I think vcm is good for layering some are citadel I'd say is also good for layering if you use the contrast paints after your 1st layer of the base coat
This is such an incredibly good tutorial, the camera angles on the model and the shots of mixing paint made everything super clear. I feel like I finally get how to use my palette and what I can expect my models to look like when I'm part way done!
Just wanted to say this was one of the easiest-to-follow painting tutorials I've ever seen. I especially welcomed the construction-paper demonstration of how to make color lead into each others, whether you're going lighter or darker on different parts of a miniature. Thanks so much.
Her thought process to show her audience visually the process of high and low light, color gradients…. Learned this years ago in art classes but never seen it explained or shown visually with construction paper and pyramids as examples. Much appreciated will share video with my beginner younger artists,
I think this is my first comment on one of your videos, though I've watched and enjoyed many at this point. Just wanted to express my appreciation for a channel that posts functional tutorials without overproducing the affair. Thanks for all the tips! EDIT: If I have to listen to one more miniature UA-camr's "rad" metal music I'm just going to throw my speakers out.
I have paints that look like butter. I have paints that blend like butter... but I wish I had paint that tasted like butter. Excellent video Lyla - the pyramid analogy was very insightful
I've always been a layer type painter but i'm really looking forward to doing more stippling. It looks like just the kind of technique that i'm going to love. Thank you for such a wonderful video.
OK, you just blew my mind. I've seen plenty of people work up from the darkest shadow. I've been starting with basing in 1st shadow, adding deepest shadow then painting up the mid-tone through highlights. The concept of starting with the topmost highlight or closer to it never even occurred to me. Thank you for opening doors.
Sometimes you can take a variety of art classes on color theory and then you come across a video that just condensed a semesters worth of information into a small bite size and understandable video complete with an example painting of your favorite hobby.
Great vid! Just practiced feathering/glazing for the first time on a spare base and uh...lots of practice in my future. 😂 videos like this are so vital for me. Thank you!
Layering highlights on has always vexed me - my big struggles are choosing the right colors and getting the right consistency. The pyramid analogy really helps! Can't wait to sit down and attempt this on my next model.
Outstanding tutorial. I'd call myself a visual learner and I'm decent enough at painting now where I can usually just watch and soak, but your explanations really just unlocked the whole process in my eyes. Great camera work and great voice over. Also great cat
Hi Lyla, I’m new to your videos, which are great! I must say I was a little surprised when you swore. You are very eloquent and I feel you don’t need to swear to emphasise a point. I wish you all the very best! Regards, TCC
Wow. Refreshing! I’ve taught painting and airbrushing for 33 years….yeah,ok. I feel old too. You are touching on the really important aspects in an efficient and chronologically very effective way. And I agree with everything your doing! To the point where I think I may have taught you. But I probably didn’t. It’s a big world. I hope many of those who are looking for great tips and scholar - how to’s are find you & your videos. Great work. Really great work. I feel I am listening to an art techniques teacher with many , many years teaching experience. You deserve success. I know all these methods that you’re showing & have taught them many times but somehow I feel I am learning something watching these. Love your sense of humour too.
Hi Lyla, Just happened across your videos and watched a couple so far and really impressed. Love the way you explain it quite simply and I will be watching more of them. I'm not doing miniatures in your size as I am doing oo scale model railway, and the people in it which are significantly smaller but more knowledge will help even with this size. Cheers, Rick the Bulldog
As an absolute beginner who just picked up some banshees with beautiful flowing parts to them and not being sure how to tackle them in even the slightest, this really really helped.
Great video, thank you for sharing! I was so engaged with how well you were describing things that I started laughing when you said you F-up your minis. 😂
i love your vids ..i am a old painter that hasnt done it for over 20 years and am having to retrain myself in how to do it ..and battling very bad eyesite dont know when that happened...never needed eye assistance in the old days..keep up the great work i am learning alot from you xx
The separate mix puddles are important when you work with acrylics. Good that you brought it up. Back in the day I mixed my paint to a brownish mess. That's how I personally used to fuck up my miniatures.
This was amazing! I was just struggling with blending colors on a cloak this evening. This tutorial showed me exactly what I was doing wrong. Thank you!
You explain things so very good, being Autistic, it´s hard to keep up when people are trying to explain, but you do it clearly AND showing it with the papers at the same time, that made a big difference :) at least in my mind! I wish I had found you when I started painting, it would have saved me a lot of time! Thank you for sharing :)
That's a very good tutorial, now the only thing I need is a tutorial on how to mix color without spreading the color too much. I always lose control and make a mess.
