How To Mix Watercolors (The 3 MOST useful colors!)
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- In this watercolor paint mixing tutorial for beginners I show you my three most useful watercolors for painting with. Use this selection as a limited palette or to learn to mix beautiful colors and avoid muddy colors.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:58 Lemon Yellow
6:22 Cool Pink
10:32 Phthalo Blue
PAINTS USED AND ALTERNATIVE COLORS:
Cadmium Lemon by Jackman's Art Materials, substitute any Lemon or Hansa or Cadmium Yellow Light
Quinacridone Rose by Talens Rembrandt, substitute Permanent Rose, Opera Rose
Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) by Jackman's Art Materials, substitute any Phthalo, you can try Prussian Blue but the results will be less vibrant
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Would Winsor Lemon be ok?
@@deetee-uk it would 🙂
Learnt so much from this 🙏🏽
Phthalo Blue being such a workhorse is a neat surprise!
Without doubt one of the most useful and informative colour mixing videos you will ever find! Michele is a walking encyclopedia of art theory and a confirmed expert in conveying it to other people! I have been an artist for just over 60 years but I'm very happy to say that I learn from this extremely smart lady constantly!
Thank you so much!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebberyou're very welcome and thank you for all you do.
I am smitten by the magic of colour mixing. You share with such clarity and kindness. Triple thumbs up. ❤
Thank you so much 😀
At around 11:00,your watch makes an appearance,I love how the color of the watchstrap matches your nails!
My heart pitter patters at this.
Color mixing is the difference between mud and sliding colors on the page. Thank you for your great insights.
Yes! Thank you!
Great mixing. I like that you do a few at a time and explain why they are cool, or why they are staining, or how you can adjust by paying attention to which direction your neutral is going. So, thank you.
No problem Evelyn ☺️
I’m so glad you said alizarin crimson is ‘mucky’ and ‘dirty’. I thought I was the only person who thought it was a murky and muddy color. I chose Daniel Smith permanent alizarin crimson as a newbie watercolorist because I liked it. When I purchased it I didn’t know about pigments or anything, and thought I could mix it with any old blue and get purple. As you know I was completely wrong! This video is extremely helpful, thank you!
Fantastic, glad it helped!
Oh, this was so helpful! I have Hansa Yellow, Quinacridone Rose, and Prussian Blue (along with several other shades of blue - I love blue!), but Phthalo Blue is definitely on my wish list after seeing the beautiful colors you mixed with it. Thanks for showing me how to make better use of my pallet!
Glad it was helpful!
I always learn so much from your videos, no matter the subject.
Thanks Nancy!
I often use Pthalo blue and Lemon Yellow but I hadn’t considered using a pink but I will now. Thank you
Omg, just how useful this video is! I have to confess, that while I kind of figured out the lemons and pinks I just couldn’t do anything with the phtalo blue 😭 It was included in my palette but I was searching for different blue and thinking whether I actually can use it or not 😭 so stupid of me - now I see I was just too heavyhanded with it and I definitely want to keep and use this colour 😍it is my new favourite it seems 😂
Fantastic 😅
This video is such a great color theory learning tool. I’ve watched it about three times it has dramatically improved my color skills in watercolor. I am very curious Michelle, what exactly is in your every day pallet? Or do you keep a pallet for flowers and a pallet for portraits at a pallet for landscapes etc.? Sending love and respect from across the pond.
Thank you for this great colour mixing video, Michele. I have recently got into colour mixing and it's so good to see what I am learning so beautifully reinforced! I recently bought myself some Permanent Rose as my set only had Alizarin Crimson which makes rather dirty mixes. I particularly love the immense versatility of these 3 cool primaries to make all those gorgeous subtle greys and beiges. Magical!
Something about this video made all of my color studies and miniscule mixing experiences click! I deeply appreciate the ah ha moment! I can't wait to get to my brushes.
This helped me sooooo much. Especially the lemon yellow tip. I was wondering why my greens all looked awful. Yay!!
Glad I could help!
You are changing my mind about having a pink in my palette. I've not thought about them as good for mixing but rather as a convenience colour. Very helpful to see them in action.
That's great!
So useful Michele. Thank you! The variations are amazing, including the neutrals - this is going to be so helpful.
So glad!
I never got to attend art school and I'm so greatful to learn so much from you. Thank you for all your help
Happy to help!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber You're the best teacher, Michele! ♥️💐♥️
I would never of thought about adding phthalo blue great video
I didn’t realize what a good mixer phthalo blue is. I have both green and red shade and just used them alone. Thank you for, again, sharing very useful information.
