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1. Introduction: Hi, I'm Irina Trzaskos, watercolor artist
and illustrator. Welcome to my
watercolor's channel. Here, you'll find any collection of
classes for beginners. In today's class, I will share with you winter color trends and how
to mix them in watercolor. All my classes are filmed in real time so you
can follow along. If you're new on this channel, thank you for
joining and welcome. There's a follow button on top. Let's get started.
2. Supplies: This is color mixing class, so we won't have a
lot of supplies. However, we'll need
watercolor paint. This is the set I'll be using. It's 48 colors by Artistro. I recommend using the same set. However, if you
don't have this set, you can use any
painting you have and just make a color wheel to understand better the hues
of the colors you have. If you don't know how
to make color wheel, I have a color mixing
basics class where it explains how to mix any
color you can think of, including how to make a color wheel and how to work
with it in your artwork. This is the paint, of course, which you'll need and don't be discouraged if you don't have this
kind of paint. Just use whichever you have and match the hues as
close as you can. Also, we need the
water, a lot of water. I'm using three jars. Then to make sure the brush is always clean
when I go into the paint, and I change the
water as needed. We'll need the color palette
where we'll be mixing the colors and we'll be washing it after
every color story. We'll need the paper towel, you've made the
brush, any kind of brush you're most
comfortable with. Of course, you'll
need the paper. You use the paper you usually
use for your artwork, I use this Canson. It's inexpensive, it's
great for beginners, and it's great for
experiments, is Cold Press. If you are using similar, it's good if not, just use whichever you're
usually using for your artwork. However, for my color, after I do the color search, I like putting the colors
into the color journal. When I need it I just open a new journal and I see
the color story I like, let me just follow
with formulas. Sometimes I've read the
names of the colors, and sometimes I've just tried
here numbers of colors, and my journal is made. I made it myself, so it's made exactly of
paper I used for my artwork. That's all what you
need. Let's get started.
3. Winter Color Story 1: This winter color
study is of gold, and at the same time it's very sophisticated and I
think you like it. For the first color, we'll
need to mix some purple, which is number 24 here, and we'll mix it
with brilliant blue. Soften it a little
bit to add a drop of lemon yellow to
it. Not too much. I think it needs a
little more purple. This said result, we get this beautiful, almost
lavender color. Wonderful. Here we have purple. Just very bright in
this color for that. It's almost like watercolor ink. Then we added some
brilliant blue to it. Then we added a drop
of lemon yellow. Like that. For next color, we need more muted violet. For that, we'll take just
simple violet color. We need it a little
darker so we won't be adding a lot of water. To make it muted we'll
add deep yellow to it. Like this. Now let's see. As a result, we get
this beautiful muted. That's perfect for axons and your winter landscapes
or illustrations. We have a violet which is
pretty bright on its own, add some water so you can see. To make it more muted, we add its complimentary,
which is yellow, and in this case I'll
add deep yellow. Nice. Next, we need
deep beautiful blue, and for that we'll be
using patella blue. If your other paint get dry
just spray that a little bit. I liked my paints very wet so they're always left floating in water and then
they may crack, but it does not affect the quality of paint
so it's rather have them crack than
to have them dry. We'll be using patella
blue for our blue. Then we'll add some brilliant
blue to it like that. To calm down a little bit, we'll add a drop of orange. Like that. Let's
see what we got. Very nice, wintery, blue. It's a complex, beautiful color. Here's patella blue, which is pretty bright
when you add water to it. Then we have brilliant blue, which is very bright
and colorful. Then we add a drop of orange
to this mix like that. Then we have three
shades of blue. But we'll need them
all for our winter. I'll show you how to fix them. First one is blue, we'll be mixing
with cobalt blue. They're all very pastelit. We'll be very pastel so we'll
add glow water to them. We have our cobalt blue, onto that we'll add
some brilliant blue and then add some orange to it. Since I add too much orange,
so it turned into a gray. Let's add some more cobalt blue. Add some more
brilliant like that. The neighbor's kids are playing outside, which is awesome. I hope you all not
bothered by them. We get this result is
beautiful shade of blue. Here we have cobalt blue, brilliant blue, and orange. Just a drop, it's too much so
I had to balance it again. You can see how nice this four colors already
locked together. We'll have two
more blues to mix. For first one, we'll mix some
two turquoise with purple. Number 24, a little
more turquoise. Then we'll add a drop
of flesh color to it. I think I added too much first, so let's add some
more turquoise and some more purple. Like that. Let's add water. We get a
different shade of blue. It's a little warmer
than this one, but they look great
together too. Here we have turquoise, we have purple, which looks like violet
mixed with magenta. Then we added a drop
of flush to this mix. Now, to the same mix we'll
add some light green. We'll have a shade
of light blue. This one, which is
a little warmer. Let me add a little more
light green so you can see better of a warmth. I hope you can see with
difference on camera but that's a beautiful combination
of six different hues. Here we have turquoise. We have purple, a little bit of orange and the last edition was
light green like this. This is our gold yet
sophisticated winter color story.
