My goodness I have learned so much from u, and how u simplify everything for beginners, by using these 3 colors. Thank u for taking the time to teach these tutorials.
As a colorblind beginner who has trouble with hues, I can’t tell you how much of a relief it is to learn about the importance of value from you. Thank you so much !
My brother is a color blind photographer, but a great designer. All he hears from people is, how great your colors are. Get everything else right and being color blind is no problem.
You are a smashing instructor, Professor Stan Miller. I am learning so much about watercolor and basic painting. You also have graceful, pleasant to watch hands. thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge. I also appreciate you not pushing expensive brands, an amazing professional. Joni max
You are the best on you tube , thank you Stan for many of us who do not Have access to wonderful teacher like you , or a class to attend .. thank you .
You are a wonderful teacher as well as a talented artist Stan. A rare find. Thank you so much for creating tutorials that are easy to absorb and break through the confusion. Cheers, Anne Marie
Mr. Miller, Wish I could have studied with you for years because of your ability to make learning simple! Lots of people attempt to teach , but want to express it as though they are the only one on earth who understands whatever it is they want to express. Thank you so kindly and keep teaching me! Jimi
Thank you for your effort. As a beginner painter, these lesson are precious to people who try to understand value and color like me. Hope to see more lesson from you.
Thank you so much for simplifying the color mixing techniques. I have looked for months for a simple explanation to this mixing madness when I was ready to give up I saw another good video that is even more detailed, but they used your name as their point of reference. I am so happy right now and can move on with my new hobby. Most explanations are so complex that you are more confused than when you started watching the video.
I agree, most make mixing color so complicated. It's very very simple to get basic, or general color...using nearly any red, yellow or blue. The more exact we want to get our color, the more we need the correct, red, yellow and blue. And...if we want our color match to be nearly perfect...then...it gets complicated... But even then, the right red, yellow and blue will get us 99 percent correct...in most cases.
I initially learned so much from you in getting started .however, I then tried going to fast and got a bit lost. Now I came back to this tutorial and am so glad I did. What a perfect explanation and inspiration to taking care to do things right. Outstanding! Thank you .you are the best!
Ah yes, a common mistake. We try to go fast and quick before we should. One has to make certain that they know how to control the medium and that the subject isn't too difficult before we start to go faster. Glad the lessons are helpful!
Hi Stan. I am so delighted to see your U-Tube Tutorials for watercolor painting online. It reminds me of the days of taking your lessons in the past, which I absolutely loved. I am wanting to paint again and this is an excellent way for me to get started again. Thank you, Your student and friend, Ginger
Great way to understand colors! New stuff for me. Thank you once again for your instruction. You have insights of a great teacher. Love the simplicity yet the depth.
Wow. That girl in the photo is gorgeous and you made her even more gorgeous in your painting... which seems impossible. I just found your site today. *When I see the subjects of some of your videos, I feel I should slog through them even though they sound boring as hell (like "value" of colors) and as I force myself to learn about the subject at hand, because I know I'm SUPPOSED to learn "it", I suddenly start to freak out and FEEL what you're saying. And I get interested in what you're teaching. And it doesn't seem as bad as memorizing times tables... kids probably don't do that any more... or... maybe learning how to spell phthalowhatever. Fabulous. I will watch your videos every day until I can repeat them in my sleep. Thank you.
As I mention in my lessons Tina, learning how to paint is like learning a language. Painting is a language. One must work hard to learn a language, or learn how to play the piano, an instrument...so, one must work hard to learn how to paint. My best students are the one's who work the hardest.
My friend you explained everything so well. Thank you for sharing this video and making it’s information easy to follow and helpful. I’m off now to practice what you’ve demonstrated. ❤️
Amazing! What a great explanation! I will make myself some of those "windows" and try it out! Seems so much easier now. Lighter or darker, more of yellow, of red or of blue? Got it! Thanks!
In under 15 minutes, you have given me a very different approach to painting portraits. My drawing has always been OK, but I have obviously spent far too much time chasing colour as opposed to value; at least initially. Many thanks.
Thank you Dr. Bob. That's why I posted these videos. Learning how to paint is like learning a language, or how to play an instrument. If you can learn how to play the piano, you should be able to learn how to paint quite well, with proper instruction. Very little good instruction out there in my opinion...glad you enjoy the lessons.
