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Practical Colors Tutorial by ~leftyfro:iconleftyfro:

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Practical Traditional Paint Color Mixing Tutorial

I made this with my watercolors, but it can be used as a guide for acrylic paints and oil paints.

I had a very hard time with watercolors for a very long time. When I started reading websites and books on some color mixing techniques, it started to click. This is my small contribution to the community that will hopefully be of some value.

Update 28-10-07
Tweaked some readability issues
Gave some suggestions on other common names for the paints I recommended
Added a mini description on how to mix color progression samples

Additional Resources
New to watercolors? Check out this news article for some great dA resources.
handprint - an exhaustive watercolor resource
Don't know the names of your colors? try these steps and discover the perfect mix of your colors.

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EDIT OMG a DD?! I am honored that =IBinsanity and ^bleedsopretty felt this would be valuable to share in this manner.
Daily Deviation, 2007-10-23

Daily DeviationIt seems on dA that people who want to learn painting can be overwhelmed with tutorials that presume a foreknowledge of colour theory, and most of the colour theory tutorials on dA are very technical. Practical Colors Tutorial by *leftyfro assumes no previous learning - it's nice, simple, basic, and very in-depth, teaching how to mix any colour that the average painting student would ever need. (Suggested by `IBinsanity and Featured by `bleedsopretty)

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~Anelis:iconAnelis: Oct 18, 2007, 11:36:35 PM
very useful , thanx!

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~Cannibal-Kabiki:iconCannibal-Kabiki: Oct 19, 2007, 12:15:08 AM
That was so helpful... You have NO idea.

I wish I still had my watercolors now!!!

I think I'll go out and buy some new ones!

Thankyouthankyouthankyouuuu!
Mood: Love *tir-ri:icontir-ri: Oct 19, 2007, 3:51:29 AM
Very nice, very nice and very helpful to many I'm sure! :thumbsup:
~gribouil:icongribouil: Oct 19, 2007, 4:53:35 AM
Juste one thing to say: Thank you!
It'll be helpfull ^_^

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~AestheticDevil:iconAestheticDevil: Oct 19, 2007, 5:34:51 AM
Looks incredibly useful so far! I'll have a closer look at it when I get a chance.

Problem with my little color set; 12 basic colors and no names. ^^
=BiggCaZ:iconBiggCaZ: Oct 19, 2007, 8:13:44 AM
Definitely something to keep in mind. Thank you, miss.

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=usartdude:iconusartdude: Oct 19, 2007, 10:05:18 AM
Nice tutorial...thanks for sharing!

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~clelanjh:iconclelanjh: Oct 19, 2007, 12:39:12 PM
I read the first few steps and ran out of time. I can't wait to read the rest and apply it.

Faved of course.

Thank you.
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