7 Paint Colours I'd Choose if I was a Beginner.

Опубликовано: 16 Апрель 2026
на канале: Louise De Masi
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Here are 7 colours I'd choose if I was beginning to paint in watercolor. I mix them to see many of the colours I could make and I talk about the importance of knowing the temperature of the colors you are using.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Choose warm and cool colours
2:05 Why the temperature of a colour is important
2:28 Use the color wheel
4:09 Mixing Orange
5:54 Mixing Green
7:29 Mixing Violet
9:28 The colours I'd choose
12:11 Mixing the colors
19:13 Outro
19:52 Bloopers
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