Pete (from the south of England) It would never have occurred to me to use one colour from my palette as a starting point! 79 years old and still learning! Thank you so much Emma.
Great tutorial! This color strategy was so helpful. One of my problems is that when I finally mix just the right color, I invariably don't mix enough of it, and then I can't quite replicate it.
Normally when people say 'work on color theory' my eyes roll and my head hurts, sort of as if they told me to work on algebra or something....BUT, I had just watched your video on 3 things to improve you painting, and this color mixing one popped up and I thought I'd try it...and it was awesome :) it was less talking and more doing and using the flower petals and leaves to match, it somehow made it even easier to start to grasp without melting my brain ;) it was great! Thanks a ton!!
I came back to this upon receiving a 16-well mont marte as a gift, and it really helped me trim down my usual selection. I DID add a few colours so I could mix some tones I regularly use but that's just a me thing.
Excellent tutorial. A terminology note from a fellow art teacher: colors opposite on the color wheel are known as "complementary" colors. They do contrast, but that is a descriptive rather than the technical term.
Hi Emma, I have recently discovered your tutorials and am so happy with all of them. I have been looking at color mixing instructions and videos for years without being able to grasp it. Your mixing tutorials are it! I am finally having success. Thank you so very much.
I have been watching a lot of color mixing videos and even if I initially always think I’ve got it, something happened along the way that made me ‘drop the ball’ 🤪. After the videos I’ve been even more confused than before I did watch them. I think it’s because the videos are jam packed with information which is good if you aren’t starting from zero 🥴. This video is AMAZING, easy enough for a beginner to have somewhere to start and still some information about the basic color mixing theory! You, miss Emma, did this really good 🥰. Thanks! Can’t wait to start implementing this into practical flower color studies in my watercolor sketchbook! 😀
Emma🌷 Thank you so much for your explicit instructions on knowing the color wheel. You are a excellent teacher and instructor. I appreciate you and your knowledge and your simple explanation. I also must mention how I love your new introduction to your tutorials. It is classy and suits you just fine. You were asking about ideas for future tutorials. Well, do you paint churches or cottages with a garden of flowers? Or a basket of flowers, a entrance way of pots of flowers. Or showing how to paint more flowers realistically. You have a blessed day❣️as you have blessed me watching you paint.
Thank you! This is an excellent lesson for those new to colors/mixing/matching. I realized a while ago that red and blue don’t always make the purple I want (cool red? Warm red?) and it can be frustrating for beginners. Having a color chart at hand helps to back up a bit, understand where a color “came from” and to figure out the right colors needed for your project. Your videos are not only helpful, but clear and easy to follow and always inspiring. Again, thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. Im pretty sure we all know what primary colors make secondary colors but once it goes past that it gets a bit more complicated, at least for me anyway. This made it so much easier for me and actually able to see the undertones and where to go from there. Thank for your videos and time you put into them its greatly appreciated! Have a wonderful day!
Well, I cant wait to try my hand at this. This was such a important and helpful video. Thank you so much Emma, I appreciate this very much, have learned alot and cant wait to try it out.
I taught art for a couple of years a while ago. I LOVE art. Yet you still helped a lot when it came to watercolors that I am new to. THANKS EMMA!!!!! Fabulous!
This video is so useful. I knew about adding water to make a lighter colour value but didn't know about using the contrasting colour to create different tones. Thanks so much for sharing. Excited to try colour matching with my watercolours.
Hi from Sicily!!! Me and my nephews love this video, and the one of the color wheel!it's kind of magic!thank you for all your videos! very interesting!we're learning a lot!
I love this! Fantastic colour theory lessons. This makes me want to geek out and go grab my Johannes Ittean colour theory book from when I was in art school. Perfect Emma!
Emily! this was such a helpful video. I struggle a bit with mixing colors and your explanation was so easy to understand. Loved how you used actual petals/leaves, and showed us your paint palette. Thank you!!
Love this video so much! I would watch you color match every day if I could! Your voice and the simple palette you use, and the way you focus on the painting rather than the expensive tools is soooo fresh !
I have been looking for this exact video & the information it contains for a while so THANK YOU for making it. I’ve had limited success mixing colors since I’m quite new to watercolor, so the way you break all of this information down is invaluable for me! Again, thank you. And have a Merry Christmas!
