435605859756727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-40271827888190007242017-10-24T00:08:12.425-07:002017-10-24T00:08:12.425-07:00I wonder if this would work with Caran d'Ache ...I wonder if this would work with Caran d'Ache Neocolor sticks - worth a try (use with a water brush).Yorkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11275591290793210961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881888600945229981.post-6552989691493742012017-10-23T03:59:59.169-07:002017-10-23T03:59:59.169-07:00Sweet. I think I have a repro cigarette case I was...Sweet. I think I have a repro cigarette case I was using for credit cards for a while. I know I still have it but just can’t rememmber where it is. <br /><br />I’ve been wanting to buy some of the sticks. I only have the original New Gamboge PY153 ones I scored on eBay. It looked like they might discontinue a few of the sticks so I wanted to definitely get all of the Primatek sticks they have because those are also the colors I use a lot. Plus the Quins and Cobalt Teal. I, too, am disappointed they don’t have a Raw Umber and that was holding me back from ordering but I think I might just go ahead now. <br /><br />Do you think you are going to have problems along the way of these melting into each other as you wear down the sticks to the end? Or will you simply add more stick once it’s mostly used up. <br /><br />Where did you end up going up and down California? Would be interested to hear what you painted. I want to eventually do a trip up the coast, probably stopping at San Simeon and Heart Castle, stopping at points along the way.mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.com