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Why a Limited Palette Will Instantly Improve Your Watercolor Paintings

You don’t need 50 tubes of watercolor to create beautiful, expressive paintings. In this video, I show how a limited palette, using just two to four paints, can dramatically improve your color harmony, simplify mixing, and make your paintings feel more unified and confident. If you find this helpful, please like, comment, and subscribe. It really supports the channel and helps me keep making more watercolor lessons. KEY TAKEAWAYS • Limiting your palette creates instant harmony because every color comes from the same few pigments. • Fewer paints = cleaner mixes and less chance of mud. • You’ll learn your pigments more deeply and make more intuitive color choices. • A limited palette improves value control, mixing confidence, and cohesion. • It’s more portable, more affordable, and actually more freeing creatively. TRY THIS AT HOME Choose any three paints (one yellow, one red, one blue) and paint a color chart showing every possible mix. Create one painting with those three paints only. Notice how cohesive it feels. Try a CMY triad (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) for vibrant mixes. Try an earthy triad (Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna, New Gamboge or Yellow Ochre) for natural landscapes. Keep a note of which pigments give you your favorite neutrals and greens. CHAPTERS 00:00 Why fewer paints make stronger paintings 00:20 What a limited palette is 00:42 Benefits: harmony, cleaner mixes, learning your paints 01:09 Why limited palettes improve consistency 01:39 Fewer choices = easier, more intuitive mixing 02:00 Travel and plein-air advantages 02:29 Why value and saturation matter more than color variety 03:03 Cost savings and investing in higher quality paints 04:02 Avoiding overbuying “convenience colors” 05:04 Limited palette examples and options 05:11 The CMY triad (bright and modern) 07:00 How CMY mixes vibrant secondary colors 08:14 Helen Frankenthaler’s Mountains and Sea example 08:51 Earthy triad option (Ultramarine, New Gamboge, Burnt Sienna) 10:10 Comparing earthy vs. bright mixes 13:46 Demonstration: neutral vs. vibrant greens 15:06 Why earthy triads are perfect for landscapes 16:04 Example: John Constable’s The Hay Wain 16:49 Example: Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring 17:41 Vibrant triad option (Cobalt Blue, Permanent Rose, Hansa Yellow Light) 19:38 Mixing bright oranges, greens, and purples 20:20 Example: Mary Cassatt’s The Child’s Bath 20:44 Split primary palette (six-color limited palette) 21:01 Warm and cool versions of each primary 21:25 Daniel Smith Split Primary Set overview 22:09 How to mix from a split primary palette 23:30 Selecting three-color combinations for each painting 23:47 When and how to add “convenience colors” 24:35 Adding neutrals like Burnt Sienna or Payne’s Gray 25:02 Optional greens (Olive or Sap Green) 26:09 When convenience colors are worth it 27:23 How to build your palette gradually and purposefully 29:21 Example: John Singer Sargent’s limited palette 30:01 Sargent’s Simplon Pass: The Tease as a case study 30:54 Limiting supplies to boost creativity 31:21 Preview: next video—how to shift colors from photos to create emotion 31:38 Closing thoughts and call to comment: your favorite limited palette colors QUESTION FOR YOU: What are your top three go-to pigments when building a limited watercolor palette? Let me know in the comments. Store: https://shop.craftywithashy.com/ Instagram: paintingwithashy Here is a list of the supplies I use and recommend (affiliate links): Paper Budget Friendly: Arteza Watercolor Pad- https://amzn.to/3AKeCPf OR Baohong Academy Grade Watercolor Block- https://amzn.to/3yXEJ4B Splurge: Aches Watercolor Cold Pressed Block- https://amzn.to/3qjySSp Brushes Dugato round brushes from this set on amazon- https://amzn.to/300okLm Princeton Select Artiste Brushes- https://amzn.to/3lCCb1P Paint Budget Friendly: Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colours set. https://amzn.to/3pvqZoK Splurge: Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolors (various colors)- https://amzn.to/3ITHbL0