Watercolor Color Mixing Laboratory: Color Theory, Palette Planning and Mixing Practice

What you can practise

• Color relationships and color-theory practice
• A color-mixing matrix
• Limited-palette studies
• Mixing and recording exercises for your own pigments

Who it is for

Watercolor users who want a practical color-reference habit. Mixtures depend on the pigments and brands you use.

Exactly what is included

Page totals include the cover, introductory material, references, exercises and any closing pages. They are not counts of separate lessons.

1 PDF. The PDF contains 32 total pages.

• Standard color: custom portrait, approximately 287.3 × 383.1 mm; 32 pages.

This book uses custom page dimensions. Choose Fit to printable area and automatic orientation, preserve proportions, and test one page before printing the complete book.

Printing and practice

1. Choose your paper size and use Fit to printable area to scale the custom pages proportionally.
2. Use paints suitable for the workbook’s medium, brushes, water and painting paper. For wet watercolor, separate watercolor paper around 300 gsm / 140 lb is a useful starting point.
3. Keep the guide beside your painting or transfer an outline to suitable painting paper. Ordinary office paper is best used for reading and notes.

Before you choose

Use the actual previews to check the lesson style, text and practice areas. The lessons offer practice and guidance. Progress varies with your starting experience, materials and time spent practising; completing the book does not guarantee a particular skill level or result.

For the buyer’s personal practice. Do not resell, redistribute or upload the digital files. Contact LUREXEN before making copies for a class or paid workshop.