In Mastering Color Mixing with Watercolors, Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion walk you step by step through the basics of watercolor pigments, paper, and color-mixing techniques. Using just 11 colors, you'll learn to bring more variety to primary colors, create basic colors (such as Payne's Gray and Van Dyke Brown), and create your own secondary colors. This approach works no matter what brand of paints you use, as each of the 11 colors is identified by its universal pigment color (such as PY154).

What if you could create any color you wanted, from a basic palette of just 11 colors? That is what the art of color mixing is all about. And once you master it, you will be able to create a broad range of all the colors you might need. Your options are limited only by your imagination.

Once you start color mixing, you'll see how four artists interpret that basic palette to create thematic color palettes tailored to different subject matter, such as flowers, landscapes, portraits, and animals. Finally, you'll solidify your understanding of color mixing by analyzing five watercolor paintings to see how the color was achieved and how the painting was developed, layer by layer, to achieve the final result.

By Isabelle Roelofs and Fabien Petillion    Published by Rocky Nook    Published July 2021    Soft Cover with Flaps    144 Pages

Part 1: Understanding Watercolor Basics

• The Nature of Pigments
• ¿Granulation
• Coloring Strength
• Transparency and Opacity
• Monopigmentary Colors
• Shade Variation from One Brand to Another
• Lighten a Color
• Pictorial Techniques
• Techniques for Mixing Colors
• Paper
• Presentation of the chosen colors
• The basic palette according to the manufacturers

Part 2: Experimenting with Color Mixing

• Expand the Range of Primary Colors
• Create the Range of Secondary Colors
• Make a Range of Essential Colors

Part 3: Build Thematic Color Palettes

• Paint a Flower Arrangement
• Paint a Landscape
• Paint a Portrait
• Paint an Animal

Part 4: Analyze Five Watercolor Paintings

• A Floral Arrangement
• A Rural Landscape
• An Urban Atmosphere
• A Portrait
• An Animal Portrait

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A: There is a link in the book to download free files to work along with the author.

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A: Yes, the Yamaha DM3-D Digital Mixing Console does have built-in Dante with 16 Dante inputs and 16 Dante outputs.

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