Watercolour mixing

A limited palette of watercolors does not have to be limiting! Yes… I’m kind of pleased with myself for that sentence! But it’s true. You’ll be happy to know you don’t need that luxury box set of 80 colors to get fabulous mixing results with watercolors. However, it does take a little bit of care

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You’ve seen them... Right ? Those beautiful looking watercolor charts with a rainbow of fantastic colors. It’s only natural that you want to make one yourself. That’s exactly how I felt when I began my adventure into watercolors. So I looked for a simple tutorial about how to make my own watercolor mixing chart. But

How do you mix green? Everyone knows the obvious answer that blue and yellow makes green. Yes that's true of course but there are a range of yellows and

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Watercolor mixing charts! Learn the importance of one, how to read one and how to make one to make color mixing a breeze!

Let me begin by saying that not every artist does it this way. Some use washes of pigment, adding in layers on top of layers...the previous one dry before another is added. Some artists change pigments as they paint, letting one color meld into another. It is such a fun sight, seeing the color mix right there on the paper. And some, like me, get caught up in the possible combinations (endless?) of mixing various pigments! Every artist has their methods. It's great experimentation to see the…

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Discover how to avoid muddy colours in watercolour painting by learning about the importance of colour theory, paint properties, and colour mixing.