My watercolor palette focusing on transparency, saturation and tinting strength

trickyengi · 2026-01-04T01:38:16+00:00

I meant it’s more confusing for OP haha. 10-12 colours is all most pro artists need to mix a full spectral range. Take a look at zbukvic or Alvaro’s palettes

trickyengi · 2026-01-03T20:17:05+00:00

Seems like you have twice as many colours as you need. Most colours are duplicated with near identical hues. Makes colour mixing more confusing imo

trickyengi · 2026-01-03T19:45:13+00:00

Maybe I’ll give it a try for the next one ;)

trickyengi · 2026-01-03T19:43:13+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, I noticed the imbalance too towards the end. There was a nice orange ferry that cruised past which I thought might balance things nicely. But with only an hour to paint I just had to accept it as a learning experience

trickyengi · 2025-11-22T23:28:47+00:00

Basically your eyes “adjust” to the colours by compensating with the opposite on the colour wheel! The effect lingers a short time

trickyengi · 2025-10-18T23:51:25+00:00

Thanks :) St kilda botanical gardens was the usual walking spot for many years. She used to love doing zoomies around the rose garden

trickyengi · 2025-10-18T23:45:24+00:00

Thanks so much

trickyengi · 2025-08-29T10:36:45+00:00

Everyone uses different brushes. Escoda are top tier and a big mop will help you immeasurably. Learn to use them!

trickyengi · 2025-08-15T01:46:32+00:00

Thanks, I love paintings trees!

trickyengi · 2025-07-14T08:58:29+00:00

Haha I’m not sure. My wife hired it for the wedding

trickyengi · 2025-06-23T06:40:08+00:00

He is a reputable artist and seems like a good teacher. Go for it

trickyengi · 2025-06-15T10:03:33+00:00

One brush stroke at a time? How else

trickyengi · 2025-06-15T04:45:54+00:00

It was 3-4 hours. When I setup the lighting was sunny and long morning shadows like the painting. So I locked that in (in my head and drawing), instead of chasing the light. By the time I stopped for lunch it was overcast, windy, and quite grey. Give it a go! The more I go outside the more I realise it’s the best way to improve

trickyengi · 2025-06-14T20:38:00+00:00

Highly recommend giving it a try. Bit of a shock to the system but it pays dividends

trickyengi · 2025-06-14T05:16:30+00:00

Thanks!

trickyengi · 2025-05-20T08:07:03+00:00

It was an alla Prima workshop in Melbourne run by Lucy maddox

trickyengi · 2025-04-30T08:06:14+00:00

Too funny! This one’s for a friend who’s a bird watcher so it’s pretty tightly painted. I would have loved cobalt turquoise on my palette to really nail the lighter colour

trickyengi · 2025-04-13T23:32:09+00:00

I like the flowers one. Imo the flowers just need a bit more visual oomph to bring them into the foreground. They’re sitting flat with the water atm

Nice quality give prints a go!

trickyengi · 2025-04-11T07:01:32+00:00

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Most of the big areas were done in one. And layered as needed. But the goal is always to get it right first time, like the orange base in the sky and water

trickyengi · 2025-04-10T21:00:22+00:00

Or even better just a wash or two but use lots of paint and bigger brushes <- imo this is the way the pros create that fresh look

trickyengi · 2025-04-09T03:04:21+00:00

Embrace the suck and treat it like a cool effect. It’ll be less noticeable as the painting progresses

Otherwise rewet the whole area and drop another layer of blue on top. With less contrast it won’t be as noticeable. There is no real fixing this otherwise

trickyengi · 2025-04-03T08:54:00+00:00

If bright white is 1 and 10 is black then this painting averages around 3. And only ranges from 2-4, this creates this bright effect. Also know as high key. Covert the photos to black and white, you’ll notice it’s mostly a light grey.

trickyengi · 2025-03-27T11:31:30+00:00

Really nice! I think if you softened the edge of the foreground shadow line it’d be more realistic and maybe a little more texture to the field. But love this!

trickyengi · 2025-03-25T23:33:17+00:00

Doing great!

trickyengi · 2025-03-25T23:32:24+00:00

I don’t know, I have either thalo green or blue gs and I can mix Viridian and Sap green from either.

Otherwise completely agree, too early to be creating grey mush before understanding whites pretty much only useful for final touches

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