I’ve just been blessed with the discovery of your channel! You are my new guru. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and talents with us. I look so forward to learning and growing under your guidance. You have given me back my desire to paint again. Artist to artist, I know you know how much that means to my heart and soul. I can only move forward in my art to fully honour your gift to me, and with your guidance I hope to make both our hearts sing. Your name and gift will always be spoken of with gratitude. ❤️🙏
I never thought of mixed colors as “recipes”. I’m new to watercolor but I’ve done mixing charts but didn’t think of organizing as I would actual recipes. This makes more sense to me. I believe I can organize on smaller cards and actually be able to find them. This may sound silly but it just makes it easier for me to keep colors organized. Thank you for this. ❤
what a good exercise - When I started with watercolor last year I did this exercise.- on sketch book paper. This year I did this exercise on Bockingford 300gsm - What a big difference!
What I found most useful was the bit about which color was stronger. It will definitely help in the future not to waste so much color when mixing. Thank you.
I find your videos so helpful, I find it difficult to retain information but I just keep going back to them. Thank you Michele for sharing your knowledge
Just saw this episode. My recipe for 'buff': Chinese White and add a little medium yellow and cobalt blue. You can vary it by the amount of yellow and blue you use.
Thank you Michele for such concise and clear mixing instructions. I've struggled with apple green for years! Obviously using the "wrong" yellows and blues. My next stop is your video on getting more natural greens from greens in the paint box. Your description of strong and weak colours was very helpful, and will save me gallons of paint. Thank you for your wonderful tutorials.
Thanks Michele. My favorite brown is raw umber. It mixes to many browns so nicely. But I cannot live without burnt sienna. Adjusting the yellow ochre and a good granular ultramarine can get a result very close to Daniel Smith Undersea Green without the hefty price tag. I still mostly work from a split primary pallet with a couple earth tones and Paynes grey. Since I don't do a lot of botanicals 😉😆💜
One of my fellow pigment addicts/handmade paint artists, sent me isoindole yellow PY139 last month..she had gushed about the mixing capabilities, including beautiful, natural greens. Imagine my shock when I got what appeared to be an almost fluorescent ORANGE! I had my doubts! BUT, she was right and it’s now one of my favorite mixers! I also like my original PO49 for vibrant, natural greens. My only issue is depending on how and how well you mix it, you can end up with a very yellow halo after it dries. It’s not as bad as the much stronger yellow halo you get with the new Quin Gold mixes. I know some, like my daughter, mixes it specifically for the halo effect-I’m just not a fan in most paintings.
I'm a beginner and just want to have fun. There are times I wish I had more color choices. I'll have to check out more of your videos. I like the grey. Thank you!
I love trying new colours too and having fun. The Paynes Grey is gorgeous, and I love putting it on shadows on my still life to make shadows more more beautiful. I've been learning watercolours since lockdown in March in the UK and I have already made a simple colour palette so I can pick any one I need. It maybe worthwhile having a bit of fun and learning how to make different paint pigments from natural materials, perhaps from your own locality which is a fun adventure. Egg Tempera which was used a lot in the olden days is easy to make and is used as a binder, plenty of YT videos on to make it. So, in addition to my WC colours, I want to learn to paint from natural pigments which can be cheaper too. I think you can make your own yellow ochre too if you are in the right area for it which is cool. It make take a bit of time to make and you need a mask to make them as you have to grind them on a rock/pestle really really well. Distilled malt vinegar makes the pigment last longer too. Sorry to start you on a colour exploration addiction lol
I played around with my water color pencils (since I have such a huge variety of colors!) And I made the grey out of Caran D'Ache Burnt Umber and Faber Castell Indigo. Made a lovely grey!. Most Burnt sienna's that I have either in watercolor or pencils are not as reddish as the one that you showed here. I love that you showed us a nice grey since I would not have thought of that!
Off topic: Another thing I would like to learn is how to do shiny puddles on roads. I was inspired by walking up Old Bond Street at night the other day, and the road was sparkly with the rain and the lights and the old buildings and jewellery shops sparking as well. Just the sparkle on the roads with the lights was fantastic, it was like walking on glitter.
