24/07/2026
3-day watercolour workshop starts from 26th july! Comment below âportraitâ for more info.
Here are the colour recipes-
- Layer 1: For a skin tone orange, take 50% lemon yellow and 50% crimson lake with lots of water.
- Layer 2: For mid tones, create a dull orange with 40% crimson lake, 40% lemon yellow and 20% cerulean blue.
- Layer 3: For shadows, create a chocolate brown with more of the cerulean blue this time. 40% crimson, 40% cerulean and 20% lemon yellow.
- Layer 4: for neutral grey or black, mix all three colours in equal proportion but very little water.
Itâs possible to create an entire spectrum of colours with just three primaries, keep experimenting with the ratios and you will be surprised to see such vibrant mixes and also the neutral mixes.