Fantastic lesson, Emma. I’ve been searching for ways to teach my granddaughter’s( Emma🙂 and Bella) about art, particularly watercolor. This has been the perfect lesson to use for the subject of color mixing! So good, even children can understand! Thank you!
Great demonstration. Still sometimes make lovely browns when I don't want them but slowly understanding the color wheel and how important it is to mixing what I really want. great demo
Good morning 👋😊 Emma totally awesome lesson today Thank You so much as I am new to watercolour painting for less than 5 mths stay safe and be careful 🙏🖌️🎨💌🌹👋☺️ enjoy your week 👍
Excellent video Emma. You just saved my paints. I was about to throw out my artists water color paint because I didn't know how to mix the paint. These tips helped me lot. Thank you so much. :)
SO helpful! I'm very much a beginner and this helped some of the basic color theory I've been learning make more sense. Now I'm off to find your color wheel video.
Hola desde España! Emma, me encantan tus explicaciones y me ayudan a conseguir colores maravillosos, llevo desde septiembre del 2020 viendo tus vídeos y me has enseñado mucho. Te lo agradezco de corazón. Tenéis un niño precioso! Que este sea un año estupendo para todos...!!
Emma, thank you so much for this video. It’s helping me so much with learning to color mix and how to go about it. This is great for me to keep coming back to for reference in the future. Hope you’ll be creating more of this. 💕
Pete (from the south of England) It would never have occurred to me to use one colour from my palette as a starting point! 79 years old and still learning! Thank you so much Emma.
The sorcery!!! I love exercises like this!!
Great tutorial! This color strategy was so helpful. One of my problems is that when I finally mix just the right color, I invariably don't mix enough of it, and then I can't quite replicate it.
Normally when people say 'work on color theory' my eyes roll and my head hurts, sort of as if they told me to work on algebra or something....BUT, I had just watched your video on 3 things to improve you painting, and this color mixing one popped up and I thought I'd try it...and it was awesome :) it was less talking and more doing and using the flower petals and leaves to match, it somehow made it even easier to start to grasp without melting my brain ;) it was great! Thanks a ton!!
I’m learning that patience is required to get a great match. Thanks for demonstrating that even seasoned artists take the time to get it right.
This has got to be my favorite video from you! The way you break it down and how you communicate it in teaching is superb!
Certainly learnt something!! Thank you. I had an “aha” moment watching this video and colour mixing suddenly made sense.
I came back to this upon receiving a 16-well mont marte as a gift, and it really helped me trim down my usual selection. I DID add a few colours so I could mix some tones I regularly use but that's just a me thing.
This is one of the best mixing tutorials I’ve seen. Super clear explanations that are going to help me so much! Thx Emma!!
Thank you, Emma. Your "eucalyptus green" has been invaluable. And, on a completely different matter, your hair is lovely! 🌻🙂
Excellent tutorial. A terminology note from a fellow art teacher: colors opposite on the color wheel are known as "complementary" colors. They do contrast, but that is a descriptive rather than the technical term.
Pete Butler. Wonderful! I’ve never understood the fundamentals of colour mixing as explained like this.This will save everyone a lot of time,.
Hi Emma, I have recently discovered your tutorials and am so happy with all of them. I have been looking at color mixing instructions and videos for years without being able to grasp it. Your mixing tutorials are it! I am finally having success. Thank you so very much.
I have been watching a lot of color mixing videos and even if I initially always think I’ve got it, something happened along the way that made me ‘drop the ball’ 🤪. After the videos I’ve been even more confused than before I did watch them. I think it’s because the videos are jam packed with information which is good if you aren’t starting from zero 🥴.
This video is AMAZING, easy enough for a beginner to have somewhere to start and still some information about the basic color mixing theory! You, miss Emma, did this really good 🥰. Thanks! Can’t wait to start implementing this into practical flower color studies in my watercolor sketchbook! 😀
You explained this better than anyone I have ever listened to. Thank you! Explains it soooo well!
I think this is the best tutorial on color mixing/matching I've ever watched. Thank you so much!
