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Home » How to Mix Greens in Watercolour
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How to Mix Greens in Watercolour

May 3, 2019 by Ralph S Leave a Comment

how to mix greens in watercolour

Learning how to mix greens in watercolour is no easy task. If you’re painting a landscape with a lot of green in it, it can be hard to make the different greens stand out from each other. Some greens feel too bright to be natural, shadowed greens can look too blue. So many new painters struggle to work with the color green, but green can be one of the most fun colors to work with if you follow a few simple principles.

How to Mix Vibrant and Authentic Greens in Watercolour

How to Mix Vibrant and Authentic Greens in Watercolour

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1. Start with a vibrant green and you’ll have more options for mixing to get different variations. I like Green Gold and Phthalo Green (Blue Shade)

2. Use a single base color to mix your greens. You can start with a yellow and add turquoise or Phthalo Blue and the variations are endless as you tweak that mix with tiny splashes of red or magenta.

3. Have fun with pre-mixed greens. Daniel Smith makes some that are so fun to work with. I like Zoisite, Kingman Green Turquoise, Cascade Green.

4. Pay attention to the “temperature” of your colors. Warm blue and yellow will mix more cleanly than a warm temp of one and a cool of the other. Experiment and find your favourites!

Supplies Used in this lesson: (I receive a small commission when you order using the links below. Thank you!)

Brush – Escoda Versatil #10 rigger

Palette – Robax 64 well, 18 inch palette, robax.com

Daniel Smith watercolor paint: http://bit.ly/2cXeE8J

Deep Sap Green, Green Gold, Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Teal Blue, Carbazole Violet, Kingman Green Turquoise, Cascade Green, Zoisite Genuine, Ultramarine Blue

QoR watercolor paint: Viridian, Phthalo Green http://bit.ly/2iZWDLc Paper: Arches cold press, 140 lb pad – http://bit.ly/2xXmxVk Download 3 free guides to help you paint more confidently! Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2QGwFca

Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Teal Blue, Carbazole Violet, Kingman Green Turquoise, Cascade Green, Zoisite Genuine, Ultramarine Blue QoR watercolor paint: Viridian, Phthalo Green http://bit.ly/2iZWDLc

Paper: Arches cold press, 140 lb pad – http://bit.ly/2xXmxVk

Download 3 free guides to help you paint more confidently! Sign up here: http://bit.ly/2QGwFca

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