Essential Watercolor Blues: A Swatch Guide to 12 Beloved Pigments & Their Mixing Magic (Patreon)

Every artist’s palette deserves a perfect blue! 💙 To help you explore, I’ve created a handout to accompany my recent video guide on 12 of the most popular watercolor blues. You can download this PDF file in the attachment below. Inside, you’ll find swatches of each pigment plus suggested mixes that show their full potential in greens, violets, and even neutral grays.

You can watch the full video ad-free on Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/posts/essential-blues-137172046

Or enjoy it on my YouTube channel 👉 https://youtu.be/r8U3WPNEZIo

I hope this becomes a helpful reference as you discover the beauty of watercolor blues in your own work! and of course I turned

Blue Plums Watercolor Tutorial 🍇💙 Please note that I turned this blue plums painting shown as part of this video into a full step-by-step watercolor tutorial that you can enjoy here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137347363

💙 Favourite Watercolor Blues Mentioned:

Phthalo Blue Green Shade (PB15:3) from QoR: https://amzn.to/3uzszMD

Phthalo Blue Red Shade (PB 15) from QoR: https://amzn.to/4n3BKuZ

Ultramarine (PB29) from Daniel Smith: https://amzn.to/41lBcrN

French Ultramarine (PB29) *my QoR version is no longer available, so here is a great alternative from W&N: https://amzn.to/3Vd1GrY

Phthalo Turquoise (PB15:3/PG7): https://amzn.to/470H9ht

Cobalt Blue (PB28) from QoR: https://amzn.to/3JCQWR1

Cerulean Blue Red Shade (PB35) from W&N: https://amzn.to/4mErbxW

Cobalt Teal (PG50) from QoR: https://amzn.to/46bXWM1

Phthalo Turquoise (PB15:3, PG7) from QoR: https://amzn.to/3HLqu7n

Prussian Blue (PB27) from QoR: https://amzn.to/45xJgqB

Indanthrone Blue (PB60) from QoR: https://amzn.to/4cKMVUw

Indigo (PB60, PBk6) from Daniel Smith: https://amzn.to/409kObF

Ultramarine Finest (PB29) from Schmincke: https://amzn.to/3xRLN24