100 percent agree with your choices. I have used WN Antwerp Blue as my primary for years. So many people have said to me, "Antwerp Blue is just a weak version of Prussian, don't bother". But, I feel that is the whole point of Antwerp. It's not as strong, hence it is so much easier to mix and incorporate into my work. I love Pthalos, but they are SO STRONG and staining, like a bull in a china shop🤣. Thank you for such a lovely video, it's nice to just watch and see what gorgeous colors you came up with!
Thanks Jennifer!
I found your videos recently, and subscribed immediately! Many years ago I lived in my studio in a building of art studios. It was in Santa Ana, CA. I haven't done art in 2 decades. I took 1 year for myself to investigate all the art mediums & materials i could afford. This was on my own without having the "benefit" of an art college education. (Well, other than the Textile Design major at FIDM.) Now my family is grown & then some, I've got that itch. Your video is reminding me of how each color behaves & mixes. What a wonderful thing youtube is because you are an amazing teacher with golden information most people have to learn the hard way...... thank you!
No problem, exciting times for you then!
I always learn so much watching your videos. Thank you for making this available!
You are so welcome!
you can think of the colour wheel as not only the range of colours around the circle but as a disc where you go from neutral in the centre to increasing saturation outwards towards the rim.
when you mix two primaries, by varying the proportions you get a range of secondary colours along a line between them on the wheel. however pure your primaries, a line between them will lie inside the wheel, not curve along the rim.
that's why you can't get the purest secondary or tertiary colours by mixing primaries. this is most noticeable with mixing greens. if you use a warm yellow, the greens you mix will be even further away from the rim of the colour wheel and will be less saturated and look muddy.
Great video, Michelle ❤️ These three colors are absolutely basic. If you really want to learn color mixing, put these three in your limited palette. They're a close approximation to the Cyan, Magenta and Yellow that are the primary colors used in commercial printing. Of course, as watercolorists, we don't need black. Dark neutrals are just a mix away!
Very useful video! I recommend everyone watch it!
Thank you!
Excellent color mixing video Michele. Very useful, so thx very much. Let’s get to your new goal! 🥰
Yes! Thank you!
Wonderfully presented and such a great colour mixing guide
Wonderful instruction!! I will add these to my pallette!!
Thank you!
Great instruction; you sold me on adding Lemon Yellow to my palette. :o)
Wonderful!
That is the best mixing colours I have seen 😍
Thank you!
This was wonderful, Michele!
Thanks Michele. I have the lemon yellow and quin rose as part of my split primary. I have the phthalo blue as an accessory blue. I love blues and have probably far to many on my pallet. Water is my favorite thing to paint and blue has always been my favorite color. 😍
There's no such thing as too many blues ☺️
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I have 10 blues on my 27 color full pan pallet. Lol.
Thank you so much Michele, i have learnt so much in the past few days and always giving a 👍 etc you are awesome and so are your lessons 😊
Thank you so much!
Yeah, I love this color mixing video. Thank You
such a useful, imformative video on colour mixing that i'll be referring back to again & again as i love to get the most out of colours that i don't tend to use that much but this gives them a whole new lease on life! thank you so much
You're welcome!
This was so very useful and informative! A week or so ago I took all the greens out of my palette, determined to start mixing them instead. (I added DS Green Gold just to try out, planning to use it as an alternative "yellow" for mixing.)
Glad it was helpful!
I've only used ready made colors & for a beginner have more than I need - especially in blues, greens and pinks - magenta!!! This will be a fun exercise !!! You made this lesson so interesting... will save it... bless you Michelle! With love from a California Gramma ❤️
You are so welcome!
Thanks Michelle. Very interesting
This helped me so much as I'm a super-duper beginner. I really appreciate your thoroughness! Again, I love your teaching style!
Happy to help!
I so appreciate your tips and even when you're telling us about one thing, you often have great alternate suggestions :) your color mixing videos have gotten me excited to play around with mixing more. (I'm a convenience color girl and will mix a little here and there as I go but not to the wide array that you have shown!)
Glad to help Lauren 😸👍
thank you so much for this video. can't wait to watch your other color mixing videos. so much to learn!
More to come!
Thanks so much Going to save this video to watch again
Any time
Awesome instruction! Thank you
Thank you Michele
You're welcome 🙂
Thanks very informative and yes I really enjoy your color mixing videos. Keep them coming!
Thank you, I will!
I love your color mixing videos. They are so helpful as you also explain when it's leaning towards another color what you need to do to bring it back. Thank you so much !!
