The BEST Color Mixing Tutorial EVER - How to Paint #4 - MV41
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- In the fourth episode of artist Michael Markowsky's "How to Paint" series, he demonstrates how choosing the right "primary" colours for your palette will radically improve the quality and saturation of the "secondary" colours that you get as a result when you mix them them together. Video shot on February 10th and edited by Michael Markowsky on February 24-29, 2016.
The paints I use in this video are:
Cerulean Blue - COOL
Ultramarine Blue - WARM
Quinacridone Magenta - COOL
Cadmium Red Medium Hue - WARM
Cadmium Yellow Light Hue - COOL
Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue - WARM
Please watch all of the videos in my "How to Paint" series!
1) Introduction to The Artist's Colour Wheel: • Introduction to The Ar...
2) Value (Modifying Colours with Tints, Tones, Shades): • Value (Modifying Colou...
3) The Secrets of Colour Temperature (Warm and Cool Colours): • The Secrets of Colour ...
4) The BEST Color Mixing Tutorial EVER: • The BEST Color Mixing ...
5) Paint Van Gogh's "Sunflowers": • Paint Van Gogh's "Sunf...
6) Paint Edvard Munch's "The Scream": • Paint Edvard Munch's "...
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Every Tuesday and Thursday at 4pm PST (Vancouver/Los Angeles time), I demonstrate how to paint all sorts of different paintings! You can tune in and watch me do it LIVE and I can respond to your comments in real time! Of course each episode is archived and you can watch them on your own time or skip ahead if you want! HERE is the link to the ACRYLIC PAINTING COURSE: ua-cam.com/play/PLdIDMj3VSgBf33sTN7s4fh2bDiROWw4Fp.html
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How do I access the free acrylic painting course on You Tube?
@@lindatabbush1024, thanks for asking, here is the link: ua-cam.com/play/PLdIDMj3VSgBf33sTN7s4fh2bDiROWw4Fp.html
If one is a lover of artworks but doesn't have the skill to draw, can he still make profits from buying from real artists?
Of course, you can firstly build up your gallery as an art lover.
Then sell your artworks to known art collectors.
Like Mr nickyhall of Hantzgroup.
Who has a large community of Art buyers.
Please does he buy all types of paintings and drawings like charcoal paintings?
I have been an artist for years and never really had a good grasp on color and it’s apparent in my work! Thank you for explaining color in such a clear and logical way!
Exactly. This is how I teach painting. Cool primaries and warm primaries. I also make them use a super limited palette on at least one painting. This is so they will understand that mastering color and value relativity is more important than using a specific color.
Thank you sir! You are making the art world a better place!!
This actually IS the best color mixing video I've seen! Thank you!
Best color lesson ever!!! Thanks a bunch!! Greetings from Argentina ❤
Saw many color mixing videos. This is the best and most effective one. Its like i finally got it
Best colour theory instruction I’ve seen! I always remember your atomiom of colour 🎨
genius color wheel with the cool and warm tones... makes remembering the right combination for mixing dull or bright colors so much easier, thanks!
Emily: Thank you very much for your generous comment! I’m so glad you found my video helpful. I wish you all the best in your creative adventures!
Best explanation of warm and cool colors and how to use them! And I’ve watched a lot of UA-cam,
Ugh thank you! This is what I was looking for! This video actually lives up to it's title!
Thank you from Trinidad and Tobago
Thank you so much for this very clear, concise and interesting way to explain colour mixing. As a textile artist I tend to work with ready made colours, so mixing actual paints had been extremely frustrating and mysterious to me even though I have worked my way through colour theory etc. This was brilliant, thank you so much!
I'm not gonna lie - I came for the content and stayed for the hair. ;-)
Wow this was the best color video for beginners. I cant thank you enough
That was excellent, informative, and very helpful - Thank You!
Got it! Extremely helpful. Having too many colors was a problem I had years ago. I would go out and buy every color I could afford. My paintings were crazy and painting them was frustration. It wasnt until I limited my pallet that I became a good painter. That was the solution for me. My cools and warms were easy to mix, depth was easy to create, color harmony was spot on and my paintings were pleasing to look at. If I would have learned what you just taught early on, I would have been a good painter much earlier. Good job!
