Grand Assortment of Greens

by Opal
(Ontario, Canada)

How to mix greens


Using the gray scale (grisaille), mix your basic gray colors. To each color add cadmium yellow and you will have greens in 9 shades.

Divide these greens in half and add french ultramarine blue to one half. You will now have a full range of yellow greens and blue greens.

I buy little plastic container that screw together at the dollar store. I mix my colors and put them in these containers. Since they are clear you can see what color is in there. Works great.

Believe it or not I have found that acrylics stay workable longer than oils.

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