Tess Caze this was an amazingly informative vid really what I needed i would always try to mix a lot of paint cuz i found it difficult to match colors and I didn’t wanna run out 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Notes I have written down so far... at 14:30 •VALUE should be your first priority! •BLUE and BROWN will DARKEN a color. •YELLOW and WHITE will LIGHTEN a color. • If something looks GREY it really means it looks more BLUE. • If somenthing looks BROWN it really means it looks more REDish or ORANGE.
And this is the only thing I needed to learn at art school and was never taught. Your free video just surpassed my $30k college tuition. Thanks a million.
Notes: - Use blue to darken cool colours and brown to darken warm colours - Focus on value first then the colour - using the opposing colour to neutralize and tone down a colour - use white to lighten cool colours and yellow for warm colours
He intentionally tries to mess up on the first color... deliberately grabs some of everything to try and make a hodgepodge... and almost nails the color right on. Awesome. It's like watching a Wayne Gretzky hockey tutorial "Don't worry about doing too much to begin with. We're just going to skate a round a little bit, have some fun, and then just try to touch the puck with our stick..." *tap* *Scores game winning goal* Humor and awe aside, your color mixing examples and clear approach have been astoundingly helpful to watch and learn from, thank you!
I watched so many color theories and every time got confused. This gentleman cleared all my hurdles. What a simple and peacful lesson. God bless you sir. With love and regards,
I have never been a painter. I'm not currently looking to become a painter. Why did I watch this? It's so fascinating to watch someone who is a great teacher who you can also tell is passionate about what they are teaching. If I ever do want to take up oil panting I know exactly what videos to come back to.
try bob ross as well, he's the king of turpentine, whenever you decide to join the dark side (oil panting side; perks include: skin and eye irritation, nobody cares about your art, and infrequently you will find sky blue paint underneath your penis on the ball-sack skin.
Oh my god I love Bob Ross painting. It's so fun. I don't care if anyone cares about my art or not. I just do it for myself and if someone likes it, they can have it, and it's fun to have my own paintings decorating my walls. Lots of my friends and family have my works. I'm pretty careful to not make a mess because I don't have a whole room I can spray "odorless" mineral spirits all over and I like painting flowers more because I'm a plant person, and there's the "Bob Ross" floral painting books that are fun and then there's another guy, but yeah..it's fun, .Gary something...that does a similar style but the effects are far more beautiful.
They say that if you don't know how to explain something simply, then you don't understand the subject. You explain this so simply, and you have such a deep knowledge for color. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach people, especially at a beginning level.
I literally was like; absolutely not. Blue, yellow and red make an ugly brown colour. Because that’s what they teach me in school. I never knew how to mix a grey without black and this is literally such an eye opener to what I learned. Thank god you and the internet exist
same with mixing black, i was like, OF COURSE, a dark blue and dark brown make black, they balance the temperatures while also being very dark. How have i never thought of that!
same! ive been struggling so much with painting lately because i have no idea where to even start when trying to mix a color. but now im thinking... omg duh you can mix red blue and yellow together like that! theyre the frickin primaries!
1: Cadmium Yellow 2: Burnt Umber 3: Alizerin Crimson (The other is hard to get unless you buy geneva color) 4: Titanium White 5: French Ultramarine Blue For Vibrant Colors: 6: Pthalo Blue (toxic color) 7: Cadmium Red Scarlet 8: Manganese Purple Additional Color I like: Love the color Cobalt Teal for an extra color, could mix it, but easier to buy it already mixed. Very useful for adding saturated color quickly to greens, blues, violets etc-
Pyrrole rubine is not hard to get, just need to look harder, however, do not use alizarin crimson because it is fugitive (fades with time), make sure you use a permanent substitute.
You are a terrific teacher....thank you so much! I have been taking workshops, attending demos and taking classes for 12 years and believe me when I say, I got more out of this ½ hour tutorial than all the others combined.
I studied art in college. We spent a ton of time mixing colors...like two entire semesters were color mixing projects. We all got really good at it pretty quickly. I paint sets for my local school plays each year. I use interior, flat house paint and only get red, blue, yellow, white, and black. I paint all the sets with only those 4 colors. I can mix any color I need, just like what we see happening in this video. If anyone is painting a set and you want to use house paint from the local hardware store, you have to ask them to "mix" you up a custom gallon of individual pigments...that requires them to override the paint machines. If you just pull a red on the paint chip wall, it already has several colors mixed into it. So if you mix a red and a blue from the paint chip wall, you never know what you will end up with. You have to start with pure colors of paint with only one pigment in each. I really confused the employees at the store the first time I made this request. They are all used to me now and are pros at giving me what I need. This is also helpful info in you want to paint large, interior murals.
