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How to Make Watercolor Swatches like a Boss

Painting swatches is an excellent way to compare and get to know the characteristics of your paint. I wanted to learn how to make watercolor swatches in a way that would be a useful reference guide when I’m painting. I’ve seen lots of examples of these, but they all seem to be slightly different. I […]

How to paint a watercolor glazing chart

You’ve heard about glazing… Right ? Glazing or layering colors is a fundamental technique in watercolor painting. When you paint, the transparent layers of pigment build up, one on top of the other. This layering of paint modifies the values and the color appearance of the final painting. Yellow glazed with blue will create a green color. […]

How to make a perfect purple with watercolor

Have you ever tried to mix a purple color and then think to yourself: “ That doesn’t look right ! ” Purple is one of those tricky colors in watercolor mixing. And to be honest I didn’t always understand why my attempts to make purple turned out so bad. I wondered if it was the quality of […]

The Essential Guide to Watercolor Mixing

It’s exasperating don’t you think ? Not knowing how to mix the color you need… When I first started painting I really didn’t understand how to mix watercolors and get exactly the right hue that I needed. I would simply rely on intuition, throw a few pigments together and hope for the best ! Eventually, I started to […]

How to make a watercolor mixing chart step by step

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 the more I […]

How to make a 12 color watercolor wheel

I find watercolor mixing fascinating. In my early days as a budding artist, I would dive right into a project and rely on intuition and a bit of luck to mix my colors. My art instructor would tell me “learn color mixing before you learn how to paint”. Did I listen ? Nope ! The results were not […]