Thank you for the explanation of how layering and glazing are actually done! And the wonderful examples! I was struggling a bit with the layering, but now I see how layering and glazing work together to get a nice gradation! One of my practice minis has a big robe and it is too dark. I couldn't figure out how to get it to lighten up without just random streaks/areas of different shades. Now I get it! Except I need to buy me some glazing medium! 😄
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! I had basically given up on blending, but your detailed tutorial has inspired me to try again. I have a better idea of what I was doing wrong before and I can't wait to try your advice!
You have such a deliberate method of speaking that when you say "fuck" it totally catches me off guard and I laugh out loud every time. Thank you for that. 😂💜
as always great thoughts, great video, great mini. Thanks for doing what you do, this is a lot of useful reminders and tips for me going in to my Seraphon army!
I just got started doing 1/35 scale soldiers. Trying to get past the monochrome color for the uniform and work in some shade and light. This should help. Thanks.
An excellent tutorial, I will echo what others said, the layering of the papers was brilliant as a visual aid. Also, I hope Mochi did not expire, he was clearly stating that he has never, ever had food before. My own cats tell me the same thing every day right before they get fed. A tragedy :-D
Love your videos for two reasons 1. Very informative and I have picked up some good tips to improve my paintings and 2. The way your cats interrupt each video as only a cat can. Very comical.
Do you think some paints blend better than others?
Scale 75 seem to wet blend more easily than VMC or Citadel.
What is vmc?
@@LylaMev Vallejo Model Colour
Thank you!
I think vcm is good for layering some are citadel I'd say is also good for layering if you use the contrast paints after your 1st layer of the base coat
I've watched a ridiculous amount of videos about this process and yours explains it the best and most concisely.
That means a lot!
Agreed
100% agree. So clear and concise. Thank you
Agreed. This video made it click for me. Especially the block pyramid and glaze steps.
This is such an incredibly good tutorial, the camera angles on the model and the shots of mixing paint made everything super clear. I feel like I finally get how to use my palette and what I can expect my models to look like when I'm part way done!
That means so much to me, thank you kindly!
Yup! Lyla and Dana Howl are the only two I've seen that aren't just, "then you blend it and add glaze medium."
❤️❤️
I like how you used the different layers of colored paper. Genius! You're a hell of a teacher.
I think her humility gives her an edge there.
Just wanted to say this was one of the easiest-to-follow painting tutorials I've ever seen. I especially welcomed the construction-paper demonstration of how to make color lead into each others, whether you're going lighter or darker on different parts of a miniature. Thanks so much.
Her thought process to show her audience visually the process of high and low light, color gradients…. Learned this years ago in art classes but never seen it explained or shown visually with construction paper and pyramids as examples. Much appreciated will share video with my beginner younger artists,
I think this is my first comment on one of your videos, though I've watched and enjoyed many at this point. Just wanted to express my appreciation for a channel that posts functional tutorials without overproducing the affair. Thanks for all the tips!
EDIT: If I have to listen to one more miniature UA-camr's "rad" metal music I'm just going to throw my speakers out.
......I also hate the metal music. Miniature painting is not hardcore
By far one of the best glazing tutorials on the internet, really helpful!
I have paints that look like butter.
I have paints that blend like butter...
but I wish I had paint that tasted like butter.
Excellent video Lyla - the pyramid analogy was very insightful
Thank you! I also do not have paints that taste like butter
I've always been a layer type painter but i'm really looking forward to doing more stippling. It looks like just the kind of technique that i'm going to love. Thank you for such a wonderful video.
OK, you just blew my mind. I've seen plenty of people work up from the darkest shadow. I've been starting with basing in 1st shadow, adding deepest shadow then painting up the mid-tone through highlights. The concept of starting with the topmost highlight or closer to it never even occurred to me. Thank you for opening doors.
You hold the paintbrush in the oddest way I have seen, but it looks like a position that gives a lot of stability. Nice work!
Incredible work. I'm sticking to boring, techniques and almost never glazing gradients.
Sometimes you can take a variety of art classes on color theory and then you come across a video that just condensed a semesters worth of information into a small bite size and understandable video complete with an example painting of your favorite hobby.
That means a lot to me!
You know your on the right track when your cat says he agrees with you! This video has helped me a lot. Thank you.
Great vid! Just practiced feathering/glazing for the first time on a spare base and uh...lots of practice in my future. 😂 videos like this are so vital for me. Thank you!
I love the paper stacks. Great example.
Thank you, so helpful. The paper squares to show highlights was helpful even thought I felt like a kid in art class. haha
Your kitty is adorable. Oh, and amazing tutorial, thank you.