Wow, didn't even notice that this was a half hour until someone mentioned it in the comments! Just goes to show you how well your teaching skills kept my focus. Excellent lesson!
I started to watch thinking “oh here we go another painting demo...” but was absolutely riveted...and watched 2, back to back..such clear and straightforward teaching, gorgeous to watch the shiny colours transforming under the brush...will definitely be returning to these when I start painting again! Thank you so much for these tutorials- and as someone said, no annoying, distracting background music!!!!
Some things i learned about color theory is if you want to have a cohesive painting and have color harmony, then: 1.never use black or white to change a color's tone,(unless youre going for a certain look) 2. Every premade paint color (thats straight from the tube) has a temperature, ie: warm, cool or neutral. Even black and white. For example Mars black is slightly warm and Zinc white is cool. 3. Objects in the background of a painting look more hazy so adding a bit of a light gray to your colors will help with that. It will dull the saturation. 4. If you want certain colors to pop, paint them next to their opposite on the color wheel. 5.
I would just like to say thank you for what you do, not only have you broken some of the snobbery behind artists societies that want to impress the world but purposely scare monger the rest by painting fear porn propaganda , as a self taught artist i praise you for your achievements and "sticking it to the man". Also you extend your teaching skills to the rest of us that are still a little scared of trying, thank you for your kindness, wishing you much continued success .
Wow, this painting video has really opened my mind up. This makes such logical sense. I am artistic but never understood proper art skills. Now about to learn. This video is clever in how it explains colour. Thank you so much.
I have always been an average painter, I really do enjoy doing it. However I've always had the toughest time in matching colors. I've taken a few lessons over the years but no one ever explained color theory as easily to understand as you have. Thank you so much, I really look forward to incorporating this into my painting.
Mark, thank you for this video. It was great! It wasn’t until I had a bunch of tubes of common and obscure colors that I finally decided that I’ve got to develop the skill of mixing my own colors. Your video should be a “must see” for any artist who doesn’t want to end up with tubes of paint that they’ll rarely use. And your mixing cycle is straightforward. Thanks, again, for the lesson!!
This was the best explanation of color theory I’ve ever seen. I love how you didn’t just describe, but you walked us through as if we were doing it ourselves. Thanks for sharing!!
Bless you for taking the fear out of colour mixing. You have a gift and what a privilege to see and follow your advice and techniques. Thank you, thank you.
as someone who always has to teach and explain your strategy is SPOT ON. You explain and show the possible mistakes and the WHYS not just the HOWS, So many people only the teach the correct method. You need to see and understand the mistakes
Fantastic. I'm new to painting and love learning, but my biggest frustration so far has been my inability to make the colors that I want. This is the best explanation I've seen yet! Looking forward to practicing this on paint swatches. Thank you!
You're a brilliant teacher Mark. - No frills, just solid knowledge. I bought your course about 12 years ago and watched it every night in bed, for a year. The way you teach colour matching, is gold. This is essential knowledge and you break it right down to utter simplicity. I find colour matching to be really easy, and can get an exact match. I put this down to what I learnt from you.
How nice to see someone who really knows what he's doing...!! and as a bonus ,does not rattle away like a machine gun mis-pronouncing every word-but slowly & with deliberation- He really wants us to understand what he's saying !! &, as another bonus, no loud crazy music with drums-trying to obliterate the narration..Someone give this man a medal *
I am one of those people who color theory is just a nightmare for. Finally you've explained it in a way I can understand. Thank you so much for this. I'm not even an oil painter and I've watched this video a few times. :)
As a landscape architect for 48 years, I have never had color balance explained in a simple system as you have plainly delineated in this video. Thanks for the time and effort to teach this color matching system as it applies to many different genera - all anchored by color.
This is what I have needed for 50 years. Thank you Sir. Thank you. If you came to Earth for this one reason. Know that your life has served a purpose!!!!! I'm so dang grateful😂
Hi, I just wanted to say that this video helped me understand colour mixing so much, I've been really struggling with getting the right colours but today I used this methodology and was able to complete my first portrait, thank you! - Chloe
I actually used this method when I was mixing in front of my instructor and he was so impressed. He did not teach this and asked where did I learn it. I gave you the credit , so Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I watched this the first time about 5 years ago now and think about it every single time I paint. I use it every time and it works every time. The key to painting a fantastic portrait is color matching and proportions. If you have those two, you’re solid and this video made a huge impact on my art. I recommend this to anyone and everyone trying to learn to paint with oils
Great instructions! I have painted with ready made colours in acrylics for years, but now I want to start with oil and have to decide on which palette to choose. I am very grateful for your instructions. Thank you for sharing!
