Gorgeous And Unlikely Watercolour Mixtures! These Colours Are STUNNING!

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[@creativespark7371]

Children are so precious at that age! I raised my nephew for the first five years of his life, and I am still extremely involved, and he absolutely loved/loves painting. I could not have any cobalts/cadmiums/toxic colors on my palette because from the time he was almost 3, sometimes my nephew would wake up very early (5am-ish) and not make a peep, get up and come into my room and sit at my table and paint. I have a bad habit of leaving my current paintings, palette, brushes, and water layed out on my table...so I have a lot of paintings that he finished for me 😂 But the memories are so precious. I would wake up to hearing him giggling, and after the first time it happened, I would just lay there in bed and watch him paint and just let him do his creative thing.

[@lolaadesina5362]

😂😂❤

[@FatsquatchPNW]

Another fun color for mixing greens is Payne's Gray. Depending on the yellow you mix it with, you can get anything from a spring mossy green to something close to a Perylene green. SO gorgeous.

[@renmuffett]

Yes, for me especially Winser & Newton Paynes Gray or Schmincke Paynes Gray Bluish. Just a little PG7 Phthalo green turns it into a very dark perfect Perylene green color.

[@Cre-Art]

Color mixing is so much fun. It can really loosen you up if you just let go and play. Those are some of my favorites, too. :)

[@discordia5074]

Quin rose + pg7 are some of my favorite dusty purple mixes. Very lovely for florals

[@cherigreen4471]

First off your baby is so cute, adorable, and precious! Great job with color mixing really helpful and inspiring. ❤😊🤗

[@leannet3854]

the first mix looks like perylene violet 👍🏻This has been very helpful. Thank you, Emma.

[@katharinebirkett1016]

Quin Rose, Perylene Green, Moss Green, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna . . . nice choices and mixes!

[@craftytraveler9238]

Thanks for the video. What wonderful mixes. I have mixed burnt Siena and ultramarine together at first by accident. In my beginning watercolor class a few years ago. the assignment was to make a two color painting. Most people actually used two different colors not mixed. However I chose burnt sienna and ultramarine and got all those shades. My classmates were amazed about how many colors I had in my painting by using just those two colors.

[@susieday1127]

Love all your color mixing videos, Emma. Thank you for encouraging us to play with color mixing, beyond the basic blue/magenta/yellow. Its so relaxing to do as there is no pressure to "get it right".

[@valeriachilders]

I got your brushes and they are my favorites now!

[@pilarpaduadiaz7710]

Which are her brushes???please,can KZbin tell me??

[@jenniferalvarez4041]

​@@pilarpaduadiaz7710If you open this video's description, there are links in there. One of the links is to her Craftamo brushes. Hope that helps.

[@butterflies015]

This is good to show how much you can expand you colors if you don't have a lot of colors to start with. And that really helps when you can't afford to buy a lot of stuff. And can be used for not just paints to blend colors.

[@k8marlowe]

Can’t wait to get home and start mixing!

[@bradleybark8986]

I’m really loving this video! I really enjoy color mixing and to see other people’s ideas as well! ❤

[@JulesTools23]

I could watch these for days, lol! I find color is so interesting! Ty for the inspiration to just play, and see what we come up with 🎨🌻💜

[@lisamclain2549]

Gorgeous! Thanks so much!

[@angelinamichelle8474]

I loved watching this. Thankyou

[@rebeccaburton4122]

This was interesting and fun, Emma! I’ve used French Ultramarine Blue and burnt sienna a lot to get from a soft dove grey to dark black! ( the black is achieved when you mix the two colours 50/50 right out of the tube ie really thick! Adding water gets you a variety of greys!) colour mixing is so fun! So much to discover with these beautiful watercolours! ❤️

[@tavenchristensen3157]

OH MY LORD !!! 🙆🏻‍♂️ I SO enjoyed watching those absolutely gorgeous colors appear ‼️ - Do more of those PLEASE. ;)) I’ll b trying them myself. Thanks Emma 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@KMercure]

I love this ! You can use only five colours and everything goes together do well!

