Building a custom Daniel Smith WATERCOLOR palette

To clarify, Daniel Smith doesn’t add animal byproducts to their watercolor paint binder. The entire line is considered “vegan friendly” except for colors containing PBk9 (ivory black) of which there are only 3 of their main line. My blog post goes in-depth about the toxicity research. Read that before commenting about it (link in description). For some reason toxicity in paint can be a polarizing topic, so be courteous in the comments if you discuss it. Rude or unnecessarily antagonistic comments will be removed without warning.

There's nothing like a palette refresh to get the creative juices flowing. I love seeing new colors play together! Daniel Smith are my go-to watercolors and I see a few colors that I'll 'need' to encorporate into my next refresh! ❤

I'm madly in love with that cat. He's gorgeous.

I'm just a few minutes in, but this has everything I could wish for in a video: beautiful (vegan, non toxic paints), intersting information, calmness and cat.

Deep scarlet does not get enough recognition! It is one of my absolute favorites and has a place in almost all of my different palettes. I hope you enjoy!

Oh lovely collection! Should be very inspiring. My daughter is also primarily a landscape painter. She has made similar choices in paints, eliminating things she can't always practice safe studio protocols for, among others. Thanks. Now, if Daniel Smith would offer a Sarah Burns curated collection.. 😊

Toxicity is not something I had considered! I'm still a beginner and I'm using an old set of Reeves tubes I purchased as a teenager. I really appreciate that you took the time to create a palette that fits YOU and your needs. :)

I missed a few of your videos because LIFE happened, and now I'm catching up. This was so relaxing to watch. Since I'm not a professional I will probably never buy Daniel Smith but I love watching the swatches. Gorgeous. Fitting to the Scottish nature. 😊

I appreciate all the time you take to learn and experience these paints! It's so soothing to watch you swatch.

I have some concerns about those Primateks not declaring what is used inside, because even when they are marketed as "made with real minerals" the reality is that under the microscope they are just pigment with a tiny part of minerals inside(sometimes the majority just cheap ones like quartz in amethyst genuine). I say this based in a huge controversy few years ago when a geologist discovered it and emailed Daniel Smith to clarify this, receiving back a very unprofessional answer. Under that evidence I could perfectly suspect that toxic or not lightfast pigments can be used in primateks, without any warning, and with an overpriced tag based in a morally questionable marketing strategy, which is a terrible way to treat clients.

I could watch this all day! Such a lovely selection of colors. Looking forward to see what you create with the new palette :)

I love the colors you picked out. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for the toxicity research! Im new to watercolours and I am vegan. I already have so much to research and as someone wanting to make healther choices i didnt even think about toxicity! Thank you!!!

I always enjoy your palette decision making videos. Thanks for making this!

Hi Sarah , I really love your color choices, it reflects perfectly the gorgeous Highlands landscape ❤ Looking forward to the next video 😊

Love your colour choices! Beautiful, and makes total sense. Let's hope our Scottish weather gets better soon, so you can get outside more! 😉💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you so much for making these videos! They are both educational and soothing. ❤

Your color choices are so gorgeous! I've been wanting to upgrade my watercolors, and this couldn't have come at a better time for me. I'm going to pour over your blog post. Thank you so much!

This video and your blogpost with all the photos of swatches and mixes are so helpful!!! Thanks so much for sharing all your hard work with us! The colors and mixes are absolutely gorgeous. The links are helpful, too...a complete watercolor course, at least as far as choosing colors, on just a few pages.

What a perfect palette for the Highlands! Can't wait to see what you'll create with these beautiful colors (and textures, with the Primateks, especially) 😀 Thanks as always for being an inspiration, Sarah!