My first experience of watercolours and mixing colours, some took a lot of trial and error to even get vaguely close. That said, I really enjoyed the whole thing and look forward to learning more.

This was the first experience I have had with watercolors.  It was a little difficult creating the color I was going for, some I was happy with, some I was not.  Watercolor will be a challenge for me, but I am looking forward to continue to learn about the medium.  I have used acrylics and colored pencil alot, but not watercolor.

First experience with water colors.Easier than expected Colors were for greenish white hydrangea and for fern leaf. Used 3 colors for hydrangea 65, 114, and 003 made it just right. For fern used 92 and 251, grey for the dark green color.

I’m very happy with how my color palates turned out. Using complementary colors to achieve toned down versions of colors is such an effective technique!

I have not used watercolors since I was in elementary school and an 8 color Prang watercolor set was on our school supply list, so basically. I have not properly used watercolors before.  Mixing the colors was fun when I was just playing with the colors, but trying to get the color I wanted was very difficult.  I need a lot more practice!  My practice sheet was the same paper as the sheet in my journal, and yet the colors in the journal dried lighter.  I hope when I get to know the colors better it will get easier.

I enjoyed creating palettes for each of the images. I found using the tint, tone and shade along with the complimentary colors very helpful. This exercise required close inspection and contemplation.

I've only used watercolours with my kids when they were young. I didn't know there were so many options for mixing colours - it seems endless! It was hard to get the colour the exact match for sure. I had to remind myself there was no right or wrong, just having fun and experimenting! 

This was great fun and so challenging 

I learned a lot through the exercices of tints, tones ans shades, as well as progressive mix of complementary. I have experience with watercolor but I usually use a brush ( best results is sable for me). I enjoyed experimenting with the colors to change tints, tones and shades, and then obtaining neutral tones with complementary colors. After this, when I prepared my color chart for the morning light, I could feel that I understood better how to  quickly modify the shades to obtain the color I needed. For the finch, I felt more at ease mixing my colors. Waterpen is a bit tricky to ajust to,  for water quantity and also the need to remove color on tip at every mix and change of color. Great exercice, thanks. I can see improvement. Still need to go slower and plan for layers and drying time, but better result for sure. Happy!

Unfortunately, this lesson ended quickly when I discovered the Koi Water Colors palette I ordered didn't come with gray or black, and most of the colors were fluorescent. I will order a new palette and return to this lesson.

Did anyone else get a set of watercolors that doesn't have black and grey? I got the materials for the course, but my palette of paints is totally different than the instructors. Frustrating.

I have been exploring watercolors for a couple of years. This exercise was enjoyable and challenged me to look closely at the variety of colors. Making color palettes is one of my favorite aspects of watercolors. Most of the palettes I’ve made for nature journaling are for flowers, leaves, & birds. I noticed how many of the colors repeat throughout the subjects I’m painting.

This was my first experience working with watercolors.  It was fun but at the same time difficult to get the color exactly as my eye was seeing it in the pictures.  More practice will be needed!

1.  This isn't my first experience, but definitely my first experience trying to closely observe and match colors.  I found it easier to mix the warmer colors than the cool blue.  2. I used a photograph I had taken of an American Lady in a pollinator garden where I work.  It was late in the season and the butterfly was a little beat up, but it was feeding on Zinnia's and I thought the colors with the sky looked really beautiful together.  My challenge was definitely with the blue, which I never ended up getting "just right." 3.  I noticed that the colors of the butterfly itself could all be achieved by beginning with the lightest color and then mixing in other colors from there to work darker.  It was interesting that this butterfly's palette is so seamless.

This was a refresh for painting with watercolors, definitely easier then I expected. Although the paint bleeds easily, the product can be very impressive. While focusing on the image I discovered the purple patch of feathers in the shoulder.

This was my first true experience with watercolors and a water brush, I bought them a while back and I have been so excited to reach this point in the course. Color mixing is a lot of fun and I must admit addicting, it is late and I want to keep going... here are the swatches I created for the two images (poor lighting for the photo). I think they came out pretty close to the actual colors I was trying to achieve. Some colors definitely took longer to create than others. By closely focusing on certain colors, over time I could see more depth and tones in the colors within the image. I look forward to taking my nature sketching and journaling to the next level by adding color! .

I'll definitely have to play around a bit to get to know the various colors - I was a little surprised that some of them had opaque characteristics. And the water brush will have a learning curve too - never tried one of those, but I can see how it would be useful for little field studies! Creating the color palette was fun. Relationships - three of my swatches shared a color - I noted the corresponding number from the pans beside each swatch.

I was unable to upload picture.  I have never used pan water colors but have minimally used tube water colors.  I had difficulty using the water brush because the paints became too diluted.  The second attempt was with a brush and I seemed to be able to get more pigment.  Color mixing is difficult for me but I want to keep learning this skill.  Thank you.

My bird picture had so many erasures on the page;I decided to put the handsome guy on a background. Hopefully In April; I will be taking a drawing class at Schlitz Audubon Center. I am trying to improve sketching. I created a color palette with 'paints gray' white, ochre, van dyke brown, and mixed in a few blues. It took awhile to getting a color that was close to some of the feathers. the feathers on the head seemed to match several of the tail feathers. the beak also blended into the feather shades. I would have liked to see the wings in an open position. the colors are some times different. Gray Crowned Rosy Finch

I have used watercolors before.  YouTube videos, Udemy classes, and Liz's classes.  More difficult because there are so many ways to use! I think I got the colors right but when you paint anything in nature the colors constantly vary.  I find it hard to see shadows because I focus on the object so much. You have to figure how detailed or your interpretation of the subject.  Mine usually end up being abstract art!

I've been working with water color for a few years, but following tutorials that guide me through color mixing. It was hard to mix on my own and try to match what I saw in my yard and I'm not sure I could create the same colors again, at least now. More practice is needed for sure.