Watercolor Tips: The Best Minimal Palette for Color Mixing (Patreon)

Why is it important to start with a carefully selected palette? Because it gives you the confidence to paint any subject — landscapes, flowers, still life — without worrying that you won’t have the right color or that your mixes will turn muddy.

In this new theory lesson I’ll show you how to create a simple and effective 8-color palette — perfect for beginners and for anyone who wants to paint with clean, bright colors.

You’ll learn:

✔️ Which pigments to choose (and why it matters!)

✔️ How to avoid muddy mixes

✔️ How to expand your palette step by step

✔️ How to evaluate your current watercolor set — is it helping you or holding you back?

This is a great starting point if you often feel lost when choosing colors — or if your current palette doesn’t give you the results you want.

MY RECOMMENDED BASIC PALETTE:

1) Lemon Yellow (PY3)

2) Quinacridone Rose (PV19)

3) Phthalo Blue (PB15)

4) Phthalo Green (PG7)

5) Dioxazine Violet (PV23)

6) Orange — PO62 or Pyrrol Orange (PO73)

7) Burnt Umber (PBr7)

8) Yellow Ochre (PY43)

If you still have any questions or if there’s anything else you’d like to know about this topic, feel free to write in the comments!

Let’s make your watercolor painting easier and more beautiful!