Downloadable PDF lesson
Painting greens can be challenging, but help is on the way! In this FREE lesson I’ll show you quick and easy techniques for mixing the perfect color of green for any subject you’d like to paint.
Anyone who has sketched a pot of flowers or a garden or a summer landscape knows how hard it can be to mix greens that look natural and convey the beauty of the scene that inspired us. All too often, they end up looking too vibrant or too dull, with little value variation. They lack the subtlety of the real thing. And it’s frustrating when we can’t make our vision a reality through our painting.
That’s why I designed this lesson, to share the simple technique that I use to mix beautiful greens that range from the palest springtime yellow-green to the deep rich blue-green of evergreen trees. With just a little practice, you, too, can learn to customize your colors so your greens are an enhancement to your paintings rather than a distraction. Let me show you how easy it is!
Here’s what the lesson covers…
- How to see and paint the subtle variations in an all-green landscape
- Color options for mixing warm and cool greens
- How to neutralize a green that’s too vibrant
- Examples of how to modify the greens you see to make a more dynamic sketch or painting
- How to achieve a range of values with your greens
- Shortcuts that make mixing greens a breeze!
Bonus!
To show you how the lesson ideas look when put into practice, I’ve compiled a gallery of some of my own sketches and paintings in which greens feature prominently. You’ll see how I use the mixing techniques taught in the lesson to create an array of greens in landscapes, florals, travel sketches, and more.
What's included...
- A downloadable lesson with clear, easy-to-understand instructions on how to mix an infinite variety of natural greens with watercolor
- A list of suggested materials for practicing the techniques
- A bonus gallery of inspiration sketches
This lesson (including the gallery pages) is 17 pages long.
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FAQ
Purchased lessons are yours to keep forever. You can view them in the course player or download them to your computer.
Students of all skill levels can benefit from this lesson.
Feel free to use whatever watercolor supplies you already have on hand. All you’ll need are watercolors, brushes, and paper to practice the mixing techniques explained in the lesson. No specific colors are required, but the tutorial includes a list of color options that can be used for mixing natural greens.
No. It offers instruction on how to mix natural-looking greens for your sketches, but it does not include instructions for painting a specific scene.
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