An excellent description of what the palette can do. I just finished watching another artist's rendition of a street scene using the Zorn palette. It was a lovely painting, but the blue was unbelievable.
Thankyou Andrew great demonstration on zorns palette, very interesting choice of colours , makes me think a lot on choosing colour. I have seen some paintings of zorns were he has definitely used a slightly diff palette certainly added a type of blue and a yellow. He kept his palette simple but adjusted depending on the scene .
I have decided to get his palette for myself. Only I use Pyrrole red for certain reasons instead of Cad. So I'm glad to learn about it and your video made it very easy to understand for a beginner like me. So thank you very, very much!
Hi Terra Nova. I’m happy to hear this video was helpful. I think you will learn a lot if you practice painting with this limited palette. I also do free live educational streams every Friday if you are interested. Just look up “ Andrew Judd Painting” ( watching paint dry ) Cheers.... and have a great day.!
Great demo on colour flesh tones! Big help trying for first time at 74,,doing a painting of marylin Monroe at my daughter's request no problem lol struggling getting the nose looking right something, probably like a lot of people during this lockdown to do, it's saving my sanity! Thank you for your demo
Thanks for checking it out David. It may sound strange, but if you turn your reference and your painting upside down, and paint the shapes you see... it is easier to paint a portrait this way. Someday perhaps I’ll do a demo to explain why and how our brain works this out. Good luck, and welcome to the magical world of painting!,
Thanks Relo. I believe Zorn used Vermillion as a matter of fact. I like the ivory black for its transparency, but I’m happy to try the Mars black at your recommendation.
This was so delightful. What brand of oils? I’m a watercolourist and want to try oils and haven’t a clue. I feel when you have so few colours you really want them to perform.
hi Kateri. Thanks. I'm glad you liked this. I can recommend Winsor and Newton professional grade, or Old Holland for the best of the best. If you just want to try oil for fun ... get yourself a starter set that include Zorns colours.
Andrew just found your channel and I love it! The explanation of the Zorn palette is worth the try. I will definitely give it a try. I’m subscribing to your channel. You mention cad red, is it cad red medium, light, hue? Thanks so much for all you do to keep us informed and educated! I have tried portraits but my skin colors come out too light. I will try the Zorn palette for sure. Blessings and take care.
Hi Crisalida. I’m glad you liked the Zorn demo. I usually use cad red medium or cad red light. Zorn used a vermilion. You can achieve very similar effects with the cadmium colors. Thanks for subscribing. I’m happy to have an audience. Cheers…
@@andrewjuddpainting9727 thanks so much for your reply. I will continue watching your channel and looking forward to catching up with the ones I missed. Keep up the great work. Cheers!
Im fascinated, am new to watercolor painting and learning by books that have you using 3 colours for each painting at a beginner level. My question is how do you paint a value scale? Do you know of a video that shows you how for a zorn palette in watercolor?
Hi Maria. A watercolor value scale is fairly straight forward ( but a bit tougher than oil ) Start with your darkest colour… maybe a Paynes grey for example. Simply add a little more water in order to lighten the colour. This will take some practice as watercolours change values as they dry. ( lighter dries darker and darker dries lighter ) Practice each value again and again until you know the amount of water you need to make it work. Good luck, and happy painting!!
Hi, thank you so much for this wonderful tut. But, how did you get the emerald green tone on the ring? Did you use this palette or did you add a separate color?
Hi Yuly. Yes I did add a touch of viridian and lemon yellow for the emerald green. ( that’s the only color outside of Zorns palette ) He would do the same thing now and then if a special color was needed.
I'm going to attempt do a painting of an old sepia photo of my grandmother taken about 1890, she looks about 30 years old . have you done paintings off oldmonochrome photos ? I suppose the word artistic licence takes on its true meaning! Strange really ,it's a kind of spiritual thing lol!
That should be fun to do David. I have worked from old photos in the past. You can simply follow the values to try to be accurate that way, and then make up the colors you imagine they might have been. I did a book jacket a long time back when the publisher wanted to use an old Howard Pyle illustration but couldn’t find a full color image print of it. That was a challenging project, but with patience it worked out just fine. ( if you look up a book called “ the Loyalists by Christopher Moore “ you can see the finished illustration. Good luck ... and let me know how it turns out.
Or you can do it in burnt umber and white. Funny that they did paint colourful washes over those old photos, and often came up with some pretty nice effects.
An excellent description of what the palette can do. I just finished watching another artist's rendition of a street scene using the Zorn palette. It was a lovely painting, but the blue was unbelievable.
Thanks for watching Hondo. It is truly surprising how much blue comes through the ivory black in this palette.
Thankyou Andrew great demonstration on zorns palette, very interesting choice of colours , makes me think a lot on choosing colour. I have seen some paintings of zorns were he has definitely used a slightly diff palette certainly added a type of blue and a yellow. He kept his palette simple but adjusted depending on the scene .
Supposedly they found a tube of Cobalt Blue in his studio after his death.
no nonsense direct demo to mixing zorn palette thank you
Thanks William.
I have decided to get his palette for myself. Only I use Pyrrole red for certain reasons instead of Cad. So I'm glad to learn about it and your video made it very easy to understand for a beginner like me. So thank you very, very much!
