The first time I started using watercolours(which was because of you 😄) I always mixed colours with black colour to get a darker colour and never got what I really wanted then I started mixing around different colours to see what can create a possible darker version and I was impressed by the result the complementary ones created! and yeah this video is really very helpful mako❤️ Also all your watercolour guides are honestly soo helpful. It has helped me in improving my art a lot!
I suddenly had an insight! It is satisfying because playing with colors is satisfying and when doing "normal" painting you are (at least I am) very focused on the result that needs to look good. "This house needs to look like a house, this face needs to look realistic" things like that. But when swatching, you can focus on the colors and nothing but the colors, and weren't the shiny colors why we went to watercolors in the first place? It is basically a straightforward way to enjoy one of the aspects of watercolor without the pressure of a recognizable end result.
I'm a tradition artist that doesn't use colour, and I've held back from painting for a long time since I'm scared of how daunting colors seemed to me. Thank you for this video, I'm excited to expand onto more art forms.
Happy Saturday! Are you struggling with mixing watercolors? This video and my free guide will help you instantly! Don't forget to download it here: makoccino.com/watercolor-mixing-guide ❤ Let me know how else I can help you!
makoccino you are a gift sent from heaven not only have you sparked my passion for watercolours but you’ve also given me boredom busters as I’ve been watching your old videos and being permanently bedbound at a young age has being hard for me I’ve had my hip joints removed so my legs aren’t attached properly and my bones break even when I’m completely still so I got so depressed and down but your videos have brought a ray of sunshine into my life now I’m always busy trying your techniques and reading your booklet. Thankyou so much Mako! Rachel x #makoficationsquad
Rachel & Pixie Rachel, I agree with you. Makoccino is great!. I pray that you are well. I just started painting. Actually I just got my paints today. I’m so excited to start. Happy painting!! God bless you! 🙏🏼
Thank you so much!! I recently picked up water coloring to relieve my stress from school and I have binged all video on you channel and it was the most helpful and I am looking forward to more videos!!! And once more thank you so much!!
Apparently, it helps to mix black with other colors as opposed to just using pure black so that it can fit your color scheme. Like, if your painting has a warmer color scheme, a warm black (black+red) will fit in instead of being overpowering.
@Aidan... Watercolor artist's say to mix your own black(s) instead of using black(s) out of the tube. The reason is that when you mix your own black the result is a vibrant color with beautiful depth. Because you are in control of which colors go into the black, you can choose to have it match your color scheme or use a complimentary color-based black, just as @Liza Mondragon suggested. The black from the tube is dead and lacking any kind of depth. It brings no life to the piece - it actually takes the life away. You can see this when you create a painting using black out of the tube and create a painting using your own mixed blacks. If you try this, use the same colors in each and, if possible, use the same image. Blacks are pretty easy to mix. If you're new to mixing your own blacks it helps to create a grid similar to Mako's one here. Use that to try out different colors, different bases and adding varying temperature colors to give you a cool black, a warm black or something in between. I hope that helps. God Bless!
When creating the actual chart I find it much clearer to use masking for the lines. After the colors are filled out and dry, take the masking off and voila!:
You are Still my color mixing Hero. Not only do you describe the process well and succinctly, but you clearly show how to make color charts. Bravo and thank you so much for educating us.
Thank you so much for sharing these amazing watercolour tips with us . I would love to see a video on watercolour pencils. I love the books that you create for us they are so helpful . Love you so much. ❤️😍
Seriously how can you discover so many things in just a few weeks??? If you were not in UA-cam,we wouldn't know that there is a genius named Makko in the world! You are the best! Love you 😍 💓 💙 💘 💕 💖 💜 👄
Oh my goodness, I just realized that I hadn’t subscribed to your channel!!!😮. You have been my teacher! I’m new at painting. I just got my paints today. tomorrow I’m starting. Thanks for your help! You are my go to for any question. YOU ARE GREAT!!!!
