Confident Color Mixing for Nature Journaling with Nancy Seiler (Part 2)

Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Montana Natural History Center
Cost: $45 MNHC members/$50 non-members

Master color mixing with artist Nancy Seiler!

Have you been nature journaling for a while and feel a bit overwhelmed when mixing colors? This class is for you! As a follow up to the August, 2025 color mixing class, which will be summarized before we start, you’ll continue to understand how to choose colors to match the natural objects that you see. Nancy will explain pigments so that you will come away understanding how to obtain bright and dull colors, use complimentary colors, mix grays, and utilize whatever watercolors you have on hand.

Nancy will be teaching from the QoR Mini 12-pigment set. We’ll start with swatching to understand the pigments you have, tricks for blending and layering color, and how values play a big part of helping your drawings pop. The first two hours will be teaching and working with your pigments. The last hour will be color mixing on your own from objects you find at site with Nancy there to help you achieve color matches.

Nancy Seiler received her Visual Communications degree from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1981. She has taught classical botanical illustration and nature journaling since 2003. Nancy has been painting in acrylics since 2009. She has exhibited her paintings and classical  botanical illustrations since 2002. Her work is represented by Frame of Reference Fine Art in Whitefish and Bigfork, Montana.

What to Bring:

• your watercolor set

• watercolor paper or watercolor/mixed media journal

• #8 round brush or smaller

• graphite pencil and eraser

• micro pen any size point

• we will have some of these materials available to use at MNHC if you need them!

FAQs
What’s the refund policy?

The course fee (minus a 25% administrative fee) is refundable if a cancellation is made up to 7 days before the event. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after this deadline. See our full refund/cancellation policy here.

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

Nope! We will have a list of all the attendees.