Mixing Neutral Grays in Watercolor

Mixing Neutral Grays in Watercolor | 3 Recipes

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🎨 Download all 12 neutral gray recipes at: studio.krisdebruine.com/12grays 🖌️
In this video I share my recipes for creating beautiful neutral gray colors in watercolor. The colors used in this video include:
French Ultramarine - Daniel Smith - PB29 - amzn.to/3S6aXzO
Burnt Umber - Daniel Smith - PBr7 - amzn.to/3k68RTQ
Indanthrone Blue - Daniel Smith - PB60 - amzn.to/3ElwLSf
Raw Sienna - Daniel Smith - PBr7 - amzn.to/4130cSW
Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) - Daniel Smith - PB15:3 - amzn.to/3IAlMai
Pyrrol Red - M. Graham - PR254 - amzn.to/418Ngen
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@KrisDeBruineStudio Жыл бұрын

Would you like my chart that includes all twelve recipes for mixing neutral grays? You can download it at: studio.krisdebruine.com/12grays Enjoy!!

@SR-vb2mw 12 күн бұрын

You’re a very kind and brave instructor to show your early work. Thank you.

@KrisDeBruineStudio 11 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@alisonhendry2928 7 күн бұрын

Oh I love the last comment! “ keep on growing in watercolour”. My new mantra and thing to share . Thank you. I love mixing greys, browns and blacks. I am going to try some of your recipes that I have not played with yet. 🎉

@KrisDeBruineStudio 4 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. Every time I pick up a brush and paint I feel like I'm growing!!

@jamesekdahl2178 3 күн бұрын

Kris, this video was most helpful! I have learned much from you. Appreciate your work. Thanks

@KrisDeBruineStudio Күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@raymondli3173 9 күн бұрын

This is a great topic, thanks for explaining the importance of grey. The recipes of grey are just handy. Indeed master the art of grey will greatly enhance the outcome. Grey painter like Joseph Zbukvic has a great proportion of his paintings are just grey. Not just grey but clever mix of different shapes of grey.

@KrisDeBruineStudio 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@appleknocker56 Ай бұрын

Thank you for a better way to get your neutrals! Know adding more blue will make it cooler but have gotten some strange grey’s & want to learn how to mix (not super bright) rocks in grays! This chart helps so much!

@KrisDeBruineStudio Ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching

@89Anamarie Жыл бұрын

The moment you referred to nature as creation, I subscribed. Thank you for bringing some warmth to my heart, and providing great color mixing information. ❤

@KrisDeBruineStudio Жыл бұрын

❤️

@davidschonberger8609 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this excellent video, Kris! Jeanne Dobie, author of 'Making Colors Sing' calls these 'mouse colors.' She echoes your point: a well placed gem of highly pigmented color truly shines brightest when set against an unassuming, glowing gray. She even presents an exercise in chapter 2 dealing with this very idea. Start with three transparent primaries, so that the grays are luminous - e.g. Cobalt blue, Aureolin yellow and Rose Madder Genuine. Prepare 6 different grays with biases ranging through blue, purple, rose, brown, yellow and green. Then on each gray, drop in a complementary gem of a vibrant tube color, e.g. viridian on the rose-gray or a quin. magenta on the green-gray. Note that she also strongly advises that we avoid using opaque or semi-opaque colors to mix grays since those too easily become dull and lifeless.

@KrisDeBruineStudio 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this insightful comment. I haven't read her book, but I have certainly heard of it. Thanks.

@edzejandehaan9265 12 күн бұрын

My most used neutral grey (but leaning a bit to the warmer side) is ultramarine blue and burned sienna.

@KrisDeBruineStudio 11 күн бұрын

Yes. That is a classic recipe. I think the masters -- like Rembrandt -- used that as well. You're in good company! :-)

@Lauraisabelgonzalezart Жыл бұрын

Currently doing this with my Renesans Polska paints and I'm enjoying all the wonderful surprises I'm seeing on my paper! Thank You Kris!

@KrisDeBruineStudio Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome. Thanks for watching. I completely agree with your word choice -- mixing neutrals is truly a process that is full of "wonderful surprises!" Have a great day!!

@Jean-Christophe-J 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. very useful. Regards from Brittany-France.

@KrisDeBruineStudio 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching

@grigsbydonna331 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very informative lesson. I'm off to make neutrals.

@KrisDeBruineStudio Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to have you watching and commenting Donna. Have fun with the neutrals.

@lindaohrn8946 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Kris, so well explained, making it so more easy to understand. Now I´m eager to try it out myself! I took you to my heart immediately (I dont normally do that with videos on youtube) , such a lovely and kind person you are, helping others in this way. You have wonderful feelings inside of you, and they show in your face and makes you caring and beautiful. More people like you to this world and the wars would end!! Thanks again from Sweden! I will check out your channel now.

@KrisDeBruineStudio 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind remarks. And I'm glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching and for sharing. :-)

@van_creative 7 ай бұрын

Love this channel. Thanks so much for explaining how to achieve different neutral grays

@KrisDeBruineStudio 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

@whatifitnt 4 ай бұрын

Thank You, Kris 💝This is so helpful ❤

@KrisDeBruineStudio 4 ай бұрын

No problem. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@windywednesday4166 Жыл бұрын

Perfect. I'm new to watercolor and finding that it's more helpful to have my charts organized this way than one huge chart with all the color combinations. This will be very helpful 🙂

@KrisDeBruineStudio Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear you found it helpful. In each sample, I placed the cool blue or green on the right...and its complement on the left. I like organization too! :-)

@windywednesday4166 Жыл бұрын

@Kris DeBruine Studio LOL, I just went back and checked. I noticed that you did that, but I hadn't thought of it in those terms. Very nice! Organization is the antidote to chaos.

@GratefulDeb270 Жыл бұрын

Lovely! Ty ❤

@KrisDeBruineStudio Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@garyweybright3227 Жыл бұрын

Ahhh good to see this combination of greys. I’m a firm believer in learning my colors by their pigment names, it helps so much when shopping for new colors or buying from a new brand you may be unfamiliar with. ClaudiaSJI

@KrisDeBruineStudio Жыл бұрын

I completely agree. I feel like I am more confident with my color mixes when I am really familiar with the paints and the pigments that they are made from. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment.