Color Mixing Lesson | How to Paint a Color Chart!
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- In this watercolor technique video, I show you how to paint a color chart and teach why it's a useful technique to practice. Subscribe for more videos like this, smash the “Like” button if you enjoyed, and leave a comment if you have any questions or feedback!
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Jenna Rainey I like the blue and red combos!!
The 3rd combination in the first set was just fabulous. The opera rose with a little yellow. 🤤
Love all of the leaf greens in the lemon yellow deep and dap green, but especially love the water colors that I got from the yellow and Cobalt turquoise. What a great exercise in color mixing. Thanks again Jenna, you inspire me!
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It's difficult to choose just one...but, I think I'm in love with the middle value of Lemon Yellow Deep/Cobalt Blue. 🤌🏻
I was definitely one of those people who didn't want to "waste" my supplies, I didn't experiment, I didn't color mix, I didn't try new things, and I was afraid to mess up a project. Once I realized that never using my supplies was truly the biggest waste I began experimenting, learning, and progressing super quick!
That's great, Amanda! I know, it can take jumping off the deep end and just going for it, but when you do, it's so rewarding and fun!
Amanda Wiley so true Amanda!!! I started using my arches paper for practicing ! And my technique improved immediately!!!
This post could be written by me.
Hello, I’m just starting my channel about Color swatching and your message stimulate me to go on. I understand you because the art supplies are normally expensive and this is why I start my channel.
Thank you Amanda and thank you Jenna for this great experience!! 😄
That's exactly where I am now 😔
So glad I found your channel! I am 75 years young and wanting to start watercolor for ages! The pandemic pushed me, and I am so encouraged by your approach. I downloaded your Floral E Book, thank you.
I can relate to your experience exactly, Melinda. I'm nearly 75, the lockdown has given me the final push and now the watercolor is part of my life. 😍
I am just getting started at 67! I have been thrust into being Jacl of All trades just after I retired as my husband was diagnosed with cancer, and the a second cancer, and now while cancer free he has many complications due to his first surgery...so now, I am finally putting me in the front line and chose this art form, love that it "mixes with water" 😆 ! Just got my recommended brushes today and waiting on a palette pan and paper... I did order a set of clors and so am just going to begin filling in the chart that came with the set! I don't have favorites yet!
I really really enjoyed this exercise, so I decided to make myself an "easy button:" I used pencil to draw the 3 x 5 square pattern on one of those thin plastic cutting boards, then cut out the 15 little squares with an exacto knife. Now it works like a stencil! It will be easy to do 1-2 color charts every evening - can't wait to get started! :-)
That is a fantastic idea! I think I will do this!
Great idea! Thanks
Absolutely love your humour… 😂❤ and your teaching …
Wow! Everything about this girl is beautiful.
I’m new to watercolors. The warm and cool cup of waters is going to be a game changer for me. I kept giving up. Thanks
I loved how the color chart made tangible the meanings of a Color's Hue vs. Color Values; hear that sound? that's me smacking myself in the forehead! Also, I loved the colors you got by mixing Opera Rose and Scarlet Lake ; perfect shades for a Ruby throated humming bird -- it's makes me think of a Chinese red -- that sort of blaze red orange that I see in my mind & can now mix for myself! Thank you so much!
Glad I am not the only one who loves colored squares!
Fascinated by this and can't wait to make a start with umbers and reds. My favourite of yours is the sweet pea colours, opera rose with cobalt. Last week I dug out my daughter's old paints and was horrified to see what a mess she had left them in - spent ages cleaning them up ... now I feel a right nitwit! Especially as she went on to get a first class honours degree in fine art & I'm just her old mum starting out with your lessons for beginners! Lesson 1: Mess up your paints to look like you know what you're doing but treat your paintbrushes like priceless treasures :) Thank you for a really valuable tutorial, one which gives you something to hang on the wall too!
Haha, love reading this Susan and LOVE the excitement you have for watercolor!
