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In order from left to right, write the colors across the X axis above your chart. Note: If you don’t have that color family in your chart, just skip over it and line up the next color in the list. In general, the order I usually follow is: For the most visually appealing color chart, I suggest you arrange your colors roughly in order of the rainbow spectrum.
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Granted I was watching TV and probably moving a bit slower. To give you an idea of how long it took me, for the larger 144 color chart, I painted it over the course of 3 days in hour long sessions. Note that this will take some time - especially if you’re going for the 12 color mixing chart with 144 squares to fill.
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Now, before you start painting, I would like to suggest that this part is best done while listening to your favorite podcast, music or binge watching Netflix. That’s it! It will take a little longer to draw, but I definitely like the look of this chart better.
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I like to draw my squares at either 1/2”x1/2” or 5/8”x5/8” with a 1/4” or 1/8” gap. What you are aiming for is to have a separation between each of your 36 squares. Using our example of 6 colors, use your pencil and ruler to draw a 6圆 grid of boxes. This is the way I like drawing up my grids, believe me - it will result in a nicer looking chart and you’ll want that because you’ll be keeping this around for a while! The less-quick, but better looking way (in my humble opinion!) That’s it you can move onto the “Painting your chart” section I like to leave a gap between grids to keep the colors separated (example photo shown later on in the post) Tip when painting: Make sure not to paint all the way to the edge of the grids unless you are allowing the paint to completely dry before moving on to the adjacent squares. I recommend your grid spacing be at least 1/2”x1/2” otherwise you won’t have a lot of surface area for color. Using our example of 6 colors, use your pencil and ruler to draw a 6圆 grid of 36 squares. You can draw up one of these really quickly by following these steps:Ĭount the number of colors you want to mix for your chart, for example: 6 However, you might want to look into using masking tape to mask off the grid once you have it penciled in!Ĭheck out this video to see what masking tape to use and how it can save you some time and make painting the chart easier! Drawing up your Grid
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If you are following along with how to draw up your grid, the information below will help you with dimensions and layout.
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UPDATE 10/2019: Since writing this blog post, I’ve discovered and tested another way of creating grids for these color mixing charts. I’ve painted quite a few and tested some different ways of drawing them out while making lots of mistakes along the way, so read on to check them out! Now, let’s go through how I like to draw and paint these color mixing charts. Like a beautiful light sea-green or soft lavender. What I love most about these color mixing charts is having an organized sheet with a snap shot of colors your palette is capable of producing.īelieve me, it will come in handy when you are figuring out if you have the paints to mix up a particular color! While there are a lot of paints out there you can buy for your convenience, there are just certain colors that I think you can only get by mixing up yourself. (In fact, you can actually mix MANY more than shown on the color chart, but we’ll take a look at how in the last part of the series.)
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This is when you really witness the magic that is color mixing. You’re taking the paints in your palette (or a selection of them) and mixing them with each other to see what colors they make. I think of color mixing charts as a combination of the basic color chart and a color wheel. If you're just jumping into this series, you can check out the rest of color chart posts here ! Color Mixing Charts
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This post is part of a series going over 5 types of watercolor charts.