[@mycreativeescape]

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOOOOOOOVE color mixing like this. I recently did a whole page or greens. ❤️. I could watch these types of videos all day long.

[@mariem5990]

So Cute !!!

[@laurenwatt3124]

I picked this video to have on while I was baking thinking it wouldn’t be that exciting… then I couldn’t wait to finish so I could go get to my paints!! So inspiring.

[@roseszabo9472]

Your Craftamo tutorial art boxes, have encouraged me to explore with color mixing…it’s been so much fun just mixing new colors with the four that come every month!

[@colorcreatecamera]

Fantastic!!! I adore color, mixing, all of it! Your videos are so helpful! I'm new to watercolors and have learned a ton from you already!

[@msfrehel8758]

I love mixing videos, thank you!❤

[@diane2941]

Very nice. Especially since I'd like to use up some paints I ready have, instead of buying more.

[@donnabirney817]

I love this idea! i was thinking of buying new paints for unusual color but more fun to mix !!thanks sooo much!!

[@patriciasheridan7]

Very good!

[@cherylcolby1954]

Love these color mixing tips!

[@stinar37]

Great video! Thanks!

[@margaretbusby6992]

This was great! Color mixing has always scared me and I try not to do it a lot. But this video has made me want to just break out the paints and start exploring. I use Cottman colors exclusively in the 24 pallet. Thanks so much for making it feel like your just playing around. I can do this!😊

[@patriciablank597]

Thank you for this fun exercise and to idea to write the combos down!

[@scaryfishlady]

Such a great video, thank you. One of the (many) best parts about your Craftamo subscription box videos was the colour mixing part. Thanks Emma!

[@jeanieferretti4203]

Thank you for sharing this ❤ I have never done but I will now ❤

[@saral.1933]

Hey Emma I’m new to your channel. Must say your son is sooooo adorable! I absolutely loved that he knew how to say “painting”. He seems to be quite advanced in language as he looks like he’s maybe one years old and my granddaughter didn’t start talking until after two. It is fun to teach them art though and colors. You obviously love color. I am very color oriented, and I wonder if you would consider putting pigment info. in at least your swatching videos. Beginners need to understand the importance of knowing pigments and those of us who have experience should be relying on that information to know our paints & their characteristics better. Also, then you know if your color is a repeat of another color that you already have & they have just given it a cute little name to attract sales. I also love Dot Cards. as then you know the whole line or can look it up and maybe pick colors that you want to buy in the future. Plus it is a good way to warm up , or if you’re sick or just not up to painting, or don’t have much time, it’s a good way to get a little painting in and look at the colors. Just my thoughts on the importance of pigment numbers as a way of identification. Thanks so much for your videos. I will try to jump in there and get to know your series. SARA

[@shirleymartin8785]

This is so fun🖌️🎨

[@joycekowbelharvey4816]

So so helpful Emma. Thank you

[@dianaromig732]

This is FABULOUS 🎉. Thank you 🙏 for a great demonstration. I don’t take the time to experiment 😊

[@JessicaSmith-gd1fu]

This was so fun!

[@Replicanna-rl6zg]

Not only did I like the video, it is now saved to my favourites, and there are less than ten on that list. Love colour mixing with w/c! Thank you!

[@kathytincler2446]

those are beautiful and it is really fun....sometimes more relaxing than doing even a simple painting. Nity nite little man. Thanks much for sharing this, Emma

[@Belcih]

Love to see your mixes, thank you 🎉

[@mariac4602]

Such gorgeous colors! Thank you for the inspiration to not buy more paint colors, but instead learn to mix better!

[@bdc20]

One of my favorite things to do, mixing colors!

[@cecilialofgren1396]

I feel like mixing, me too! Inspiring!

[@mrsfrench847]

Super fun video, thank you Emma! Love these colors!!! Thank you for sharing your precious baby with us! 🥰

[@trinidiana]

I also find these as much fun as you do, more please!!