I love how she says it’s “an excitement not an equation” 😭👏🏼gives me so much hope as a non-artist or type a perfectionist
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Recently discovered you. I loved this tutorial. I'm just now getting back into watercolor after 30 years and this is just what I needed. I had so much fun doing my first color study and can't wait to do another one. Thank you!
So glad you're loving my videos! Happy painting, Carolyn! ❤️
I’ve tried to make these so many times and I’m always disappointed. I’m happy you’re showing us your process.
Hope this helps!! xoxo
As a type A, this hits ALLLLL the boxes 🤤 and I will definitely be trying this on days I have no inspiration but still want to paint. Also, found your Everyday Watercolor book at my library so I for sure brought that treasure home. Shout out to Emma Lefebvre for throwing your name around once or twice. 😍
This is such a great way to see how colors mix and to see how lighter values work with the water. I am going to make this chart. This lesson really shows me what I don't know about mixing color. Thanks for sharing this video.
This is by far the best color chart method I've seen. Thanks Jenna! Love how it enables me to learn about values and color mixing potential of my paints all at once. I'm going to follow your suggestion and do this for all my colors. For all the people who don't want to spend time drawing a lot of squares or are not fans of using rulers (*cough cough*), I'd suggest making the swatches in circles!
Thank you SO much for sharing, Valentina!
Excellent Video! Just starting with watercolors while in quarantine. I am a textile artist(self-taught) and always wanted to paint...so here I am. I am big on making charts, so this is a VERY valuable tool for me. THANK YOU!!
You're so welcome, Alicia! ❤️
I love water colour painting.. it seems very close to how nature would have painted it.. I am so happy I found your channel.. love how you underline the important stuff with more details.
Loved creating my Colour Study Chart. Favourite combo Lemon Yellow/Phthalo Blue. Thanks
Inches are very very fine with this Brit... I am a newbie to watercolour.... Loving learning a new skill... Loved this colour chart. Thank you.
I love that you're having fun learning this new skill!!! I hope my videos continue to teach and inspire you. Thanks for watching and commenting! ❤️
I'm so glad I found you. I appreciate you and so many ways. You crack me up all the time, love that you are being yourself. Makes your videos real and enjoyable to watch. Kudos to you and your husband for the professional videos that don't have me ever skipping through. Muaahh
TIPS FOR A4 SHEET AND CM: A4 sheet is 28cmx21cm; split the sheet in four rectangles of 14cmx10.5cm. To obtain 3x5 (15) squares then proceed as follows: 1) split the biggest side of each rectangles (14 cm) with this sequence: 1cm-2cm-0.5cm-2cm-0.5cm-2cm-0.5cm-2cm-0.5cm-2cm-1cm; 2) split the smallest side of each rectangle (10.5cm) with this sequence: 1cm-2m-1cm-2m-1cm-2m-1.5cm. Use pencil HB to draw this scheme and then make it light with a kneadable eraser before proceeding with watercolor.
That cobalt blue and lemon deep was the best turquoise mix I've seen and it wasn't even during my how to mix turquoise rabbit hole!
I love this because by go to doodle in high school was checkerboard. So now I can have squares and a color board! Thanks, Jenna. Your tutorials are so fun to watch.
Great idea Jenna!! My fav box was the Lemon Yellow Deep and PhthaloBlue… that turquoise was delectable.. 🤩🥰😂😃
thank you, spent the whole saturday painting color charts, so meditative :)
I loved this exercise. I was so informative and relaxing. I will do more!
Loved the British accent! Greetings from North Lincolnshire, UK 🇬🇧. Doing my swatches as we speak!!
haha, I forget that I do those things sometimes, makes me LOL when I get these comments. Have fun with those color swatches!
I’m buying your book (Watercolour in 30 days) TONIGHT! You’re a great 👍🏼 teacher, I’m a teacher, so I know! Thank you for making watercolour accessible to me, someone who can’t draw to save their life ! Plus I love ❤️ your personality! Thank you! Merci 🙏 p.s. I might cave and buy your second book also!
Also, you’re hilarious 😂
Aw thank you so much for the love and support!!! I really appreciate you!
Finally got around to trying this, was fun mixing the colours n discovered some lovely peach tones. Thanks for being so natural when you teach, love that about you.
Thanks for sharing and for the encouragement! Much appreciated!
The colors are so beautiful! Loved this tutorial!
Wonderful advise. Done the color wheel already. Will do the color chart next. Thx.
I can hardly wait for my watercolors to arrive. This looks like so much fun. Thank you
I learned a lot and also love your sense of humor!! at the beginning!!
I did this and it was actually really informative and relaxing! Now I’m binge watching your channel and loving it.
This makes my heart warm, Brittany! Glad you're loving the channel!
@@JennaRaineyChannel Do you currently teach online class or is that a future project? I am really interested in learning more from you. Your so down to earth and easy going. so my style for painting.
I love your intro brightens the day😂😂😂
Making this colour chart was so satisfying!
Loved this exercise. Loved the more subtle hues from Permanent Rose and Cerulean Blue and the Lemon Yellows and Viridian Green, then Hookers Green and Turquoise. Even Lemon Yellow and Ultra Marine gave me much more interesting green than pure pigment. I loved this so much, I'm going to do another chart - and I hate the tedium of drawing the chart!!
I revisit these types of your videos frequently. They honestly are changing my painting practice immensely! Would love to hear more about how you are thinking about color theory these days!
Thanks Jenna for all your videos.
This is a great idea. I'm brand new to watercolouring (it's my quarrantine hobby!) and have a brand new paint palette. I'll definitely make up some swatches to help me get a feel for how my colours blend together.
Hey Sarah! Great hobby to pick up, I love hearing that. Have so much fun! This chart is so helpful to see what kind of colors you can get from your palette. Enjoy!
LOVED this exercise. It really helped me to get to know my pallette so much better and really looks pretty. Thank you for another very informative video
Mixing colors is so fun. You’re really good at coloring in the squares 😊
Mixing colors is like one of my favorite things! xoxo
Finally go to do this. It is amazing to learn about colours and combinations. Thank you so much. Also, your podcasts are amazing! I still have a couple to go but I just wanted to say they are so positive and informative. And yes, definitely 5 ****** content
Color charts are the BEST for learning colors and getting new, vibrant colors you didn't know you had! And thank you SO MUCH for listening to the new podcast and for leaving a 5 star! That means the world to me, thank you. xoxo
I just started watercolor painting, I had so much fun doing this exercise!! It's a great way to start painting and exploring color with no expectations. Love your videos, super inspiring ❤️
Amazing tutorial. Excellent to don't be afraid about colors, water and mixing them confidently. I am going to make my own chart fearless (well, more or less fearless 😅).
My favourite colour was with the blues and yellow... I love green! Those greens were wonderful... The deeper greens in the patriarch out were so delightful to me... I got excited to try out what I have. I have Windsor and Newton 24 half pan set. I need to expand my paints, but yes, yes, yes, they are costly... But I am convinced the purchases will be well worth the expense. ... I have water colour pencils I will try out this way too...
What is it called when the colours separate when dried.. It's so pretty, I love that effect.
Hey Vanessa! So glad you enjoyed the video! Some pigments are granulating pigments and separate more easily than others, but as for a specific term, I'm not sure! Color separation? Haha! I don't know if there's a technical term for that. Maybe...??
This actually worked for me! I did a whole chart with opera rose !.. Thanks a ton..going to do one with each color 🙂🙂❤
You're so welcome! ❤️❤️
I need to find the courage to do this...I have watched alot of videos of chart colors and I have to admit that yours is not boring like others....I really like the way you are doing this....I will definitly find some time to do this, It is worth it, I Know!!! Thank you for your videos!!!!! 🙏🖼🎨🖌📏📊
hank you for doing these videos - I am learning so much! I just wish my art lessons at school had been so informative and fun and friendly!
you are super approachable . I have learned a lot... I am canadian.... and i dont have an accent lol.
but thank you forgiving us your knowledge.
thank you.
So much fun and I finally get how it all works now! Thank you!
Awesome!
This is an excellent way to see what pigments you have access to, you've inspired me to make swatches! Thank you.