Love your color mixing videos. I always see something new to try! As a chemist, cant let the pronunciation go by. It’s di-aryl-ide. Not Dairy-lide. There are no cows here. Also not pronounced like a journal that you write in. Pronounced more or less like dye-AIR-ul-eyed, it describes the chemical structure - 2 (di) aryl amides connected into a symmetrical structure. TMI, I know...
Thanks for sharing these 6 color mixes. I am still working at my mixing colors. I have started out with being lazy and sticking with my favorite colors in tubes to make my own palette. I was surprised by the 2 colors that made the concrete shade.
You probably already know that but I realized that is you should out like the Roomba or burnt number that you're using there That you reveal the A tent of what other color is in it like it reveals that it has yellow in ITIT's leaning towards the yellow and then the pains gray as it shades out it leans towards the blue
@Andro mache Yes there is a fabulous raffle and we give out virtual prizes and virtual hugs for being a nice human being. Not sure if you would qualify.
@Andro mache It was the 'like you' that caused natasha to get hissy. 'Like you' made it personal. If you had said; why do people put 'first' in comments, then it would have been just a question. As Michele said, in the larger channels, with 1000+ comments in negative 15 minutes, it's the hope your comment will actually get seen. I've never done it, but I think you post 'first' to get up, then edit it with a witty comment later. I once posted a comment at 1,600+ comments, with actually needed information for people. I got 100 likes in a month, so it got seen, but not nearly as much as it needed to be.
@Andro mache cool, you used you, second person plural. I will look out for that usage in future posts. Your question has now been answered, too. Have a good day, mate.
I think any of these new interesting watercolours, I will have them on my Christmas Wishlist, so I have something to look forward to. I still want to practice with the watercolours I have got at the moment. The guy at Cass Arts in London, said he learned more from art UA-camrs than on his Art Degree course. I taught him about Brusho and he had to google to find out what it was.
How interesting! To be honest, many degree courses don't teach watercolours at all, I have had people in my classes far more qualified than me who have never been near watercolours. It's starting to improve, but there was a time when everything was acrylics and soft pastels as you don't need a lot of technique to get started and they are easy to pick up.
For absolute beginners, I picked up a set of about 12 or so, watercolour tubes from The Works at the weekend for just £3. It is great just to have a bit of a play around before you let lose on the super quality paints. They do have the dodgy white and black though, but I think they have sap green not viridian.
I don't know what you mean buy a 'standard' beginner set' but I don't have the ochre or payne's gray etc. It's a $17.00 (don't know how that translates in England) set from a craft store but I will try to match. Thank you
I have a question. I watched your video on making a colour chart 101. Did you ever follow through with making the kind of colour chart that shows the various shades obtainable by mixing two colours in varying amounts? I have tried to do it on my own but the results are not very satisfactory. Your colour videos are always such an interesting mix of science and personal experience. That’s what makes them eminently watchable.
Thank you so much Michelle. Just one thing, I would love for you to identify each of you colours used and produced as warm or cool. I get so confused... xx great video.
Michele, Great information. Would it be helpful to add an extra swatch as a reference eg SAP Green. I will makes some cards for future use myself. ps your audio has an echo since you moved home. You may not have notices. Floor covering, curtains or wall hanging might help if you are so inclined.
Always useful to swatch similar colours together. Oh I absolutely have noticed, there's no furniture in the room apart from the art table, and all my stuff is still in boxes. It will improve soon, there is a thick carpet but I need to assemble a few bookcases etc.
I love the yellow/phthalo recipe for apple green... It is one of my favorite combos too!👍 does Jackmans sell those little screw top tubs you use in the video? I would LOVE a set of watercolours that came like that!! I use D.Sm and W&N at the moment but hate their tubes! I will definitely be trying some Jackmans when I need more paints 👍😎 thanks Michelle... Yours is one of my very top favorite YT channels 😉🙏
Thanks so much Mary, yes the Jackman's tubes come with the flip tops. Sorry I didn't see your comment earlier, youtube put you in spam!! (only because of the dot between D and S sometimes the algorithm thinks you are including a link). I hauled you out again ;-)
Very helpful! I am looking forward to putting these mixtures in my swatch book. Since I love to paint trees, the browns were especially helpful. I am going to watch your video on greens too. BTW, do you know what the name of your nail polish is? That is a beautiful green! Thanks!
