Chris' videos are inordinately useful and informative. His content and presentation with the explanations make a lot of other tutors look like amateurs. Thanks Chris.
I need to watch and use youtube videos in my work but I'm ALWAYS distracted by your tutorials and end up spending my work time watching them because they're so darn good and informative!
Love your simplicity of delivering the lecture. I have been trying to paint a lively sky with ultramarine/titanium white but my skies looked dumb and lifeless. This video helped me a great deal. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
The challenge seems to be how to keep the area just above the horizon from turning green (since you are adding yellow to the blue). I still haven't figured that out.
@amrithasoogrim3391 I use a very unobtrusive strip of light lavender more to the reddish side than blue to separate the yellow from the blue. Then just blend them carefully together. The yellow that gets blended into the reddish purple will turn an orangish color but you won't have a green sky. It's a Bob Ross technique that works pretty well. I watched this video thinking he might have a better way. A lot of artists disparage Ross but he didn't have green skys unlike this painting.
You are the bestest and the mostest!! I always get mixed up with what blues to use for the sky...so this is TREMENDULOUS!! ( yes im a bit weird lol , just so excited to find the right blues!!)
Yeah ultramarine blue has more of a red hue to it which makes it deeper and cooler. Same thing happens to alizarin crimson which is a red that has more of a blue hue to it doing the same thing(the opposite being cadmiums and scarlets which have more yellow). Pthalo or winsor or intense(all same thing) blues have higher amounts of yellow hue as opposed to red which make them lighter and warmer. a good way tho think about it is anything that moves towards yellow is getting warmer and anything that moves towards blue is geeting cooler
Hi Chris. Thank you for another very informative tutorial. Am I right in thinking that you consider ultramarine blue to be a cool blue and phthalo a slightly warmer blue? It seems that some artists see it as a warm blue and phthalo as a cooler blue. Does the difference in opinion really matter much?
Very good and informative teaching video. But I'm slightly confused about some terminology here. I think I learned that ultramarine blue is warmer blue since it's going towards red as opposed to phalo blue which is cooler since it's going towards green. Or am a wrong? Please unconfused me.
Thanks for all the tips and help, but this video has me confused: in your other videos, you talk so much about NOT blending in oils (especially not overblending transitions), but in this sky you seem to be doing just that.
Is there a reason you painted the mountains first? Seems like it would be easier to paint in the mountains after the sky was first painted in. New to oil painting but did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last month.
I’ve been wondering if painting only in black and white will help me better understand how things go from lighter to darker tones and back n forth. I am still brand new as in having that weird creamy stuff on a newborn kinda new to all this. I am not getting the darker colors in shadows and stuff.
gary akin that is probably a good idea. When in first started I did a lot of monochromatic work. Keeping things simple when starting out always help. The key is to take it one step at a time and gain momentum. No matter how the painting turns out you have to honor the effort. I have gone out many time to paint landscapes and I drive 45 min out to the middle of nowhere, fight the heat, set up to paint, fight the bugs and sunburn only to make a bad little painting that no one will see. But I know I had to make that bad little painting to get to the good ones ahead
could you please comment on why you didnt work from back to front or (far away working forwards) in terms of putting the mountains before the sky and then working around it...
You are using a thinner quite often, I rarely do this, tell me why I should use the thinner other than giving more flow to the paint of course. I hesitate thinking too much would weaken the paint
Is this lesson derived from the "prismatic palette" method of landscape painter/teacher Frank Vincent DuMond? "Silently glowing over this whole landscape is a rainbow. You must learn to see it. It is there always, and if you can get hold of that, you have something worth going after."
I just discovered your channel a day or two ago...would love to catch all your videos. If they were numbered I can be sure I am not missing anything. How many videos have you posted on UA-cam?
@@paintcoach Whao! That's a lot! Am enjoying your series. I have watched a lot of videos by so many other painters, most are not very good. But I believe in the methods you use, as I have also been painting your way a lot (Carlson, Payne etc) ...I was mentored by much older painters (one even claimed he was taught by Lauren Harris of the Group of Seven), the other was taught at University by HG Glyde using tried and true methods, not some cockamania homemade method. So keep up the great work!
What if I want a sky background but have an overlay of a figure for my main image. Do I paint the sky background first then do the overlay image next after it dries or do I draw it out and paint around the main image or overlay?
But how do you mix in the yellow into a blue sky WITHOUT in looking green. Yours is very light/pale but still green??? I Really struggle w this part of painting skies….😞
You limit yourself. Beethoven wrote symphonies when he was deaf because he understood music. It doesn't take color recognition to recognize values. If you understood which colors he was mixing and why, with practice, you will achieve the right balance of warmth and coolness for a realistic looking sky. The demonstration was pretty simple and strait-forward to me: keep the colors darker and cooler on top, lighter and warmer toward the horizon. Why can't you do that?