Omg! You are so heplful and beautiful.. I was so confused using my water colours, like for a year.. But after watching your video today I'm so sure that I'm going to improve.. I can't help but just looking at you.. Beautiful ❤
about CMY vs RYB, there is no set of primary colours that enable you to get every possible colour. I think printers use CMY because it gives a broader range of the colours people commonly print than RYB. However, using 6 primaries, viz warm/cool RYB, gives you a broader range than just one of each of RYB and helps overcome that limitation. Since C is pretty much warm blue, it would be interesting to see what range you get if you substitute M for cool red. Note printer's magenta is actually a strong pink, not a classical magenta. Classical magenta might be too cool to be useful as a primary and will probably give very muddy results.
Got your book and cheat sheet… gosh… took me an hour just to colour mix 4 (yellows and reds) with 10 others… must have taken ages for you to do that chart!
Very useful! I tended not to like the idea of using watercolour because I felt like I could never get the colour I want. This helps a lot, so thank you!
This helped so much! I get muddy colors very often, or the color will turn out completely different. Comparing the colors and dividing them by cool and warm makes so much sense, and this video is a perfect guide on how to do this. Thank you!
Some of the most popular and usable colors are made with black, including paynes grey, sepia, and indigo. These shades are so versatile that they are commonly chosen to produce single color paintings, hardly "dull and boring" . Stop villianizing black. It's just another color. Many people NEED subdued colors. It's also less pigments in a mix resulting in a purer color.. a mixed black adds a minimum of two pigments, more likely three if you are using a mixed secondary... so if you want to mix your own dark neutral from that you are looking at four to five pigments when you could get the same thing from two.
Thank you so much mako 😚 because I always struggle with watercolors especially when I am mixing the watercolors so it'll help me so much. May your dreams come true😘
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I saw your story in UA-cam before Few minutes ago and i was so curious to see this video , as a person who love to use watercolors and want to learn more about water colors i found that your channel so helpful and amazing I'm really so happy to see your channel I'll be waiting for your new videos and I'll be supporting you thank u for your amazing videos😍😍💜
Hi Mako! This video was really helpful for a beginner like me. Now I really know how to use watercolours properly without making a mess of everything. I am having trouble using charcoal and chalk pastels. We are doing an artist study of John Virtue at my school and my final result looks more like I've used pencil shading than charcoal and chalk pastels. So it would be great if you made a whole video dedicated to using charcoal and chalk pastels properly. Love you Mako! 💙💙
This was a great video upload I learnt a lot and that colour cheat sheet will come really in handy. Thankyou so much I’m planning to do a big watercolour painting for my mom when I’m home from hospital but it’s hard to get hold of watercolour canvases do you have any ideas? I finally saved up for the Schmincke Aqua Bronzes - 20ml - 5 Stunning Metallic Shades id really like to learn how to use them. I really love your show and can’t wait for your next tutorial. Take care. Rachel x
This is probably a stupid question, but when you scoop a paint, mix it in the mixing area, then scoop another paint to add to the mix, does that contaminate the second paint?
Arrr! I knew it would happen ... It all looked so simple until ... you mentioned staining colours! I'm putting brush to canvas in about an hour ... for the first time ever ... at 67 years young.
I used sakura koi with 48 colours on it. I wondering is tht really important to make a colour mixing chart when you have manny of colour in 1 pack watercolour? Thank you💕
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The first time I started using watercolours(which was because of you 😄) I always mixed colours with black colour to get a darker colour and never got what I really wanted then I started mixing around different colours to see what can create a possible darker version and I was impressed by the result the complementary ones created! and yeah this video is really very helpful mako❤️
Also all your watercolour guides are honestly soo helpful. It has helped me in improving my art a lot!
Thks ! Super helpful 👍🍺🍹
@@felixnieves1589 😄😊
Why is making swatches so incredibly satisfying 😁🥰
or even watching others swatch while you swatch!
I suddenly had an insight! It is satisfying because playing with colors is satisfying and when doing "normal" painting you are (at least I am) very focused on the result that needs to look good. "This house needs to look like a house, this face needs to look realistic" things like that. But when swatching, you can focus on the colors and nothing but the colors, and weren't the shiny colors why we went to watercolors in the first place? It is basically a straightforward way to enjoy one of the aspects of watercolor without the pressure of a recognizable end result.
