Travel Palettes

Arizona Photo to Painting & Palette Follow-up

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Okay, so I didn’t do much painting in Arizona: it was mostly a whirlwind of family activities. I spent much of the time in surburban locales; when I had the opportunity to go out hiking, I was mostly birding and photographing as my secondary activity, not painting, which would have slowed the group down too … Read more

Preparing the Arizona Palette

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I kind of made fun of myself in the New England Palette post for attempting to prepare “palettes of place” for places that I don’t know using third-hand research and commercial palettes as guides, but guess what? I don’t know any other way to prepare for travel. I’m going visiting near Phoenix, AZ, for the first time for Christmas, so I’m trying to figure out what colors to bring!

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The New England Palette

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Before I first traveled to Vancouver, I researched colors that might be particularly useful there, such as paints in the M. Graham “Pacific Northwest” kit, and the palettes of PNW artists such as Molly Hashimoto. Based on that research, I decided to add Dioxazine Violet and Perylene Green to my travel palette, and to make … Read more

Vancouver Colors Revisted + palette update

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The big question in my last palette review was: will I use the “Vancouver colors” Perylene Green, Carbazole Violet, and Quin Burnt Orange? Answer: yes! I found even more uses for them than before, including making a lovely kind of dull violet gray with the violet + green. This is a good color base for … Read more

Fall in Vancouver Palette

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I’ve just spent a week in Vancouver in early November, what my aunt described as “the worst time to visit Vancouver” due to the rain and fog, but I had fun! I like rain and fog. Plus, it was much cheaper than visiting in the summer. I didn’t know what colors I’d need, so I … Read more

The Maine Palette

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Heading out on a recent weekend trip to Ogunquit, Maine, I grabbed the first palette I had to hand, which was my “spring palette” (in progress). Unfortunately, when I got to the moody Maine seaside, I found that this palette didn’t quite contain all the colors I wanted. Fortunately, it helped me to identify what … Read more

Desert Palette Revisited

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My Desert Palette, which I used to paint my Vegas travel sketches and post-travel paintings, contained 26 carefully chosen colors. So which ones did I end up using the most? And which could I have left behind? Most Valuable Colors These were the colors I found myself reaching for again and again: Also Good Liabilities … Read more

Preparing Colors for the Desert

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My partner’s sibling is getting married near Las Vegas in a few weeks, and even though it will be a short trip and I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to paint, I’m excited to prep a new palette for a new biome (I’ve never been to the desert!) and to bust out some not-usually-used colors. 

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