While working on an online class
assignment I had to mix watercolors. Now I’m not a watercolorist. I love
watercolor and may someday take a class but for now it’s an inexpensive set of
watercolors. I mixed my paints and got the colors I wanted for my samples to
match my source.
When I later went to do some
design work I had to mix the colors again. I realized I should have made some
notes the first time. Problem was the set was not labeled. The color names were
on the back of the label but they didn’t even seem to be in the same order as
the paint colors. So here’s what I did:
First a good photo of the paint set.
Then I
loaded the photo into Photoshop, assigned a number to each color, and printed
the results. (You could use any program that will allow you to type over the
photo.)
Now as I mix I can make a
notation such as 12+4+1. So the next time I need more of that color I know
which ones to use. I also list the numbers in order of most used to least used.
Now I know this isn’t exact and there are tools and books to guide you through
all of this but I’m not at that stage yet.
Happy Stitching! Rose ♥
3 comments:
what a good way to keep your watercolours, not a painter myself, have dabbled at a workshop and quite enjoyed it but time is a factor, allthough retired not enough time to do all I want as it is
thanks for posting this, what a great idea. I'm off to use this in my sketchbook.
what a great idea for keeping track of your colours! I am so pleased you are enjoying this class and yes....I will still be visiting you all on flickr. You don't get rid of me that easily.
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