The Moggy shaped interuptions are great! They're just enough of a distraction but not too much.... 😉😁🤘✊👍👍👍
I love all your videos, they are very informative and are great tutorials. My favorite part? Cats. Love the cats.
It's crazy how good of a tutorial this is! Something like the color cut-out paper makes it easy to visualize what you're explaining.
Real light bulb moment - great video thank you
Layering highlights on has always vexed me - my big struggles are choosing the right colors and getting the right consistency. The pyramid analogy really helps! Can't wait to sit down and attempt this on my next model.
very good tutorial. Your explanations along with the camera work really helped to make it clear what you were saying and doing.
Outstanding tutorial. I'd call myself a visual learner and I'm decent enough at painting now where I can usually just watch and soak, but your explanations really just unlocked the whole process in my eyes. Great camera work and great voice over. Also great cat
Finally, explained plain and simple. Tkank you
Hi Lyla, I’m new to your videos, which are great! I must say I was a little surprised when you swore. You are very eloquent and I feel you don’t need to swear to emphasise a point.
I wish you all the very best!
Regards,
TCC
Very helpfull! I paint for about 20 years and alway has problems with this tech. Thanks!
Wow. Refreshing! I’ve taught painting and airbrushing for 33 years….yeah,ok. I feel old too. You are touching on the really important aspects in an efficient and chronologically very effective way. And I agree with everything your doing! To the point where I think I may have taught you. But I probably didn’t. It’s a big world. I hope many of those who are looking for great tips and scholar - how to’s are find you & your videos. Great work. Really great work. I feel I am listening to an art techniques teacher with many , many years teaching experience. You deserve success. I know all these methods that you’re showing & have taught them many times but somehow I feel I am learning something watching these. Love your sense of humour too.
I doubt you have taught me, I've only ever been to a single miniature painting class!
Awesome video. Keep up the good work. Model looks great. Keep up the good work.
It is incredibly! You are probably one of the goddesses of the pantheon of learning how to paint miniatures.
Very helpful and great explanation using the pyramid example! Thanks!
Hi Lyla, Just happened across your videos and watched a couple so far and really impressed. Love the way you explain it quite simply and I will be watching more of them. I'm not doing miniatures in your size as I am doing oo scale model railway, and the people in it which are significantly smaller but more knowledge will help even with this size. Cheers, Rick the Bulldog
Love this tutorial. I think you put into words very well what to me is hard to explain. The pyramid analogy is wonderful.
Thank you so much!
that was the best explanation of the process i have seen so far.
Thank you! I try my best!
As an absolute beginner who just picked up some banshees with beautiful flowing parts to them and not being sure how to tackle them in even the slightest, this really really helped.
This might be the best video on this topic I've ever seen. Finally made glazing click for me.
Wet blending and glazing was something I considered beyond my ability until I watched this!
Thank you!
(5:50😯🤣)
The cat cracked me up. I liked how you presented this, and learned a lot. thanks
This video is so clear and the colors are beautiful. Like, the little bit with the pieces of colored paper at the begin is brilliant.
Once again your videos are SO HELPFUL! Thank you for sharing your witchy wisdom with us mortals.
Thank you for this tutorial! I'm on the autistic spectrum and glazing tutorials have never clicked for me before, but now I think I get it!
Great video, thank you for sharing! I was so engaged with how well you were describing things that I started laughing when you said you F-up your minis. 😂
Thank you for a great video, hopefully now i can do a much better job on my cloaks!!! 😊❤
i love your vids ..i am a old painter that hasnt done it for over 20 years and am having to retrain myself in how to do it ..and battling very bad eyesite dont know when that happened...never needed eye assistance in the old days..keep up the great work i am learning alot from you xx
I learned so much from watching you blend gradients of paint! It's something I've been struggling with and seeing how you do it is so helpful!
I'm so glad!
The separate mix puddles are important when you work with acrylics. Good that you brought it up. Back in the day I mixed my paint to a brownish mess.
That's how I personally used to fuck up my miniatures.
best tutorial on layering I've seen. Thank you, cleared up a couple of points I have been getting wrong :)
I love your method of teaching!! Thank you! : )
finaly a good video for layering an glazing thanks and i love the cat hehe.
5:50...My favorite part :)
Yeaahhhhh. I used to have a sign in my office that was just "LET THE PAINT DRY."
Great video! Super helpful, clear, and concise. I really appreciated how you showed how glazing works.
