How I mix Watercolor Greens

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How I mix Watercolor Greens

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Here is a tutorial on how I mix my greens for landscapes and foliage this is for any skill level! For more content and ad free videos check out my Patreon: www.patreon.co...
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@Scottlp2 Жыл бұрын

Perylene green is a wonderful color to add to darken any green.

@user-dl3dx4fo3n 4 ай бұрын

Omg I didn’t know this was you. I learned to make a bear with you on KZfaq. Now I want to make leaves. Thank you so much for sharing urself with us. ❤

@susanmoulton4760 Жыл бұрын

I can't thank you enough for this amazing video. I had always wondered how to get that olive green color plus all of the other shades you showed. You have saved me a fortune on buying watercolors and keeping it simple. I am 80 years old and really new at watercolors. I am slowly buying Winsor and Newton Professional tubes and really wish I had a list of basic colors to buy.

@paulinemegson8519 10 ай бұрын

A basic colour list would be a warm and cool of each of your primaries in what’s known as a split primary palette, of which the following is an example tho not the only way you can go by any means; red (alizarin crimson/any warm red like cad red deep), yellow (lemon/cadmium or other warm yellow)and blue(ultramarine/Prussian blue) plus white and black(tho if you’re a purist you may wish to leave those out, or get a white gouche instead). Personally I’d add a grey tho you CAN mix great greys, but I love Payne’s grey both as a colour and as a mixing tool, and a cerulean blue because those light delicate blues are hard to get from the dark blues sometimes. And you don’t need to use just those colours(other than Alizarin crimson….this is such a versatile mixing colour that it deserves a place on any palette), just remember that you want a warm(red undertones) and a cool(blue/green undertones) of each primary colour. From those bare bones you can add colours depending on what you paint, someone who paints mostly florals will use different colours(pinks and yellows) from someone who paints mostly landscapes(browns and greens that can be modified)

@dreamalamb4259 3 ай бұрын

Thank you thank you!!! Excellant demonstration ❤

@ritadoyle9202 12 күн бұрын

Thanks so much. I was so happy to find a tutorial on mixing greens. Now I need to learn to mix grays…I always end up with more brown than gray.

@diane2941 Жыл бұрын

Never thought about the greens looking natural 😬. Very helpful. I'm not a great artist but would still like my paintings to look nice. Thanks for the lesson.

@johnwalterstevens-tj9oq Жыл бұрын

As a beginner that demo was very helpful! Thanks, Liz

@amandastratton8242 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh Ellen this is just what I needed as I can never get the green colours right. i shall be making a colour chart like shown and thank you for sharing this video with us xx

@annsmith4739 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing us Ellen ❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

@Jlalode Жыл бұрын

I love the mixes with Prussia Blue. They were the first that I tried to achieve a more natural green. It also works with other yellows.

@ZanKY1066 Жыл бұрын

This video is so helpful. Thank you for the tutorial ❤👍🏼🙏🏼

@sandythompson214 Жыл бұрын

I was so bummed about not having chromium oxide, but watching you sure did put a smile of delight on my face. Thank you so much.

@jacquelinehewelt7143 Жыл бұрын

Love the comparison! Thanks!

@maggiengo8717 Жыл бұрын

OMG This tutorial is exactly what I've been looking for since my greens look so artificial. Now I can create a wide range of green shades to my liking. THANK YOU SO MUCH Ellen.❤

@sherryoswalt73 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ellen. This is so important for us to learn. We appreciate the work you put into helping us improve and enjoy watercolor!

@trishlabus5092 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ellen! Very helpful!!!🎨💕

@teresalitty9357 Жыл бұрын

Super helpful Ellen!!

@mayokimmer Жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful after watching your videos for some time now and wanting to mix my own greens but lazy or not sure exactly how or which mix would be best. Thank you so much for this video!!

@Gerald-HampshireUK 10 ай бұрын

I'm green with envy over your knowledge of mixing greens. Great tutorial, so brilliantly explained, many thanks indeed... Gerald UK

@angelajeffcott9715 Жыл бұрын

So helpful! I also appreciated the mention about cream, milk, coffee, tea.

