How to Mix BROWNS in Watercolor

[@maryalgar8779]

EXCELLENT. I really enjoy colour mixing videos and browns was something I needed help with. I would enjoy you doing another one featuring greys and helping me to understand what is a warm grey, what is a cool grey. Thank you.

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

With every year ( sometimes month) i am less able to paint but today i am refreshing mixtures . My teenage great granddaughter wants to learn so i think it would be fun for her to mix greens, browns, blacks and violets...and learn something about brushes.

[@TalTesla]

Thank you for the great lesson on mixing browns. You made it seem so simple! The sign of an excellent teacher.

[@moonmagnolia7]

You explaining that colors have an underlying bias in them explains why I was getting the wrong hue when I mixed two (or more) colors together. None of the color theory classes I took or color mixing videos I had watched ever mentioned that, other than mentioning that mixing a black with different yellows produces various hues of green because most black pigments have some blue pigments in them. The lightbulb in my brain lit up and I finally understand! I can’t thank you enough. I’m saving this video so I can watch it again, and again, if necessary. ♥️

[@LironYan]

So happy that explanation helped 🙏😊 Thank you I try conveying as much of the nuances as I can

[@PHALOMOON]

Great video Liron! Color mixing charts are so important, I keep mine in a notebook that I can refer to. Its also a great exercise to get the creative juices flowing.

[@thedisconnectedwife4165]

Thank you Liron. I was looking to make a "beagle" brown. Now I know its a yellow biased brown.

[@worldgonemad1977]

Great vid Liron, this is a big help with the colour mixing. It was cool to see those browns change when you put other mixes beside them.

[@Applefablestudio]

Oh thanks to your video, I discover the type of sienna brown I wanted with using red, orange and ultramarine blue. This was very helpful, I didn't have to go out to buy more tubes and getting unsatisfied with the results.

[@kerryhelelr8037]

great practice - thank you !

[@AlichinaThePinkLady]

So funny: I have been playing around with colours since yesterday, mixing all kinds of greys and browns from primary colours, making swatch cards... and then I go on KZbin and find your video! Perfect timing again, very informative as usual, thanks for sharing!

[@chachisland]

Brown is a dirty orange - very helpful! Thank you!! Also, your yellow well looks like black. I kept wondering, 'Where is he getting the yellow from?' Haha. My yellows are dirty, too.

[@RicheUK]

great tutorial!!, thanks

[@LironYan]

You got it! 🙏😊

[@terrymeechan2998]

TY Liron.

[@moma-b]

Very useful mixing tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@hartmannvondunaburg6768]

Thank you very much, these mixture studies are really very helpfull... Like it a lot !!! especially you can need it when you work often digitally too...you can experiment there endless....and if you stand pleine air then with your limited palette you know what you are doing !!!

[@Aykela]

This was exactly wat i was looking for! Tyvm!!! Ps: it is so true that perception matters a lot. And what colors are next to a a color. You are such a good teacher for mentioning that!!! Xxx

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Just what I needed today. I am putting a palette together to use larger paint brushes with fewer colors in a plein aire palette. Love your through discussion. Thanks. Stay safe XOX

[@elKachivache]

Very informative indeed, awesome video thanks, is cool to see someone who is well informed in color theory while showing you how to mix colors, I just would have liked to see how you apply these brown variations to a complete color composition.

[@priyanshiverma3572]

Ur videos are actually helping me alot thank for making them.nd please do me a favour make a video of illustration and composition... difference between them and how to do them with accuracy

[@margaritavillacorta790]

I like this exercise, I will be experimenting with the many combinations. Thank you

[@taichijameson5515]

Hi Liron Ive been enjoying your vids for a while now Im.using the cotman range of paints at the moment, could you advise me on the alternatives you would use in ctman watercolours to the ones used here Thsnks

[@LoriJMarshall]

Excellent... THANKS

[@kyokanana4251]

Thank you so much! This is help me a lot

[@Pattymelt415]

I wish you would have used a more cleaner palette and went into more detail with cleaner colors. You said primary colors but you started with the orange. However I love your channel and I have learned a great deal from you. Thank you! ❤

[@LironYan]

Thank you! 😊 Will try and actually start from proper primary colors next time, my bad haha 😅

[@crystalinedreams6039]

thanks for the cool vid. what is that pinkish skull made of on ur bookcase?