Yay! Enjoy making those color swatches!
I love this. Thank you. ❤
I can’t wait to try this!! Thank you!
Nailed that British accent Jenna! 😂 you would it right in here 😜
Hahahahah. Well thank you! xoxo
Omg ! Your hilarious 😂 My new favorite instructor 💜
loving the crazyness
When we’re expecting I would love to do a version of those with all pinks and warm colors, frame it and hang it in the baby room 💕💕
Oh man, I discovered a lot of fun colors :) I like some of the combos using Naples Yellow and Prussian Blue, Naples Yellow and Cerulean Blue, and during my "let's discover different orange shades using my different red and yellows" project, I really only discovered one orange, which is Lemon Yellow and Scarlet together. But there are lots of pretty colors on the page...just not many oranges ;) But hey, not a waste! Lots of other fun colors, like the mid tier of Lemon Yellow and Crimson Red. By the way, I'm a STRONG type A person...so I appreciate the organization of combining colors...and also find it somewhat relaxing, and I feel creative...even though I'm not really (and not artistic). Lol. Thanks for letting me join you in this journey, and for all your instruction! I've watched many of your videos.
Thanks for letting me in to your color journey, Christie!! I appreciate your feedback and the support you give my channel!
Thanks Jenny really enjoyed getting back to basics!
You make color theory so interesting
This is soo much fun 😍 by just watching. .. I'm thinking how much I will love n enjoy doing this
Have so much fun painting the chart when you get the chance!
Thank you 🌹
What a great video! Patience Yes but you broke it down and now it seems less intimidating. Actually looking a little like fun, Thanks!
Yay! I've been waiting for this video since the longest time! Thank you😊
Yay!!
Just finished a ten-set colour chart and yea verily it was fun and produced pretty results, learnt a lot. In addition to your eight sets I had room to do one lemon to viridian (some lovely cool greens resulted) and then went mad & tried lemon to royal purple! It produced some lovely rich browns and delicate sepias so well worth the experiment.
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing Susan! ❤️
I really Loved this video!!! and the way you teach. Learned a lot about color combo's. The favorite combo I made was sap green/ prussian blue. Thank you very much, looking forward to your other video's!
Awesome! Thank you for sharing your kindness Anita! ❤️❤️
Love this. I’ve been watching your excellent videos/tutorials to give me confidence to try watercolour during lockdown . Thank you so much for all your inspiration. 🥰🌈
You are so welcome!
great tutorial Jenna, thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thank you, Erin, for watching!
HELP!!! What pencil do you use for your grids? You are the most entertaining you-tube-artist-instructor! You have obviously studied art and are willing to share it, that's amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am so excited to try out my new Daniel Smith 5 color set, that are coming today, and his 235 dots!!! What kind of a pencil should I use? What kind did you use in this video? I am scared to waste my first expensive paper!! Do you have a custom grid that makes the 3x5 grids or do you truly use a ruler? You are the best! Keep you goofy- confident personality- it makes your extreme talent fun and relatable!!!🤗🥰 please suggestions on my DS colors to blend...😊
Using Jane Davenport watercolors and love mixing Raven (black) with pretty much everything 🌞
Awesome, thanks for sharing Stephanie!
Brit here, "How does it convert?" Ha ha! love the accent. Love your channel btw Jenna. Keep the great content coming.
LOL! Glad you liked that, haha. ❤️
As a beginner, I love the color chart I created and refer to it a lot. I'd especially love to learn how to create lots of different shades of Green so I thought I'd create another study chart on the reverse side of this chart! If you were going to do a Color Study Chart for greens what colors would you experiment with besides, or in addition to the blues we have in this chart? Any help is appreciated bc paper is so expensive I'd love some guidance. Thanks
That was so interesting! Thank you Jenna! I am excited to try it and learn more colour theory!
I am going to try this
Do it! 😊
OMGosh! I just put some yellow in my pink..... this is very hard for me LOL I love your tutorials. thanks. I am really strugglng here, but I AM GOING TO ACCOMPLISH WATERCOLOR.
