UK check Germany US My previous book was Watercolour Mixing Charts, which you can find on here.) Please make sure you set up an account with (or au. etc) if you are buying the eBook or PDF from so you can get it again if you update your computer.Ĭompare prices and shipping to your country. The eBook is available instantly and you can see a preview of the first 20 pages here. The Premium paper is slightly thicker and recommended. It is available in Premium Matt paper in hardback or softcover, or in Standard paper in softcover. You can find the eBook and all the printed versions of this book here. *the book was produced using the single pigment Quinacridone Gold, which is no longer available but has been replaced with a two pigment hue that will create very similar mixes. I recommend and use Daniel Smith watercolours for this set, which has featured on the Daniel Smith website here, though alternative colours from other brands are included below.

This book is a watercolour reference book about the mixes you can create with my 'Ultimate Mixing Set' of 15 colours - 14 single pigment colours* and one convenience mixture. You should find you can make pretty much any hue you choose. You only need to buy 14 tubes of paint. You may wish to buy other colours for convenience, or you may choose to create you own custom-mixes of convenience colours with these original tubes by making up an orange or a purple or some greens if you work with them a lot.

The Ultimate Mixing Palette is not intended as a limited palette but as a basic set to work with. The set is painted out using Daniel Smith professional watercolours. The palette colours are also useful alone. With this set, generally two, but at most three colours may be needed to create any hue you want.

Many people find that if they mix too many pigments, they end up creating 'mud'. My goal was to find single pigment colours that would mix together efficiently so that most colours could be produced by mixing just two pigments. Too many colours in a painting leads to a lack of colour harmony. It is rather a Goldilocks palette - not so few colours that you have to spend the whole time mixing everything together, nor so many that you lose track of what you have and how to mix them. It is also suitable for anyone from a beginner to an experienced artist. It is intended as a universal palette, suitable for any subject. I have often been asked what colours I recommend for people to buy to get started in watercolour or to upgrade to artist quality watercolours so I created this palette to address that question.

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