[@ngocthaodrawing]

So helpful. Thank you !

[@kathsoulsby873]

Thanks this was very informative...too bad I didn’t see this video before I purchased 4 new brown paints as your mixtures were much nicer looking!!

[@EM-ug8ud]

Kath Soulsby don’t feel bad! I’ve been in that boat, hell, I captain that boat.

[@tammylanglois2602]

You can now use this video to modify the browns you hot with other colors :)

[@kathsoulsby873]

​@@tammylanglois2602 Good idea...I will try it this afternoon. Thanks

[@Angayasse]

Thank you for this video, this is very useful and also fun to watch:)

[@francoiseblais884]

Thank you so much this really help

[@oliviaguez9014]

Thanks a lot for all your videos, I learn so much with them ! I just need your talentfull hand now, and I 'll be a great artist !🤣

[@riskzerobeatz]

Nice thanks! :D

[@lexyprice4753]

How did you know that I was trying to figure out mixing browns? Thank you!

[@EM-ug8ud]

Oooo such a good good video ✌️🙏 Edit: and you must have those wells memorized because they all look the same 😂

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Was wondering about prussian blue for browns....

[@AlexYorim]

When you realize that orange is the most prevalent color if you count brown as orange. Not sure if I could include browns, such as Sienna or Umber in my palette. On the one hand, it's been told that I should mix my own browns and blacks from primary colors; but on the other hand, my impatient self and my experience with mixing browns using a _brush_ in acrylic paint make me want to use browns just to make it easier.

[@HerradaJulio]

Thanks

[@wandabeatriz1096]

👏👏👏 Can i ask a favor? How can i get beige color? Like the color of sand. I always fail the mix when painting beaches. Thanks

[@carmellahill5849]

I hope you don’t mind if I tell you my experience trying to achieve this. The only color that closely resembles beige is a Buff Titanium which is an unbleached white. As far as I know, Daniel Smith and Qor are the only two companies that carry this signature color. That being said, I have used a diluted yellow ochre mixed with white to achieve a very reasonable facsimile. Or....white and Naples Yellow...something very subdued. You might have another color in mind to mix with but you always have to use white to tone it down.

[@rachelm7525]

Most people I've watched seem to use a weak Yellow Ochre for sand. I know. Sand isn't yellow, but it seems to work. 🙂

[@tammylanglois2602]

Add a bit of Chinese white to raw sienna too

[@wandabeatriz1096]

Thanks!!!! I’ll try all these mixes 😀😀😀

[@wandabeatriz1096]

I was really afraid of using white!!! But it seams reasonable to use it!

[@rachelm7525]

Ah, yes! So using only primarys brings the whole painting together, right? I love brown, actually, and I would love to create a monochrome/aged/sepia/like an old photograph look, but I have NO idea how to do that!! 😄

[@moonmagnolia7]

1. Change your color photo to a monochromatic sepia photo. 2. Mix up a huge pile of brown in the midrange hue of sepia that you like. Then mix up a range of lighter tints by adding a nuetral white to some of it and a range of shades by adding a neutral black to some of it. 3. Use the sepia image as your value map or guide. 4. Enjoy the process.

[@rachelm7525]

@@moonmagnolia7 thank-you! 🙂

[@asmrsketchbook3634]

Isn't a brown basically a grey? A towned down version of a color.

[@dynomax101]

Overly complex in some ways, and not complex enough in others. You know very little about umbers, yet you're giving instructions about browns. While your video is good and informative, a lot of artist will get confused. You've almost confused me, and I've loved mixing and using browns for decades. The main reason I'm being so harsh is because of something I've mentioned to you before: CLEAN YOUR COLORS! The state of your palette is deplorable for a tutorial. This is like trying to teach how to cook an omelet by using frying pans filled with pasta. Plus browns can be beautiful; calling them dirty is working against using them.