Hi Patrick! Thanks for the comment! Yes, when I first started out I could only afford five or six colours, and I made some great paintings that sold quickly. So then I went out and did exactly what you did and bought every colour imaginable because I thought that was what you were supposed to do if you could afford them all! Then for about 2 years my painting practice took a nose dive and I couldn't figure out why they weren't any good anymore, despite all the expensive materials I had at my disposal. I guess we all have to learn the hard way! Thanks again and have a wonderful time painting!
Thanks so much for your lessons. This is a must for any beginner who just picked up some paint and started painting like me. Your explanations are not tedious at all for those of us that want to get better. Please don't underestimate how much knowledge you have to share. I started painting in February 2014 and have many pictures but my next painting will be that good old color wheel followed by the hue chart. Awesome dude!
Thanks for sharing such a lovely and encouraging comment! I'm really excited that you've been inspired to follow these lessons and I'd love to see the paintings you end up making as result! Send me an update!
Wow! That is the best color mixing tutorial ever. I'm definitely going to expand my palette to take advantage of the warm/cool aspects. Thanks so much for this video. It seems like color temperature is something experienced artists fail to pass on in their "how to paint" videos.
You're so cool. Your explanations and the way you articulate words are very clear. Obviously you are a teacher. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much this series was really helpful!
I like this after seeing 5/6 videos of making color shades. Thank you
Wow this was so helpful!thank you so much
simple is always the best, great videos, basic but very straightforward and informative
I wish I had learned this in school. Thanks, great video!
Thank you mapontocom for the comment! Yes, many artists say this to me. It seems art school these days is more concerned with theory and less with technique, which is very unfortunate. But that's another conversation entirely!
So they don't even teach art correctly in art schools. Very interesting.
I think everyone , before starting to paint , should watch videos like this and get to understand the colour wheel . Quite apart from saving a fortune buying every colour of the spectrum , it gives much more natural colours.
I watched a guy doing landscapes and in a lot of his videos he uses just three colours , I now understand why more clearly. Thank you for this video and information.
Having watched a number of videos by different people I have twenty different tubes of paint , I will buy three primary colours and work with them .
Hello Michael, I have watched ton of videos on color theory, mixing, tones, etc on youtube since last 2 days as I want to really understand and get it clear. I just chanced upon your video just to find that your video has been the MOST helpful and clear of all. I am so so happy to have found your video and really grateful to you to have made this concept so clear in such a well articulated manner. Thanks, thanks, thanks!! I am surprised that your video (the best of all) has the lowest views, i am baffled to see that. Your effort deserves the best viewership. Keep posting Michael. Thanks again!!
Hey Thanks Sameer! I'm happy to hear that I was able to help you! I wish you all the best on your journeys as an artist!
Hi Joy. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Unfortunately, you are repeating a common myth/misconception and one which I attempted to correct in the video previous to this one "The Secrets of Colour Temperature (Warm and Cool Colours) - How to Paint #3": ua-cam.com/video/XGSsbt2GwsU/v-deo.html
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR: Not all reds, yellows and oranges are Warm, nor is every blue, green and violet Cool! There are Cool reds, yellows and oranges, and there are also Warm blue, green and violets!
Until you understand this basic fact of colours, you will forever struggle to mix the colours you want. The video you linked to is full of so many egregious mistakes that it should be taken down! Don't listen to that instructor!
very helpfull thankyou
the best painting colors guider thanks a lot
Am loving this.
Thank you Jeanne! I appreciate the feedback!
Wow. Another great tutorial on colour mixing , with warm and cool colors
Thank you for your comment! It really means a lot to me!
Very good video, and very entertaning to watch as well. The way you deliver the information (your voice tone and hair included!) makes it so entertaining!. Best video about basic color mixing technique.
Once for an art project, I tried eating only blue and yellow foods for an entire month.
Bananas, Kumquats, Corn Bread, Cheese Puffs, Mac n Cheese, Mustard, Egg Yolks, all of course smothered in Butter.
I also ate Blueberries, Blue cheese, Eggplants, Blue oysters, Blue M & M's,even Blue Waffles washed down with Blue Hawaii's for nightcaps.....and to my amazement, It worked. I'm now the proud father of a 14 Foot Green Anaconda !!
The POUR MAN You probably got a dull green since eggplant blue is very violet ,and Kumquat Yellow is very orange
Hi, I've been painting for 4 years, completely taught by UA-cam, and this is by far the clearest anyone has ever explained colour. After 4 years I feel like it's all become so clear to me. Do you have any downloadable courses I could buy.
