Use this template to create a color wheel from the colors on your watercolor palette. You don't need a round palette like Kris' to complete this exercise. However, placing your colors into a wheel shape helps to identify color relationships, relative color temperature and color complements.
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You can create beautiful green mixes using the blues and yellows on your watercolor palette. In this document I provide instructions and a template that you can use to create your own chart of beautiful greens.
The document includes a list of the colors I use to mix green and a chart of 42 beautiful green mixes.
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Do you want to know exactly what colors Kris has on her watercolor palette? Download this color swatch chart that includes the color names, pigment numbers and manufacturer of every color she is currently using in her watercolor paintings.
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Turquoise is a beautiful color, but it can be a little difficult to mix. In this chart I share four recipes for mixing turquoise or teal from common, single pigment colors on your palette. The download includes a list of the colors and pigment numbers I use to mix turquoise along with a full-color scan of my chart.
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A curated list of books on watercolor and related art topics. These books are all heartily recommended by Kris DeBruine. She has read all of them....and owns most of them.
The list includes 15 titles with links to learn more about each book.
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Use this template to create a ten-step value scale. Learn to see and mix a full range of tonal values from a single pigment. This monochromatic value scale is a helpful resource for your watercolor studio. The process of creating a value scale is very instructive as you learn how to accurately render values in watercolor.
Twelve recipes for achieving beautiful grays in watercolor. Each recipe combines just two Daniel Smith colors. The chart includes color swatches, color names and pigment numbers. This is a great reference for your watercolor studio.