@@KoenPrins Yes, I feel the same way. So effortless, open and relaxed 🌿☀️
Love that!
for me, its not since im so impatient and all of the colors mix together :(
This video and the "how to avoid muddy colors" video are basically one whole semester of the "Color theory" class in 20 min. Thanks
Link to muddy colours video?
I'm a tradition artist that doesn't use colour, and I've held back from painting for a long time since I'm scared of how daunting colors seemed to me. Thank you for this video, I'm excited to expand onto more art forms.
This video is from a while ago but I just wanted to point out that your hair is absolutely gorgeous wow
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Things I should have learnt in art class when I was 7 years old but now I learn from UA-cam. Thanks Mako for this video!
Your hair is a warm red and you're a cool match.
Always a pleasure learning from you.
Respect from South Africa
This video is definitely helpful especially when you only have primary colours. 😊
Yes! I love using limited palettes!
@@Makoccino thanks mako 😊💙
Happy Saturday! Are you struggling with mixing watercolors? This video and my free guide will help you instantly! Don't forget to download it here: makoccino.com/watercolor-mixing-guide ❤ Let me know how else I can help you!
Great video thank you so much for sharing this ❤❤👌👌👍👍👍
makoccino you are a gift sent from heaven not only have you sparked my passion for watercolours but you’ve also given me boredom busters as I’ve been watching your old videos and being permanently bedbound at a young age has being hard for me I’ve had my hip joints removed so my legs aren’t attached properly and my bones break even when I’m completely still so I got so depressed and down but your videos have brought a ray of sunshine into my life now I’m always busy trying your techniques and reading your booklet. Thankyou so much Mako! Rachel x #makoficationsquad
Thx you're such great help! I am starting watercolor and it is Soo much fun but I do struggle so I go straight to you I love you channel!!!❤️❤️❤️
Rachel & Pixie Rachel, I agree with you. Makoccino is great!. I pray that you are well. I just started painting. Actually I just got my paints today. I’m so excited to start. Happy painting!! God bless you! 🙏🏼
Thank youuuuu
Thank you so much!! I recently picked up water coloring to relieve my stress from school and I have binged all video on you channel and it was the most helpful and I am looking forward to more videos!!! And once more thank you so much!!
Can u please do a video on how we can use black ?
I’ve seen allot of ppl said that u should mix black with other colors
But i still don’t get it :(
Why do they say you need?
Apparently, it helps to mix black with other colors as opposed to just using pure black so that it can fit your color scheme. Like, if your painting has a warmer color scheme, a warm black (black+red) will fit in instead of being overpowering.
@@fluctuatingfanby Ahh I thought the question was why people say you should use premixed blacks instead of mixing them yourself!
@Aidan...
Watercolor artist's say to mix your own black(s) instead of using black(s) out of the tube. The reason is that when you mix your own black the result is a vibrant color with beautiful depth.
Because you are in control of which colors go into the black, you can choose to have it match your color scheme or use a complimentary color-based black, just as @Liza Mondragon suggested.
The black from the tube is dead and lacking any kind of depth. It brings no life to the piece - it actually takes the life away.
You can see this when you create a painting using black out of the tube and create a painting using your own mixed blacks. If you try this, use the same colors in each and, if possible, use the same image.
Blacks are pretty easy to mix. If you're new to mixing your own blacks it helps to create a grid similar to Mako's one here. Use that to try out different colors, different bases and adding varying temperature colors to give you a cool black, a warm black or something in between.
I hope that helps. God Bless!
Denise Stover wow thank you!, this really helps!
When creating the actual chart I find it much clearer to use masking for the lines. After the colors are filled out and dry, take the masking off and voila!:
I can’t stop watching watching and color mixing videos. Strangely this mixing Concept has always been instinctive for me, but I love these videos.
Why didnt i have you as art teacher back in school T^T
I wish I had found this video months ago. It would have saved me a ton of time. THANK YOU!
Graphing-color-chart-swatching..?? So GENIUS... I love it! You're brilliant!!😊 gonna do this with my mini travel pallete ... right now 😃💜💗💖💜
You are Still my color mixing Hero. Not only do you describe the process well and succinctly, but you clearly show how to make color charts. Bravo and thank you so much for educating us.