4. Winter Color Story 2: So in this winter
color story will have two stronger colors and three
more soft pastel colors. For first color, we'll
be mixing magenta. For stronger colors,
we're not adding too much water to the mix
and for pastel colors, of course, we add a lot of water to make them
light and [inaudible]. To magenta, we'll
add some permanent red which is number 16 here. Next, you need to add
up to this color, and we'll do it to
a blackish green. I think I put too much green. Let's add some more magenta. Add some more permanent red. Beautiful. Here we have magenta, permanent red, just a
little water of magenta, and then they added some
blackish-green shade like this. For the next color again, it'll be more opaque colors so don't add too much water too. We'll use permanent red, which is number 16. Then we'll add some flesh to it, which is like orange and white. To this color we'll
add some grass green. Just to mute it a little bit. I think I added too
much grass green. Let's jump around. Let's add some more permanent
red and some more flesh. Sometimes you can't
see that you added too much until you test
it on the paper. That's what happened here. Like this. Beautiful color. It's so warmer than this one. I hope you can see it. You for sure will see it if
you mix the colors yourself. I hope that's what
you're doing there. We have permanent red, we have flesh into this mix
and we have some grass green, which is number 44. Next, let's switch to a pastel
colors and we'll be adding a lot of water to those to make them light and
AD, and beautiful. For the first color,
we'll mix permanent red. Again, number 16, we have water, and then we'll add
some cherries at it, which is even brighter. Then we'll add some grass
green, just a drop. Just to mute it a little bit and then that beautiful
pink dust to it. Here's a color we get. Very nice. We have
permanent red, we have terism, which is bright magenta and we have a drop
of grass green. We've got our pinks and reds. Next, let's switch to blues. For first blue we'll
need mix of cobalt blue with a drop flesh. A little more cobalt blue. Here I have cobalt blue
and the drop of flesh. You can see how
these four colors already look great together. But we got one more color mixes. For our last color will
be using tallow blue. That we'll add some
light green into. Just number 35, some
more light green. There I see a nice color and a very tiny drop of
flesh and water. This is our next color and the last one in this
winter color story. I think it's a little
darker, so you can see. Here we have to blue, light green, and
the drop of flesh. This is our winter color study.
5. Winter Color Story 3: [MUSIC] This winter color story is inspired by holidays
of trendy colors so it will have a more warm shade than our
other winter color stories. The first color we'll
start with is a mix of permanent red Number 16 with some flush. As a result, we get
this sophisticated, beautiful orange red color
with some white in it. This is a mix of permanent red, which looks like carmen. Pour in some flash like this. For the next color
we'll mix a vermilion, which is Number 12, looks like rusty red orange. It's always a beautiful
color, however, it needs a little more
depth for winter palette. To this vermilion color, we'll be adding a
drop of grass green. Green is a complimentary
color of red so it will balance it nicely. It will add some depth
to this beautiful red. Here it is. Very nice. Here we have
vermilion Number 12. I hope you can see how a
beautiful painting this is. We added a drop of
grass green. Very nice. Next we need some greens to our winter holiday
winter palette. For first green we'll be
using, again, grass green. It's already very nice. However, to make it
even more complex, let's add some
cobalt blue to it. Cobalt blue adds that bluish
dustenous to our green. You can see how nicely it
looks with the reds we mixed. Here we have grass green and we cool it down with a
little bit of cobalt blue. The next green we'll mix is some more paste to it. We'll be adding more water to it but we'll start
with blackish green. To our blackish green,
we'll add some light green. Usually, we'll mix the colors first and then we'll
let the water to understand the hue better and then we'll add some
cobalt blue to our mix. Beautiful. Now let's
add some water. Not too much, but just
to make it light enough. See it dissolve to get this beautiful, complex, minty color. Here we have blackish green. We added water a little
bit so you can see. We have light green and
cobalt blue like this. Next shade is almost that white but it's a little
grayish and greenish. Again, we'll have a lot of water and we'll mix light green. We'll add a
complimentary to it and our complimentary I
will use brilliant red. This is too much brilliant red. It turned it almost
into brownish gray. We need the greenish gray. We'll add some more light
green into it, like this. Here, I'll have a very, very light beautiful color. You can see how
nice it looks with reds and these other colors. Here, we have light green, like this and a drop
of brilliant red. Next thing you add
a warmer gray. Not too warm but
it's complex gray. We'll take Payne's gray and we'll add some violet to it, not too much because
violet tends to overpower. It did overpower.