It’s so tempting to buy all those lovely colours at the art shop - I’ve been there and done that. I’m now mixing my colours with more thought and my paintings seem much more harmonious. It’s frustrating at first not being able to go straight to a colour (which is almost always wrong !) but I’m now determined to get those accurate colours by mixing. As Picasso said “ They can sell you a thousand greens but never quite the right green” - thank you for this wonderful insight into colour mixing 👍
I’ve been drawing and painting for over 40 years and color mixing was always a pain in my butt. This is the absolute best teaching I’ve ever heard on this subject. Thank you so much!
yes i got the color right on a little stukko wall after watching it.....exellent advice.. kinda like how i matched samples before... but i learned what lightens n what darkens n best ones to use. sure this will come in handy again....thanks n awesome lesson n advice
By far, this has been one of the best videos on color mixing on here. Simple instructions and love that you say don’t worry if you do t get there right away. Keep working and you’ll get there. Definitely saved this video and will watch again. Thank you!!
Brilliant video, in all my years of various learning experiences, I've never had colour mixing explained as clearly as this. And no black paint in sight, thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you so much for sharing!!! I feel I have grown stagnant in my art and paintings and one of the reasons why is my values are off! It's frustrating to look at my art and know something is wrong but being blind to how to fix it. This video opened up my eyes about things I once knew but slowly moved away from because I also do a lot of bright abstract art for fun but I want to improve my realistic portraits. I know now that I must go back to the basics and make sure to get my values right. I am so glad there are people like you who take the time to teach online. It is very helpful for me, I experience ADHD and tend to hyper focus on the wrong things and use too many colors. Videos like this are helpful for me to learn but also experience the freedom of switching between videos and pictures which helps me learn without becoming bored. I also love your video on over blending. Definitely a problem I have and want to also focus on breaking. I love wet on wrt portraits and know have some knowledge on how to improve mine while also gaining the confidence and trust to try new things. Thank you so much for sharing!
Your three demonstrations have made it clear to me how you can change the saturation, without changing the value. I looked on youtube for 3 days to find this information clearly presented. Thank you very much. Cheers
I watched a few of your videos and they are very informative and helpful. At first, I was really bored with the content, but I think its like anything you want to master, you have to first learn the fundamentals. Thanks so much for taking the time and offering these to people who are interested in painting! It is so much more useful than just watching someone paint!
I came across this video completely by accident and it's just great, exceeded all my expectations. Since I am self-taught, mixing colors has been a big problem. I did go to one art class, but the teaching was very weak, there was minimal teaching, but this video is excellent, very well explained. I will continue to watch your videos. You are a great master and a source of inspiration! Many thanks for sharing your tutorial!
Amazing thank you. I am getting 'back' into painting and feel inspired. I have always been strong in Art but Colour mixing has always been my downfall. I just get frustrated, use too much paint, get muddy Colours and throw out the window. I will follow this. Thanks.
I am a 100% beginner to painting and art and have tried following along with other tutorials and have been frustrated with paint mixing. This is unbelievably helpful! Thank you so much for your wonderful explanation! (side note: you have beautiful eyes)
That's the thing, don't get over your head in all the technical side of things. I've been painting and drawing for about 17years and still learn everyday and find out about things I didn't know about. Just go for it and make art and learn on the way. People get caught up with all the technical side and try to learn it all before they even have made successful art they are happy with. Just keep doing it and you will get better, guaranteed.
This is a gem video! Thank you so much Mark!!! I used to think I can never mix paint and would buy bottles on bottles of different pigments. But this is something, i actually think I understand color theory now. Brilliant video! Highly recommended for any and all artists!
Sigh..........I wish I would have found you a year ago when I started painting..........this is amazing.......thank you so much for sharing your knowledge I have learned so much of off this one video 👍👍
I've been painting for almost a decade and matching color has always been my biggest issue because I could never find such a clear tutorial of it. Thank you for this.
He explained this well, he calms your fears of you are not messing up. Without me knowing that I will get there, my first time not hitting the value and the color I would have thrown my canvas to the floor. So many times I am frustrated with things looking flat with no dimensions, and not knowing how to mix color, but I am realizing that it is not over night but a process of learning, practicing and learning more. Thank you for this.
Hey Marc, it might help some people to see the mixed colors as a black&white preview to judge the value. Either embedded as for example a picture in picture in the video itself, or as a general advice one could use their phone camera to film their palette in b&w mode 😁
This is the best and most defined explanation of a color mixing demonstration I have ever witnessed!!! Thank you!!! What a wonderful explanation and experience of learning how to “get there”. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I notice you don't use a pallet knife for mixing. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks for the great teaching videos. I'll be changing to Geneva soon.
