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Paperclipping 106 – Mix Your Own Paint Colors

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Here is the free trailer for today’s episode of Paperclipping for our Members. This episode is all about color and how to mix your own colors from acrylic paint using just a handful of base hues. Even if you’re not into paint, this episode should help you with color in general. One thing to note is that video is not able to pick up the subtleties of color that our eyes see, so you’ll have to rely more on what I explain than what you can see in the video during some of the color mixing portions.

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You can see the minibook page featured in the episode by clicking here. By the way, I added a few more pictures of the You Me minibook featured in the recent episode about Visual Memoirs. Below is the one page featured in the episode…
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  • Hi there!!

    I have a question... Yesterday I mixed white gesso with green to alter a photo (as you did no long time ago) but it's like "hospital green", do you know what I mean?

    Should I mix it with yellow to get a more grass green like color??

    Anyway, I'll do it because I really don't like the coldness of that green... I'll tell you about it...
  • Yes, if the green is too cold and you want it to look more "grassy" mix some
    yellow into it. Just a tiny bit at a time. Please let me know how it goes!
  • Well, I've mixed some yellow... nothing. Some more green (2 different shades)... nothing. Some more yellow... nothing.

    Tomorrow I'll try again...
  • If you don't get a difference you just need to keep adding more yellow until you do. Don't start over. It's impossible to not get a change at some point. Let me know how it goes. Good luck!
  • Noey
    Thanks for this inspirational video! I decided to mix my own paint yesterday to cover an album. I found that you can also mute your color with color. For example, I needed green, so I mixed a combination of blue and yellow but it was too "green." So I added red to it to turn it more olive.
  • That is so cool! I'm glad to hear you going for it and finding success.
    Thanks so much for sharing.
  • Sandy
    Thanks Noell, have been waiting for this episode for a while. Found it really interesting to watch. I would like to see some more info, perhaps in another episode or a post in the Crop Circle, about some general portions to mix to get certain colours. Obviously apart from your general blue and yellow make green etc. Thanks for the time and effort you go to!
  • Thanks, Sandy. I figure there are probably a lot of people with this question so I'll be answering it in the newsletter. It should go out tonight or tomorrow morning so please sign up quickly if you're not already receiving it. If you miss it let me know.

    =)
  • I found this interesting, though as you said, it was hard to see the gradations of color. I will have to watch again sometime. What brand of paints do you use? They obviously are "nicer" than the "Craft Barrell" brand at Michaels that are often on sale for 69 cents!

    Karen
  • Karen, right now I'm using Grumbacher Acrylic paint tubes. I don't know how they rank in terms of quality compared to what artists use. I just know they're artist-quality paint and I like them much better than craft/scrapbook industry paints. I recommend you go to the art section of your local craft store or to an art shop for paint.
  • Watched it!!!

    I'm sure I'll re-watch it when I use my paints again... didn't know about the yellow/blue stuff, neither I knew about mixing colors with grey... interesting...

    Thanks!!

    P.S. Good job on the new pages!!
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