Hi Rose, thank you SO MUCH for saying that! I'm very flattered! No, I don't have any other courses online but it's a great idea!
agree with Rose...your teaching skills are strong and clear. I like your intepretation so much, thank you for your videos.
Thank you Illustraterry for your comment! It's very satisfying that I can help other artists make sense of the complex world of colour!
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Watch Diane mize,she also does courses,. Best I've seen yet
Thanks so much for sharing your skills!!
Thank you Susan! I’m happy to help my fellow artists!
Very helpful. thanks
This was a gem. You helped me understand what I’m doing wrong 😑 thanks so much now I can fix it 😃
Needed this! 🙌🏼 thanks so much 😊👏🏼💖
Really enjoying your series so far. You really explain things simply and clearly. Thank you!
Wow! I'm grateful that I was able to be of assistance to you on your painting journey! Have a fantastic weekend!
Excellent information! Thank you
You are great! This information is so helpful. In all the art classes I’ve taken
no one goes in depth about color and value. I get stuck in dealing with the value
of the color.
👌 🕵 awesome video 🎥 👍
Great buddy👍❤💋
Now I get it! I so dig this easy understandable video! Tyfs 🌈
Thank you so much Becky! I really appreciate your feedback!
New videos coming in May 2019! What aspects of painting and drawing do you find most challenging? I’m currently writing and planning a whole new series of instructional videos, and I’m looking for YOUR ideas! SUBSCRIBE, turn your notifications on, and stay tuned!
- Michael
edge control and brushwork please)
Thanks for sharing...
Fantastic video, thank you
Excellent series of videos. Thanks!
Thank you Jennifer!
Very helpful, thanks!!!
Thanks Lulu for watching and for taking the time to comment! Please let me know what new videos you'd like me to make! --Michael
Simplicity is beautiful! You broke it down (in all your color videos) in a way that CLICKED with me! Finally, I GOT IT! Now I can answer my own questions about why I chose cool red to go with....! Thank you so much for the clarity you brought to this subject! Fantastic! Excellent! (Just found you!)
Thank you Ludmila! I really appreciate your comment! It's very rewarding to hear that I've been able to help you on your creative journey! Have a great weekend, Michael
You are a fantastic teacher , thanks for breaking things down so throughly , love your videos!!!
Awesome video! I have watched all the videos in this series and you definitely have helped me so much in mixing colors. Best info that I have seen on mixing colors.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I appreciate it.
You just made my day! Thank you for sharing your positivity with me! It's a great feeling to be able to help someone else understand the secret world of painting! I wish you all the best on your journey as an artist!
Terrific!
Just found your channel and I’m glad I did. Thanks so much for all the information and demos. Dry well explained and demonstrate why one color can be dull compared to another that is not. Great job. I will watch all your videos from the beginning! Congratulations and best wishes
! Just subscribed to your channel! 👍
Thanks Crisalida! Please let me know what other videos you think I should make that would also help you! I'm currently filming more of them. Thanks for the sub! -- Michael
Great color info! I like how you explained it!
Cool video ! Thanks ! 👍
Thanks D Lee! I appreciate the support! Michael
Very informative videos for this beginner artist. Its a shame in community that there isn't anyone to teach basics(formal education of course does). Thank you.
Thanks for the generous comment Maxine! Let me know what other videos you'd like to see and I'll do my best to make them!
finally - I get it now! thank you! thank you! thank you!
groovychic I'm so excited to hear this! It makes it all worth while!!! Michael
Awesome! Thank you.
Thank you Lucy! Have a wonderful creative journey!
Very helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, super helpful. You are very concise. This is the first of your videos I stumbled upon and I now see I will be watching more of them. I did exactly what you said so many people do. I went out and got 1 blue, 1 red and 1 yellow. Oh hey look, the color wheel. Well I'll be darned, that is not just a fancy pattern for displaying colors in a pleasing manner. Sometimes ya gotta just step out of your element with both feet to force learning you didn't know you needed though. Much appreciated.
Thank you Russel for sharing your story! It's frustrating that art supply stores reinforce these outdated ideas by selling introductory painting sets with 1 blue, 1 red and 1 yellow. Unless people like you make a point of searching out the truth, they assume that there really is such a thing as "primary" colours that they can use to mix all the colours of the rainbow! I'm so happy that you kept searching and that we found each other! Have a great weekend!