Draw Mix Paint Gotcha. I'll have to get more brushes! Mark, what brands, types and size brushes would you recommend? (This may be on a vid I haven't seen yet.) Mongoose hair was recommended to me, and I have some of those, as well as some old bristles. By the way, I'm watching this one for a third time. I've been practicing along. It's fun!
Thank you so much for this! So many tutorials on color theory and mixing and I’ve never had a good understanding of it all until now. Once an artist reaches the point where it becomes instinctual, they tend not to articulate the process in a way that’s understandable to a beginner
Thank you for this video, it was extremely helpful. I've watched a few videos on how to mix colours before this but this was the best. You explained everything so well and it was easy to understand. I like that you included the colour wheel because the other videos I watched didn't do that. I actually managed to sit through this whole video lol. You're great at this, keep it up!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. As a beginning painter it can be so frustrating trying to mix accurate colour and values. This is the most illuminating and simple to understand systematic approach I have found and it has given me great encouragement that I can master colour mixing without getting overwhelmed by deeply technical information or using a dozen tubes of paint. Great demonstration.
it was the most useful video I've ever seen. The simplicity of the narration and the amount of examples are quite good for someone who has none. Thank you
Exactly... seems like a very basic concept but NO ONE will ever teaches that way... loved that!! I’m gonna start with oil painting so it really helped a lotttttt
Thank you...for probably the "Best Lesson" I have ever seen on mixing colors, whether it be online or in person. You are an "OUTSTANDING TEACHER:! I learned a lot tonight and just within 1 hour! Thank you again!
“Even if you don’t know what you’re doin’, you can still get there”
Words to live by.
that’s how I think when I feel like giving up on a painting. I just tell myself to kept at it
Exactly, perfect words. Loved the video and the way this was explained. Makes you feel welcome to this special world of color... of light...
Just look at Trump
@@MrVlork what are non theoretical paints
Tess Caze this was an amazingly informative vid really what I needed i would always try to mix a lot of paint cuz i found it difficult to match colors and I didn’t wanna run out 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Notes I have written down so far... at 14:30
•VALUE should be your first priority!
•BLUE and BROWN will DARKEN a color.
•YELLOW and WHITE will LIGHTEN a color.
• If something looks GREY it really means it looks more BLUE.
• If somenthing looks BROWN it really means it looks more REDish or ORANGE.
Misael Ortega also mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
Thanks Miseal. Very helpful.
samsies
@@eros2583 are* (mitochondria is plural for mitochondrion)
Misael Ortega you have no idea what color is. You can’t mix them all and get bright orange bright green or pink
And this is the only thing I needed to learn at art school and was never taught. Your free video just surpassed my $30k college tuition. Thanks a million.
I always thought this should have been taught in the first year of the art program
Felt.
This is my exact story. 80K in art college to learn how to express myself.
Fuck college
Jesus…
“If it’s hard to tell, that’s close enough’
Art Artist Amen!
It's not close enough lol
@@vutrandinh9393 You mom's always close enough.
When you are just so talented that even when you're trying to fail, you match the color of the example...
😧😡😡😡😡😡
It's hours of practice :)
he failed, it was a coincidence, he said it, not talent smh
Great profesor i love ❤️ the way you explain all the different combinations.
@@Mia-zv5vs cause it's a skill not a talent
Notes:
- Use blue to darken cool colours and brown to darken warm colours
- Focus on value first then the colour
- using the opposing colour to neutralize and tone down a colour
- use white to lighten cool colours and yellow for warm colours
What name of color?
He intentionally tries to mess up on the first color... deliberately grabs some of everything to try and make a hodgepodge... and almost nails the color right on. Awesome.
It's like watching a Wayne Gretzky hockey tutorial
"Don't worry about doing too much to begin with. We're just going to skate a round a little bit, have some fun, and then just try to touch the puck with our stick..."
*tap*
*Scores game winning goal*
Humor and awe aside, your color mixing examples and clear approach have been astoundingly helpful to watch and learn from, thank you!
art.music.musing not if you like bright colors. I guess if you’re into a shit pile
@@christinapotter5782 Haha, I like your humor! But you need shit piles in life to make fields of bright flowers stand out!
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Thanks for making this video it’s the most informative video I’ve seen yet about colours, great job
I watched so many color theories and every time got confused. This gentleman cleared all my hurdles. What a simple and peacful lesson. God bless you sir. With love and regards,
I have never been a painter. I'm not currently looking to become a painter. Why did I watch this? It's so fascinating to watch someone who is a great teacher who you can also tell is passionate about what they are teaching. If I ever do want to take up oil panting I know exactly what videos to come back to.
TheAnnie Canvas what medium do you use?
As a writer, I too am wondering why I'm here!
try bob ross as well, he's the king of turpentine, whenever you decide to join the dark side (oil panting side; perks include: skin and eye irritation, nobody cares about your art, and infrequently you will find sky blue paint underneath your penis on the ball-sack skin.