@@Stanleylestermiller I agree across the board; it takes a good teacher to get the message across and art instruction does seem to be falling short. Today I am about to start my third only commissioned portrait; at least I can begin a little more confidently now knowing more about how to approach it ... and yes, Stan, I enjoy your lessons immensely. Best regards, Bob.
thanks for this video, it's very eye opening for me, I never saw values this way I always focused so much on what colors I saw in a photo but it felt a bit difficult for and this way is a nice simple way to start off
Yes, values are to painting, what rhythm is to music. Chords are the color. One can have wonderful chords in your music (colors in your painting), but if your rhythm is off (values are off), your song...painting doesn't work.
I swear by value studies. You lessons on value are just amazing. I would love if you take an online course, for people who can't attend your workshops in USofA
The problem with red acetate over a color Renee is that, if it's a red or red related color you put the red acetate over, the red color looks much lighter then it really is, because of the red acetate bias.
Is it more 💙, is it more 💛, is it more ❤️? Id been judging values on whether theyre dark, medium or light, not in relation to each other or thinking medium dark and medium light. Thanks heaps. Your insights are invaluable(no pun intended).
Question for you.. when you buy paint.. do you just buy red yellow blue white and black? And what are the color names of the red, blue, and yellow if you don't mind. There are so many out there anymore
Hi Stan, In the video you pointed to the yellow swatch twice -once saying it was a light value and once saying it was a dark value. So my question is: was this a mistake or a comparative value? BTW thank you immensely I think you are extremely helpful!
thank you very very much!do you use only 3 colors in all your painting???I really want to learn how to use 6 or 12 colorsbecause the colors are dull(not clean)how can we expend that?can you teach more with new videos?i will be very happy !you are the best teacherthank you!!!
Only my beginning students use just 3 colors. My more advanced students use as many colors as they please. I might do more color lessons in the future, so glad my lessons are helpful.
On my videos I sometimes use my iphone, take a photo, then go to editing in my iphone and turn the photo into black and white so one can see the value. One can also take a photo in a number of apps, I often us "top camera". After one takes the photo with the app, one can transpose the photo into many different images, one being black and white. Type: "photo editing" into the app search and nearly any photo editing app will help you see your photo in many ways.
Glad you enjoy my lessons. Remember, whether painting in watercolor or oil....getting the color right is one of the most unimportant parts of painting. If you watched my lessons, and if you are a realist, what's most important is: Get the drawing right...most people don't. Get the values correct...this is huge. Choose a subject that isn't too complicated. Choose a subject that has great mood. Create a painting with a powerful composition and design. These are the things that make a painting powerful, not color or technique. Very few understand this.
My goodness I have learned so much from u, and how u simplify everything for beginners, by using these 3 colors. Thank u for taking the time to teach these tutorials.
My goodness I have learned so much from u, and how u simplify everything for beginners, by using these 3 colors. Thank u for taking the time to teach these tutorials.
Marisol Catts Happy to know my lessons are helpful.
As a colorblind beginner who has trouble with hues, I can’t tell you how much of a relief it is to learn about the importance of value from you. Thank you so much !
My brother is a color blind photographer, but a great designer. All he hears from people is, how great your colors are. Get everything else right and being color blind is no problem.
You are a smashing instructor, Professor Stan Miller. I am learning so much about watercolor and basic painting. You also have graceful, pleasant to watch hands. thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge. I also appreciate you not pushing expensive brands, an amazing professional. Joni max
Gracias por los subtítulos! en este video entiendo mejor la lección! Gracias, Stan.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. The concept of light and dark really helps. I start to figure out how to paint watercolor!
Very good lesson once again Stan,you are the Jimmy Page of the Art world... the best teacher of them all...
You are the best on you tube , thank you Stan for many of us who do not Have access to wonderful teacher like you , or a class to attend .. thank you .
Thank you, glad you enjoy my lessons.
Thanks for the new lesson Stan !!!
Great as usual!
I'm learning pastel, but watching your channel is teaching me a whole lot of valuable information. Thank you for your generosity.
You are a wonderful teacher as well as a talented artist Stan. A rare find. Thank you so much for creating tutorials that are easy to absorb and break through the confusion. Cheers, Anne Marie
Thanks so much Anne.
Mr. Miller, Wish I could have studied with you for years because of your ability to make learning simple! Lots of people attempt to teach , but want to express it as though they are the only one on earth who understands whatever it is they want to express. Thank you so kindly and keep teaching me! Jimi
So happy to hear that my lessons are helpful JImmie. I wish you the best in your painting!
Thank you for your effort. As a beginner painter, these lesson are precious to people who try to understand value and color like me. Hope to see more lesson from you.