Helpful~!
So good!
Thank you Sam! Even a short comment tells me and other youtubers that we are on the right track!
Excellent.
Thanks for leaving a positive comment! Michael
this is so clear, thanks!
Thanks a bunch mate, exactly what i needed, thanks also for explaining clearly and concise, :-)
Thank you so much - learned a lot lot lot.... about painting an colores.
awesome.....very informative...thank you so much.
Thank you!
dit was een goede uitleg dank u
it helped me a lot
Thanks Sapna! I'm glad I was able to help you on your creative journey! --Michael
you are a god sent :)
Thank you Robin for the generous compliment!
Nice explanation, you are a cool dude. Bravissimo!
amazing! Thank you so much
Thank you for taking the time to say such lovely things! Have a great weekend!
great explaination!!
Hi Gina! Thank you for your comment! Best wishes on all your future paintings!
Excelent !!!!! Amazing
THANK YOU!!!
My pleasure! Happy painting!
Great video series. Got a question for you if you're still on the youtube... what happens if you mix pure blue with pure yellow, and why does the CMY color wheel suggest you'll get grey?
koo stuff man. I like it tons. do more videos on contrast, high key, high value, etc.
keep it up though good stuff
Thanks for the generous compliment! I will definitely do more this year! Encouragement like this is great motivation!
Absolutely awesome video. I notice you like Gamblin paint. What would be the warm/cool primaries you use? Names the same as Liquitex names?
Would also like to know
8:40 I think the reason for not getting the big differences in color is because of the paint brand and the types of pigments they are using.
Can you please tell the best pigments to be added to off-white colour... Can you please also tell how much quatity of pigment is to be added with 1 litre off-white
hello!
please use the right primary fizical colours!!!!
I like your teaching style! I browsed through your other videos, if you could sprinkle your channel with a few more shorter videos, I’d be able to watch them more easily :d (such as tips or shorter ideas to complement your more in-depth subjects). You are very clear and concise which i like very much :D
Red
Yellow
Blue
Orange
Green
Purple
Vermilion
Marigold
Chartreuse
Aquarium
Violet
Magenta
Ugh! Do I need to buy a 48 Liquitex?
Hi Darby, thanks for watching my video! What is “a 48 Liquitex”?
A little note to Mr. Markowsky: I ran your video a 2x speed and felt that speed was just about right. Some videos are sped up by their authors and are easier to digest. You might give some thought to going along a little faster. It's so easy to go on to the next video like channel surfing. Your videos are too good for that, but they are a little slow. Hope you take this comment in the spirit it was intended. If you're offended, you have my permission to come down here and punch me in the nose. Later.
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving a thoughtful comment! It's always a hard balance between going too slow and creating boring videos and going to fast and skipping over details of the painting process that people find helpful to see. In any event, I'm a pacific who doesn't believe violence accomplishes anything, so your nose is safe!
I been painting for 1year and I'm still bad at it please tell me please I'm bad because I mix red a with
Hi.. That comment was from my son. He's really interested in painting. How do I help him?
awesome video as always. I have a question, do you recommend buying the munsell color book, i heard from others artist who own the book to be a good investment.
Can you say how to get blue colour
He forgot to say goodbye at the end of the video
this is the best video i ever watched
what about the oranges
are they all the same
Thanks for leaving such a lovely comment! While the contrasts between the different Oranges aren't as obvious as the Violets and Greens, the Oranges are not all the same. The Orange mixed with Warm Yellow and Warm Red is more "saturated" and has a greater level of "intensity" than the other three, which are closer to the neutral core. If you mixed each of those Oranges with other colours, the differences would become even more apparent.
MarkowskyArt
please make a breakdown of painting
and explain how the artist expressee his feelings in the paintings
i am trying to express my self through art and its hard
Wow! That sounds like an interesting video! You're asking some very big and complex questions though. Even I find it hard to express myself through my art. It can take many years of practice and failure before positive results start to become more common. I'll try to address your question in an upcoming video!
MarkowskyArt thank you
Hi, what do you think about replacing cerulean blue with phtalo blue?
How do you make green I want to know how to make green please tell us please I want to know because I want to know please right I do
I know this is an old video but can someone answer me this ... Say I was painting something red would you use black or green to make it darker for shading. If green would you use a dark green to make it very dark and light green to make it not quite as dark, or would you just use more or less of the same shade of green?