Jahatma Townstead
Jahatma Townstead I paint nude as well. XD
Oh my god I love Bob Ross painting. It's so fun. I don't care if anyone cares about my art or not. I just do it for myself and if someone likes it, they can have it, and it's fun to have my own paintings decorating my walls. Lots of my friends and family have my works. I'm pretty careful to not make a mess because I don't have a whole room I can spray "odorless" mineral spirits all over and I like painting flowers more because I'm a plant person, and there's the "Bob Ross" floral painting books that are fun and then there's another guy, but yeah..it's fun, .Gary something...that does a similar style but the effects are far more beautiful.
They say that if you don't know how to explain something simply, then you don't understand the subject. You explain this so simply, and you have such a deep knowledge for color. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach people, especially at a beginning level.
I literally was like; absolutely not. Blue, yellow and red make an ugly brown colour. Because that’s what they teach me in school. I never knew how to mix a grey without black and this is literally such an eye opener to what I learned. Thank god you and the internet exist
same with mixing black, i was like, OF COURSE, a dark blue and dark brown make black, they balance the temperatures while also being very dark. How have i never thought of that!
literraly the first color ive ever knew to mix was grey without black i just mixed those colors together and it gave me the color of shit
same! ive been struggling so much with painting lately because i have no idea where to even start when trying to mix a color. but now im thinking... omg duh you can mix red blue and yellow together like that! theyre the frickin primaries!
When i read the comments i feel like we all can be friends and talk abt art and wowo sounds exciting lol
let talk
and i do agree
Yess
i agree i agree i agree
Give me ur Instagrams y'all, we can be art friends
It's like the clouds opened and now I can see. Very clear description. I will make this a habit until it becomes natural. Thank you!
Very helpful
Katie Mayflower о
1: Cadmium Yellow
2: Burnt Umber
3: Alizerin Crimson (The other is hard to get unless you buy geneva color)
4: Titanium White
5: French Ultramarine Blue
For Vibrant Colors:
6: Pthalo Blue (toxic color)
7: Cadmium Red Scarlet
8: Manganese Purple
Additional Color I like: Love the color Cobalt Teal for an extra color, could mix it, but easier to buy it already mixed. Very useful for adding saturated color quickly to greens, blues, violets etc-
Pyrrole rubine is not hard to get, just need to look harder, however, do not use alizarin crimson because it is fugitive (fades with time), make sure you use a permanent substitute.
@@redangrybird7564 k thanks
You are a terrific teacher....thank you so much! I have been taking workshops, attending demos and taking classes for 12 years and believe me when I say, I got more out of this ½ hour tutorial than all the others combined.
+Dorothy Siclare Thank you so much for saying so!
You really are a good teacher, thank you.
Dorothy Siclare z
you are right, this is one of his very best videos. exceptionally lucid explanation.
Agreed, I've learned more about mixing from this video than from decades of lessons and tutorials and other teachers.
I studied art in college. We spent a ton of time mixing colors...like two entire semesters were color mixing projects. We all got really good at it pretty quickly. I paint sets for my local school plays each year. I use interior, flat house paint and only get red, blue, yellow, white, and black. I paint all the sets with only those 4 colors. I can mix any color I need, just like what we see happening in this video. If anyone is painting a set and you want to use house paint from the local hardware store, you have to ask them to "mix" you up a custom gallon of individual pigments...that requires them to override the paint machines. If you just pull a red on the paint chip wall, it already has several colors mixed into it. So if you mix a red and a blue from the paint chip wall, you never know what you will end up with. You have to start with pure colors of paint with only one pigment in each. I really confused the employees at the store the first time I made this request. They are all used to me now and are pros at giving me what I need. This is also helpful info in you want to paint large, interior murals.
Matthew Condon - This is really good to know!
You can't though
This is probably the best color mixing tutorial I've ever seen ... you're a great teacher man
I'm only halfway through this and it's one of the most concise, helpful lessons I've ever had
Wow, didn't even notice that this was a half hour until someone mentioned it in the comments! Just goes to show you how well your teaching skills kept my focus. Excellent lesson!
I started to watch thinking “oh here we go another painting demo...” but was absolutely riveted...and watched 2, back to back..such clear and straightforward teaching, gorgeous to watch the shiny colours transforming under the brush...will definitely be returning to these when I start painting again! Thank you so much for these tutorials- and as someone said, no annoying, distracting background music!!!!
This is the best and most comprehensive color mixing tutorial I've seen so far! It explain the theory behind it clearly .