Glad my lessons are helpful.
A five years old right here, the best lesson for me. Thank you so much!
Great explanation ! Now I know what to do with those little squares!! So informational and understandable. Thank YOU!
Thank you so much for simplifying the color mixing techniques. I have looked for months for a simple explanation to this mixing madness when I was ready to give up I saw another good video that is even more detailed, but they used your name as their point of reference. I am so happy right now and can move on with my new hobby. Most explanations are so complex that you are more confused than when you started watching the video.
I agree, most make mixing color so complicated. It's very very simple to get basic, or general color...using nearly any red, yellow or blue. The more exact we want to get our color, the more we need the correct, red, yellow and blue. And...if we want our color match to be nearly perfect...then...it gets complicated... But even then, the right red, yellow and blue will get us 99 percent correct...in most cases.
Thank you thank you thank you , years of confusion know very clear . Starting to implement it by today
I initially learned so much from you in getting started .however, I then tried going to fast and got a bit lost. Now I came back to this tutorial and am so glad I did. What a perfect explanation and inspiration to taking care to do things right. Outstanding! Thank you .you are the best!
Ah yes, a common mistake. We try to go fast and quick before we should. One has to make certain that they know how to control the medium and that the subject isn't too difficult before we start to go faster. Glad the lessons are helpful!
Hi Stan. I am so delighted to see your U-Tube Tutorials for watercolor painting online.
It reminds me of the days of taking your lessons in the past, which I absolutely loved. I am wanting to paint again and this is an excellent way for me to get started again. Thank you, Your student and friend, Ginger
Hi Ginger, so nice to hear from you!
You are a superb instructor!
I appreciate that!
Please give us more of your fantastic lessons here on UA-cam.
Very rewarding and friendly for beginners !,,
Great way to understand colors! New stuff for me. Thank you once again for your instruction. You have insights of a great teacher. Love the simplicity yet the depth.
Wow. That girl in the photo is gorgeous and you made her even more gorgeous in your painting... which seems impossible. I just found your site today. *When I see the subjects of some of your videos, I feel I should slog through them even though they sound boring as hell (like "value" of colors) and as I force myself to learn about the subject at hand, because I know I'm SUPPOSED to learn "it", I suddenly start to freak out and FEEL what you're saying. And I get interested in what you're teaching. And it doesn't seem as bad as memorizing times tables... kids probably don't do that any more... or... maybe learning how to spell phthalowhatever. Fabulous. I will watch your videos every day until I can repeat them in my sleep. Thank you.
As I mention in my lessons Tina, learning how to paint is like learning a language. Painting is a language. One must work hard to learn a language, or learn how to play the piano, an instrument...so, one must work hard to learn how to paint. My best students are the one's who work the hardest.
Your videos are are very helpful. I am learning lots. Thank you so much
My friend you explained everything so well. Thank you for sharing this video and making it’s information easy to follow and helpful.
I’m off now to practice what you’ve demonstrated.
❤️
Everett White glad my videos are helpful.
I don't have a problem catching the darkest and lightest values. It's the mid-tones that I have a problem with
Wonderful. I've learnt more from this video than I did from my class.
I loved your videos. Have learned so much ! thank you
Amazing! What a great explanation! I will make myself some of those "windows" and try it out! Seems so much easier now. Lighter or darker, more of yellow, of red or of blue? Got it! Thanks!
Nicely done, Stan. Looking forward to being a student in person!
Sir thank u. Simple n great lesson. Thx a lot.
In under 15 minutes, you have given me a very different approach to painting portraits. My drawing has always been OK, but I have obviously spent far too much time chasing colour as opposed to value; at least initially. Many thanks.
Thank you Dr. Bob. That's why I posted these videos. Learning how to paint is like learning a language, or how to play an instrument. If you can learn how to play the piano, you should be able to learn how to paint quite well, with proper instruction. Very little good instruction out there in my opinion...glad you enjoy the lessons.
@@Stanleylestermiller I agree across the board; it takes a good teacher to get the message across and art instruction does seem to be falling short. Today I am about to start my third only commissioned portrait; at least I can begin a little more confidently now knowing more about how to approach it ... and yes, Stan, I enjoy your lessons immensely. Best regards, Bob.
thanks for this video, it's very eye opening for me, I never saw values this way I always focused so much on what colors I saw in a photo but it felt a bit difficult for and this way is a nice simple way to start off
Yes, values are to painting, what rhythm is to music. Chords are the color. One can have wonderful chords in your music (colors in your painting), but if your rhythm is off (values are off), your song...painting doesn't work.
