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I have two different palettes of professional grade watercolours on the go at any one time.
These colours are handcrafted by Ian from Cornwall, his company is 'JustGoSketching'. He uses high quality pigments from 'L Cornelissen & Son' in London. And his recipes lead to wonderful movement. I almost exclusively use Ian's colours now when sketching en plein air and I'm over the moon to support a fellow small business from the UK too.
My favourite palette consists of: Cobalt Turquoise, Cobalt Blue, Prussian Blue, Vermillion, Ultramarine Pink, Lemon Yellow, Chromium Oxide, Burnt Sienna, Mars Yellow, Vandyke Brown, Ultramarine Violet, Potter's Pink
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These are famously bright and exciting pigments. Ideal for my more expressive style.
My current palette consists of: Lavendar, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue Chromium, Organic Vermillion, Pyrrol Scarlet, Rhodonite Genuine, Hansa Yellow Medium, Indian Red, Lunar Eart, Quinacridone Sienna, Cobalt Green, Jadeite Green, Sugilite Genuine and Sodalite Genuine (this is slightly different from the picture to the right).
For a budget friendly but still good quality option I recommend Windsor Newton's Cotman range. Which comes in very affordable standard sets like this with excellent and long lasting palettes.
The included brush is not worth using! So I recommend picking up something extra (see below).
Here are my...