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The Artist's Colour Mixing Card Deck - Watercolour

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  • Publisher: Search Press
  • Edition: ZA General merchandise Card deck - 50 cards + 16pp booklet
  • Publication: 30 September 2025
  • ISBN 13/EAN: 9781800923898
  • Stock: 50+
  • Size: 95x150 mm
  • Pages: 66
  • RRP: £12.49 excl. VAT
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The Artist's Colour Mixing Card Deck - Watercolour

£12.49 excl. VAT

500 colour mixes to select and paint by Julie Collins (Author)

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Book Description

SHORTLISTED FOR GIFT OF THE YEAR 2026!

Take the mystery out of colour mixing with this innovative watercolour card deck from award-winning artist and colour mixing expert Julie Collins.

Simply hold the cards up to the subject you want to paint, select the colour swatch you need, then discover exactly how to mix it using the precise paint quantities stated. Stunningly simple, yet brilliantly effective.

This innovative, easy-to-use reference tool - suitable for artists of all abilities - will become an essential part of your watercolour toolkit - just pop it in your painting bag so you can refer to it time and again.

  • There are 500 unique watercolour mixes to choose from: simply flick through the deck to find the shade you need.

  • The 50 wipe-clean cards are laminated to make them durable and splash-proof.

  • The 16-page booklet contains an essential watercolour guide to understanding and mixing colour to get you started. 

  • The small and sturdy box is perfect for taking with you if you are painting en plein air - simply slip it into your painting bag with the rest of your kit (each card measures 140 x 85mm/5.5 x 3.3in).

  • All the paints used are readily available from the Winsor & Newton range or can be easily substituted with other popular brands.

Table of Contents

The Booklet

Introduction
Materials
Colours used
The colour wheel
Primary colours
Secondary colours
Tertiary colours

The Cards

50 wipe-clean cards, each featuring a range of mixes with specific paint quantities listed.

About the Author

About Julie Collins

Julie Collins studied Fine Art at the University of Reading and has been an artist, writer and teacher since then. She has written a number of colour mixing guides and artists’ problemsolving books and has now sold over 80k books. Julie also writes for Leisure Painter & The Artist magazine. She works from her studio in Hampshire, UK, where she explores her passion for painting, drawing and crafts.

Julie has received numerous prestigious awards for her painting, including from the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal West of England Academy and ING Discerning Eye. She was elected a Member of the Society of Women Artists and on to the SWA Council in 2022.

In 2025 Julie was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and a member of the Painter-Stainer’s Art Society.



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