@joeminton105 10 ай бұрын

Mixing greens is easier to just have like moss green, leaf green, Veridian, etc and just add a little white to lighten it or black.... wait this may be Gouache I'm thinking about, anyway in watercolor you can just add water to lighten your shade of green. Love your tutorials Ellen. I think I like gouache more. But I use watercolor for backgrounds and skies. Then gouache over that. Thanks for your knowledge you share it's most appreciated 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@powermom74 2 ай бұрын

Very helpful

@ljscheible6007 Жыл бұрын

Yes very helpful.

@AdeleReece-xp1fz Жыл бұрын

Such a helpful tutorial…simply explained and demonstrated..thank you for time and patience in teaching us newbies…we need you❤

@lizadivine3785 10 ай бұрын

Thank you now I know about the peacock blue! Much appreciated!

@nancyeacker2185 11 ай бұрын

Thank you ! I have always wondered how to make the best greens !

@ritaricci-fowler1521 Жыл бұрын

This was so interesting Ellen. And so helpful! Thanks so much for doing this video.

@Angie-pl3uw Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am going to do a Prussian and cad yellow study and hang it where I will be sure to see it. Green is the most difficult color for me to paint with. Oh, and baby blue. Yikes!

@connieberresford2043 Жыл бұрын

Great video Ellen! Great to see the different blues and all the greens they make. Great comparison! I too will swatch my blues and yellows to get the best natural greens. Thank you!

@4ohgollycats Жыл бұрын

Neat video! Better greens

@LindaKing-nq6ut Жыл бұрын

Very helpful..it seems that Prussian blue is the most versatile,making natural greens while the others are useful for decorative,abstract compositions🙂

@amandaterrio4823 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@shirleylittle3485 Жыл бұрын

I have had a try at this Ellen and think that I will just practice with the Prussian blue, which I love. Thanks you for this guidance. I do not have 100% cotton paper though.

@cynthiadittoe5664 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video as I was painting green yesterday and needed some guidance! I am definitely going to do a swatch page for future reference!! So great!! ❤

@cathylathrop8104 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks Ellen! That was a lot of work. You always go the extra mile!:)

@love2create62 Жыл бұрын

This was such a helpful video!! I've probably been playing with watercolor for about two years, and I love it! I try to mix greens, but kind of do it without a plan, or actually knowing how to pick the right colors to mix together. This will help! On another subject, I feel like I take good care of my brushes, but lately I'm questioning if some things I'm doing, such as mixing my paints with my good brushes, are contributing to unnecessary wear and tear on them. I've never heard that we should use older brushes to mix paints until this video. I'm wondering if you would consider doing a video about how to keep our brushes in good condition? I only use water to clean them, I don't even know if that's correct. How do we get the tips of our round brushes to stay pointy? I think this type of video may be really beneficial to a lot of us, and you have such a wonderful way of teaching us! Thanks Ellen, I love your videos!

@paulinemegson8519 10 ай бұрын

Brushes should be stored, when dry, point up, in a jar or something. Do not do this when they’re wet because water will run back under the ferrule. You want to preserve those bristles and the brush tip at all costs, so every time you finish with them ensure they’re rinsed thoroughly, excess water removed and the points reshaped before being left to dry flat. That’s also why you don’t leave good watercolour bushes point down in the water….you’ll deform the point. You should be able to clean the brush sufficiently with plain water….some folk use soap but I find it’s REALLY hard to rinse out completely and any left in the hair will make it sticky and interfere with your paint so personally, water.You can also use a brush roll to store your brushes, tho I’d be inclined to use a brush cover as well if that’s what you choose. A brush cover is simply something that covers the hairs and protects them. I use plastic tubing that you can purchase at diy shops in different sizes. Remember the tube needs to fit the widest part of the brush, the shoulder, just above the head, and be cut long enough to totally cover the bristles when pushed home. If your brush tip needs reshaping, you can dip it into a dilute solution of gum Arabic, shape the tip then leave to dry for a few days. It’ll dry stiff…..just like in fact, it is when fresh from the factory, because that’s what they do before shipping. Gum Arabic is water soluable so will rinse out of the brush the next time you use it, but the hairs will hopefully have been trained and will keep their nice shape. As to mixing, yes you def should be using an older brush to mix with. Mixing is hard on a brush and they’re not cheap so it makes sense to not use good brushes to mix. I have a few old, tattered synthetic hog flats that I use for mixing(unless I get carried away during painting and I forget lol….c’est La vie I guess lol)