You’re sooooooo adorable I swear 💛💛💛
Aww haha 🙈
Hey awesome technique... Also lots of love from India...! Do hold a giveaway for us also in the near future..! Anyway ..lots of love 😍😍😍
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Very cool guides! Thanks!
Thank you, this video was so useful for me 🫶
I really did'nt know that complemantaries make each other darker, thank you so much mako!
My colors never come out how i want them to :(
The guide will help you :)
you'll know how to get the colors that you want with muscle memory, practise, knowledge, proper guidance, and most of all, being consistent
Play play play
Me either
It's not working
I'm sending a HUGE hug to you right now. You are the best watercolor teacher in the universe!!!
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i wish i found you when i was a student! you taught me more color theory through just 2 videos than my art teacher ever did!! THANK YOU. :D
I'm in art school and we do most of our work with cmy, it offer more vibrant colors and a wider range of color
Thank you so much for sharing these amazing watercolour tips with us . I would love to see a video on watercolour pencils. I love the books that you create for us they are so helpful . Love you so much. ❤️😍
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Seriously how can you discover so many things in just a few weeks??? If you were not in UA-cam,we wouldn't know that there is a genius named Makko in the world!
You are the best!
Love you 😍 💓 💙 💘 💕 💖 💜 👄
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Love this. Between this and the color mixing chart by Will Elliston I have learnt so much .Thanks.
Oh my goodness, I just realized that I hadn’t subscribed to your channel!!!😮. You have been my teacher! I’m new at painting. I just got my paints today. tomorrow I’m starting. Thanks for your help! You are my go to for any question. YOU ARE GREAT!!!!
No dislike! One of the only videos of the kind!!
Thank you Mako for this guide this will very helpful to me
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I was introduced to the split-primary color wheel about 10 years ago and have used that as the base for all of my color mixing adventures.
4:20 that is so satisfying
I wish these super easy ideas would be taught in school, I hated watercolors for decades before I actually learned what magic they can do
You are [AMAZING] I swear
You made your own WOW color check.
Amazing.👍👍
Omg! You are so heplful and beautiful..
I was so confused using my water colours, like for a year.. But after watching your video today I'm so sure that I'm going to improve..
I can't help but just looking at you.. Beautiful ❤
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I'm taking art gcse and I'm currently working on a watercolour piece, so this was perfect timing. Ilyyy ❤️
about CMY vs RYB, there is no set of primary colours that enable you to get every possible colour. I think printers use CMY because it gives a broader range of the colours people commonly print than RYB. However, using 6 primaries, viz warm/cool RYB, gives you a broader range than just one of each of RYB and helps overcome that limitation.
Since C is pretty much warm blue, it would be interesting to see what range you get if you substitute M for cool red. Note printer's magenta is actually a strong pink, not a classical magenta. Classical magenta might be too cool to be useful as a primary and will probably give very muddy results.
I love your channel your channel helped me be a very good child watercolour artist 😄
Got your book and cheat sheet… gosh… took me an hour just to colour mix 4 (yellows and reds) with 10 others… must have taken ages for you to do that chart!
This is actually very helpful because we r doing watercolours in school rn (to learn about colour mixing)
Very useful! I tended not to like the idea of using watercolour because I felt like I could never get the colour I want. This helps a lot, so thank you!
I love it!!!
Thank you for these tips. I made a northern lights color and sunset watercolor background for writing my goals for 2020! Happy new year!
The vedio is very good to learn!!
Thank you friend for your vedio .
You are master in painting!!!😊😊😊
You published this video on my birthday!
SO SWEET...
This helped so much! I get muddy colors very often, or the color will turn out completely different. Comparing the colors and dividing them by cool and warm makes so much sense, and this video is a perfect guide on how to do this. Thank you!
Some of the most popular and usable colors are made with black, including paynes grey, sepia, and indigo. These shades are so versatile that they are commonly chosen to produce single color paintings, hardly "dull and boring" . Stop villianizing black. It's just another color. Many people NEED subdued colors. It's also less pigments in a mix resulting in a purer color.. a mixed black adds a minimum of two pigments, more likely three if you are using a mixed secondary... so if you want to mix your own dark neutral from that you are looking at four to five pigments when you could get the same thing from two.
