Bridget March
Choosing the right paint colours
When you visit the art shop, the choice of paint colours is overwhelming. To make it easier, you might choose of the pocket watercolour palettes which usually have 12 colours; 2 yellows, 2 Blues, 2 reds, 2 browns, 2 greens, black and white.
In this tutorial, I will show you how these palettes are put together, the difference between 'primary' colours and other colours and how to get become familiar with your paints selection.
To follow along with this tutorial you will need:
300gsm cold pressed or hot pressed watercolour paper
a medium round brush
a pencil
water
these colours of paint
Lemon Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red / primary red
Alizaran crimson
Pthalo blue / intense blue / primary blue
Ultramarine blue
Burnt Umber
Burnt Sienna
Viridian
Violet / purple
White
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This tutorial 10 minutes
Video production: Ly Xuan Dung