spark your creativity by creating a color mixing chart!

get acquainted with your own watercolor paints by creating a color value and mixing chart that is aesthetically pleasing.

#watercolor #colortheory #creativelife

L I S T O F S U P P L I E S
• 90lb cold press 100% cotton watercolor paper (Bee Paper)
• watercolor paints: strawberry rhubarb and sandy beach (design by rachel beth), blue teal (Xanada), paris blue (Renesans), sepia (M. Graham)
• No. 2 round brush (Princeton Snap)

F O L L O W C R É A T I O N S C E E C E E

P O B O X
Créations CeeCee
54 Cité-des-Jeunes
Suite 102B-347
Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC
J7V 9L5
Canada

F I L M I N G S E T - U P
i have an overhead set-up with the video camera mounted on a long reach tripod what was part of a soft box lighting system
video camera: Panasonic HC-V770
1350W photography studio soft box lighting kit (Mountdog)

A F F I L I A T E L I N K S
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M U S I C I N T H I S V I D E O

"now you sail away (instrumental version)"

"sundown love (instrumental version)"
"million years (instrumental version)"

[debmcgowan]

What taught me the most was seeing the whole process!!! The cleaning the brush the dipping in clean water then mixing then painting then dabbing off excess color before cleaning again. Each step so VERY important.

[ceec]

Swatching and mixing is soooo satisfying in itself 😆...no expectations, just playing with colors is meditative.

[BB-nzsk]

I just adore your channel. And those birdies that you briefly showed by flipping through your pocket doodler are just so cute and bring a smile to my face. Thank you Cee Cee!

[barbaracimini]

Oh my gosh! How fun! And the doodles really brought it together as a finished piece of art.😃

[janisjagielkymiller]

This is amazing. I love water colors and a beginner to this medium. Thank you for your videos, they inspire me.

[loriish]

This seems like a must do for everyone using watercolors I found it mesmerising just watching you I think I will create the journal and use it just for color swatching
Thanks so much for sharing
Hugs and Smiles

[gwensimmons_gigi]

OMG your value swatching and color mixing gives the pure set of results and makes so much more sense that what another popular watercolorist showed on their channel. Thank you, so much for opening my eyes and educating correctly!! 🙏🏾🤩🥰😃🪅

[KorysArtCafe]

Your channel is one of my absolute favs! I’m amazed at all the colors you got out of these 4, wow! 🌸

[lucytyson]

Ceecee, you are such a wonderful teacher. It’s amazing how many colors can be made by mixing and/or diluting with water. It’s time consuming but a great way to learn about color and as you pointed out practicing brush strokes. Your doodles make it look so pretty too! I keep a couple of color art journals where I swatch out all my colors by brand leaving space for adding new colors. I swatch out watercolor, acrylic paint/inks, paint markers, alcohol inks and my neocolor II Caran D’Ache. This also helps when I order supplies to make sure I that I don’t already have a particular color. Thank you!

[Angie-pluw]

Thanks. Just goes to show what a limited pallet really means. I loved watching this.

[dawnesmith-sliming]

I love swatching out colours I own to see how they play with each other. Your chart is aesthetically quite pleasing and accomplishes the same thing as using grid after grid after grid. Nicely done!

[juliec.]

I’ve seen some of your videos and I’m new to watercolour painting and I think you’re amazing. I can’t draw but I love swatching, still learning. Very helpful. You’re so talented.

[lindsayjayne]

What a beautiful color chart, it's so aesthetically pleasing, what a wonderful idea!!✨I was just browsing for ideas on this very topic, so thankYOU for sharing and for saving me from drawing up a big boring square chart, I'm excited to do it now!💛

[cristinalattuada]

Its so enjoyable to watch you paint and you have such great ideas and examples of us to improve. You're so kind and generous sharing your knowledge. Thank you

[vespajen]

Thank you so much CeeCee for doing this video. I love watching you in the quiet and cool mornings.I just ordered 8 colors by M Graham (I’m mostly a Daniel Smith person) have been out of control buying tubes and have NEVER done the gradient swatch thing. Now, you’ve reminded me how much I want to make a pocket doodler book AND Use it to understand my new pigments. ☺️

[wulfseig]

OMGOSH, I do this all the time! I have a book full of playing with color palettes from Pinterest. I knew I liked your color stories and they "felt" familiar. Such an awesome way to learn how to create color mixes. Awesome video.

[rainazichterman]

This is a wonderful way of mixing the colors you have and not only following the regular charts. Thx for sharing.

[robincooper]

I love how you did this! I am inspired to give it a go, even though I'm not feeling all that well! Thank you for a fun exercise and I love how you laid it out. It makes me think that it's a good way to practice balance.

[aida]

Hi CeeCee, thank you so much for sharing!! I finally got the nerve to practice watercolor painting and, so I wanted to start with "watercolor swatching" before I even tried actually painting lol!! This is just perfect in learning about "color gradients" as well!! Have a blessed day CeeCee and can't wait to try this weekend!!💕🥰🙏🏼🙏🏼

[LavenderDebs]

I am thankful that you did not keep this a secret! I get weary of videos of swatching pallets.... not that I do not find them useful but expensive! If only I had this color or that color... I love them all, but there is hardly a dent in some of the tubes. But to find out how versatile a pigment is gives me joy beyond the collection. Again, thank you!
Comfort and joy,

Debs in Everett, Washington... who paints prayer cards and was in need of new ideas when I came across your brilliant Advent doodle book. That works! But while looking at what else you do, I found this. Happy happy!