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Watercolor Magic: The Basics of Color Mixing and Color Harmony for Modern Painting

Name: Watercolor Magic: The Basics of Color Mixing and Color Harmony for Modern Painting
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Master Color, Master Your Work

Watercolor painters often paint straight from the tube, which is fine—until it isn't. Color mixing is the unlock: once you understand how to tone, adjust, and combine pigments, you gain total control over mood and harmony. That's not just skill; it saves money too.

This class covers the mechanics: mixing on a palette, building a color wheel, creating harmonious combinations, and the theory that ties it together. The promise is real: master these fundamentals, and you're halfway to becoming a true color master. Time and practice do the rest—but you'll move through that learning curve faster.

About this course

In this class we will dive deeply into color. Color is very important, it sets the mood for your piece and if the colors you choose are not harmonious, your work will suffer. Mixing colors is equally if not more important, and so many people don’t know the basics of mixing. If you find yourself guilty of using paint straight from the tube, don’t worry it’s not a bad thing, but knowing how to mix will take your paintings to a whole new level. You will have full control of the colors on the page and will make colors that are one of a kind. Not to mention, you will save a lot of money, not needing to buy every color out there. In this class you will learn:

How to Mix on a Pallet
How to Mix Any Color
Tone Down Colors
Mixing Brown, Gray, and Black
Make a Color Wheel Chart
Mixing on the Page
The Basics of Color Theory
Collecting Color Inspiration
Make Harmonious Color Combinations
Make Your Own Inspiring Palettes

By the end of the class you will feel confident in working with colors and will feel more inspired to paint. If you master the basic techniques covered in this class, you are half way to becoming a color master, with time and practice you will start picking and mixing colors without thinking about it. This class will speed up the learning process. What are you waiting for? Enroll now to start your color journey!