Off topic: Can you do a video for beginners on nightscenes.I'd like to learn how to do nighttime 'darks' and different forms of lighting ie lamp lights, moonlight, car lights lights over city scenes in the distance. Now I love colour mixing, I would love the learn the night time colour mixtures. The oranges and yellows are gorgeous against the dark sky, and an interesting contrast to man made lighting. Maybe a Halloween special where you can add a variety of things.
Let me know which one of these recipes you liked the best, and if you enjoyed this video do watch this tutorial to adjust and improve your ready-made greens! ua-cam.com/video/PekYMEKmDLg/v-deo.html
Diarylide - I looked up the pronunciation of this word from Cemistry online and found it being mispronounced and you even misspelt it. You had it as Dairylide. It is DYE ARRY LYDE in otherwords two arylides. Stress the second syllable.
Hi Colin yes thanks I know. It wasn't me who misspelled it, it was written wrongly on the sample I was sent, just a typo, which is how I got confused 🙏
@@sunnyjoy229 yes I think you are right, pigments often have several names. Indian Yellow used to be made from cow's urine, but not any more. Diarylide is sometimes a substitute.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber yes, some pigments have different names across countries. I didn't know it was made of cow urine...😝... but now there are natural alternatives like turmeric powders etc etc.
Your info was great, But If you can write in the colors in you demo over each it would be clear as your accent makes it hard to know the color your mixing.
I’ve just been blessed with the discovery of your channel! You are my new guru. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and talents with us. I look so forward to learning and growing under your guidance. You have given me back my desire to paint again. Artist to artist, I know you know how much that means to my heart and soul. I can only move forward in my art to fully honour your gift to me, and with your guidance I hope to make both our hearts sing. Your name and gift will always be spoken of with gratitude. ❤️🙏
Thanks so much for your kind word Gayle!
I never thought of mixed colors as “recipes”. I’m new to watercolor but I’ve done mixing charts but didn’t think of organizing as I would actual recipes. This makes more sense to me. I believe I can organize on smaller cards and actually be able to find them. This may sound silly but it just makes it easier for me to keep colors organized. Thank you for this. ❤
Excellent instructions for mixing colors. We want more!!
More to come!
Thank you Michelle 👍🏼❤️🌹🙏
This will be my weekend practice. Thanks
what a good exercise - When I started with watercolor last year I did this exercise.- on sketch book paper. This year I did this exercise on Bockingford 300gsm - What a big difference!
What I found most useful was the bit about which color was stronger. It will definitely help in the future not to waste so much color when mixing. Thank you.
No problem Anne
Thank you! I’ll try these today.
I find your videos so helpful, I find it difficult to retain information but I just keep going back to them. Thank you Michele for sharing your knowledge
You are so welcome!
Enjoying your videos
I appreciate that :-)
Just saw this episode. My recipe for 'buff': Chinese White and add a little medium yellow and cobalt blue. You can vary it by the amount of yellow and blue you use.
Thank you Michele for such concise and clear mixing instructions. I've struggled with apple green for years! Obviously using the "wrong" yellows and blues. My next stop is your video on getting more natural greens from greens in the paint box. Your description of strong and weak colours was very helpful, and will save me gallons of paint. Thank you for your wonderful tutorials.
You are so welcome!
So well explained
Thank you!
Thanks Michele. My favorite brown is raw umber. It mixes to many browns so nicely. But I cannot live without burnt sienna. Adjusting the yellow ochre and a good granular ultramarine can get a result very close to Daniel Smith Undersea Green without the hefty price tag. I still mostly work from a split primary pallet with a couple earth tones and Paynes grey. Since I don't do a lot of botanicals 😉😆💜
Sounds great!
Love this vifeo, unfortunately i have the winsor and newton cotman fieldset, but no yellow ocre but sienna, thx 4 all your amazing videos
I watch your postings several times, you pack so much information into your tutorials.
I appreciate that!