@@KathrineJKozachok because warm and cool are color language that I don't get. "Colorblindness" isn't always a physical disability that can be overcome via alternative methods; many of us have an issue understanding color as a mental disability in addition to our lack of rods/cones because we didn't have to ability to develop the understand naturally to begin with. I am 34 and still frustrated when I am constantly corrected on what color something actually is. It's a real struggle for certain things.
You’re colour blind mate . Ultramarine is cool ? A blue with red in ? Phthalo blue is warm ? Leaning towards greens? Exactly the opposite. Go and see an eye doctor.
Adding titanium white to ultramarine can bring it to a cool(er) tone, which is true with a lot of colors. The spectrum of Phthalo pigments ranges from deep, warm blues to cool spring greens. There are red and green shades of Phthalo Blue available in many artist paint ranges, so perhaps his has a red bias hence feeling it is warmer, since ultramarine moves more towards violet which he is seeing as cooler than the pthalo he is using. Of course cool and warm are very subjective and depend a great deal on the color harmony in which they reside.
Chris' videos are inordinately useful and informative. His content and presentation with the explanations make a lot of other tutors look like amateurs. Thanks Chris.
My oil paints will be here on Monday.
I think I'll start here! Ty!
I need to watch and use youtube videos in my work but I'm ALWAYS distracted by your tutorials and end up spending my work time watching them because they're so darn good and informative!
Hey Paint Coach, I'm really enjoying your teaching technique. I want to thank you and let you know that your efforts are appreciated.
I watch your programs over and over and this one on skies is one of your best. Thank you !!!!!!
Love your simplicity of delivering the lecture. I have been trying to paint a lively sky with ultramarine/titanium white but my skies looked dumb and lifeless. This video helped me a great deal. Thank you so much 🙏🏻
I am starting to learn painting and you videos are great help with your demonstration and detailed information. Thanks and keep making more
That makes me so happy to hear!
The challenge seems to be how to keep the area just above the horizon from turning green (since you are adding yellow to the blue). I still haven't figured that out.
Omg I’m having the same exact problem!!
@amrithasoogrim3391 I use a very unobtrusive strip of light lavender more to the reddish side than blue to separate the yellow from the blue. Then just blend them carefully together. The yellow that gets blended into the reddish purple will turn an orangish color but you won't have a green sky. It's a Bob Ross technique that works pretty well. I watched this video thinking he might have a better way. A lot of artists disparage Ross but he didn't have green skys unlike this painting.
Best online art instructor by far.
You are the bestest and the mostest!! I always get mixed up with what blues to use for the sky...so this is TREMENDULOUS!! ( yes im a bit weird lol , just so excited to find the right blues!!)
Interesting- I’ve usually heard ultramarine described as a warm blue and pthalo green-shade as a cool.
Yeah ultramarine blue has more of a red hue to it which makes it deeper and cooler. Same thing happens to alizarin crimson which is a red that has more of a blue hue to it doing the same thing(the opposite being cadmiums and scarlets which have more yellow). Pthalo or winsor or intense(all same thing) blues have higher amounts of yellow hue as opposed to red which make them lighter and warmer. a good way tho think about it is anything that moves towards yellow is getting warmer and anything that moves towards blue is geeting cooler
Artists can’t agree on which blue is warmer.
that gradient satisfied me out for 5 minutes straight
I know that you will soon be the sensation of youtube. Best oil painting videos.
such a good teacher for us beginners thankyou
what a beautiful sky!i need to practice 3 times. to get those colors right!
Oils are definitely best for skies and clouds! (Over acrylics, IMHO).
Thanks for simple explanation and demonstration. I learned a lot.
PERFECT LESSONS !!! THANK YOU !!!
Hi Chris. Thank you for another very informative tutorial. Am I right in thinking that you consider ultramarine blue to be a cool blue and phthalo a slightly warmer blue? It seems that some artists see it as a warm blue and phthalo as a cooler blue. Does the difference in opinion really matter much?
The sky where I live is definitely a greener blue toward the horizon
Enjoying your content man! Tks
Great many thanks
love it! Thank you so much!
So nice tutorial...👏🙂👍👌😊🖌🧑🏻🎨
Hi Chris, thanks for the info. What makes Thalo Blue a warmer color than Ultramarine?
This is good. Found this really helpful.
Glad to hear!
How do you not to make green in sky when bringing your yellow paint to the sky ?
Just be careful and use white so you don't have pure yellow. It's difficult to explain but it's all practice
watch his video on how to make any color into any other color
So beautiful! Really talented! Was amazing watching it! New friend is here.
Thank you for this, very helpful
Ive just started taking psychedelic drugs while painting and your voice is so trippy 👍
Thank you
This is good!!!
i do the mountains last. but nice
Very good and informative teaching video. But I'm slightly confused about some terminology here. I think I learned that ultramarine blue is warmer blue since it's going towards red as opposed to phalo blue which is cooler since it's going towards green. Or am a wrong? Please unconfused me.
I always think of ultramarine as having purple in it, which is cooler than the other blues, which have more yellow in them.
Thanks for all the tips and help, but this video has me confused: in your other videos, you talk so much about NOT blending in oils (especially not overblending transitions), but in this sky you seem to be doing just that.
