The "Saw That, Mixed This" Challenge Day . . . well a new day anyway

. Well I didn't plan to break a habit that I enjoy so much for this long, but I had lots of good excuses. I have been working on content for classes I teach. Interestingly enough, some of it includes finding palettes, swatching colors and creating a sense of place or an atmosphere with the choices made while developing these palettes. The pages here represent just one of those exercises.  The desert palette was part of a Nature Sketchbook Club workshop for the month of September where we began with a very basic and limited collection of five colors: Quinacridone Rose, Auerolin (Cobalt) Yellow, Manganese Blue Hue, Burnt Sienna and Indigo, represent the standard CMYK palette often used by artist wishing to carry a very small traveling kit. From that starting point, we added the pigments found in the set of Daniel Smith Hand Poured half pan watercolor set called "Earth to Desert". And finally, taking it one step further, we added, more
Daniel Smith watercolors following artist, Brenda Swenson's suggestions in an article 

Traveling Watercolor CMYK Palette:
Quinacridone Rose, Aureolin (Cobalt Yellow), Manganese Blue Hue, Burnt Sienna, Indigo

After playing a bit with the colors you see here, I have narrowed them done and found what I feel constitutes the Arizona Sonora desert's palette and can no create landscapes, botanical drawings and wildlife sketches with ease. 

Daniel Smith Desert to Mountains Hand Poured Half Pan Set: 
Buff Titanium, Raw Sienna Light, Bronzite Genuine, Venetian Red (I had to use Indian Red), Burnt Sienna light (I used Burnt Sienna) and Lunar Black

Brenda Swenson's suggested add-ins

• CoB = Cobalt Blue
• AS = Anthraquinoid Scarlet
• PB (GS) = Phthalo Blue (GS)
• CTB = Cobalt Teal Blue
• IP = Imperial Purple

• PT = Phthalo Turquoise
• FU = French Ultramarine
• MBH = Manganese Blue Hue
• HYM = Hansa Yellow Medium
• OR = Quinacridone Rose
• QBO = Quinacridone Burnt Orange