Emma🌷
Thank you so much for your explicit instructions on knowing the color wheel. You are a excellent teacher and instructor. I appreciate you and your knowledge and your simple explanation.
I also must mention how I love your new introduction to your tutorials. It is classy and suits you just fine.
You were asking about ideas for future tutorials. Well, do you paint churches or cottages with a garden of flowers? Or a basket of flowers, a entrance way of pots of flowers. Or showing how to paint more flowers realistically.
You have a blessed day❣️as you have blessed me watching you paint.
Thank you! This is an excellent lesson for those new to colors/mixing/matching. I realized a while ago that red and blue don’t always make the purple I want (cool red? Warm red?) and it can be frustrating for beginners. Having a color chart at hand helps to back up a bit, understand where a color “came from” and to figure out the right colors needed for your project. Your videos are not only helpful, but clear and easy to follow and always inspiring. Again, thanks!
What a beautiful bouquet, absolutely stunning. Good hubby. Great to see more colour mixing. Thank you. 🌻💛
Thank you so much for this video. Im pretty sure we all know what primary colors make secondary colors but once it goes past that it gets a bit more complicated, at least for me anyway. This made it so much easier for me and actually able to see the undertones and where to go from there. Thank for your videos and time you put into them its greatly appreciated! Have a wonderful day!
I am just obsessed! Thank you so much for sharing you acknowledgment, seriously thank you
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this tutorial.
I learnt so much, and you make it easy to understand.
Well, I cant wait to try my hand at this. This was such a important and helpful video. Thank you so much Emma, I appreciate this very much, have learned alot and cant wait to try it out.
The best video I have watched for mixing colors, Emma.
I taught art for a couple of years a while ago. I LOVE art. Yet you still helped a lot when it came to watercolors that I am new to. THANKS EMMA!!!!! Fabulous!
This video is so useful. I knew about adding water to make a lighter colour value but didn't know about using the contrasting colour to create different tones. Thanks so much for sharing. Excited to try colour matching with my watercolours.
Wow! I need this as an ongoing series!! So practical and educational. Great job, Emma!!
This color matching video is so helpful. I always wonder how to mix colors to paint the objects. Thanks this is great. Tomoko
Brilliant Emma! Such a simple way to demonstrate using flowers and you unpicked the complexity so well. Thank you.
Love these colour mixing videos, they have given me a lot clearer idea of mixing the colours you need.
Hi from Sicily!!! Me and my nephews love this video, and the one of the color wheel!it's kind of magic!thank you for all your videos! very interesting!we're learning a lot!
Thus was so helpful Em, thanks from a new to watercolour Ausie. Great to know how to mix some eucalypt colours when you live here !
Emma, you are an excellent teacher! I swear i learn so much from your videos EVERY time! Thanks for sharing your tips! Amazing!🙌🏼❤️
I love this! Fantastic colour theory lessons. This makes me want to geek out and go grab my Johannes Ittean colour theory book from when I was in art school. Perfect Emma!
What a wonderful lesson!!! So practical and doable.
Loved this lesson. Please do more of this type of video. Thanks Emma.
Thank you! I always find tutorials on color theory and mixing, fascinating!💚🌿🎨
Emily! this was such a helpful video. I struggle a bit with mixing colors and your explanation was so easy to understand. Loved how you used actual petals/leaves, and showed us your paint palette. Thank you!!
Excellent tutorial,from a great artist
Love this video so much! I would watch you color match every day if I could! Your voice and the simple palette you use, and the way you focus on the painting rather than the expensive tools is soooo fresh !
I have been looking for this exact video & the information it contains for a while so THANK YOU for making it. I’ve had limited success mixing colors since I’m quite new to watercolor, so the way you break all of this information down is invaluable for me! Again, thank you. And have a Merry Christmas!
Fantastic lesson, Emma. I’ve been searching for ways to teach my granddaughter’s( Emma🙂 and Bella) about art, particularly watercolor. This has been the perfect lesson to use for the subject of color mixing! So good, even children can understand! Thank you!
Great demonstration. Still sometimes make lovely browns when I don't want them but slowly understanding the color wheel and how important it is to mixing what I really want. great demo
Super interesting and it makes it seem much easier for a beginner to make colours!
