See my ebook for more drawing and watercolour techniques at www.akvarel.dk/book.html The ebook costs 15USD - please ignore the price in the video! The ebook is designed for people new to watercolour!
A light bulb moment for me. I have been struggling mixing the colours I wanted, and finally I find your video, and you have shown me exactly what I have been searching for. Thank you so much Alek.
I can’t thank you enough for making this fantastic video. I have always considered myself colour challenged and have never been able to figure out an approach to learning and mixing colour that was not completely daunting. This approach simplifies it down to a manageable number of mixing colours, tells me which colours to mix with which, and provides me with an incredible range of resulting mixes. After watching your video, I have spent the past 3 hours swatching and mixing 3 of my sets, (M.Graham, Schmincke and Mission Gold.)I think I learned more this morning than in my entire painting life! I plan to do this with all of my paints. Not only will this give me great practise and help to solidify this knowledge, it will give me a complete reference and library of my paints. Never again will I buy silly sets of 24 or 36 paints! I will be buying your book... Thank you so much!!!
As a complete beginner & after searching & glazing colors over others when actually trying to mix was getting different “strange colors” as would just choose a brown & then another! This method is simpler & use less paint than big squares! Ty
Great example - like how you do lines instead of blocks - faster and easier. Your paintings on the wall are absolutely amazing! Thank you for helping us new to painting....thanks so much for sharing !
I always prefer your videos. there are so many watercolor videos on YT now, but you were one of the first and helped me out when I was first starting. :)
Thank you. One of the most sensible colour mixing charts I've seen. I'm going to try it...(but might add a couple more colours!) Tusen takk. Sue i Oslo
Great advice! I'm just a beginner with watercolor and I'm terrible at mixing colors so I've been looking for ways to learn how to mix them and this is by far the best method I've found to get an idea and create a great great chart of mixed colors.
I have added a new palette to my bag and am in the process of swatching it out. I ran into your video and found it rather interesting, a new way to see what one can get from the paints one already has. After all the classes I have taken and all the videos I have watched, I have never seen this technique. I think it is far easier to put together and provides a broader picture of what one can achieve. Thank you for this. I am going to try it as a different way to ascertain what paints I need to use to get a color I do not have.
Oh my! I wish I had found you before I purchased all the colors which I will never use. I also spent a ton of money when I only needed 9 colors. I will def buy your book. Thank you!!!!
Thank you, Alex, for a concise way to mix colors. I liked how I could take my chart and locate the color I'm looking from my freshly made swatches! I'm glad you mentioned not to add water after I start. I would have!
I can’t find your book 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’ve been searching more for this type of color mixing and RU-vid finally recommended me your videos after 5 YEARS OF SEARCHING!
Thanks Alek. This is the most useful system I have found. Like most beginners I have way too many colors. I am now starting to reduce my basic palette and needed a good way to decide on what to eliminate. I plan to use your system with my entire collection (not all that large-a total of 32). The plan is to keep only those on my palette that provide the most useful variety in conjunction with each other. With a little luck and determination I hope to trim it down by about half.
Great explaination especially with someone like I who has cognitive issues due to having Borrelia. This shows me exactly what I need to know about mixing the colors. Thanks for sharing.
I'm late to the party...but what a brilliant idea, sir! I'm going to try this. I'm amazed at how few colors are in your palette. I guess I have way too many! Lol
Thank you for this. One of the best color chart ideas I've seen yet. Really gets the most out of the paper, paint, and time. I will be testing this out in my sketchbook for my watercolors. I would love to get your book and see more of your wonderful work!
I used this system with my students yesterday and they all loved their new understanding of color. I have used the color wheel system for years and this way of charting seems to give them a much easier window into how to find the color they need. Thanks again!!! (I gave you full credit) ;)
... thank you, very good! I'm brand new to painting and watercolor... in my late 30s and struggling, very overwhelmed by all the info and what supplies you really need. This was very useful!
This is awesome. I'm self-taught and I've been struggling with color mixing and color wheel for so long! This exercise was also an oportunity to break into my watercolor set and test every color. Thank you so much.
I wish I saw this video before buying my 1x 48 color pan set and another 24 color set, plus a few loose tubes! And you were right, I got confused and don't know how I got a certain color! Thank you so, so much for this.
or you could cut it in stripes like a color sampler, so that the color lines end at the border of the strips and can be looked at side by side with the object.
Thank you Sir for this video. I am a new water colorist, and observing how you had mixed the colors helped to visually explain what I was finding elusive. Thank you for you invite, and knowledge.
Thank you so much! I made quite a few charts, but not as in depth as you showed. Will follow your advise. Thank you for making the e-book available in English
Good stuff! Thank you. I have struggled with mixing my paints. Thought I should have every color along the top and every color down the side though to create the chart. In other words, mixing besides just the blues with the reds and yellows but also mixing the reds and yellows. Regardless, this is making me rethink my watercolor palette and reducing the choices. Looking forward to getting your book.
Wonderful Alek, thank you for doing this, it is the best explanation on colour mixing anyone could want. A 'printed copy of your book' please, I could do with that.
Thank you so much for taking the time to create this wonderful resource. I'm planning on purchasing paints etc today and I'm looking forward to creating my own chart.
This video is the easiest to follow I have enjoyed it very much and Alex I believe I could watch you create this palette all day. The colors inspire me to live! Which is why I love painting. I am a beginner and need a teacher. I will e-mail you for your book and questions.Thank you for sharing on You tube
Wow what a lovely teacher !!! Thank you so much you're amazing!! This is so simple and helpful but also very relaxing to do and it really trains your eyes and yourself into creating different colours 😊😊😊