In this article I nerd-out on watercolor while showing you some of my red and orange watercolors stash, discussing pigment content of the paints and demonstrate how I add color mixing experiments to my Painter’s Color Diary.

I hope you’ll try some of the tips and tricks shared in the class video!

Some of my Red Watercolor tubes collection with swatch cards.

Some of the things you will learn from this workshop include:

how to look up the pigments that make up a tube of paint;
why it helps to avoid making mud mixes by using at least one single-pigment paint when mixing ;
mixing various natural orange colors using different yellows;
several ways I store my watercolor swatches for easy reference;
and more…

Some orange color mixes using Daniel Smith watercolors in the Painter’s Color Diary.

My Favorite Red Watercolors Workshop Video Replay

Below is the full video workshop of my Live painting session. The paints, surfaces and accessories used in the video are listed afterwards in this article. Enjoy! 🎨

Here are the video timeline sections if you want to jump to a particular part of the live session:

0:00 Watercolor supply overview
2:53 Swatch card techniques
5:34 Color diary documentation
8:52 Understanding pigment codes
25:11 Lightfastness and permanence
35:49 Pigment safety and mixing
45:41 Exploring red color families
1:11:13 Comparing red variations
1:42:38 Color mixing demonstration

Here's the pigment database website I mentioned during the live:
https://www.artiscreation.com/Color_index_names.html

My favorite Primary and Additional Mixing Colors are: Yellow (PY3 - Hansa Yellow Light or PY74 - Arylide Yellow), Blue (PB15:3 - Phthalo Blue and PB29 - Ultramarine Blue), Red (PV19 - Quin Red or Magenta and PR254 - Pyrrole Red), Synthetic Burnt Sienna (PR101 - Red Iron Oxide), Green (PG7 - Phthalo Green) and Black (PBk11 - Mars Black).

Feel free to ask me any follow-up questions in the comments below. Thanks for watching! 😍

My Favorite Watercolor Reds and Color Mixing Workshop Supplies

Daniel Smith Watercolors Used: Quin Rose, Quin Coral, Alizarin Crimson, Perm Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Medium Hue, Pyrrole Scarlet, Quin Sienna, Quin Burnt Orange, Rose Madder Perm, Opera Pink.

Schmincke Used: Ruby Red, Cadmium Red Deep, Bordeaux, Quin Magenta, Scarlet Red, Transparent Red Deep, Permanent Red, English Venetian Red, Cadmium Red Light, Vermillion, Saturn Red, Cadmium Orange Light.

Winsor & Newton Used: Winsor Red, Permanent Carmine, Quin Red, Rose Madder Genuine.

Michael Harding Used: Quin Coral, Cinquasia Maroon

QoR Used: Cadmium Red Light, Transparent Red Oxide, Quinacridone Magenta.

Holbein Used: Vermillion Hue, Crimson Lake.

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