Some things i learned about color theory is if you want to have a cohesive painting and have color harmony, then: 1.never use black or white to change a color's tone,(unless youre going for a certain look) 2. Every premade paint color (thats straight from the tube) has a temperature, ie: warm, cool or neutral. Even black and white. For example Mars black is slightly warm and Zinc white is cool. 3. Objects in the background of a painting look more hazy so adding a bit of a light gray to your colors will help with that. It will dull the saturation. 4. If you want certain colors to pop, paint them next to their opposite on the color wheel. 5.
so why is he using black to teach us?... I don't understand.
I would just like to say thank you for what you do, not only have you broken some of the snobbery behind artists societies that want to impress the world but purposely scare monger the rest by painting fear porn propaganda , as a self taught artist i praise you for your achievements and "sticking it to the man". Also you extend your teaching skills to the rest of us that are still a little scared of trying, thank you for your kindness, wishing you much continued success .
Wow, this painting video has really opened my mind up. This makes such logical sense. I am artistic but never understood proper art skills. Now about to learn. This video is clever in how it explains colour. Thank you so much.
I have always been an average painter, I really do enjoy doing it. However I've always had the toughest time in matching colors. I've taken a few lessons over the years but no one ever explained color theory as easily to understand as you have. Thank you so much, I really look forward to incorporating this into my painting.
Your content is incredible! I read entire books about color theory and your 30 min video taught more than any of them! Thank you Mark :)
Perhaps the best color tutorial I've found. Thanks much!
Mark, thank you for this video. It was great! It wasn’t until I had a bunch of tubes of common and obscure colors that I finally decided that I’ve got to develop the skill of mixing my own colors. Your video should be a “must see” for any artist who doesn’t want to end up with tubes of paint that they’ll rarely use. And your mixing cycle is straightforward. Thanks, again, for the lesson!!
This was the best explanation of color theory I’ve ever seen. I love how you didn’t just describe, but you walked us through as if we were doing it ourselves. Thanks for sharing!!
Bless you for taking the fear out of colour mixing. You have a gift and what a privilege to see and follow your advice and techniques. Thank you, thank you.
this was the only painting tutorial i could sit through and actually learn something! thank you!
as someone who always has to teach and explain your strategy is SPOT ON. You explain and show the possible mistakes and the WHYS not just the HOWS, So many people only the teach the correct method. You need to see and understand the mistakes
Fantastic. I'm new to painting and love learning, but my biggest frustration so far has been my inability to make the colors that I want. This is the best explanation I've seen yet! Looking forward to practicing this on paint swatches. Thank you!
You're a brilliant teacher Mark. - No frills, just solid knowledge. I bought your course about 12 years ago and watched it every night in bed, for a year. The way you teach colour matching, is gold. This is essential knowledge and you break it right down to utter simplicity. I find colour matching to be really easy, and can get an exact match. I put this down to what I learnt from you.
How nice to see someone who really knows what he's doing...!! and as a bonus ,does not rattle away like a machine gun mis-pronouncing every word-but slowly & with deliberation- He really wants us to understand what he's saying !! &, as another bonus, no loud crazy music with drums-trying to obliterate the narration..Someone give this man a medal *
This is the most valuable piece of information any artist could learn. Thank you so much Mark
I am one of those people who color theory is just a nightmare for. Finally you've explained it in a way I can understand. Thank you so much for this. I'm not even an oil painter and I've watched this video a few times. :)
moonshadowe Look up videos on CMY primaries paint mixing or “subtractive” color mixing. It works better than RGB mixing.
@@Zomfoo It is not even the R G B mixing, it is R Y B mixing, so you can see very much for the hard work... Better CMY.
I have watched a number of color mixing tutorials. By far this is the best tutorial I've ever watched. Thank you so much. 😊
i really loved how intelligently and smoothly you teach. makes it seem very simple. thank you very much
Mark, Hands down, the best color mixing demonstration that I have ever seen. Thank you.
I could actually cry. All the frustrations of mine with painting have just been lifted. Thank you for making this ❤️
As a landscape architect for 48 years, I have never had color balance explained in a simple system as you have plainly delineated in this video. Thanks for the time and effort to teach this color matching system as it applies to many different genera - all anchored by color.
This is the most beautiful, informative and helpful video that I have ever seen. Thank you
This is what I have needed for 50 years. Thank you Sir. Thank you. If you came to Earth for this one reason. Know that your life has served a purpose!!!!! I'm so dang grateful😂
Hi, I just wanted to say that this video helped me understand colour mixing so much, I've been really struggling with getting the right colours but today I used this methodology and was able to complete my first portrait, thank you! - Chloe
I actually used this method when I was mixing in front of my instructor and he was so impressed. He did not teach this and asked where did I learn it. I gave you the credit , so Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
This is a supper helpful video clip on basic color matching techniques and using Gray Scales or values.