I'd use paynes gray or nuetral tint if I had either one. If no have then I'd grab a dab sheet and try black and green then use the one that worked best. If green worked best I'd start with a bit of green like hookers and add till I got the result I wanted.
Why is the brighter yellow considered a "cool" color? I though "cool" colors were darker than the warm ones.
Hi Shaina. Thanks for watching my video. I think you're pointing at a common point of confusion, and something I also struggled with.
The short answer is that the difference between the yellows which you describe as being "brighter" and "darker" is that one contains greenish/blue pigments, while the other contains orange/red pigments.
A colour's "TEMPERATURE" is entirely different than the same colour's "INTENSITY" or "VALUE," which is covered in episode 2: ua-cam.com/video/D0Wod-Nle2E/v-deo.html).
1) "TEMPERATURE" is when a colour is "hot" (contains orange/red pigments) or "cold" (contains greenish/blue pigments)
2) "INTENSITY" (otherwise known as "chroma") is when a colour can be said to be "saturated" like florescent yellow or "desaturated" like a black & white photo, and this is determined by how much (or how little) pigment is in the paint/light.
3) "VALUE" is when a colour is modified with white to make "tints," grey to make "tones," or with black to make "shades."
I hope that helps!
Lemon yellow has a little blue in it so it is cool whereas warm yellow has a tinge of red in it so it is warm
Thank you Shahzad Qurashi for restating my answer in a much more concise way! Much appreciated!
Thank u sir , you are welcome , god bless!
Hi Joy. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Unfortunately, you are repeating a common myth/misconception and one which I attempted to correct in the video previous to this one "The Secrets of Colour Temperature (Warm and Cool Colours) - How to Paint #3": ua-cam.com/video/XGSsbt2GwsU/v-deo.html
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR: Not all reds, yellows and oranges are Warm, nor is every blue, green and violet Cool! There are Cool reds, yellows and oranges, and there are also Warm blue, green and violets!
Until you understand this basic fact of colours, you will forever struggle to mix the colours you want. The video you linked to is full of so many egregious mistakes that it should be taken down! Don't listen to that instructor!
Good information. Annoying music.
Hi Jim, Thanks for the comment! I try to find music the best music that is either free or relatively inexpensive. This music seemed appropriate to me because of the Monet painting (both feature "poppies.") When looking for free music, beggars can't be choosers!
Would I be able to apply this exercise with oil paints?
Absolutely! You will notice these same results with watercolour, gauche, and even house paint! One thing to keep in mind though is that cheap ($2 a tube), student grade paint (like the kind I was using in this video) is full of fillers and artificial pigments, and few (if any) natural or "pure" pigments, which can be very expensive. Cheap paint tends to lose "intensity" when it is mixed with other colours because it's formulated to look great out of the tube and not necessarily mixed with other paints; if you've ever mixed house paints together you'll know that it goes dull-grey very quick.
On the other hand, if you are using expensive ($40 a tube), artist grade acrylics or oils (I personally recommend "Gamblin"), you will actually see that the oranges, violets and greens remain relatively high in intensity when mixed together, because you're starting with exceptionally high quality materials.
In the world of video editing we have a saying, "Crap in, Crap out," which means if you start with bad quality video or audio footage, your final video will invariably be of poor quality as well. Similarly with painting, the colours you mix will always limited by the quality of the orginal colours you began with.
This is a great video. You should be uploading videos weekly to increase your subscribers because you have great knowledge inside your head.
At your video one shortcoming. It is necessary to specify the index of a pigment, the name not informatively. As different producers have them different.
Not necessarily. Unless you have been given a mixture of colours from different manufacturers, you'll usually have all your colours from one brand, and if you buy a big brand you'll be able to find colour charts that give you more information than just the name. For example I was on the Daler Rowney website today. They have several brands in acrylic from professional to hobbyist quality. Each range has a pdf catalogue which tells you about the range. The Graduate Range - the student range - contains hues designated as primary colours - 603 Primary Yellow, 540 Primary Red, and 159 Primary Blue. They advise you that all the colours in the Graduate range can be mixed from these hues with the addition of 011 White and 026 Black. So, no thinking or indexing required. Even if you choose colours of light, medium or deep intensity, such as in the Cryla and System 3 ranges, as long as you keep to one range, you won't stray far off the right path, and what that path is should be dictated by what effect you are looking for. Use your eyes always first and foremost.