My New Professional Watercolour Swatch Folder & Old Swatch Book: Daniel Smith, A. Gallo, Roman Szmal

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I can't even express how much I've enjoyed putting together this folder, and having it now to browse through!!
Of course one person doesn't need to have this much paint, but I'm so glad I do!
Yellows: • Starting A New Waterco...
Pinks: • Swatching My Pink Prof...
Purples: • Swatching My Purple Pr...
Trading Card Album:
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Canson XL Watercolour Paper:
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A. Gallo Watercolours:
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Roman Szmal Aquarius Watercolours:
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Sennelier Watercolours:
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Rosa Gallery Watercolours:
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QoR 24 Watercolour Set:
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Daniel Smith Watercolours:
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Schmincke Horadam Watercolour
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Schmincke Supergranulation Watercolours:
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Rembrandt Professional Watercolours:
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Jackson's Art Own Brand Watercolours:
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Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolours:
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Holbein Professional Watercolours:
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Just Go Sketching Watercolours:
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Mijello Mission Gold 24 Pure Pigments Set:
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@wendyj_thecoddiwomplelady 10 месяцев назад

What a great idea! Very relaxing to watch too, thank you for sharing.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@janetbetz2790 10 месяцев назад

What a treasure to have such lovely books!

@janemcgrath9615 10 месяцев назад

What a beautiful folder and great reference…… and still room for more 😉

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I was honestly worried I'd not have enough room at one point... phew!

@janemcgrath9615 10 месяцев назад

⁠😅……there’s always more folders 😂.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Nooooo!!!! I'm trying to be good!

@lisaharner3720 10 месяцев назад

This is great organization Helen. Thanks for sharing. I too reference swatches when working. Your binder allows flexibility when adding new colors!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! I'm hoping I won't be adding *too* many more!

@PuffPets 10 месяцев назад

Yay! Been waiting to see this!! ❤

@jcline147 10 месяцев назад

This is been quite an undertaking… no?…. it would be nice to have everything in one consolidated book that’s for sure. I’ve noticed other artists starting to do that. I have things swatched on pieces of paper…tiny swatch cards on key rings …on small pieces of paper stuffed into a drawer with that particular color of paint …and it’s still all separated out …so I’m thinking seriously about doing a consolidated one myself. This is definitely a good option. You’ve done a wonderful job, especially with all of the pigment information, lightfastness, etc..

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks ever so much! I've done the whole thing over the space of two weeks on and off, and loved every second!

@silkspinner7010 10 месяцев назад

Really interesting video. Watching this I’ve realised I can fit my Art Trading Cards into a folder like this, so now off to get one. Thanks for the inspiration

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Oh cool!

@zenandink3531 10 месяцев назад

Wow!! Absolutely gorgeous!! And how wonderful to just gaze through them-what a great idea 😮❤

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I admit to doing that quite a bit!

@Brilliantnash 10 месяцев назад

I always get so happy looking at those beautiful swatches. I love your circles best, but the new swatch book will work better when adding more colours.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! I did debate putting circles in folder, but opted for the bigger surface area of paint!

@GreenSharpieScience 10 месяцев назад

I wish I were that organized! Definitely fun to see them all, thanks for sharing! 😊

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@ChantelleArts 10 месяцев назад

i always love seeing your swatch folder ❤❤❤

@jlhyndman 10 месяцев назад

I love the variation in value that you’re achieving with each swatch. Gorgeous Helen!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! It's helpful for me to see the range!

@marytesta3003 9 месяцев назад

This is a nice idea. Having the colors in groups helps to choose a palette when you are ready to paint.

@elaineg60 10 месяцев назад

I love this! I currently have a card box. I ordered one of these books..it wasn’t the size it said it was and the card-spots were much smaller than even a standard trading card. I’ll get another-maybe next week when my girls are here and say they’re taking me shopping. I want to see..and feel, what I’m getting. The one I got was also made with a slightly shaded/blurred plastic..and it seemed super-cheap, like it might tear. I’m sure it is likely an odd-dud, but also be aware in the old adage, you get what you pay for. I’m also thinking about getting one of those laminating things, for my palette swatch cards, mix sheets…and I’d love to laminate and protect the color wheel that comes in Quiller’s book..it’s quite big though, so I’ll have to figure out another way to do that.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Oh that's a shame - hope you end up with something you like!