Stan Miller that makes a lot of sense when I think about thanks for the help
I swear by value studies. You lessons on value are just amazing. I would love if you take an online course, for people who can't attend your workshops in USofA
Your videos are brilliant. Thanks
thank you!
Woah. You are a very good teacher!
Awesome tutorial ! Thanks for posting
The problem with red acetate over a color Renee is that, if it's a red or red related color you put the red acetate over, the red color looks much lighter then it really is, because of the red acetate bias.
So much learning in just a small video thanks for ur knowledge
Glad the lessons are helpful, thank you.
Wow thanks , I've been struggling with values . This helped a lot.
Thanks Susan...glad the lesson was helpful.
great video and a good review for me.
Is it more 💙, is it more 💛, is it more ❤️?
Id been judging values on whether theyre dark, medium or light, not in relation to each other or thinking medium dark and medium light.
Thanks heaps. Your insights are invaluable(no pun intended).
Ah yes, the great seducer in painting, COLOR. Drawing, value, composition and design do all the work, and color gets all the credit. Thank you.
Thank you for great lesson..let me ask you a question. Do you usually mix colours right on painting?
One mix colors right on the painting, or in the palette, I do both...
@@Stanleylestermiller 😊thank you sir
very very useful tutorial. thanks for sharing
Keep uploading videos! None better for wc basics.
Hi stan thank you for the viedeo. why do you choose to work with complementary colors? and not grays and black?
I don't think I understand your question Guy.
Immensely helpful. Thank you!
Great job... Thanks
Thank you so much for such a clear explanation!
Question for you.. when you buy paint.. do you just buy red yellow blue white and black? And what are the color names of the red, blue, and yellow if you don't mind. There are so many out there anymore
Hi Stan, In the video you pointed to the yellow swatch twice -once saying it was a light value and once saying it was a dark value. So my question is: was this a mistake or a comparative value? BTW thank you immensely I think you are extremely helpful!
saw that....just an error..the yellow is obviously light..
thank you very very much!do you use only 3 colors in all your painting???I really want to learn how to use 6 or 12 colorsbecause the colors are dull(not clean)how can we expend that?can you teach more with new videos?i will be very happy !you are the best teacherthank you!!!
Only my beginning students use just 3 colors. My more advanced students use as many colors as they please. I might do more color lessons in the future, so glad my lessons are helpful.
please, dont stop make these lessons
wonderful work. +1 subscriber here.
I would like to use the editing app that you demonstrated, can you tell me which one it eas?
On my videos I sometimes use my iphone, take a photo, then go to editing in my iphone and turn the photo into black and white so one can see the value. One can also take a photo in a number of apps, I often us "top camera". After one takes the photo with the app, one can transpose the photo into many different images, one being black and white. Type: "photo editing" into the app search and nearly any photo editing app will help you see your photo in many ways.
Sir make video on potrait
Thank u for information👍👌
thanks keep it on
I'm having trouble finding Lesson 19
Understanding Value and Color is Lesson 19.
this really helps!
I can't hear any audio :( is the video mute or broken?
ok nvm I refreshed and it works :P
I’m devastated that I can’t find lesson 19
Here's lesson 19: ua-cam.com/video/9m3RmYwFnhQ/v-deo.html
where is Lesson 19?
It's the unnumbered one titled "Understand Value and Color".
I dont know why Google ommitted subtitles in EnglishI This tutorial is uselees for me
Thanks a ton Sir for the simplistically efficient way of explaining the main basics. I kindly request you to help me with oils too. Thanks 🙏😊
Glad you enjoy my lessons. Remember, whether painting in watercolor or oil....getting the color right is one of the most unimportant parts of painting. If you watched my lessons, and if you are a realist, what's most important is: Get the drawing right...most people don't. Get the values correct...this is huge. Choose a subject that isn't too complicated. Choose a subject that has great mood. Create a painting with a powerful composition and design. These are the things that make a painting powerful, not color or technique. Very few understand this.
@@Stanleylestermiller True Sir. Thanks a lot.🙏😊
Perfect. Low views mean people aren’t paying enough attention to color.
Can I add water to oil paint?
You can buy oil paint that is compatible with water, talk to your art supply person.
My goodness I have learned so much from u, and how u simplify everything for beginners, by using these 3 colors. Thank u for taking the time to teach these tutorials.