Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from December, 2025

Mixing Different Shades of Purple with Acrylic Paints

Mixing Purple Acrylic Paints Here’s a helpful visual and practical guide to different shades of purple and how to mix them using acrylic paints . 🎨 1. True Purple (Vivid Violet) Mix: 1 part Ultramarine Blue 1 part Quinacridone Magenta (or Permanent Rose) Tip: To get a more balanced purple, avoid too much blue—it can push it toward indigo. Add white for a soft pastel violet. 💜 2. Lavender Mix: 1 part Violet (True Purple) 2 parts Titanium White A touch of Ultramarine Blue Tone: Soft, airy, and ideal for highlights or spring-inspired scenes. 💗 3. Lilac Mix: 1 part Dioxazine Purple 3 parts White A small dab of Magenta Tone: Warm, romantic shade leaning slightly pink. Perfect for flowers (like lilacs). đŸĒģ 4. Mauve Mix: 2 parts Purple 1 part White Add a pinch of Burnt Umber or Raw Umber to mute it slightly Tone: Dusty, vintage look — great for shadows or antique color schemes. 🌌 5. Indigo Purple Mix: 2 parts Ultramarine Blue 1 part Dioxazine Purple Tone: Deep and mysterious, a...

Mixin' up Paint Texas Style!

 Alright, y'all, let's rustle up some colors for a paintin' that'll make your jaw drop like a calf lookin' at a new gate. This ain't for eatin', mind you, unless you got a hankerin' for a trip to the emergency room. This here's for makin' art, pure and simple. Recipe Name: Makin' All the Colors of the Rainbow (and Then Some!) - Texas Style! Cuisine Type: Not edible, strictly for paintin' pictures that'll make your grandma say, "Well, I'll be hornswoggled!" Dietary Preferences: This ain't got nothin' to do with eatin', so don't go gettin' your britches in a twist. Ingredients List (What you'll need to wrangle): Red Paint: A good, strong red, like the color of a Texas sunset after a dust storm. Acrylic or oil, dealer's choice. Blue Paint: A deep, rich blue, like the sky over Big Bend on a clear day. Same as above, acrylic or oil. Yellow Paint: A sunny yellow, like a field of bluebonnets in...