I love it
Thank you so much. Since I started watercolour painting, I m watching yours.
Thank you ☺️
Awesome video 😍
Love from Pakistan
Thank you so much mako 😚 because I always struggle with watercolors especially when I am mixing the watercolors so it'll help me so much. May your dreams come true😘
Mako your are looking very pretty......😘And this video is very helpful☺️
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Thank you for this video! I made a color mixing chart, and I am excited to paint more now that I can take the guesswork out of mixing. :-)
Thanks for making perfect a beginner like me
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Thanks for the information!
I saw your story in UA-cam before Few minutes ago and i was so curious to see this video , as a person who love to use watercolors and want to learn more about water colors i found that your channel so helpful and amazing I'm really so happy to see your channel I'll be waiting for your new videos and I'll be supporting you thank u for your amazing videos😍😍💜
FANTASTIC tutorial!!!! Thank you!
Hi Mako! This video was really helpful for a beginner like me. Now I really know how to use watercolours properly without making a mess of everything. I am having trouble using charcoal and chalk pastels. We are doing an artist study of John Virtue at my school and my final result looks more like I've used pencil shading than charcoal and chalk pastels. So it would be great if you made a whole video dedicated to using charcoal and chalk pastels properly. Love you Mako! 💙💙
Thank you for the guide! It is very useful for me since I suck at colors mixing.
Game changer! Thank you SO much for this info!
This was a great video upload I learnt a lot and that colour cheat sheet will come really in handy. Thankyou so much I’m planning to do a big watercolour painting for my mom when I’m home from hospital but it’s hard to get hold of watercolour canvases do you have any ideas? I finally saved up for the Schmincke Aqua Bronzes - 20ml - 5 Stunning Metallic Shades id really like to learn how to use them. I really love your show and can’t wait for your next tutorial. Take care. Rachel x
You are the best Art youtuber
I'm definitely going to have to make one of these charts. Very helpful, have an amazing day
This video is really useful!
Guide is really helpful guys, Go download it
I watching your video recently from Bangladesh.
I really Like ur Video because It is really helpful 🥺😘
This was an incredibly satisfying exercise to do. I kept going 'Oh wow! This colour mix is totally not what I expected it would turn out to be' :D
Thank you Makoccino! I'm getting into watercolors and this will definitely help me! 💜
Yayy!
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Superb u rock the floor
Thank you veru much for your videos, the water color sheet really helps me on mixing my colors , I've got so gorgeous colors , thank alot 🙏💕
Awesome tips🎉
Thank you so much mako for this video
Your videos are always so helpful 💛
This Video is so helpful, the colour chart helped me a lot while it was also fun to make it.😀
Love..your..videos😍😍..
This is probably a stupid question, but when you scoop a paint, mix it in the mixing area, then scoop another paint to add to the mix, does that contaminate the second paint?
Estoy practicando este ejercicio, es algo laborioso, pero lo estoy disfrutando mucho. Aprecio los vídeos que subes.
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Thank you very much !!! It's wonderful!!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much, I really needed this instructional video as all the other "mixing chart" video's I found were all assuming I knew what I was doing.
Need more such videos. You are basically my art teacher Mako😄
Wow. This is so helpful!!! 😍😍 brilliant video. 😍😍
your channel is awesome! Lots of love from Brazil🇧🇷
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Proud to be an artist.. 😃
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i love your hair colour 😍🔥
Aww thanks!
Thank you so much for your tips! Cheers from Brazil! :)
Arrr! I knew it would happen ... It all looked so simple until ... you mentioned staining colours! I'm putting brush to canvas in about an hour ... for the first time ever ... at 67 years young.
you are great...thank you so much ...
Thank you.
You're so great! Perfect thinking!🏅🖼🙂
Thanks for information mam💌
It's beautiful.
Hmm..I really should make one of those charts! 😅 Thank you for this video! 🥰
I used sakura koi with 48 colours on it. I wondering is tht really important to make a colour mixing chart when you have manny of colour in 1 pack watercolour? Thank you💕
Very helpful video😊..Thank you mako for sharing my pic😘😍😃😃