WILD COLOURS: 3 powerful colour mixing strategies to paint ANY animal (without needing to buy more than 3 colours from the art store)

FREE MINI-COURSE

FROM 'BLEGH' TO BRILLIANT: Confidently mix any colour you need from just 3 watercolours, to create a colour palette for ANY wildlife portrait!

BONUS: realistic tiger's eye guided tutorial included!

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Wildify your colour wheel

Mix 3 primary colours into 12 and never accidentally make muddy colours again

Cheat your chart

Turn those 12 colours into 144 with a DIY glazing chart for a reusable 'cheat sheet'

Purrfect your portrait

Apply your knowledge to a guided tiger's eye tutorial so you can paint wildly on repeat

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Victoria

I've learned that you don't have to go out and buy a lot of expensive paints to have a big range of paint colours at your command.

Joanne

After the first day making our colour wheel, I found myself totally colour-inspired, wanting to paint everything with a wheel of colours.

Shirley

Emma is a genius, her step by step clear instructions and accompanying videos have helped me better understand colour theory!

Unlocking the secrets to painting the wildlife portraits of your dreams is just one click away

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Recommended supplies

  • Watercolour paper (any brand is fine)
  • Watercolour brush (only one, ideally a mid-size round brush)
  • Watercolour paint in 3 primary colours (featured: Paint Wild watercolours in Primary Yellow, Primary 'Red' and Primary Blue) (Commercial alternatives: Winsor & Newton in Winsor Lemon, Permanent Rose and Winsor Blue (Red Shade))
  • Palette/mixing surface (featured: Kmart side plate)
  • Pencil and eraser for transferring the colour wheel sketch to your paper
  • Water jar(s)
  • Paper towel
  • Watercolour paper (featured: Arches coldpress 300gsm)
  • Watercolour brushes (featured: Paint Wild round brushes in sizes 3/0, 6 and 8)
  • Watercolour paint in 3 primary colours (featured: Paint Wild watercolours in Primary Yellow, Primary 'Red' and Primary Blue) (Commercial alternatives: Winsor & Newton in Winsor Lemon, Permanent Rose and Winsor Blue (Red Shade))
  • White gouache (or something that can create white for the highlight) (featured: Winsor & Newton Designer's Gouache in Permanent White)
  • Palette/mixing surface (featured: Kmart side plate)
  • Painter's tape (optional, keeps paper flat)
  • Pencil and eraser for transferring the sketch to your paper
  • Water jar(s)
  • Paper towel
  • Heat gun/hair dryer (optional, wait for each layer to air dry if you don't have these)
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