Thank you, Lee
I watched this the first time about 5 years ago now and think about it every single time I paint. I use it every time and it works every time. The key to painting a fantastic portrait is color matching and proportions. If you have those two, you’re solid and this video made a huge impact on my art. I recommend this to anyone and everyone trying to learn to paint with oils
You, sir, are my hero. Thanks for making this process clear, concise, and eminently followable!
Great instructions! I have painted with ready made colours in acrylics for years, but now I want to start with oil and have to decide on which palette to choose. I am very grateful for your instructions. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent teacher, excellent explanation, friendly and great tone of voice to listen to. I learn heaps!
I will work with your teaching. Color
is so important to me as I learn to
paint. This is a great lesson.
Thank you so much, Virginia
Wow, you have a gift for explaining this stuff. Thank you SO much!
It’s so tempting to buy all those lovely colours at the art shop - I’ve been there and done that. I’m now mixing my colours with more thought and my paintings seem much more harmonious. It’s frustrating at first not being able to go straight to a colour (which is almost always wrong !) but I’m now determined to get those accurate colours by mixing. As Picasso said “ They can sell you a thousand greens but never quite the right green” - thank you for this wonderful insight into colour mixing 👍
I learned more about painting with this video than in my whole life before it.
So... thank you!
I’ve been drawing and painting for over 40 years and color mixing was always a pain in my butt. This is the absolute best teaching I’ve ever heard on this subject. Thank you so much!
yes i got the color right on a little stukko wall after watching it.....exellent advice.. kinda like how i matched samples before... but i learned what lightens n what darkens n best ones to use. sure this will come in handy again....thanks n awesome lesson n advice
I am so grateful you share your knowledge in these videos. Thank you!
This is one of the best videos ever uploaded on UA-cam. I come back and watch it every once and a while, even though I already know the technique.
Very detailed and clear explanation of color mixing. Thank you!
By far, this has been one of the best videos on color mixing on here. Simple instructions and love that you say don’t worry if you do t get there right away. Keep working and you’ll get there. Definitely saved this video and will watch again. Thank you!!
This teacher is ammazzzzing. What is your name? You explained the colour wheel the best possible way. Many Thanks.
Thank you! My name is Mark Carder.
My websites:
www.markcarder.com
www.drawmixpaint.com
Draw Mix Paint
Nice teacher
Brilliant video, in all my years of various learning experiences, I've never had colour mixing explained as clearly as this. And no black paint in sight, thank you 🙏🏼
Wow, Thank you sir :)
I've tried alone and searched about how to mix the colors, your video is the best . I do love it thank you again and again
Thank you so much for sharing!!! I feel I have grown stagnant in my art and paintings and one of the reasons why is my values are off! It's frustrating to look at my art and know something is wrong but being blind to how to fix it. This video opened up my eyes about things I once knew but slowly moved away from because I also do a lot of bright abstract art for fun but I want to improve my realistic portraits. I know now that I must go back to the basics and make sure to get my values right. I am so glad there are people like you who take the time to teach online. It is very helpful for me, I experience ADHD and tend to hyper focus on the wrong things and use too many colors. Videos like this are helpful for me to learn but also experience the freedom of switching between videos and pictures which helps me learn without becoming bored. I also love your video on over blending. Definitely a problem I have and want to also focus on breaking. I love wet on wrt portraits and know have some knowledge on how to improve mine while also gaining the confidence and trust to try new things. Thank you so much for sharing!
Best color mixing explanation I've ever heard, hands down. Thank you!
Your three demonstrations have made it clear to me how you can change the saturation, without changing the value. I looked on youtube for 3 days to find this information clearly presented. Thank you very much. Cheers
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I watched a few of your videos and they are very informative and helpful. At first, I was really bored with the content, but I think its like anything you want to master, you have to first learn the fundamentals. Thanks so much for taking the time and offering these to people who are interested in painting! It is so much more useful than just watching someone paint!
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I came across this video completely by accident and it's just great, exceeded all my expectations. Since I am self-taught, mixing colors has been a big problem. I did go to one art class, but the teaching was very weak, there was minimal teaching, but this video is excellent, very well explained. I will continue to watch your videos. You are a great master and a source of inspiration! Many thanks for sharing your tutorial!
You are a great teacher I'v really never understood color as well as I did in ur video thank you
This is the number one video I have ever seen in all the years of watching and learning about art in the teaching about color.
Amazing thank you. I am getting 'back' into painting and feel inspired. I have always been strong in Art but Colour mixing has always been my downfall. I just get frustrated, use too much paint, get muddy Colours and throw out the window. I will follow this. Thanks.
This is the best explanations I have ever seen!! So so helpful!!!
Thank you for this very informative video!! Exactly what I needed. The principles apply to acrylics too!
