How to Use Color Temperature: A Demonstration

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  • Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
  • During these last couple of weeks of painting demonstrations, I have received so many requests to show my palette as I mix my colors.
    So, this week I do just that! Specifically, I talk about color temperature. Value is the most important aspect of composition, but color temperature is what allows us to pull more life of those value masses in our paintings.
    I take a pretty simple image of a beach and I focus on the mixing and painting of two sets of temperature shifts. The warm and cool colors of the trees, and the warm and cool colors of the sand.
    Here are the colors on my palette in the demonstration to achieve a color wheel: Titanium white, cadmium yellow lemon, yellow ochre, cadmium orange, alizarin permanent, dioxazine purple, ultramarine blue, chrome oxide green.
    I hope you enjoy!
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  • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
    @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  3 роки тому +97

    Does this help clarify how to use color temperature?

    • @fatoomgierdien2181
      @fatoomgierdien2181 3 роки тому +4

      Hi... Your way of Simplifying what you see visually, is Phenomenal Artistry. Thank You. Cape Town.

    • @francesmorris6293
      @francesmorris6293 2 роки тому +3

      You are the BEST teacher, Ian. Love watching your videos!!!

    • @joannsturgeon2540
      @joannsturgeon2540 2 роки тому

      Very clear and simplified. Thank you.

    • @pthaloblue100
      @pthaloblue100 Рік тому

      This video was incredibly helpful! I painted the loveliest little landscape full of shadow and light after trying out your color palette and techniques, thank you so much!

    • @135talmont
      @135talmont Рік тому

      Yes! Moreover, it explains why my colors get muddy. Dark/cool and light/warm is really a lightbulb for me. I paint with acrylic but the concept should be the same. Thank you! I love your videos.

  • @maquisart7403
    @maquisart7403 2 роки тому +5

    You're not only the best but also the most generous Art teacher on UA-cam. Your Art keeps a lot from the 19th and early 20th centuries's spirit... and skills.
    You changed a life, litterally. Thank you so much !

  • @luiscandeias1180
    @luiscandeias1180 2 роки тому +4

    composition -> value -> temperature
    That was a powerful lesson. Thank you.

  • @smasica
    @smasica 3 роки тому +41

    Clear, straightforward, and to the point. Thanks, Ian. A thought on simplifying. My biggest difficulty is breaking away from the subconscious tendency to be a copyist of a scene instead of an interpreter. I try to keep in mind that my goal is not to document, it's to create from the raw materials I see.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  3 роки тому +10

      That is a huge piece, and a huge shift mentally. It is a right brain shift I think to thinking in terms of design and not subject. When you look through the lens of design then everything is there to support that rather than supporting all the details.

    • @peterelmer9114
      @peterelmer9114 2 роки тому +6

      I come from a photography and graphic design background and I really struggle to be spontaneous and simplify when painting. It’s such a difficult mental shift; my wife keeps telling me to stop when I’ve “roughed” in a painting but I usually don’t and then overwork. It’s a constant battle between mass and detail. Your tutorials are helping me a lot in my struggle. 👍

    • @songemaestronsunza4407
      @songemaestronsunza4407 2 роки тому

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition jjkĺ

  • @loretacolantonio7398
    @loretacolantonio7398 Рік тому

    Ciao from Italy. I paint in watercolour but I’m learning soooo much from you!

  • @shekhar2345678
    @shekhar2345678 Рік тому

    you are my favourite art teacher

  • @rachelscottart6908
    @rachelscottart6908 2 роки тому +1

    It's so helpful to have colour temperature - warm light, cool shadows - demonstrated. You teach in such an engaging and clear way. Thank you!

  • @sabinabavenlee
    @sabinabavenlee 2 роки тому +5

    Ian, thank you so much! Your videos are so helpful. I binge-watch them! Although I have an artist block, watching the process of painting inspires me to continue my own journey. Art is one of the few things that make my eyes sparkle

  • @rainazichterman2537
    @rainazichterman2537 3 роки тому +7

    Hi Ian,
    I found your by accident and I love the way you explain temperature. You make it seem so easy. I’ve been working getting the values right. Seeing shapes first instead of details and the mixing of colors is an ongoing challenge for me. But with a lot of practice I am able to loosen up and let my right brain do the talking. Thank you so much for these wonderful tutorials.

