After years of watercolor painting I just learned how to mix a dark shadowy green which I like. Mixing paynes gray with permanent sap green offers up a cool, rich green. I only learned this by constantly experimenting with different techniques and paint combinations.
However, it makes a huge difference when painting landscapes where you want to convey a sense of depth in your picture. Also, it helps brings out all the other rich colors in your painting.
The paintings above were really improved upon by adding that cool, shadowy green in the foreground. It provides the foreground with a solid footing for the landscape to emerge from.
It's not that there aren't other greens out there. There certainly are. It's just that when you mix a lively combination the page comes alive which no store bought pigment can compete with.
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