The wait is over. I got my brass palette from La Petite Palette after 8 ½ months wait. What a beauty, so we’ll done. The palette has a weight which I love, the brass mechanism hold the pans tight so won’t move around which otherwise can be soooo annoying, it won’t rust, I can interchanged the pans, the water washes won’t leak, it has enough mixing area, it’s just perfect.
FYI this palette is specific for White Nights pans, it won’t fit standard whole size pans.
Colors for this watercolor chart:
Group Yellow: 203 Cadmium Lemon, 201 Cadmium Yellow Medium, 218 Yellow Ochre.
Group Red: 302 Cadmium Red Light, 324 Quinacridone Rose.
Groups Blue: 503 Cerulean Blue, 511 Ultramarine, 513 Phthalo Blue.
Group Green: 716 SAP, 713 Emerald
Group Earth: 405 Raw Sienna, 406 Burnt Sienna, 418 Raw Umber, 408 Burnt Umber.
805 Neutral Black.
First thing I did was to make a watercolor chart to get to understand this brand. Right away I realized this paint is easy to wet and pick up. I did a quick test with pencil HB for transparency and staining properties, which are important to me, I noticed the black is the most staining one, follow by phthalo blue and emerald which was expected.
The paints are creamy and most of them with high concentration of pigment. Here are some observations.
For Group Mixing:
Yellows are on the weak side for pigment concentration.
Blues and Reds made decent purples.
Blue and Earth make beautiful blue grays.
Greens and Earth make fabulous muted greens.
For specific paint color:
Cadmium Light Red and Q. Rose makes a decent Deep Red (which I don’t have in this palette).
Quinacridone Rose makes beautiful purples and reddish earth tones.
Cerulean is very gummy vs other brands.
This is just the begging, more to experiment.
That brass palette looks so well made, it's beautiful! It's very tempting to want one for myself. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt’s a wonderful palette, I think this is it for me. Hopefully you can get one also, they are perfect!
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