Over the years I have painted a few colour wheels. It is a good exercise to do every so often; to remind yourself of the colour choices and options available even with a limited set of paints.

I do have to admit that I have not often continued the exercise long enough to consider mixing brown. It is very easy just to reach for a tube of pre-mixed brown and not give it another thought. Reminding myself of the options to mix the exact colour I want was useful.

The colour mixing exercise was part of the first class of Painting 1 (a BIA class). Interestingly I have never actually taken a face-to-face painting class. I have mostly learned via online class. It was very enjoyable to be able to sit and paint with other like-minded people. People who equally appreciated the idea of blue and red and yellow makes brown.