One of my fellow pigment addicts/handmade paint artists, sent me isoindole yellow PY139 last month..she had gushed about the mixing capabilities, including beautiful, natural greens.
Imagine my shock when I got what appeared to be an almost fluorescent ORANGE! I had my doubts! BUT, she was right and it’s now one of my favorite mixers!
I also like my original PO49 for vibrant, natural greens. My only issue is depending on how and how well you mix it, you can end up with a very yellow halo after it dries. It’s not as bad as the much stronger yellow halo you get with the new Quin Gold mixes. I know some, like my daughter, mixes it specifically for the halo effect-I’m just not a fan in most paintings.
Interesting!
Delightful recipes and my long weekend is just made. Two favourites Apple Green and Concrete 😁 thanks a ton!
You are very welcome!
sounds a lovely weekend.
I'm a beginner and just want to have fun. There are times I wish I had more color choices. I'll have to check out more of your videos. I like the grey. Thank you!
Fun is a great aim, good luck with your painting journey!
I love trying new colours too and having fun. The Paynes Grey is gorgeous, and I love putting it on shadows on my still life to make shadows more more beautiful. I've been learning watercolours since lockdown in March in the UK and I have already made a simple colour palette so I can pick any one I need. It maybe worthwhile having a bit of fun and learning how to make different paint pigments from natural materials, perhaps from your own locality which is a fun adventure. Egg Tempera which was used a lot in the olden days is easy to make and is used as a binder, plenty of YT videos on to make it. So, in addition to my WC colours, I want to learn to paint from natural pigments which can be cheaper too. I think you can make your own yellow ochre too if you are in the right area for it which is cool. It make take a bit of time to make and you need a mask to make them as you have to grind them on a rock/pestle really really well. Distilled malt vinegar makes the pigment last longer too. Sorry to start you on a colour exploration addiction lol
Your videos make so much sense, and make watercolor much less intimidating!
Glad you think so!
ooh, love colour mixing recipes. Something for me to do in the new London lockdown.
Ah yes, we have Tier 2 heading our way, I am on the border of Essex and Suffolk, Essex is doing worse currently...
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Some of the Tiers are in very rural areas ie Yorkshire now, and I don't understand why they are getting Covid so much.
The "concrete" mix is perfect and I can't wait to try it out.
Excellent video with practical info! I going to save this video for reference. Thank you, Michele!
I played around with my water color pencils (since I have such a huge variety of colors!) And I made the grey out of Caran D'Ache Burnt Umber and Faber Castell Indigo. Made a lovely grey!. Most Burnt sienna's that I have either in watercolor or pencils are not as reddish as the one that you showed here. I love that you showed us a nice grey since I would not have thought of that!
They do vary a lot, pigments!
Off topic: Another thing I would like to learn is how to do shiny puddles on roads. I was inspired by walking up Old Bond Street at night the other day, and the road was sparkly with the rain and the lights and the old buildings and jewellery shops sparking as well. Just the sparkle on the roads with the lights was fantastic, it was like walking on glitter.
Great suggestion! It's mostly about strong contrasts, I will add it to my to do list!
Love your color mixing videos. I always see something new to try!
As a chemist, cant let the pronunciation go by. It’s di-aryl-ide. Not Dairy-lide. There are no cows here. Also not pronounced like a journal that you write in.
Pronounced more or less like dye-AIR-ul-eyed, it describes the chemical structure - 2 (di) aryl amides connected into a symmetrical structure. TMI, I know...
Oh thank you! I will try to remember. You will just have to cover your ears if I get it wrong :-)
Thanks for this and explaining why it is like that.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber well, it is brave for you to even have a go at it.
Thanks for sharing these 6 color mixes. I am still working at my mixing colors. I have started out with being lazy and sticking with my favorite colors in tubes to make my own palette. I was surprised by the 2 colors that made the concrete shade.
Colour mixing is often surprising!
aw thanks x
Thanks for mixing on the video. I struggle to get the standard tube color believe I am using too much water.
You’re welcome 😊
You probably already know that but I realized that is you should out like the Roomba or burnt number that you're using there That you reveal the A tent of what other color is in it like it reveals that it has yellow in ITIT's leaning towards the yellow and then the pains gray as it shades out it leans towards the blue
Love! Helps being more creative w the colors I have.
