Essential Watercolor Purples & Violets 💜 A Swatch Guide to a Gorgeous, Enigmatic Color Family (Patreon)

💜🔮 Every watercolor artist needs a few reliable violets in their palette - whether you want silky, glazeable purples for deep florals and shadows, granulating ones full of texture, or even a couple of shimmering, otherworldly options for decorative and abstract work. Purples and violets are essential if you love painting flowers, birds, fruit, portraits, or moody atmospheric landscapes. To make things easier, I've put together a handy swatch guide to go along with my brand-new video on essential watercolor purples and violets.

📄 Grab the PDF in the attachment below (swatches + pigment codes). 📐 By popular demand, the swatch templates I personally use are also attached below - sized for 12 × 16" paper, with a smaller version for 8.5 × 11" sheets too.

🎥 Watch the full video review on my Youtube channel (swatches + behaviour notes + my go-to uses): https://youtu.be/7KsWEcIrqSc

🎥 Alternatively, enjoy this video review ad-free here on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AnnaBucciarelli/posts/essential-ad-162235396

🎨 Watch and download all the other color family reviews in this collection here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/99366

💜 FAVORITE WATERCOLOR PURPLES & VIOLETS FEATURED:

Dioxazine Purple (PV23): https://amzn.to/4ddnr24

Imperial Purple from Daniel Smith (PB29, PV19): https://amzn.to/4aYkrrp

Cadmium Purple from QoR (PR108): https://amzn.to/4oYxeQA

Perylene Violet from Daniel Smith (PV29): https://amzn.to/3CLm8HC

Quinacridone Violet from QoR (PV19)

Quinacridone Violet from Winsor & Newton (PV55): https://amzn.to/40QDT2r

Cobalt Violet from Daniel Smith (PV49): https://amzn.to/3R8Z6ot

Cobalt Blue Violet from Daniel Smith (PB28, PV19)

Lavender from Daniel Smith (PW6, PV15, PB29): https://amzn.to/4eIL04X

Ultramarine Pink Dark from QoR (PV15)

Permanent Mauve from Winsor & Newton (PV16): https://amzn.to/4v442sT

Tundra Violet from Schmincke (PB29, PBr6): https://amzn.to/3RxUNzP

Amethyst Genuine from Daniel Smith (Primatek): https://amzn.to/3QoqpLl

Duochrome Mauve, Duochrome Violet Pearl, Duochrome Cactus Flower, Iridescent Sapphire from Daniel Smith: https://amzn.to/4eJNQqf

Interference Violet from QoR: https://amzn.to/4eBOFBq