[@aprildegele1510]

I love stepping outside of the box to mix and see what happens! Some of the colors are just outright ugly, but you don't know until you try, and even the ugly colors can be saved by adding a bit of this or that to tone it. (in most cases, at least a rudimentary understanding of color theory helps to correct the ugly). One of the things I love most is to play like this and to see what happen. I don't know why I haven't started a color mixing journal yet. I think I will. I think the mid tone between the rose and moss green is closer to brick red, closing in on terra cotta and it's beautiful. When you said you were going to mix these two, I didn't believe it would be anything other than that last warm brown, which you could also use as a brick color. It's all about the "base"! Base yellow vs base red vs base blue in any color will actually tell you what will work and what won't. For instance, yes red and green make brown in general terms, but look at the base when you pull it out. Of course, the rose is base red, but the moss green is actually base yellow, which will work to make some different and darker warm colors of orange, which is the terra cotta in the middle, and even the salmon in the first mix. The last mix is base yellow, which is what you'd expect in mixing the yellow with red and a bit of green to make brown. Color mixing is so much FUN! I mean, it's all a trick of the eye, isn't it? Especially pink. Pink is an imaginary color, and technically should be called "minus green", but super hard to mix to a specific pink because the color doesn't actually exist by mixing 2 or even 3 colors. And when mixing, you have to stay away from ALL green. Red and white only makes light red, not pink.

[@HeidiSue60]

The first swatch green looks JUST LIKE Iron Green in the Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils. It is the most gorgeous hue of green, honestly. I just love it. The two mixed together looks JUST LIKE Madder Brown in the same set...which is the absolute most gorgeous color in the whole set, bar none. Just love what you did there!

[@LCLand]

Yay! Love mixing fun colors

[@maggiengo8717]

Thank you for this lesson, Emma. I never thought of mixing these colors. Now, I'm really inspired to try mixing them and other variations.

[@AliPillette]

So fun

[@sherryfurr9115]

I’m never would have guessed some of those colors! Nice .

[@ZDD760]

Mulberry color

[@ellencha5975]

Loved the video!

[@amyw5654]

Loved this! I've never been excited about swatching before, but this is a really fun way to experiment!

[@renmuffett]

One of my favorite unlikely mixes is a Quinacidone Magenta, the PR122 pigment,not the PV19. Im specifying the pigment number because both depending on brand can have the same name. Mix with Phthalocyanine Green, PG7. It's surprising and beautiful 🤩. In Winser & Newton it would be Quinacridone Magenta and Winser Green Blue Shade.

[@nancypyter1511]

What a great play Emma! I love learning mixes!🥰

[@lindyartforfun]

Thank you fabulous colours! Going to have a try at some fun colour mixing!

[@burtfehringer2375]

Delinda here - what are you going to do with that big beautiful watercolor page of beautiful color stripes? 😊🎨Maybe get a head start on Valentines Day 2025 and cut them into hearts for cards? 😊 ❤️ Love your videos, Emma

[@mandygee9972]

This was fantastic to watch and learn from. Thank you Emma ❤

[@kristisparks9973]

Great tutorial Emma. Thank you for sharing.

[@tanialinning9463]

Great tutorial, Emma! Wonderful colors. 🥰

[@ChantelleArts]

This is so stunning, gorgeous work ☺☺

[@MayMay00]

I find your enthusiasm contagious! :)

[@rosemariecooke9616]

I just love this!

[@julz9904]

Yay what @LCLand said. Fun with colors!🌈

[@karendirmish2696]

Wonderful lesson in color mixing. Thank you, I’ve made happy mistakes and discovered a perfect color! Thanks, Karen Dirmish, learner!

[@JorjaZanetta]

That little painter is ADORABLE.

[@Sk.Sylvie]

This was so informative! You just made a colour (that dusty light blue) I was thinking about for a while because I didn't know how it should me mixed. Now I know! Thanks 😄

[@sandrakrahn6163]

That’s amazing!!!!! Thanks for sharing 🙏😘

[@christinefisher5716]

Beautiful & informative!

[@jacquiepeters8583]

So mesmerizing and cool - playing with color is what I need to do,to get more comfortable with watercolor - can you recommend a good starter brand that is affordable?