Glad you like them!
Really excellent instruction Michele! Your color mixing videos are so very helpful. Thank you! ♥️💐♥️
Thank you so much Michele. I found this video very useful 😊
No problem!
Thank you for another helpful video 👍
This was tremendously helpful!!
You are welcome :-)
I though I knew everything about the color wheel, when Michelle put me back into my place! 😂 I love how nuanced these explanations are! One doesn't get such subtlety anywhere else!
Ah, thanks I am so glad you enjoyed the video!
This video is perfectly timed. I'm painting peonies and this is so helpful.
Thank you :-)
I love your colour-mixing videos!
Thank you so much!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber The pleasure is actually mine! Lol! I get to learn so much from you, especially about colour mixing and watercolour techniques. It’s priceless. 🙏🏻
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber You’re welcome ☺️
I just asked on Facebook for info on color mixing and Wallah! here you are with a video on color mixing! Thanks, it was really helpful.
Yay!
This was…EXCITING!! Thank you SO MUCH!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very helpful. Thank you
This was so informative! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
These are some of my favorites, and they all sit on my most used palette. Color mixing videos are very helpful, Michele.
Glad you like them!
Great art lesson.Thanks
You're welcome 🙂
Very useful information. I already have Quinacrodone rose so I will be ordering some of the Lemon yellow and Phtalo Blue. Thank you, Michele.
No worries ☺️
You make colour mixing look so easy. 🙂
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you
I love your colour mixing videos, they are so helpful and it's very interesting to see what beautiful colours you can achieve. I already have lemon yellow, phthalo blue as well as rose and opera rose 🙂. Thank you so much for your great tutorials, Michele. Greetings from Germany, Dagmar
Hello in Germany! My ancestors were German 🙂 (my surname had a single 'b' at one point)
Very useful!
This video is THE most useful video I have watched. Thank-you!!!
Wow, thank you!
Very informative! Thank you 😊
Thanks for watching!
Thank you! 🤗 Very helpful information 🤩
Glad it was helpful!
I found it very useful.thank you so much
You are welcome
Thanks for sharing this color mixing video with us. I am just feeling confident about starting to mix some of my own colors and doing limited palette after watching many of your great videos. Having just upgrading from Arteza watercolors to my new 46 Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Studio Set I am super excited to try this out since it has all 3 of these colors mentioned in this video. Thanks for teaching so many folks!
Enjoy your new paints 🙂
Just excellent video. Thank you. More please. 🇨🇦
Thank you! Will do!
very,very helpful Michele
When it comes to colour mixing you really are the best instructor on the Tube! Learned so much from you! I have a request though. Playing around with purple I noticed I could mix the most subtle and various browns with it, maybe something for you for a next vid?
Thanks so much and it's a great idea!
SO helpful !
Glad you think so!
Thank you! So, so helpful!
My color and design class I was only allowed three colors (acrylic) red, yellow, blue, oh we also had white and black. My most memorable assignment was to make a painting that included a color chart.
Always helpful! Thanks.
Love these mixes!
Glad you like them!
Awesome mixes, anxious to try them all, thank you, Michelle!!
Great info, thanks!
Thanks , I will give these a try,
Wonderful. Thank you
You're welcome 🙂
Such a helpful video, thankyou Michelle
Thanks a lot, very useful information
Love the color mixing and individual color studies. Thank you!
Thank you for watching! Cheers!
Very useful indeed 😃
Glad to hear that!
Thank you so useful.
Excellent. Very helpful. Thank you💜🌹
Good demonstration Michele. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
I’ve found this video very helpful. I stumbled onto opera pink as a mixing color. But I will obtain some quinacradone rose. I also like quinacradone yellow as a mixing yellow. It seems almost cool to me. But now I might have to compare it to lemon yellow. And the possibilities with Thalo blue are exciting! Thanks Michelle!
I don't have quinacridone yellow, I will have to check it out!
Hi Michele, love the way you mix those colors. It's fun experimenting, I've had some turn into mud, however
even a bit of mud is needed at times. I find "Earth Green" a bit challenging...it is almost black.
Yes sometimes we need mud :-)
Thank you so much!
No worries!
This was an excellent help!! Thank you!,
You're welcome!
This was very helpful Michele! Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Fabulous tutorial!!!❤❤
Thank you! 😊
Great video, really love this “series” about colours. 💖
Thank you!
Very enlightening! Your knowledge is incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for sharing with me!
You are so welcome!
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing.😊
Thanks for watching!
I loved this video
Great idea. I learned a lot!
Awesome! Thank you!