Mixing Neutral Grays in Watercolor | 3 Recipes

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Would you like my chart that includes all twelve recipes for mixing neutral grays? You can download it at: studio.krisdebruine.com/12grays Enjoy!!

[@SR-vb2mw]

You’re a very kind and brave instructor to show your early work. Thank you.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thank you.

[@melindaavila498]

Thank you for the mixing neutral grays chart!

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

You're welcome! 😊 Glad you liked it.

[@AzaleaLala]

I'm learning how to paint with watercolors. I'm going to try this. Thank you.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

You’re welcome! Enjoy!

[@jamesekdahl2178]

Kris, this video was most helpful! I have learned much from you. Appreciate your work. Thanks

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@umeshpandey7384]

Very informative and to the point tutorial 👍

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Glad you liked it

[@alisonhendry2928]

Oh I love the last comment! “ keep on growing in watercolour”. My new mantra and thing to share . Thank you. I love mixing greys, browns and blacks. I am going to try some of your recipes that I have not played with yet. 🎉

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thanks for watching. Every time I pick up a brush and paint I feel like I'm growing!!

[@raymondli3173]

This is a great topic, thanks for explaining the importance of grey. The recipes of grey are just handy. Indeed master the art of grey will greatly enhance the outcome. Grey painter like Joseph Zbukvic has a great proportion of his paintings are just grey. Not just grey but clever mix of different shapes of grey.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thanks for watching!

[@89Anamarie]

The moment you referred to nature as creation, I subscribed. Thank you for bringing some warmth to my heart, and providing great color mixing information. ❤

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

❤️

[@edzejandehaan9265]

My most used neutral grey (but leaning a bit to the warmer side) is ultramarine blue and burned sienna.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Yes. That is a classic recipe. I think the masters -- like Rembrandt -- used that as well. You're in good company! :-)

[@Jean-Christophe-J]

Thanks a lot. very useful. Regards from Brittany-France.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching

[@HappBeeH]

I have been wondering what is "wrong" with my paintings. Your example of your early saturated works gave me the AH-Ha moment I needed. My work is all over-saturated. I couldn't figure it out. Thanks so much!

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

I'm glad you found this video helpful. I also had an "aha" moment when, years ago, I had this explained to me. :-)

[@grigsbydonna331]

Thank you for a very informative lesson. I'm off to make neutrals.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

I'm so glad to have you watching and commenting Donna. Have fun with the neutrals.

[@Lauraisabelgonzalezart]

Currently doing this with my Renesans Polska paints and I'm enjoying all the wonderful surprises I'm seeing on my paper! Thank You Kris!

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

You are so welcome. Thanks for watching. I completely agree with your word choice -- mixing neutrals is truly a process that is full of "wonderful surprises!" Have a great day!!

[@lindaohrn8946]

Thank you Kris, so well explained, making it so more easy to understand. Now I´m eager to try it out myself! I took you to my heart immediately (I dont normally do that with videos on youtube) , such a lovely and kind person you are, helping others in this way. You have wonderful feelings inside of you, and they show in your face and makes you caring and beautiful. More people like you to this world and the wars would end!! Thanks again from Sweden! I will check out your channel now.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thank you for the kind remarks. And I'm glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching and for sharing. :-)

[@appleknocker56]

Thank you for a better way to get your neutrals! Know adding more blue will make it cooler but have gotten some strange grey’s & want to learn how to mix (not super bright) rocks in grays! This chart helps so much!

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching

[@van_creative]

Love this channel. Thanks so much for explaining how to achieve different neutral grays

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@windywednesday4166]

Perfect. I'm new to watercolor and finding that it's more helpful to have my charts organized this way than one huge chart with all the color combinations. This will be very helpful 🙂

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

I'm glad to hear you found it helpful. In each sample, I placed the cool blue or green on the right...and its complement on the left. I like organization too! :-)

[@windywednesday4166]

​@Kris DeBruine Studio LOL, I just went back and checked. I noticed that you did that, but I hadn't thought of it in those terms. Very nice! Organization is the antidote to chaos.

[@GratefulDeb270]

Lovely! Ty ❤

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thank you!!

[@whatifitnt]

Thank You, Kris 💝This is so helpful ❤

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

No problem. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@NJ-bu7zw]

Very informative, and you have a pleasant way of explaining. Thank you so much.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback.

[@ANIMExXTY]

Is it wrong to keep mixing and mixing untill you get perfect natural grey ❤

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

No. That's great

[@garyweybright3227]

Ahhh good to see this combination of greys. I’m a firm believer in learning my colors by their pigment names, it helps so much when shopping for new colors or buying from a new brand you may be unfamiliar with. ClaudiaSJI

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

I completely agree. I feel like I am more confident with my color mixes when I am really familiar with the paints and the pigments that they are made from. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment.

[@davidschonberger8609]

Thanks for making this excellent video, Kris! Jeanne Dobie, author of 'Making Colors Sing' calls these 'mouse colors.' She echoes your point: a well placed gem of highly pigmented color truly shines brightest when set against an unassuming, glowing gray. She even presents an exercise in chapter 2 dealing with this very idea. Start with three transparent primaries, so that the grays are luminous - e.g. Cobalt blue, Aureolin yellow and Rose Madder Genuine. Prepare 6 different grays with biases ranging through blue, purple, rose, brown, yellow and green. Then on each gray, drop in a complementary gem of a vibrant tube color, e.g. viridian on the rose-gray or a quin. magenta on the green-gray. Note that she also strongly advises that we avoid using opaque or semi-opaque colors to mix grays since those too easily become dull and lifeless.

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thanks so much for sharing this insightful comment. I haven't read her book, but I have certainly heard of it. Thanks.

[@leelanandaihalagamage8005]

very important

[@KrisDeBruineStudio]

Thanks for watching