Giovanni Balzarani shared five ways to mix green watercolors directly on your paper with different combinations of blues and yellows:

  1. Side by side in even amounts
  2. Larger ratio of blue to yellow
  3. Larger ratio of yellow to blue
  4. Glazing – yellow over dry blue
  5. Glazing – blue over dry yellow

Enjoy these video clips to see his techniques with four different blue and yellow pairings – and then check out the mixes from several other artists who participated in this live paint-along on Zoom and Facebook. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the full one-hour presentation and see lots more of Giovanni’s pairings, including two with gouache!

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