u/claire-ackleow

I have a few new paints that should be arriving tomorrow, but this is my warm palette (with swatches) today.

Yall. The doll stands I designed & had made have arrived. They're sooooo good!!!

What's one (or some) of your Littles' Holy Grail piece(s)? Right now mine is the white pitcher that came with the yellow china cabinet. Share yours below!!

I've fallen in love with Potter's Pink after swatching out all my recent dot card paints, but all three brands seem to have such little pigment in them that I am hesitant to purchase them. The first example is Winsor & Newton, the second one is Schmincke, & the third is Daniel Smith. So I figured I would try mixing some colors to see if I could get something close. I mixed reds & pinks (top row of last pic) with browns & greys (left column) & here's what I got. I managed to find a few close mixes, & I really love some of the other colors I mixed too.
👉🏼What colors would you mix together to make a Potter's Pink?

The Littles' lamp (middle) is so cute, but it's small, so it's less likely to still be around for sale on places like ebay & etsy. So I DIY'd a few of my own lamps based on the Littles' original one. I used buttons, beads, & super glue to make these lamps. Which one is your favorite of the three?

Remember like a week or so ago I discovered those Kristy Rice color swatching stampers? Well they arrived. I stamped them all (kinda poorly) in my sketchbook & added some quick color to some of them. They come with 17 stamps, an acrylic stamp block, & a pad of water resistant ink in a grey color. It was like forty bucks for this set, & upon receiving them & testing them out briefly, I feel like that's a bit steep of a price. But they're fun, & I like fun, so I don't mind :)

You asked for it, now here it is!! This is one of the free pop out scenes that came in specially marked packages of The Littles' sets.

Questions for you at the end...
I'm working on some printable templates to put in my etsy shop. The templates pictured are as follows:
1️⃣Can be used to mix two colors, or can be used to do a gradient of washes.
2️⃣Can be used to mix two colors, or to practice tints tones & shades, or to work on gradients of washes.
3️⃣-4️⃣Can be used to mix all possible colors of limited palette, or can be used to do a study of how to mix a specific color (I mixed greens & blues to see what kinds of teals I could get)
5️⃣Can be used to do tint tone shade, can be used to mix a gradient of washes, can be used to pick color combos for a palette, or can be used to practice mixing cool-neutral-warm shades of a color.
6️⃣Can be used simply to swatch a color & wash it out, or can be used to mix two colors (I made the poor choice of mixing these with white, so you can hardly tell what I did lol)
7️⃣Can be used to do a color study of how one color mixes with a variety of other colors.
8️⃣Can be used as a trad color wheel or however else you wanna use it. (I haven't played with this one yet.)
👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼What other kinds of templates would/do you use to swatch & mix your colors? If you could create "the perfect template" what would it look like? 🎨 Also, what would you pay for a downloadable printable template?

Got this perfectly-sized Playmobil shelf for the Littles' house. What should I put in it?

I'll eventually be putting this basic template in my etsy shop, but before I do that, I will need some pics of a filled in chart or two. And feedback on the printable itself, if you have any. (For example, I would love to make it cuter, but I can't figure out how to cutify a grid lol). Message me with your email address if you are interested, please, & I will send you the file to print out & fill in.

The first two pages are Winsor & Newton, the next two pages are Schmincke, & the last five pages are Daniel Smith.
👉🏼Let me know if you want to see any of these colors up close or in a video! I'd be happy to show you them!

Mine is a recent addition to my dollhouse collection. I discovered this line like two or three years ago & have been collecting ever since.

👉🏼Kuretake Old Mauve & Coral Pink
👉🏼Daniel Smith Shadow Violet, Moonglow, Opera Pink, & Quinacridone Pink
👉🏼Horadam Aquarell Tundra Violet & Tundra Pink
👉🏼I also purchased dot cards from Winsor & Newton, Hordadam Aquarell, & Daniel Smith.
👉🏼I still have two gift cards to spend, so I figured I'd get the dot cards & spend the cards on the colors I like.

I'm watching this gentleman on youtube & he has only used a mixed palette of 9 pretty standard colors for like 20 years. This palette doesn't work for me bc I don't do realism & bc it has no whimsey or joy to it. I would be very interested to see your limited palettes or your most used colors in your works! Please feel free to share them below! 👇🏼

Just having fun seeing what happens with some of my fav colors. What colors should I mix together next?

My doll stands are almost ready to be shipped!!! What do you think??? 💭

Today I played with color mixing rando colors in a gradient.

This is the White Nights Granulation collection.
Red Mystery
Blue Mystery
Green Mystery
Black Mystery