Category Archives for "Colour Mixing"

Risky Colours Beyond Our Range

Risks of Toxins in Pigments for Artist Materials Fine Artists and printmakers are becoming increasingly aware of toxins they are exposed to in their work, the impact their art has on the environment and the need to protect themselves and the planet. Artists are wanting to exclude toxins from their studios as much as possible. […]

Why Browns are Useful for Colour Mixing

Add Browns to your list of Basic colours While a pallette of six pure colours is sufficient to mix all the colours you need, earthy browns speed up mixing subtle shades. Pure vibrant colours are thrilling but sometimes you need to tone it down to make the colour less arresting, perhaps to make shadows and […]

About making colour wheels and charts

Easy Ways to Make Colour Wheels and Reference Charts if there is something stopping you – or blocking your way.

Make a Simple Colour Wheel

A Tutorial About Colour Types and Mixing We discuss how Making your own colour wheel helps you Understand Colour and become more comfortable when mixing colours.

Take Care With Your Greens – How to Mix Greens in Acrylic

Article about Greens – different types, mixing – Painting ideas for your Greens – About Colour and How to mix natural greens for landscape painting and more

Limited Palette of Three Colours or Four

How to paint with only two colours, three colours and then Four. This lesson shows you how to paint first with only two colours and then adds a third, white, followed by a blue.   After some colour mixing tips, there’s a small project to implement what you have learned. I hope it will give […]