The Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour Seashore - Julie Collins - The Colour Mixing Guide

From Search Press, The Colour Mixing Guide: Watercolour Seashore by award-winning artist Julie Collins is a practical paperback guide for building confidence with watercolour colour mixing through coastal-inspired subjects. Designed as an easy-to-use reference, it shows how to create over 100 vibrant mixes and apply them to a varied selection of seashore studies, from mussel shells and sea grass to sardines and a blue jellyfish.

Across 64 pages, you’ll find 15 paintings supported by colour ratios and finished swatches, making it simple to revisit favourite mixes or plan new palettes. Five subjects are demonstrated step by step, taking you through selecting colours, mixing and painting from start to finish. Alongside the projects, the book includes comprehensive information about colour, including a colour wheel, plus guidance on pure and mixed pigments and essential watercolour techniques such as wet into wet, wet on dry, washes and lifting off.

Key features

• Over 100 colour mixes with colour ratios and swatches
• 15 coastal subjects including shells, seaweed, plants and fish
• Five step-by-step paintings shown from start to finish
• Colour wheel and guidance on pure and mixed pigments
• Techniques include wet into wet, wet on dry, washes, lifting off, creating texture, layering and masking
• 175 colour illustrations
• ISBN: 9781800922457

Specifications

• Author: Julie Collins
• Series: The Colour Mixing Guide
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 64
• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 11 July 2025

Sizing

155 x 215 x 5 mm

Rackhams Reference : CTQ5M7G1EW