@valeriegehling4358 10 месяцев назад

Really enjoy flicking through your swatches with you. Thanks

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Great! Thank you!

@nottaholiday 10 месяцев назад

Really enjoyed watching this come together...thank you Helen

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@E4Alabbasy 10 месяцев назад

Your swatch folder turned out so nice!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@FaithAnnNB 10 месяцев назад

❤❤❤ That really didn’t take long for you to get them all swatched and in your new folder! Fabulous resource… and pretty enough to enjoy flipping through on its own 😊

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I was a little 'driven' shall we say!!

@KerryAA7130 10 месяцев назад

Congratulations on you reaching 9k subscribers 🎉xx

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! It's very surprising still!

@cazkiwinz4300 10 месяцев назад

I swatched my 100+24 COTW Crayola’s into a small coin collector album… fitted perfectly and I love it 😂 (Yes, I said Crayola! I do have nicer pencils like Polychromos and Derwents… but I still adore my good old Crayola’s 😂)

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Nothing against Crayola! I love that you swatched them!

@SN-sz7kw 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful! Thank you. 💗

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@angelaschredl9245 10 месяцев назад

Perfect 😍 Both folder work together amazingly 👍🏻 The great one for exactly color choosing, the old one to see complete sets or paints that belong together. You'll get much use out of it!!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@watercolorswatcher 10 месяцев назад

It's so beautiful! I did something similar with 3 ring binders and inserts, but yours is way nicer. If I ever redo mine, I will do it more like yours. Thanks for sharing! 🥰

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I thought about the ring binder way, and the flexibility of being able to add/move the inserts, which is great, but for some reason I'm really rough on ring binder inserts and they always end up broken!

@TheYellowsun76 10 месяцев назад

Very inspiring, it must be so nice to see all the colors organized and next to others for comparison. I have swatches of my paints and its very random in a spiral paper pad. This is something I think I would like to do. Thanks for sharing!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! Yes, I really love it!

@sarahsreviews5753 10 месяцев назад

I just wanted to thank you for sharing this process with us and it was great to see the final result too. I don’t have anywhere near as many paints as you (my collection is gradually growing though 😂) but you’ve inspired me to create something similar for my swatches. I have a swatch sheet with each palette and I have a book that I use to swatch paints as I buy them but I love that you can reorder this and easily compare all the different brands for each colour. I already bought a folder and started writing out my cards, now I just need to do the swatches!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Hope you have fun getting yours made!

@diannedupuis2960 10 месяцев назад

Awesome 👏

@kimalger1554 10 месяцев назад

Oh to own even a fraction of the beautiful watercolours you have… I can but dream . Thank you for the colour feast!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I'm a little obsessive, and it's entirely unnecessary though!! I think there's great beauty in even just a couple of well chosen tubes!

@zenlife1200 10 месяцев назад

As I'm not a RU-vidr or professional artist I can't see me ever having enough paints to make that size of folder worthwhile, but I do love quite a few colors that I don't have though lol. Something like this but in a smaller A5 size would suit me better I think, especially if it had pages you could add or subtract as needed. Recently I've made up four small art kits in army pouches, using various A6 sized journals. One for markers and simple sketches. Two different watercolor ones with a limited palette in the portable micro painters. One has colors suited to landscapes/seascapes and the other has a brighter mix for urban sketching and flowers. My last one has dried gouache in it. What I'd really like to do with the paint ones is make up small color mixing charts which show all the colors I can make from each limited palette and then carry that in each kit. I originally painted a couple of these in one of the A6 books but realized that used up my painting pages and I'd need to do it again in the next book. I'm thinking of making it a concertina type design no bigger than A6 so it fits in the pouch. Fun times ahead 😃

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I definitely wouldn't call myself a professional artist, and I have a sneaking suspicion that even if I hadn't taken to RU-vid this year, I'd still be happily accumulating watercolours!! I love them! Aside from any actual painting I do with them 😁 Your art set-up sounds absolutely lovely - I think your ideas are great!

@madebylora 10 месяцев назад

Both your books are so pretty to look at!

@PaulaScardamalia 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant. And I think it's valuable to have the samples both ways--in their palette groups, and in their color groups. Thank you for sharing.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Yes definitely, I definitely need my palette 'maps', but it's lovely being able to see exactly what I have side by side.