Let's add some more Payne's gray. Very nice. Beautiful. Here we
have Payne's gray. We soften it with some violet. The next thing you'd
like a wood color, but it also has to be
sophisticated and beautiful. I'll be mixing burnt
sienna with some violet. To warm it up, we'll add
some deep yellow and water. I think it needs a little
more yellow like this. Here, we have burnt
sienna mixed with violet and mixed with some deep yellow and
water, of course. This is our festive winter
color story. [MUSIC]
6. Winter Color Story 4: This winter color story
doesn't have too many colors, but it's enough to create a beautiful illustration
or artwork. If you feel like
you need one, more, or two colors, just feel
free to add them too. I'll show you the
[inaudible] palette but feel free to add more
colors to it if you need to. For the first color,
we'll be using deep blue, which is right here, number 90. We'll add a little bit of
orange is complimentary to it. Then I'll add some cobalt blue. We lost our deep blue
because we added too much orange so
let's add some more deep blue and more cobalt blue. This is the color
we're looking for, a bright yet dusty
blue for winter. We have deep blue here, a drop of orange to it and
then we add cobalt blue. Like this. Next to
this the same mix, we'll be adding
some light green, and we'll see what happens. We got our second color. We have the same
mix of deep blue, orange, cobalt blue, and light green. Nice. We've got two
pretty strong blues and now let's dive into pastels. Our next dark color is
going to be another blue, but it's going to have a lot of water so it will be lighter. For that, we'll mix
some cobalt blue. We have a teeny-tiny drop
of orange, not too much. That was already too much. Let's add some more
cobalt blue and water. It's like grayish pastel blue. Here we have cobalt blue and
a teeny-tiny drop of orange. If you added too
much orange like me, just add some more blue. Next, we need a pink. For our pink, we'll be using
permanent red mixed with flash and a little bit of light green. Now let's add the water to it, and as a result, we get
a dusty pastel pink. You can see how nice they
already look together. Here we have permanent red with flash and light green. For the last color,
we'll be mixing cherry sea which is
a bright magenta. Again, it's going to
be a pastel color so adding water to it. We'll add some
cobalt blue to it. About the equal amounts of
cobalt blue and cherry sea. That's how we get to our last
color of this color story. Here we have cherry sea and cobalt blue and
the water, of course. This is our limited palette
trendy winter color story.
7. Winter Colors 5: First the color of these
trends in winter color story. We need a cold, a brown and to create it, we'll be using a brilliant blue. We'll add orange to it. This time we need to have
our orange and blue. Let's add a little bit of water. The cities out to how this
beautiful gold brown. We mixed it using
brilliant blue and orange. Next, we need a soft pink
in this color palette. So far I'll be using,
tearing flesh. Now let's add some cobalt blue to this mixture
just a little bit. Like this. I think it needs a little bit more
flourish to warm it up. Beautiful. Here we have tour scent it's a
very bright magenta. We have flash, then cobalt, blue,
and water of course. Once you think your
color is too dark, just add water to it. Next, we'll need
a shade of green. That will be a sync turquoise and add flash tint just a
little bit and light green. I think it needs a little
more flash because it's too bluish like this. Just one more job fresh. We wanted to be on a green side, not on the blue side. Nice. You can see how these three colors
look great together. We use the turquoise, flash, and light green. Now to the same mix, let's add some blackish green
to create our next green. This is what we get. Beautiful. I know it seems like a lot of colors to mix but it's totally worth it. Here we have turquoise,
flash, light green. It's this mix and then we added some blackish green to it. Next, we need a very dark green and for that will
take blackish green, and to make it even darker. Image seems so dark. I will add Payne's gray to it, which will add some
cool shade to it, which is good for winter part. Some more Payne's gray because this two almost look similar. This is a chiral,
it's almost black, but it's gray and it's green. Very nice. Next to
other software. The next color we need, this is blackish green
and Payne's gray mix. The last color we need in
this palette is yellow. To mix our yellow, we'll use lemon yellow with flash. It still doesn't liquidate. That's why we add
some Payne's gray to it. Not too much though. Now it looks good.
This is like for some Christmas lights or some other warmer elements in your illustration or artwork. Whatever artwork you're
creating, collage or painting. Here we have lemon yellow, which we could note here
because doesn't belong here, but mixed with other colors
it's perfect with flash. To balance it we added
some Payne's gray. This is our transient
winter color study.
8. Thank you!: Thank you for joining
me in this class. I hope you had a chance to
mix some colors with me. If you like the class, please leave a review and upload the project to your project
section of the class. If you're sharing your
project on Instagram, please tag me so I can see your beautiful artwork. I'll see you in my next class. Bye.
Irina Trzaskos, Watercolor Artist & Illustrator