That’s the spirit!! You got this! Enjoy the process!
Hi Jenna. Love your videos. Just wondering how to download your Watercolor E-Book please. It looks so helpful!
loved this video
Newbie here. I am going to start one today! If I have tubes, can I just mix them on a palette by adding a little more of the second color as I go?
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Love the idea it is very nice but you will see how much it improvemet you can make
So happy about this! 😍😍😍
I'm happy you're happy. :)
I'm so glad I found your channel! I've been struggling...I think this exercise is going to help me so much. Thank you for this video and of course I subscribed. Sara
Hey Sara!! I'm so glad you found my channel too and I do hope that these videos help you through your watercolor struggles! I totally believe in you and am confident you'll get better with each time you practice! ❤️
Ah, so very helpful! Thank you. I am inspired to do some charts now. The measuring always put me off.
Ya, I hate the measuring and math too, haha, but color charts get really fun when you get into 'em!
No body shaming! Love yourself, love your love handles. You're beautiful... Own it!
Really good and informative video. I find this chart technique to be great help in future while creating a specific color in future drawings. Also seeing all those shades of colors was really pleasant to watch. Also these swatch practice is helpful with light colors as sometimes adding white to a color has proven disastrous for me in past. So that's a big pro that I see in this video. Video was excellent however I did miss the loose watercolor technique of yours where brush just glides over the paper to create a beautiful piece of art. Keep up the good work Jenna :D
I am SO glad you got so much out of this, Ace, thanks so much for sharing and thanks for watching! :)
Block rectangle or colour card are 3 inches across x 4 1/4 inches deep. Metric: squares are about 20mm with 3mm gaps. Rectangles are 66mm across x 112mm deep to the nearest easily measured amount 112mm is about 4 1/2 inches so works out just a little larger. It's easier to measure squares as 20mm rather than 18mm square. Less maths! Love the mixing concept. There are more options with a typical 12 colour sketching palette. Using postcards with a holepunch in one corner to tie them together with a tag is an easy organisation method. With a split primary palette alone is (I think!) 15 rectangles!
Very helpful! Thank you. I look forward to trying this out.
Have fun painting the color chart, Ashley!
I absolutely LOVE your channel! I will be trying this exercise today. I was drawn to the blue painting in the back- do you have a tutorial that shows how to make something like that??
Opera rose and lemon yellow deep. Swoon!
Right?!
no love handles Jenna you lovely and fun keep being silly more of thats needed
I’ve tried this out and loved how each box is a surprise. Are there any colours which you wouldn’t do this with. I don’t want to end up with a block of muddy browns.
LOVED this video 😍
Aw thanks Stacey! SO glad you loved it!
Ohhhh no! Dooooon‘t do this 😱😱😱😱 I am a heeeaaavy type A! My pallet is heavily used. Looks like new but with deep dimples. Thanks for trying pushing me to a bit of B. But I can‘t. I‘m mixing all of the colors on a separate pallet
Hello Jenna.. Thanks for the wonderful classes. My wonder is how you got the one color to another with only 3 squares in between? Every time I try to go from pink to deep orange, It's taking me 5 to 7 squares in between each pure hue. The value changes from each color with your quick flick is easy.... Just getting the hue change to happen in less boxes is a big challenge. Any tips? Thanks my favorite Professor Jenna ;) Yes... you are my Watercolor Coach now. Hehehhe Have a great weekend.
Haha, aw, I'm glad to be your watercolor coach! It really just comes down to how much pigment I am washing off in the water in between swatches. You may need to swipe just a little bit more if you want less squares!
@@JennaRaineyChannel Oh ok. Thank you. I will try again and keep practicing. This practice will help me move along in your book, since you use this technique from the get go.
Amazing... thank you
Thanks for watching!!
ColorFULL
“How does it convert?” LOLLLLL hilarious!
Hahaha LOLZ
Brilliant attempt at the British accent... don't worry, I'm not offended 🤭 Can I please ask if you have a template and tutorial on making a colour wheel that you showed on your live video this week 🎨🖌