[@rayneehurd8745]

obv mixing a neutralized yellow green like greengold ( moss green,) a green yellow neutralized with a bit of red ti make it gold with quin rose makes a range brown .because combining any 3 primaries make browns.. adding some yellow to quin rose makes an even brighter coral. mixing colors opposite each other on the color, mixing a primary color and a secondary color of each other on the color wheel make a neutral .if its cooler .more blue ..its grey to black..if its warmer it s brown to deep brown. a combo of all primaries makes a neutral . get your color theory stringer and get your vocabulary correct!

[@lisaseckold9296]

Yum - this was delicious to watch! Weirdly, Perylene "Green" is actually black (PBK31), not green - so acts as any black would when added to colours.

[@barryedgington6812]

Yes, this was interesting and fun! Helene

[@sherryfurr9115]

Well how precious is that baby!

[@CastleMc]

Yes, these are beautiful but not all surprising-burnt Sienna and ultramarine is a classic mix. The moral of this video is to keep a perylene green and a Quin rose on your palette!

[@mariabuescher8369]

Wow! There are some beautiful jewel tones in there. I have a question for you about blue. What is it that makes you prefer French Ultramarine over Ultramarine? I have both but assumed they would be very close. I guess I need to open all the tubes in my Shinhan set.

[@craftykat]

That was fun and I enjoyed it. I love colors. Your baby is absolutely adorable!

[@kaitlinnichols3268]

I loved this. Part 2? 😂

[@Ms1lonewolf]

Yes those colors were really beautiful Emma! Thank you 😊 🙏. JK FLORIDA USA 🇺🇸.

[@geraldinedavid2442]

🙏❤️🤗

[@Ma-bk4mg]

I can't seem to find "Moss Green" in the Schmincke range. Does anyone know if Schmincke has a very similar colour? :)

[@be_a_bright_sparkle3687]

Very interesting…how you you manage for continuity of colour? Say if you want to paint and keep the same shade😛

[@munajedski]

I was wondering that too.

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Take notes if you can about what you mixed. But honestly, I really don’t stress about matching exactly. A little bit of a difference in the painting makes it interesting.

[@sewlouisa]

If it’s for one painting just make sure you mix enough or even more then you’d need. From one painting to the next I would stress about getting it exactly the same.

[@tdelphia1]

Is that a Pbr7 orPR101 burnt sienna?

[@carolilett]

Love the moss green - what make is it, please? Winsor and Newton don't do it, the closest they have is olive green

[@HopeForUs5]

In the Description box, it says her Moss Green is "Michael Harding". 👍🙂

[@carolilett]

Thank you 🙂

[@debbieasselstine2469]

I really loved watching this video. So much fun. I will try this. Thanks again. Another great video. Sweet baby.

[@DrJivethaaR]

We need some lovely artwork from your cute son too 🤭😍😍

[@hopegreen3860]

Wonderful! Love your baby! What brush are you using please?

[@pennywheeler2598]

There he is, "The Star of "The Show" He is a beautiful child. Just my opinion. Anyway, I love color mixing, and mixing color tutorials are one of my favorites💕🖌🎨

[@rayneehurd8745]

also most artist when we started out in the 80s only used green gold WN not dao green to mix green with a range of yellows and blues. you use a moss green which is comparable. I dint like oerylene green ..it has black in it and muddies things..i have it from 3 different sources at least. you are supposed to nake charts of each of your colors striped vertically and horizontally at similar values to make charts of what colors are in range of your pallette. usung tii many different colors in any ine oainting also makes mud or at least makes it less harmknious according to the rules of composition. I thought you had a stringer bsckground than you do. of course as a young mother of an incredibly cute baby, your time is limited and so mught be your finances but you dont need a huge paleete of such a wide range of colors. i have because i am primarily a colorist but you tech color theory and water color much to much too haphazardly and you use the wrong terms.

[@rayneehurd8745]

if you knew color theory you could have predicted all of these. you calling neutrals like dark grey black is annoying too. people make darks or blacks with alizarine crimson and thalo green for years. or rose madder genuine and viridian for a grey Perylene hreen has black in it to start..it is a blackened blue green. also the classic combo of Burnt sienna and French ukt blue has been used to make beautiful neutrals...greys and browns and almost black for years. You also dont use top of the line paints...seriously disappointed in your knowledge base