Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors
Learn to create any color from a basic palette of just 11 colors!

What if you could create any color you wanted, from a basic palette of just 11 colors? That is what the art of color mixing is all about. And once you master it, you will be able to create a broad range of all the colors you might need. Your options will be limited only by your imagination.

In this color mixing book, Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion first walk you step by step through the basics of watercolor pigments, paper, and color mixing techniques. Using just 11 colors, you’ll learn to bring more variety to your primary colors, create basic colors (such as Payne’s Gray and Van Dyck Brown), and create your own secondary colors. This approach works no matter what brand of paints you use, as each of the 11 colors is identified by its universal pigment color (such as PY154).

Once you’re underway color mixing, you’ll see how four artists interpret that basic palette to create thematic color palettes tailored to different subject matter, such as flowers, landscapes, portraits, and animals. Finally, you’ll solidify your understanding of color mixing by analyzing five watercolor paintings to see how the color was achieved and how the painting was developed, layer by layer, to achieve the final result.

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Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors
Learn to create any color from a basic palette of just 11 colors!

What if you could create any color you wanted, from a basic palette of just 11 colors? That is what the art of color mixing is all about. And once you master it, you will be able to create a broad range of all the colors you might need. Your options will be limited only by your imagination.

In this color mixing book, Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion first walk you step by step through the basics of watercolor pigments, paper, and color mixing techniques. Using just 11 colors, you’ll learn to bring more variety to your primary colors, create basic colors (such as Payne’s Gray and Van Dyck Brown), and create your own secondary colors. This approach works no matter what brand of paints you use, as each of the 11 colors is identified by its universal pigment color (such as PY154).

Once you’re underway color mixing, you’ll see how four artists interpret that basic palette to create thematic color palettes tailored to different subject matter, such as flowers, landscapes, portraits, and animals. Finally, you’ll solidify your understanding of color mixing by analyzing five watercolor paintings to see how the color was achieved and how the painting was developed, layer by layer, to achieve the final result.

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Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors

Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors

Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors

Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors

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Overview

Learn to create any color from a basic palette of just 11 colors!

What if you could create any color you wanted, from a basic palette of just 11 colors? That is what the art of color mixing is all about. And once you master it, you will be able to create a broad range of all the colors you might need. Your options will be limited only by your imagination.

In this color mixing book, Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion first walk you step by step through the basics of watercolor pigments, paper, and color mixing techniques. Using just 11 colors, you’ll learn to bring more variety to your primary colors, create basic colors (such as Payne’s Gray and Van Dyck Brown), and create your own secondary colors. This approach works no matter what brand of paints you use, as each of the 11 colors is identified by its universal pigment color (such as PY154).

Once you’re underway color mixing, you’ll see how four artists interpret that basic palette to create thematic color palettes tailored to different subject matter, such as flowers, landscapes, portraits, and animals. Finally, you’ll solidify your understanding of color mixing by analyzing five watercolor paintings to see how the color was achieved and how the painting was developed, layer by layer, to achieve the final result.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781681987798
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Publication date: 07/27/2021
Pages: 144
Sales rank: 1,046,838
Product dimensions: 7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Fabien Petillion is a painter, draftsman, and watercolorist. He teaches watercolor and drawing, and conducts workshops. Find Fabien online at fabienpetillion.com, @artiste_fabienpetillion (Instagram), and @FabienPetillionArtistePaintre (Facebook).

Isabelle Roelofs is the founder of the Isaro brand of paints, specializing in the manufacture of colors for artists. Her unique knowledge has been in her family for four generations. Find Isabelle online at isaro.be, @isaro_watercolors_oil_paint (Instagram), and @CouleursIsaro (Facebook).

Table of Contents

1 Understanding a Watercolor

Basic Concepts

The Nature of Pigments 10

Mineral Pigments 10

Organic Pigments 10

Granularity 12

Coloring Strength 12

Transparency and Opacity 13

Monopigment Colors 14

Variations in Shading between Brands 14

Lightening a Color 15

Painting Techniques 16

Wet-on-Wet 17

Wet-on-Dry 17

Techniques for Mixing Colors 17

Paper 18

Grain 18

Quality 18

Weight 19

Presentation of the Colors 20

Yellow PY154-Isaro Yellow Light 23

Yellow PY110-Saffron Yellow 24

Yellow PY129-Chartreuse Yellow 25

Yellow PY42 or PYi3-Yetlow Ocher 26

Red PR255-Scarlet Red 27

Red PR264-Pyrrole Red Deep 28

Red PR122-Isaro Rose 29

Blue PB29-Ultramarine Blue 31

Blue PB15:3-Phtala Blue 32

Blue PB35 or PB36-Cerulean Blue 33

The Basic Palette, by Manufacturer 35

2 Experimenting with Color Mixing

A Theoretical Approach

Expanding the Range of Primary Colors 38

Blues 38

Reds 39

Yellows 40

Creating the Range of Secondary Colors-41

Implementation 41

Greens 42

Violets 51

Oranges 58

Creating a Range of Essential Colors 65

Indigo 66

Payne's Gray 68

Van Dyke Brown 70

Sepia 71

Olive Green 72

Chinese Orange 73

3 Creating Thematic Palettes

Targeted Practice

Painting a Floral Composition 76

In Harmonious Warm Colors-Marie Boudon 77

In Harmonious Cool Colors-Marie Boudon 79

Painting a Landscape 82

In Green Tones-Manù 83

In Autumnal Tones-Manù 86

The Mediterranean Coast-Manù 90

The Atlantic Coast-Manù 94

A Cityscape-Manù 97

In the Snow-Fablen Petillion 100

Painting a Portrait 102

With Fair Skin Tones-Fabien Petillion 103

With Olive Skin Tones-Fabien Petillion 104

With Dark Skin Tones-Fabien Petillion 107

Painting Animals 109

A Cat-Cindy Barillet 110

A Dog-Cindy Barillet 112

A Parrot-Cindy Barillet 114

A Goldfish-Cindy Barillet 116

An Aquatic Environment-Cindy Barillet 117

4 An Analysis of Five Paintings

Global Practice

A Floral Composition-Fabien Petillion 122

Drafting and Composition 123

Coloring 123

A Rural Landscape-Fabien Petillion 125

Drafting and Composition 126

Coloring 126

An Urban Setting-Fabien Petillion 129

Drafting and Composition 130

Coloring 130

A Portrait-Fabien Petillion; 132

Drafting and Composition 133

Coloring 133

An Animal Portrait-Fabien Petillion 136

Drafting and Composition 137

Coloring 137

Resources 141

Bibliography 142

About the Authors 143

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