Thanks once again for a great tutorial...my favourite is Sepia recipe
Good choice!
Thank you for these recipes. Very, very helpful.
Most welcome 😊
Hi Michele! Love your tutorial. I’ve learned so much! I have so much to learn about mixing colours abd you have helped me so much! Thank you!
I'm so glad!
Thank you for your videos. I love these color mixing videos. I am learning so much from them. I have found color to be tricky for me.
You are very welcome ☺️
I just ordered your essentials set (Christmas was too far away! haha). I'm super excited to try out these new colours in a couple of weeks!
Thanks Christopher, I know you will love them!
I am still trying to hold on!
love your channel, Michele. More good recipes!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!!
You're welcome!
yay I'm first ,, my fave person on the tube x
Thanks Tony, you win a virtual gold star!
@Andro mache Yes there is a fabulous raffle and we give out virtual prizes and virtual hugs for being a nice human being. Not sure if you would qualify.
@Andro mache It's just a bit of fun. On the larger channels it's so hard to get your comment seen as hundreds come in, so people try to be first :-)
@Andro mache It was the 'like you' that caused natasha to get hissy. 'Like you' made it personal. If you had said; why do people put 'first' in comments, then it would have been just a question. As Michele said, in the larger channels, with 1000+ comments in negative 15 minutes, it's the hope your comment will actually get seen. I've never done it, but I think you post 'first' to get up, then edit it with a witty comment later. I once posted a comment at 1,600+ comments, with actually needed information for people. I got 100 likes in a month, so it got seen, but not nearly as much as it needed to be.
@Andro mache cool, you used you, second person plural. I will look out for that usage in future posts. Your question has now been answered, too. Have a good day, mate.
I think any of these new interesting watercolours, I will have them on my Christmas Wishlist, so I have something to look forward to. I still want to practice with the watercolours I have got at the moment. The guy at Cass Arts in London, said he learned more from art UA-camrs than on his Art Degree course. I taught him about Brusho and he had to google to find out what it was.
How interesting! To be honest, many degree courses don't teach watercolours at all, I have had people in my classes far more qualified than me who have never been near watercolours. It's starting to improve, but there was a time when everything was acrylics and soft pastels as you don't need a lot of technique to get started and they are easy to pick up.
Love your hair style.
Thank you so much 😀 I actually trained as a hairdresser years ago... but don't tell anyone!
For absolute beginners, I picked up a set of about 12 or so, watercolour tubes from The Works at the weekend for just £3. It is great just to have a bit of a play around before you let lose on the super quality paints. They do have the dodgy white and black though, but I think they have sap green not viridian.
Sap green is far better than Viridian (at least in cheap sets where Viridian never is actually Viridian).
I don't know what you mean buy a 'standard' beginner set' but I don't have the ochre or payne's gray etc. It's a $17.00 (don't know how that translates in England) set from a craft store but I will try to match. Thank you
I have a question. I watched your video on making a colour chart 101. Did you ever follow through with making the kind of colour chart that shows the various shades obtainable by mixing two colours in varying amounts? I have tried to do it on my own but the results are not very satisfactory.
Your colour videos are always such an interesting mix of science and personal experience. That’s what makes them eminently watchable.
Not yet! I will try and do a future video on it :-)
Thank you so much Michelle. Just one thing, I would love for you to identify each of you colours used and produced as warm or cool. I get so confused... xx great video.
Noted!
Michele, Great information. Would it be helpful to add an extra swatch as a reference eg SAP Green. I will makes some cards for future use myself. ps your audio has an echo since you moved home. You may not have notices. Floor covering, curtains or wall hanging might help if you are so inclined.
Always useful to swatch similar colours together. Oh I absolutely have noticed, there's no furniture in the room apart from the art table, and all my stuff is still in boxes. It will improve soon, there is a thick carpet but I need to assemble a few bookcases etc.