For all the colour theory in school I have learned 1000x more from your videos! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
That was super helpful and I may have had a lightbulb moment about color theory!
Thank you for these colour mixing videos. Have found them extremely helpful 🤗
I’m so thankful you shared this. Whatever colours I used to mix, everything became a mud :)
Good morning 👋😊 Emma totally awesome lesson today Thank You so much as I am new to watercolour painting for less than 5 mths stay safe and be careful 🙏🖌️🎨💌🌹👋☺️ enjoy your week 👍
Excellent video Emma. You just saved my paints. I was about to throw out my artists water color paint because I didn't know how to mix the paint. These tips helped me lot. Thank you so much. :)
Great lesson. Finally a great color explanation.
Wonderful, very informative video. You are a heck of a teacher!!! Thank you so much!!
Thank you for sharing. You explained so simply and easily.
Stunning bouquet!!! What a fun exercise 💐
This was great and you helped me so much in how the color wheel works. Thank you so much. Fantastic. By the by....you look great!
This was fab thank you so much, one I will revisit for sure and looking forward to trying these exercises out : )
Your tips are always helpful. Thanks Emma
I learned so much from this video! Thank you for breaking it into small bite size pieces. Great explanation!
This was absolutely awesome - what a great explanation on mixing colours - thank you Emma
Thankyou for your clear hands on teaching. Awesome.
Love your videos even when u know this things its refreshing to go back to basics and get the creative juices flowing! 🥰🥰🥰🌱😊🌱
This video brought clarity to color matching. Excellent tutorial for any level. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this video, I mostly mix rabdomly and hope something good happens. Learned something!
Emma you make everything so easy to understand. Thanks
Finally I got it, good and easy to understand.
I've been trying to mix that eucalyptus color, thankYOU!!💖
SO helpful! I'm very much a beginner and this helped some of the basic color theory I've been learning make more sense. Now I'm off to find your color wheel video.
Really loving this series. 😊
Thanks for this really useful video and clear explanation. This is something that I will definitely be practising
TFS EJL!! Loving your colour theory tutorials! You're rad.
You are an awesome teacher.
Thanks . ... now I need to receive a floral bouquet.
Thank you so much for sharing! I've had the hardest time making a pretty Ecalyptys color!
Dear Emma, I recently started to watch your videos but I'm loving your content! Wish you a lovely day 💞
What an excellent exercise! I learned so much.
Great demo about color matching!
sorry I missed your live. awesome tutorial! Thank you! Hope you have a great day
Perfectly understand! Thanks Again Emma !
Hola desde España!
Emma, me encantan tus explicaciones y me ayudan a conseguir colores maravillosos, llevo desde septiembre del 2020 viendo tus vídeos y me has enseñado mucho. Te lo agradezco de corazón.
Tenéis un niño precioso!
Que este sea un año estupendo para todos...!!
Thank you! I have to watch this again. I do not want to forget anything!
wow so lovely colors🌸👍🌸🙏Stay strong🙏
That was brilliant! Cleared up a lot of issues for me. Thankyou!
Love your sharing! Easy to follow and understand!💕
I needed this, thank you! You're a great teacher!
Great video. Doing more on the warm cool color mixing results would be great. Tfs
Love the demonstration, I learned a lot!
Great video for color matching. Thanks!
Emma, thank you so much for this video. It’s helping me so much with learning to color mix and how to go about it. This is great for me to keep coming back to for reference in the future. Hope you’ll be creating more of this. 💕
Fascinating and exciting …one more time you made my day thank you
that was amazingly easy and profound
Oh my gosh...this really helped!! Thank you!🥰🎨
This is really a great teaching video. Thank you so much
I love this! What a great way to relax, get some color therapy and learn more about mixing colors. Thanks so much!
Thank you Emma I learned such a lot from this video and your explanation was so clear
Great video! I love color theory and would like to see more videos on this. Maybe go into color bias. Thanks for sharing your skills and talents.
I do have a video completely dedicated to warm and cool colours :)
Excellent tutorial. So helpful! Thank you!
This is so helpful! I've been getting stuck with colour mixing and this has been great.
You are amazing! Thank you for teaching this!
this was very helpful. also those flowers are beautiful!
This was very helpful! Thank you! 😊💕🌸