Full Tutorial - Mixing colours for watercolour painting - Alek Krylow. 

This is gold. Bought his book for $5. He lowered the price because of the pandemic. It's definitely a must read!

While many people make paint charts to aid mixing, you are the first to provide one that makes perfect sense to me. Thank you very much.

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.

“And don’t forget the book.” 👍🏻🤗

Finally a mixing video that was worth watching, and using the chart is so intuitive when you're done. Thank you.

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!!!

The best explanation to understanding the many colors you can use with others. Thanks.

Finally, a tool that is so usable!! Thank you.

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'm so impress just everytime. I also once commented it but its really just seemed like a photograph just every detail is on point so amazing.

I agree. This video is pure gold. Thanks Alek. You make it look so simple. Your mastery clearly shows in this tutorial.

This was awesome. I’m new to watercolour so you were wonderful at explaining .

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 for this demonstration. I’m going to do this for sure.

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.

This was so, so helpful to get me going on mixing my watercolors. Before this I was totally confused. Thank you so much Alek. - Stephanie

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.

This is absolutely the best tutorial of mixing watercolor. I will definitely be getting his e-book.

Thank you, Ellen. They are hard, but your tutorial resulted in the best peony I’ve tried yet. Love your talent.

This is the best color mixing video I have ever seen. It caters to my more scientific mind.

Thank you so much for this demonstration....what an clear way to understand the balance and influence of color mixing! Brilliant!

Thank you 🙏🏻 so much. Finally, I’ve found someone who explains this method so well. I now ‘get’ it. I’m a beginner and was very confused. Fantastic. ❤

Exactly what I needed! Brilliantly explained. And I won't forget the book.

Loved that exercise ... simple and makes sense

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 so much, this has been an eye opener for me in the colour mixing area.

I absolutely love this teaching. You gave me a great understanding. Thank you for your time and your lesson.

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!

This is the best way I’ve seen of doing this - excellent I finally understand it ❤️

This chart for watercolour is the easiest and most accurate one I have seen. I hope to start it very soon. I do, however prefer a hand held book.

Brilliant. Everything I needed. I actually understand color now. ❤

Your a wonderful teacher Alek.. thank you for sharing your wisdom with us!

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!

This is a good idea on understanding the outcome of the mixing. Im going to try it out

I saw this years ago and now searched and searched till I found it again! Thank you

This is brilliant and so useful for a new watercolor student! Thanks so much!

Best video I've seen about color mixing, clear and straight to the point👍

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.

Teaching my great granddaughter about mixing watercolor. This was a fun exercise. Thank you.

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!

Thank you for your explanation and demonstration sir! more power to you!

Thankyou for your great practical knowledge. I'm going to try this out right now. Am a newbie to painting. My retirement hobby!

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! The chart is so helpful and makes so much sense. I'll try it soon.

Sir, thank you so much!!! What an incredible visual tutorial with guided teaching.

So this is probably the best explanation for understanding color mixing for us, complete beginners ;) Thank you

This is the single most helpful thing I've ever seen. Thank you so much.

... 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.

That's really neat, Alek. Thanks for posting.

It's 2022 now and your lesson still helps enormously - thank you!! I'm off to find the book :).

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.

Probably the best watercolor mixing system! I've learned so much in less than 20 mins. Thank you for sharing! Im looking forward in buying your book!

Many thanks Alek a great innovation. Will go and make one myself and check out your book. Have a great day mate.

If you had a hole punch a hole could be put in each colour, then it would be easier to match the colour you wish to paint.

if i ever manage to make paypal work i will definitely buy your book! this was one of the best colour chart tutorials i have seen yet :)

Brilliant, thank you for this idea for a chart. This is exactly what I need as my knowledge of colour mixing is non existent, until now ! Cheers Alex.

Thank you so much for this video. I finally understand this thanks to your wonderful directions.

this is very fun to watch, i can't wait to try it myself. thank you for the video!

Thank you for showing this to all of us👍👍 Much appreciated, Alek!

That is an eye opener, fantastic! Thank you

Wow.... Thank you very much sir. That is genuinely one of the most helpful things I've watched regarding watercolors on RU-vid.

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.

This lesson helped me a lot! I did the chart and suprised me how much colors i can use now!

Thanks for taking the time to do this! I followed along and subscribed!

Top notch advice Alek! Thank you!

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

This is quite brilliant!

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.

A Great Resource and a wonderful explanation. Thank you so much!

Thank you Alex what a great way of finding colours.. that has always been a challenge for me...

This is such a brilliant idea! I just did a mini color chart using this :) Thanks!

I’m going to try making one today. Thank you for a superb tutorial!

Looks very useful,will try out soon! Thanks

thank you Alek! That was very useful.

It's still one of my favorite exercises. Thanks for sharing.

This was a great tutorial on color theory (mixing colors). I loved it and I learned a lot today. Thank you sir.

Thank you!!! This is so understandable! It's the firs one I've understood, and am likely to use. Off to email you about the book!

Fantastic explanation. I don't understand the color wheel, this is a really nice method. I got started right away 😇

WOW! I am so glad I caught this!

The ebook is really good. Ive learnt a lot allready. There are many good tips and advice especially for the beginner.Great book - and cheap!

Brilliantly useful. Thank you.

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.

Thanks. I found this so much easier than a colour wheel!

been watching this over and over again. :)

This techniques is grand. Thank you.

thank you Sir, you helped me a lot! hope you are well and good!

Effectivement très astucieux et utile - Merci 🙏

Thank you so much! this is wonderful for beginners like me and will make learning to paint much more enjoyable.

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 😊😊😊

Such a useful exercise! Thank you very much indeed, Alex!

My first thoughts are, it's so simple yet brilliant! Thank you.

I like the way you explain mixing colors, most helpful.

This is so easy yet so ingenious!