Off topic: I would like to learn how to paint weatherboarding on houses. Where I am we have a lot of houses with white and black weatherboarding.
thank you very much for very useful tutorial , may be you have some suggestion how to remember colors name? thanks
Some people squeeze paints into a white palette and use a permanent marker to put initials next to the colours :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thank you very much, I will try it. 👍😁
I love the yellow/phthalo recipe for apple green... It is one of my favorite combos too!👍 does Jackmans sell those little screw top tubs you use in the video? I would LOVE a set of watercolours that came like that!! I use D.Sm and W&N at the moment but hate their tubes! I will definitely be trying some Jackmans when I need more paints 👍😎 thanks Michelle... Yours is one of my very top favorite YT channels 😉🙏
Thanks so much Mary, yes the Jackman's tubes come with the flip tops. Sorry I didn't see your comment earlier, youtube put you in spam!! (only because of the dot between D and S sometimes the algorithm thinks you are including a link). I hauled you out again ;-)
Very helpful! I am looking forward to putting these mixtures in my swatch book. Since I love to paint trees, the browns were especially helpful. I am going to watch your video on greens too. BTW, do you know what the name of your nail polish is? That is a beautiful green! Thanks!
Glad you liked the video. Sorry no idea about the nails. My nail lady has a whole wall of colours - I just point!
Off topic: Can you do a video for beginners on nightscenes.I'd like to learn how to do nighttime 'darks' and different forms of lighting ie lamp lights, moonlight, car lights lights over city scenes in the distance. Now I love colour mixing, I would love the learn the night time colour mixtures. The oranges and yellows are gorgeous against the dark sky, and an interesting contrast to man made lighting. Maybe a Halloween special where you can add a variety of things.
Great suggestion!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber something beginner friendly, if nightscenes are even beginner friendly, I may be getting ahead of myself here.
Let me know which one of these recipes you liked the best, and if you enjoyed this video do watch this tutorial to adjust and improve your ready-made greens! ua-cam.com/video/PekYMEKmDLg/v-deo.html
Cat approved ❤️❤️❤️
Best recommendation ! Want to see more of your Cat ! 🐈
I wonder why and how the colors are mixed. I'm clueless about all that
Questions popped in mind - can I substitute payne's gray with indigo? Thank you.
Yes and no, it depends which mix you are doing. I have made over 200 videos so can't be sure what I mixed in this one. It works well for dark greens.
Where can I buy your work?.....and marry you? LOL
Work is available via my website/Etsy shop. All sensible offers considered 😆😆😆
Dairylide Yellow. You pronounced it correctly Michele.
Thanks Liam :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber It is easier to remember the way you said it, though
I'm still having trouble keeping the green out of the sky when I add yellow
At least if you drop pink into it it will go grey, which looks better than green.
Is there a discount code for the paints?
Hi Lori, you can use MICHELE10
Is your burnt Sienna Pr101 or PBr 7? Just curious
It's Pr101
Diarylide - I looked up the pronunciation of this word from Cemistry online and found it being mispronounced and you even misspelt it. You had it as Dairylide. It is DYE ARRY LYDE in otherwords two arylides. Stress the second syllable.
Hi Colin yes thanks I know. It wasn't me who misspelled it, it was written wrongly on the sample I was sent, just a typo, which is how I got confused 🙏
Dairylide is pronounced die-rah-lied, at least that’s how I’ve heard it pronounced in the US.
Thanks Christina, sounds right!
It is not pronounced that way. It should be DYE ARRY Lied. Stress the second syllable. It is not spelt Dairylide but Diarylide.
I have come across that colour being referred to as Indian Yellow.
@@sunnyjoy229 yes I think you are right, pigments often have several names. Indian Yellow used to be made from cow's urine, but not any more. Diarylide is sometimes a substitute.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber yes, some pigments have different names across countries. I didn't know it was made of cow urine...😝... but now there are natural alternatives like turmeric powders etc etc.
Your info was great, But If you can write in the colors in you demo over each it would be clear as your accent makes it hard to know the color your mixing.
I have an accent? I will try :-)
You keep on calling it Cobbolt the word is pronounced Co bawlt with emphasis on the first syllable and that is a round o.
Ah well, perhaps it varies by location. Everyone I know says it the same way as me.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber We call it co balllt where I am.