After a couple low-buy years of restocking paints, 2025 was a year of exploration and experimenting with my art supplies and watercolour palettes. I developed a main/expansion palette system for myself, and tried new pigments to expand my colour mixing knowledge and find replacements for discontinued favourites. My updated palette reflects everything I learned this year. In the process of experimenting, I learned a lot about myself and what works for me. So I decided to update my main watercolour palette to reflect everything I discovered. Enjoy a colour mixing chart of the new palette, which tested my patience!

I confess, there have been some big changes to my main watercolour palette. Thanks to the painting system I started using towards the start of the year, I’ve discovered more about what helps me in my painting process. This palette upgrade takes what I’ve learnt and applies it, to hopefully make my process even more enjoyable and suited to my preferences. For some reason I decided to test my artistic patience by hand painting a full palette mixing chart to commemorate the occasion.