Practical Traditional Paint Color Mixing Tutorial
I made this with my watercolors, but it can be used as a guide for acrylic paints and oil paints.
I had a very hard time with watercolors for a very long time. When I started reading websites and books on some color mixing techniques, it started to click. This is my small contribution to the community that will hopefully be of some value.
Update 28-10-07
Tweaked some readability issues
Gave some suggestions on other common names for the paints I recommended
Added a mini description on how to mix color progression samples
Additional Resources
New to watercolors? Check out
this news article for some great dA resources.
handprint - an exhaustive watercolor resource
Don't know the names of your colors?
try these steps and discover the perfect mix of your colors.
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Hopefully this will help with that.
I've always wanted to try traditional paint, but it's so intimidating.
I like the 'progressive color sample' picture, i've always wondered how people mixed paint systematically.
Thank you for this^^
Sincerely, A Painting Noob.