This was amazing! I was just struggling with blending colors on a cloak this evening. This tutorial showed me exactly what I was doing wrong. Thank you!
One of the best painting tutorials I've seen so far. Very useful information :) I'm going to have to take some notes
Just found your channel , and what a great “new” take on layering. I must try the in-between glazing! Thanks!
Im so glad i found your channel, ive been painting for years but dont feel like im progressing. Thank you.
I'm just now getting really comfortable painting, and this is exactly what I needed to up the difficulty 👍
Enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing. Easy to follow and put your lessons into practice.
I’ve recently been trying to up my painting game, and these tutorials along with a lot of trial and error have really helped get me to the next level!
I love your videos , they are extremely helpful to me. thank you
Yes Lyla, giving the people what they want, neigh NEED! blending tutorials, everyone could use better blending!
Definitely need to give this video ago next time im painting!
fantastic video... and even if it wasn't it deserves a like for the adorable fluff-mitten
You explain things so very good, being Autistic, it´s hard to keep up when people are trying to explain, but you do it clearly AND showing it with the papers at the same time, that made a big difference :) at least in my mind! I wish I had found you when I started painting, it would have saved me a lot of time!
Thank you for sharing :)
That means a lot to me! I am a very visual learner as well, so I'm glad my visual aids are helpful!
This was a really great tutorial. I'm going to give this a try on my next project
Thank you! I'm glad it was so helpful!
Crazy helpful, thank you. Working on 1/35th.
Very helpful tips , I always mess up after layers of paint, now i got some tools to use , thank you very much !
Started watching your channel a few days ago and i gotta say I love that you dont cut out the bits with your cats xD
Excellent video, exactly what I needed to see at this point in my mini painting career.
That's a very good tutorial, now the only thing I need is a tutorial on how to mix color without spreading the color too much.
I always lose control and make a mess.
Mix in a vertical circle (so up in the air), not horizontal across the palette
Great tutorial! Love the cat!
Ummm...videos/tutorials are great...I love your cat!
Thank you for the explanation of how layering and glazing are actually done! And the wonderful examples! I was struggling a bit with the layering, but now I see how layering and glazing work together to get a nice gradation! One of my practice minis has a big robe and it is too dark. I couldn't figure out how to get it to lighten up without just random streaks/areas of different shades. Now I get it! Except I need to buy me some glazing medium! 😄
This is my first video of yours, and I’m hooked, this was just the type of tutorial I was looking for!
Wow. Awesome explanation a d tutorial. Please do more of these. They are so helpful to those of new to the hobby.
You had me at butter.
I can't believe it's not butter!
@@thomasjones3221 haha
Really awesome knowledge shared here! Need to get onboard with this whole pyramid theory! Thanks for an awesome video Lyla! 👍😀
Thank you!
AWESOME LESSON THANK YOU
Such a great video. Thank you!
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! I had basically given up on blending, but your detailed tutorial has inspired me to try again. I have a better idea of what I was doing wrong before and I can't wait to try your advice!
Your videos are getting so good!!
You have such a deliberate method of speaking that when you say "fuck" it totally catches me off guard and I laugh out loud every time. Thank you for that. 😂💜
OKAY youtube enough, im subscribing now!
Thanks for the tipsss, now im watching more vids. :D
Great info and channel. Thanks! ❤
as always great thoughts, great video, great mini. Thanks for doing what you do, this is a lot of useful reminders and tips for me going in to my Seraphon army!
I'm thrilled to hear that!
I think I know what I'm going to do tonight)) I had some diffuculties with painting of sword.
Really helpful video - thanks!
Great video - and made me realise I've been working against myself by thinning my glazes far too much!
Love your cat, he's a big boi great tutorial too, its helped me with my miniature paintings so much thank you and keep up the excellent work :)
This was a very good demonstration. Thank you.
Another great video, thanks
Nice work on the video!
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Thank you
I just got started doing 1/35 scale soldiers. Trying to get past the monochrome color for the uniform and work in some shade and light. This should help. Thanks.
An excellent tutorial, I will echo what others said, the layering of the papers was brilliant as a visual aid. Also, I hope Mochi did not expire, he was clearly stating that he has never, ever had food before. My own cats tell me the same thing every day right before they get fed. A tragedy :-D
You can tell by just looking at him, nothing but skin and bones. I don't know how he finds the strength to go on.....
Not editing out the kitty interruption- instant sub!
Love your videos for two reasons 1. Very informative and I have picked up some good tips to improve my paintings and 2. The way your cats interrupt each video as only a cat can. Very comical.
Thanks 🙏🏻
where has this been all my life.