Watercolor Journal Day 14 (Color Mixing)

[@lyndaculp5060]

You are such a good teacher, Shana! I have been afraid of colour mixing and just buy a variety of types of a colour. I’m going to watch this over and over and make notes. I am understanding this better! Thank you SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!

[@jeribondarcuri7884]

I'm a beginner and used to not want to deal with this info but I realize the importance of knowing all of what you went over! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@shanacirce2667]

It can be a really intimidating part of the process. Just little steps and to understanding. And you don’t have to learn it all at once. Thanks for watching and I’m glad this was helpful. 😁

[@sg3252]

Color mixing is so fun! You can just play around and experiment and see what you get. Good video!

[@digitoes]

After all this time, I think it finally clicked with your explanation! Thank you for your easy way of teaching hard concepts! Now to practice!

[@shanacirce2667]

Eventually it just clicks! But it takes practice to get there. I’m so glad it is clicking for you. Makes painting so much more interesting.

[@Babyjohn8170]

Thank you for this tutorial. You made it easy & fun to follow along. I’ve learned so much.😊👍

[@suzettem6567]

I am enjoying these SO MUCH! Thank you!

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you for watching!

[@DebbieSarensen]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

[@karenharmer519]

interesting, i stuck with it , i don'have your colours, so i have come up with my own warm range & cool range, so for wam i'm using ultramarine blue, cadmium red, new gamboge. For the cool range i'm going with pyrol red colbalt blue cadmium yellow, i am able to include quin gold , quin magenta. Out all of these colours only 2 shades of green i don' like. Otherwise i am very happy with this colour mixing practise. . thank you again , see you in the next one.🥰🥰🥰

[@amymckee5075]

Very interesting!

[@reneebrooks3194]

Oh my....I love this video! Thank goodness for the pause button because I paused several times and took notes for future use! This was so helpful and much appreciated! ❤ I also love your journal videos! I look forward to each new one when you post it! 😍

[@shanacirce2667]

I’m so glad you are getting so much out of the videos. It’s my greatest hope that they are helpful.

[@reneebrooks3194]

@@shanacirce2667 they are definitely helpful to me!!

[@Deedster56]

I did the very same, Renee! I’m getting so much from watching Shana’s videos. She’s an excellent teacher and I’m so glad I found this channel. All the best to you 💕

[@reneebrooks3194]

@@Deedster56 same here Didi! I am learning so much from Shana and getting inspired!! I just bought my 1st watercolor journal this weekend! 😊 I love that Shana is doing the journal pages! So fun and informative! Have a nice evening! ❤️

[@hunglafung2948]

Thank you very much

[@shanacirce2667]

You’re welcome.

[@stefaniecolonius4780]

I did not want to do this one. 😂 But did some of it anyway. Thanks for pushing all of us past our comfort zones.❤

[@shanacirce2667]

I’m so glad you did. Even a little bit of it. I promise it will plant the seed of really helpful information and skills for the future.

[@kelleyrushsanborn2665]

Fantastic! Thank you! Off to play with color!❤

[@elizabethrowe5960]

I love this! I learned SO much! My mixing problem? Yellow shades. I can get the weirdest not-dark-yellows, but... will try again combining warms and cools.

[@shanacirce2667]

Keep practicing and you will be a pro. 😀

[@angelssing7510]

Such a relaxing and informative video, thank you Shana, I found this really helpful :)

[@shanacirce2667]

So glad it was helpful. Thank you for watching!

[@s.harris6272]

This was an excellent lesson on mixing. Wonder if you would do some simple limited pallet painting tutorials using these colors. Thank you.

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you so much for watching. And that is a wonderful idea about limited pallet paintings. Stay tuned!

[@Maliika-Art1979]

Thanks

[@lindakuck5981]

I really needed this class, thanks Shana 😊

[@shanacirce2667]

I’m so glad you found it useful. Thank you for watching Happy color mixing.!

[@kellydanson2121]

Thank you for going over this. I appreciate it 😊

[@shanacirce2667]

My pleasure. I always love introducing a little color theory. Thanks for watching.

[@kathytincler2446]

I'm a super newbie and this was very helpful, thanks so much! The problem will be trying to remember all that. I know it takes years and experience. but at 76 yrs of age I will probably continue with a lot of the ready mades in my palette. A question: How does everyone get those big, beautiful paint swaths of color in your mixing wells? Maybe I'm not using enough water and paint, but it just stays at these stupid (I'm frustrated) looking little separated little dot like puddles that won't spread out. Thank you for sharing your time and talent. I always look fwd to when you come on as you are one of my faves! ,

[@shanacirce2667]

Kathy, the trick is to just learn one little bit at a time and practice it. Eventually it starts to come together. Most likely the issue with your palette is that it is plastic and plastic notoriously beads up as it’s too slippery to let the water and paint stay in the place you put it. My palette is an enamel coated metal which helps the water and paint stay where you put it. I hope that helps.

[@janetmartin3840]

Can you paint some doors?

[@shanacirce2667]

Doors…hmmm? I’m sure I can come up with some interesting doors.

[@lyndaculp5060]

What was the name of the second blue?

[@jillianarbour5323]

So I have a French ultramarine blue from Daniel smith and whatever color I mix it with, the colors separate and granulate as it dries. Is there an ultramarine that doesn’t do that?

[@shanacirce2667]

Hmmmm. Most ultramarines do granulate and separate a bit. Some more than others. I’ve always enjoyed the Daniel smith one and never felt the separation was too much. Just enough to give it a little interest. A substitute for a warm blue that doesn’t granulate would be a phthalo blue red shade.

[@allerleivonanisai]

Mixing color is so much fun. How do you feel about mixing from cyan yellow and magenta?

[@shanacirce2667]

I am a big fan. I think it’s a great palette with a large range. In my palette this would be quinacridone magenta, phthalo blue and cadmium yellow.