@teekierudite5108 10 месяцев назад

Definately love the new swatch book. WIll you be swatching out your other media in the same way? Love the organized book of colors!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! No, not my others - they work fine as they are. I try and keep them on one sheet if I can, usually.

@artmix700 10 месяцев назад

Wow, it's perfect👌🏼 Such a lot of work but so worth it😍 It definitely appeals to my 'need for order' brain! I also use my swatches as reference but mine are no where near as organised as yours. I have made a start though........I really need to get my act together😂

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

It's hard to call it work when I enjoyed it so much! It's a shame that my need for order only extends to certain things though 🤣 Good luck!

@halewatercolor 10 месяцев назад

I love how neat and beautiful your folder is! I use inserts and a binder that let the cards fall out so easily - this looks much better!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! I did debate using that system, but I know I'm really rough on other things I have in ring binders!

@qwiltergrl 10 месяцев назад

This is so much fun to watch and very inspiring! Thank you for sharing. ❤

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@theylikestars 10 месяцев назад

I would love to see swatches of your non-professional watercolors! Great video, so satisfying to watch! 💜

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I think I have probably swatched them all out in previous videos, to be honest!

@tinakoyama8258 10 месяцев назад

Wow, those books are gorgeous as well as being such useful resources! Do you also keep a color journal to document mixes you've made? I just started one earlier this year, and it is super helpful in reminding me of mixes I've done by accident and loved (which, if I remember to, I duplicate in the book and note the color names/numbers). It's also a great place to mix up various primary triads or complementaries to see how they go together.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I haven't done that, no, but it sounds great!

@ina_lina 10 месяцев назад

Wow, that looks beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this great resource. I know you said in a previous video, but I don't remember: What was the reason you cut & pasted the watercolor paper swatches onto cards rather than just using a rectangular piece of watercolor paper that you wrote the text on too -- other than the fact that it looks so much fancier this way 😅? I'd love to make a swatchbook like this, but I can't imagine doing all the cutting and pasting!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! Partly it was to use a bit less watercolour paper, partly it was to have smooth card to write on, and partly it was to have neat edges on my swatches! I just used a guillotine - it wasn't too bad!

@djhadaverde 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful! I just love it so much :D I think the Rosa Gallery's cobalt turquoise it's made with PB 28. Check it out. Thanks for sharing!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! Yes - the bottom loop of my 8 was a bit small and looked like a 9!

@jude6752 7 месяцев назад

Helen I am revisiting my fixed swatch books, can tell what size paper the pockets hold? :)

@helencryer 7 месяцев назад

Hi, the cards I make are 6.8cm x 9.3cm. They could be up to 1mm bigger each way.

@jude6752 7 месяцев назад

@@helencryer thanks so much :)

@denisesoles7180 8 месяцев назад

Where did you purchase the old swatch folder? I need that one.

@helencryer 8 месяцев назад

I got this one from Amazon: amzn.eu/d/1I5LB5F (I put links to most the products I use in the description boxes of my videos!)

@racechick2033 10 месяцев назад

So first the video is still doing its thing, it would seem. 😅

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

I'm being slow, sorry - I don't understand!

@awatercolourist 10 месяцев назад

Why do I keep missing notifications?!!

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Guess 1: You've taken up professional ski jumping and have been busy on the slopes. Guess 2: Your deep sea diving hobby interferes with your phone usage. Guess 3: You've moved to Cornwall and your mobile phone service doesn't work in about half the places. Am I getting close yet?!

@awatercolourist 10 месяцев назад

Guess 1: the only slopes that I know of are those shaping my belly. Guess 2: to my knowledge, there is only the depth of my stomach. Guess 3: that’s actually not a bad suggestion; I miss Cornish clotted cream.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

🤣

@awatercolourist 10 месяцев назад

@@helencryer But I must say, I love your guesses 😂. All the things I wouldn’t do. The Cornwall one was particularly funny 😂. I was not aware that a place right in the middle of southern England would be so remote 😆.

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

@@awatercolourist Well it's sort of more to one side of southern England, but actually the signal's fine unless you're down in a rocky cove!

@sushanart 10 месяцев назад

It looks amazing! 😍 I love watching you swatch and also browsing through your swatch book. I get so many new favourites to my wishlist and I can't wait to make my own swatch book. 😇🩵🙏🙌

@helencryer 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! Hope you enjoy doing your own!