Is there a reason you painted the mountains first? Seems like it would be easier to paint in the mountains after the sky was first painted in. New to oil painting but did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last month.
I’ve been wondering if painting only in black and white will help me better understand how things go from lighter to darker tones and back n forth. I am still brand new as in having that weird creamy stuff on a newborn kinda new to all this. I am not getting the darker colors in shadows and stuff.
gary akin that is probably a good idea. When in first started I did a lot of monochromatic work. Keeping things simple when starting out always help. The key is to take it one step at a time and gain momentum. No matter how the painting turns out you have to honor the effort. I have gone out many time to paint landscapes and I drive 45 min out to the middle of nowhere, fight the heat, set up to paint, fight the bugs and sunburn only to make a bad little painting that no one will see. But I know I had to make that bad little painting to get to the good ones ahead
Paint Coach thank you, I will implement this advice, which also makes buying paint simpler too, big tube of black and white and go for it.
great
Question: do I always need primer when painting with oil?
could you please comment on why you didnt work from back to front or (far away working forwards) in terms of putting the mountains before the sky and then working around it...
You are using a thinner quite often, I rarely do this, tell me why I should use the thinner other than giving more flow to the paint of course. I hesitate thinking too much would weaken the paint
You’re awesome 😊
Nice
Is this lesson derived from the "prismatic palette" method of landscape painter/teacher Frank Vincent DuMond?
"Silently glowing over this whole landscape is a rainbow. You must learn to see it. It is there always, and if you can get hold of that, you have something worth going after."
Bravissimo come Sempre! :) :)!!
Cielo e Luce fantastici!! ;) ;)!!
Grazie^.^^.^!!
I just discovered your channel a day or two ago...would love to catch all your videos. If they were numbered I can be sure I am not missing anything. How many videos have you posted on UA-cam?
Thanks! I have a lot of videos. Not sure the exact amount. Over a 100 I think
@@paintcoach Whao! That's a lot! Am enjoying your series. I have watched a lot of videos by so many other painters, most are not very good. But I believe in the methods you use, as I have also been painting your way a lot (Carlson, Payne etc) ...I was mentored by much older painters (one even claimed he was taught by Lauren Harris of the Group of Seven), the other was taught at University by HG Glyde using tried and true methods, not some cockamania homemade method. So keep up the great work!
What medium(s) are you using here?
What if I want a sky background but have an overlay of a figure for my main image. Do I paint the sky background first then do the overlay image next after it dries or do I draw it out and paint around the main image or overlay?
What's the reason for doing the mountains first?
it looks the sun is down behind the mountains as yellow color is close to the mountain.
can't see what you are dipping your brush into...thinner or medium
21st video view,good stuff.
But how do you mix in the yellow into a blue sky WITHOUT in looking green. Yours is very light/pale but still green??? I Really struggle w this part of painting skies….😞
❤♾️
Chris, why are you using the masking tape on a canvas painting? Am I missing something?
He frequently does exercises on a Frederick’s canvas pad. I think that might be the case here, so it’s not a stretched canvas.
What's the green tape?
Comment for the algorithm.
I thought cereleum blue is cooler.
Robert Hale it is. And somewhat less saturated than phtalo blue.
@@gasperettiarts How does ceruleum compare to cobalt blue? I only have UM blue and cobalt blue. I also have process cyan.
You talk like that teacher on The Wonder Years (tv show)
which one?
Your technique is complex and I could never paint that way with a color blindness.
You limit yourself. Beethoven wrote symphonies when he was deaf because he understood music. It doesn't take color recognition to recognize values. If you understood which colors he was mixing and why, with practice, you will achieve the right balance of warmth and coolness for a realistic looking sky.
The demonstration was pretty simple and strait-forward to me: keep the colors darker and cooler on top, lighter and warmer toward the horizon. Why can't you do that?
@@KathrineJKozachok because warm and cool are color language that I don't get. "Colorblindness" isn't always a physical disability that can be overcome via alternative methods; many of us have an issue understanding color as a mental disability in addition to our lack of rods/cones because we didn't have to ability to develop the understand naturally to begin with. I am 34 and still frustrated when I am constantly corrected on what color something actually is. It's a real struggle for certain things.
Why paint the mountains first you just made it hard for yourself ?
Enjoy your videos, but too much talking. Please try to get to the point more quickly.
What a painful demonstration.
You’re colour blind mate . Ultramarine is cool ? A blue with red in ? Phthalo blue is warm ? Leaning towards greens? Exactly the opposite. Go and see an eye doctor.
Adding titanium white to ultramarine can bring it to a cool(er) tone, which is true with a lot of colors. The spectrum of Phthalo pigments ranges from deep, warm blues to cool spring greens. There are red and green shades of Phthalo Blue available in many artist paint ranges, so perhaps his has a red bias hence feeling it is warmer, since ultramarine moves more towards violet which he is seeing as cooler than the pthalo he is using. Of course cool and warm are very subjective and depend a great deal on the color harmony in which they reside.