Color Mixing Course in Acrylics & Oil Paints

Explore constructing a color wheel from three primary colors—blue, red, and yellow—in acrylics, then create a personalized palette and practice clean-brush mixing through practical exercises.

Explore the basics of the color wheel, focusing on blue, red, and yellow as primaries, how to mix secondary colors and complements, and practical palette habits to avoid mud.

Build a landscape painting palette using ultramarine blue, crimson, and yellow ochre with booster colors, and learn practical color mixing with a color wheel.

Build a basic color chart grid for acrylic and oil paint color mixing, recording primary color interactions and creating tints and shades for reliable color matching.

Learn to build a landscape palette by mixing primary colors with booster colors, creating greens, oranges, and earth tones using ultramarine blue, crimson, and cadmium yellow.

Explore module 2 welcome as you deepen color understanding by translating black and white value scales into color, building a solid value structure in acrylics and oils.

Learn to build depth in landscapes by mastering value structure, using a five-step value scale from foreground darks to distant lights, and applying grayscale analysis and color temperature concepts.

Mix values in acrylics and oils, reaching the midpoint between black and white using a five-value scale and color wheel, then chart the result.

Create a quick black-and-white value sketch to test composition and underlying value structure before painting, and plan color charts for mixing values on the palette.

learn to build a landscape painting palette and develop a five-step value scale from ultramarine blue, crimson, and yellows through careful color mixing; train your eye to read tonal relationships.

Explore color saturation in acrylics and oils, learn to reduce saturation for realistic landscapes, and use gray mixing and value changes to build depth across distances.

Learn how saturation shapes color realism in acrylic and oil painting by adjusting hue, value, and saturation levels, using complementary colors to desaturate and create atmospheric depth.

Mix a mid-value gray from ultramarine blue, crimson, and yellow on your palette, then adjust saturation and temperature with blues, yellows, and orange complements to create depth.

Build a color saturation chart from ultramarine blue to blue-gray, using white to shift value and complements to adjust saturation. Identify the dominant hue and mix primaries to match colors.

Discover color temperature by using warm and cool colors to shape mood, depth, and aerial perspective in acrylics and oils. Learn to recover muddy colors through warming or cooling.

Learn how color temperature shapes warm and cool paintings, map hues on the color wheel, and mix primaries and pigments to create depth and mood in acrylics and oils.

Practice warm and cool palette techniques through a rapid 10-minute landscape sketch, exploring headland, water, and sunset hues while observing how warm tones advance and cool tones recede.

Explore creating a cool version of a painting by adjusting temperature with blue, crimson, and yellows, blocking in sky, water, rocks, and reflections while practicing warm‑vs‑cool contrasts.

Advance to module 5, embracing the double primary palette and its warm and cool primaries, add secondary colors, and practice mixing warm and cool grays to build a color chart.

Explore the advanced double primary palette, incorporating warm and cool primaries, boosters and secondary colors to expand color mixing flexibility and depth.

Learn to mix warm dry and cool greys with titanium white to mid values, then apply them for foreground and distance, using temperature and saturation to create depth.

Explore the manufacturers color charts to understand pigment properties, series numbers, and pike levels, and learn to match colors across brands while sticking with your chosen brand's palette.

Mix warm and cool greys using a double primary palette to build depth in landscapes, adjusting with blue, crimson, and yellow for neutral greys and subtle transitions.

Master warm grey and cool grey blends using complementary colors on a palette. Build depth and aerial perspective in landscapes with French ultramarine blue, cadmium red, yellow, and titanium white.

Explore aerial perspective by applying color wheel basics, value, saturation, hue, and warm and cool colors to create depth on a two-dimensional painting.

Learn to build depth and aerial perspective in landscapes by mixing cool and warm palettes, using cool blues for distance and warm tones in the foreground.

Learn color mixing and landscape painting techniques to create depth using warm and cool tones, highlights, and aerial perspective in a Mary River scene, with rule-bending tips.

Explore aerial perspective by adjusting hue, value, saturation, and temperature, using gradients to create depth and warm foreground fading to cool, blue-distance across the landscape.

Explore how complementary colors derived from primary colors create harmony and energy in acrylic and oil landscapes, with practical tips for foliage, shadows, and highlights.

Explore how to mix greens using ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow, and thalo blue, discovering warm and cool greens, tonal variations, and practical pigment combinations through hands-on experimentation.