COLOR STUDIES

Get cozy and take a look around! This is a big (and sometimes overwhelming) category, so i’ll try to make it as helpful and interesting as possible. If you have specific questions about color that are not answered here yet, feel free to email me and ask!

Artist-grade Watercolor Swatches

Most popular watercolor brands offer samples of their pigments in the form of a dot card. This is a great way to test the full range of colors that they offer! (Keep in mind the dot cards only provide enough paint to test the color but not enough to adequately evaluate the pigment’s performance.)

***Click on the images below to see high-resolution scans of each brand.***

With watercolor especially, it is less about the color and more about the characteristics of a particular color. Learn to evaluate pigments by their characteristics and make more educated decisions when choosing a color for a palette or painting.

Paint Characteristics

I need to mix a specific color for my painting, but how do I begin? This can be one of the biggest challenges when painting with Watercolor as no two pigments are the same. Here are some of my methods to consistently achieve an accurate color mix.

Color Matching Help

Travel Palette

color theory

COLOR CHARTS: 10 STEP COLOR SEPARATION

In this video I share how I mix two colors in a 10 step process. Each color chart takes about an hour to complete but it is well worth the time and effort. Few have the patience to do this type of color study work, but if you really want to hone your pigment mixing skills, this is the best way to do that. With this practice, you’ll be able to instinctually mix any color just from looking at it.