Hi Terra Nova. I’m happy to hear this video was helpful. I think you will learn a lot if you practice painting with this limited palette. I also do free live educational streams every Friday if you are interested. Just look up “ Andrew Judd Painting” ( watching paint dry ) Cheers.... and have a great day.!
@@andrewjuddpainting9727 Wow that’s great! Would love to have peek. Thank you ^_^
Great demo on colour flesh tones! Big help trying for first time at 74,,doing a painting of marylin Monroe at my daughter's request no problem lol struggling getting the nose looking right something, probably like a lot of people during this lockdown to do, it's saving my sanity! Thank you for your demo
Thanks for checking it out David. It may sound strange, but if you turn your reference and your painting upside down, and paint the shapes you see... it is easier to paint a portrait this way. Someday perhaps I’ll do a demo to explain why and how our brain works this out. Good luck, and welcome to the magical world of painting!,
@@andrewjuddpainting9727 thanks !I will try that I remember having a go ,a few years ago getting the nose right is so incredibly subtle to get right
Completed marylin picture, my daughter is well pleased, your tip was invaluable !
@@davidinger961 hi David. Happy to hear that worked out !! Cheers 😊
This was a wonderful video Andrew! Thanks for posting this!!
Thanks Matt. I’ll be posting more, and when I can order a proper mike that will help the sound lots. Hope you’re painting lots!!
instablaster...
Fantastic explanation of the palette!
Thanks JP
Nice paint
Thank you so much
Mars black is a better option, more cold, bluish. Vermillion is a better option regards to toxicity. Great video!
Thanks Relo. I believe Zorn used Vermillion as a matter of fact. I like the ivory black for its transparency, but I’m happy to try the Mars black at your recommendation.
@@andrewjuddpainting9727 yes, you are right, mars black is more opaque. The bluish tint in this iron oxide black really pops against the warmer tones.
Nice 👍
Thanks 😊
Bravo
Thanks Andrew:))
Happy to share Alice. 😊
This was so delightful. What brand of oils? I’m a watercolourist and want to try oils and haven’t a clue. I feel when you have so few colours you really want them to perform.
hi Kateri. Thanks. I'm glad you liked this. I can recommend Winsor and Newton professional grade, or Old Holland for the best of the best. If you just want to try oil for fun ... get yourself a starter set that include Zorns colours.
Andrew just found your channel and I love it! The explanation of the Zorn palette is worth the try. I will definitely give it a try. I’m subscribing to your channel. You mention cad red, is it cad red medium, light, hue? Thanks so much for all you do to keep us informed and educated! I have tried portraits but my skin colors come out too light. I will try the Zorn palette for sure. Blessings and take care.
Hi Crisalida. I’m glad you liked the Zorn demo. I usually use cad red medium or cad red light. Zorn used a vermilion. You can achieve very similar effects with the cadmium colors. Thanks for subscribing. I’m happy to have an audience. Cheers…
@@andrewjuddpainting9727 thanks so much for your reply. I will continue watching your channel and looking forward to catching up with the ones I missed. Keep up the great work. Cheers!
Im fascinated, am new to watercolor painting and learning by books that have you using 3 colours for each painting at a beginner level.
My question is how do you paint a value scale? Do you know of a video that shows you how for a zorn palette in watercolor?
Hi Maria. A watercolor value scale is fairly straight forward ( but a bit tougher than oil ) Start with your darkest colour… maybe a Paynes grey for example. Simply add a little more water in order to lighten the colour. This will take some practice as watercolours change values as they dry. ( lighter dries darker and darker dries lighter ) Practice each value again and again until you know the amount of water you need to make it work. Good luck, and happy painting!!
@@andrewjuddpainting9727 Thank you, I was going to do the ivory black for the Zorn palette
@@mariatriesart8389 of course ….. that makes sense 😊
Hi, thank you so much for this wonderful tut. But, how did you get the emerald green tone on the ring? Did you use this palette or did you add a separate color?
Hi Yuly. Yes I did add a touch of viridian and lemon yellow for the emerald green. ( that’s the only color outside of Zorns palette ) He would do the same thing now and then if a special color was needed.
@@andrewjuddpainting9727 thanks a lot for the answer 🥰❤️
Does bone black and carbon black have the blue tint? (Acrylics)
Hi Mary. I’m not sure to be honest. I’m going to guess not but that’s one to look up. Maybe someone else can answer that question here?
Thanks
Thanks Bryan.
I'm going to attempt do a painting of an old sepia photo of my grandmother taken about 1890, she looks about 30 years old . have you done paintings off oldmonochrome photos ? I suppose the word artistic licence takes on its true meaning! Strange really ,it's a kind of spiritual thing lol!
That should be fun to do David. I have worked from old photos in the past. You can simply follow the values to try to be accurate that way, and then make up the colors you imagine they might have been. I did a book jacket a long time back when the publisher wanted to use an old Howard Pyle illustration but couldn’t find a full color image print of it. That was a challenging project, but with patience it worked out just fine. ( if you look up a book called “ the Loyalists by Christopher Moore “ you can see the finished illustration. Good luck ... and let me know how it turns out.
Or you can do it in burnt umber and white. Funny that they did paint colourful washes over those old photos, and often came up with some pretty nice effects.
As for the color names, I'll have to re-learn English. I guess Webster won't be useful anymore.
Webster might help... ivory black. Cadmium red, yellow ochre, titanium white.