@love2create62 10 ай бұрын

@@paulinemegson8519 Thank you so much for going into so much detail for me, and giving me so much helpful information! I never leave my paintbrushes in water, and while they are drying, I have a contraption that allows them to hang upside down to air dry. I will try to remember to mix paints without using my good brushes! Thanks again!!

@DLeaMartens Жыл бұрын

Ok, ok I’ll mix my greens and take the tube greens off my pallet. More room for blues!

@theresebowen4877 Жыл бұрын

Great video and so helpful!

@OhJodi69 Жыл бұрын

Yellow and black can make some interesting greens, too. Tube greens can be useful as a starting point, like olive, sap, perylene, green-gold, or as a mixing color....but even these are rarely right straight from the tube. Everything needs a little push with some added color.

@gailliguori3037 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you for this!❤

@user-zb4nm8ef1t Жыл бұрын

Thank you green always seems to be a problem for me. I just kept buying tubes of different shades of green. I understand how to mix paints by watching your video.

@JR-br8du 25 күн бұрын

I buy olive green, sap green and Perlyene green. Those seem similar to what you are mixing I go thru a lot of sap green.

@lisaleonardtimm8421 Жыл бұрын

❤ SO HELPFUL!!

@Pattymelt415 Жыл бұрын

Bravo! Can you do one of these on browns?? ❤

@cheribarh3681 10 ай бұрын

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@teresawilson9530 Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks 😊

@LCLand 11 ай бұрын

I’ve actually seen that bright leaf green in nature. Go to a botanical garden you’ll see every shade. Except viridian 😆

@user-cv2bm6sj9g Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial Ellen. I'm taking a local in-person class on watercolor landscapes and this exercise will be very helpful in mixing the various greens I will need. I do have tubes of various shades of green - can, or do you ever mix tube greens with cad yellow or any other colors for foliage?

@marytesta3003 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I love greens. Do you mix larger amounts of your favorite blends and store them for larger works/future or do you just have an eye for it from experience?

@joulam860 Жыл бұрын

Hi Ellen, i love your channel! I saw the link for Saral graphite paper, can i use use it to tranfer my drawnings on watercolor paper? Thanks a lot!

@colleenmcchesney1482 Жыл бұрын

Definitely very helpful with learning how to mix greens. Would Sap green be a natural looking green? Also with the olive green, Viridian green & the third one that’s not natural, could you add more yellow or blue to make them a bit more natural looking?

@shirleygreaves9650 Жыл бұрын

Does mixing on the paper work for gouache as well? I’ve been water colouring for a while and only recently started gouache. Thanks for your great tutorials. X

@karabear19 Жыл бұрын

That’s funny because I can’t stand the greens I get by mixing them. I prefer to use a base green like pthalo green or hookers green and mix another color into that because I can get a huge variety of different greens from using those as my base. Earthy greens, desert greens, vibrant greens, deep greens, mossy greens, minty greens, you name it! But using blue and yellow limits me in the different kinds of greens I can get in comparison to using an unnatural green color for my base.

@LCLand 11 ай бұрын

I agree. Plus I thought Prussian wasn’t very lightfast

@macgurrl Жыл бұрын

I will never remember all of that since I have brain fog.

@duck782 11 ай бұрын

Take notes! That’s what I do! And then I re watch it.

@joeminton105 10 ай бұрын

Ok I'm not sure why water coffee and tea are considered different consistency. They are all water based no difference accept transparency. In my opinion it doesn't make sense. At least not to me, what am I missing. Now milk is thicker than water and cream even moreso. Then maybe right out the tube.