I am a 100% beginner to painting and art and have tried following along with other tutorials and have been frustrated with paint mixing. This is unbelievably helpful! Thank you so much for your wonderful explanation! (side note: you have beautiful eyes)
That's the thing, don't get over your head in all the technical side of things. I've been painting and drawing for about 17years and still learn everyday and find out about things I didn't know about. Just go for it and make art and learn on the way. People get caught up with all the technical side and try to learn it all before they even have made successful art they are happy with. Just keep doing it and you will get better, guaranteed.
Does it applies also on watercolor ?
This is awesome, big thanks!
This is a gem video! Thank you so much Mark!!! I used to think I can never mix paint and would buy bottles on bottles of different pigments. But this is something, i actually think I understand color theory now. Brilliant video! Highly recommended for any and all artists!
Thanks Mark, what a super chap you are for sharing your knowledge with us.
I am glad you added arabic and spanish subtitles for non-english speakers
Sigh..........I wish I would have found you a year ago when I started painting..........this is amazing.......thank you so much for sharing your knowledge I have learned so much of off this one video 👍👍
I have been taking private painting lessons for 6 years first time I have had it explained thanks so much
Amazing Mark....Excellent tutorial. I learned a lot. Thank you!
This is the most logical and the best video on how to mix color ever. It’s literally all the information you’ll ever need.
Incredible video. Really clearly explained, relaxing to watch.
THIS SAVED ME A TON, I HAVE WATCHED THIS WAY BACK WHEN I STARTED OIL PAINTING! this lesson surely helps more than any other way on this app IMO 😂
Who’s here from 2024?
I've been painting for almost a decade and matching color has always been my biggest issue because I could never find such a clear tutorial of it. Thank you for this.
You are always so generous, Sir! Thank you very much.
phenomenally generous
He explained this well, he calms your fears of you are not messing up. Without me knowing that I will get there, my first time not hitting the value and the color I would have thrown my canvas to the floor. So many times I am frustrated with things looking flat with no dimensions, and not knowing how to mix color, but I am realizing that it is not over night but a process of learning, practicing and learning more. Thank you for this.
Hey Marc, it might help some people to see the mixed colors as a black&white preview to judge the value. Either embedded as for example a picture in picture in the video itself, or as a general advice one could use their phone camera to film their palette in b&w mode 😁
This is the best and most defined explanation of a color mixing demonstration I have ever witnessed!!! Thank you!!! What a wonderful explanation and experience of learning how to “get there”. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I notice you don't use a pallet knife for mixing. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks for the great teaching videos. I'll be changing to Geneva soon.
+Sue Hamilton I find brushes are simply much quicker to use. I use many brushes at once and so I keep certain ones for certain color ranges.
Draw Mix Paint Gotcha. I'll have to get more brushes! Mark, what brands, types and size brushes would you recommend? (This may be on a vid I haven't seen yet.) Mongoose hair was recommended to me, and I have some of those, as well as some old bristles. By the way, I'm watching this one for a third time. I've been practicing along. It's fun!
Thank you so much for this! So many tutorials on color theory and mixing and I’ve never had a good understanding of it all until now. Once an artist reaches the point where it becomes instinctual, they tend not to articulate the process in a way that’s understandable to a beginner
Thank you for this video, it was extremely helpful. I've watched a few videos on how to mix colours before this but this was the best. You explained everything so well and it was easy to understand. I like that you included the colour wheel because the other videos I watched didn't do that. I actually managed to sit through this whole video lol. You're great at this, keep it up!
yes the color wheel i think one of art teachers somewhere many,,many,,many ,,,moons ago taught me n i had forgoten.....lol
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. As a beginning painter it can be so frustrating trying to mix accurate colour and values. This is the most illuminating and simple to understand systematic approach I have found and it has given me great encouragement that I can master colour mixing without getting overwhelmed by deeply technical information or using a dozen tubes of paint. Great demonstration.
The best one explain the color, I completely understand it, thank u so much
Thank you . I appreciate your instruction. This demonstration is by far the best I have seen without complicating things for a beginner like myself.
Fantastic tutorial! I learned so much from this. Thank you!!
it was the most useful video I've ever seen. The simplicity of the narration and the amount of examples are quite good for someone who has none. Thank you
Me the whole time while watching this : "Ooooooooooh"
Exactly... seems like a very basic concept but NO ONE will ever teaches that way... loved that!! I’m gonna start with oil painting so it really helped a lotttttt
you can do the same with acrilyc,but acrilyc paint is cheaper than the oil one
Thank you...for probably the "Best Lesson" I have ever seen on mixing colors, whether it be online or in person. You are an "OUTSTANDING TEACHER:! I learned a lot tonight and just within 1 hour! Thank you again!