  • @emilybalch5842
    @emilybalch5842 3 роки тому +9

    Ian, I so appreciate these demos...you are very generous with your time and expertise. Thank you for showing how you mix colors because it is incredibly informative and helpful.

  • @lyncoombs1230
    @lyncoombs1230 3 роки тому +5

    For me, watching your deft mixing of colours on the glass palette was helpful and fascinating. The knowledgeable mixing demonstrated your lifelong experience with colour, a treat to watch.

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  3 роки тому +1

      Hi Lyn, I suppose it's a bit like watching a guitar player finger picking. On the one hand it looks so easy and effortless, on the other, you realize maybe it's not (at least my hours of practice have led me to think that). Best wishes to you and Chip, ian

  • @parisarezaeimianroodi8359
    @parisarezaeimianroodi8359 2 роки тому

    I also like the poem you have in the background :)

  • @artlovervictoria
    @artlovervictoria 2 роки тому +1

    Your skill is superb but what stikes me above all is how you take an unremarkable photo and make a great image! I need to revisit my many blah travel photos to see if they have potential using your instruction. Thank you.

  • @hazelgardner957
    @hazelgardner957 Рік тому +2

    Its so inspirational to see how different the colours you use are from your reference image and yet your paintings are still realistic and stunning! I find myself worrying too much about matching hues exactly that I lose the "feeling" of the subject

  • @miralaartist1916
    @miralaartist1916 2 роки тому +1

    I am so grateful for your videos. If I had a teacher like you in school it would make a massive difference. So I am studying with you now. Thank you

  • @roselynbaruch3697
    @roselynbaruch3697 2 роки тому +2

    I love the effect of warm next to cool! Thank you for showing how. Love how you simplify and your explanation is so clear. always looking forward to your next tutorial. Most appreciated 🙂

  • @00vTv00
    @00vTv00 Рік тому

    Nice analogies describing key techniques.

  • @marieczm5970
    @marieczm5970 3 роки тому +15

    Love the video. Yes, it does help, and thank you for doing this. I just finished reading your book "Creative Authenticity". The most inspiring book I have read on my journey to creativity.

  • @mariajennett5608
    @mariajennett5608 Рік тому

    Great lesson!, Thank you so much for your time and interesting information. It is very helpful and reassuring to see your demo.

  • @fatoomgierdien2181
    @fatoomgierdien2181 3 роки тому +1

    I enjoy your Process.
    Thank YOU MUCH

  • @annameier5000
    @annameier5000 Рік тому +1

    Замечательно красиво... я прололжаю смотреть вашу живопись каждый день... вы прекрасный художник... Благодарю!!! ❤

  • @janetsunshine8689
    @janetsunshine8689 Рік тому

    Thank you, Ian. This is very helpful.

  • @marieroslind1479
    @marieroslind1479 2 роки тому +1

    Dear Ian, I’m on your drawing course now, but on the same time it is so useful to review all your Tuesday videos!
    Makes a good repetition- “the mother of skill” (Swedish expression) 😉/ Such good education! /Thank you/🎨🖼

  • @emmawright9173
    @emmawright9173 2 роки тому +1

    Such an inspirational painter you are. Thanks so much for your video tutorials which I find are illuminating

  • @annsowers4591
    @annsowers4591 3 роки тому +1

    That came together beautifully. Thank you.

  • @angeliquedolle8581
    @angeliquedolle8581 3 роки тому

    I love your demos .especially this one; I always keep watching shadows and their influence on surrounding colours!

  • @nancymoodyart
    @nancymoodyart 3 роки тому +3

    I liked how you mixed the two cool
    Colors/darker values side by side on your palette. Then the same for the lighter value/warm colors. So it helped to keep them respectively close in value. Now to translate to watercolors for myself. I have so much to learn!! Thank you .

  • @seanfella
    @seanfella 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you, this is such a practical demonstration of temperature as well as value. Really helpful!

  • @patricialopez-qi3xk
    @patricialopez-qi3xk 3 роки тому

    Great demo. Can't wait to try it.

  • @dougking1534
    @dougking1534 2 роки тому

    Wow always learn so much from your videos thanks

  • @jamesbeatty839
    @jamesbeatty839 2 роки тому

    Great job explaining this!

  • @donnabradford7556
    @donnabradford7556 3 роки тому +1

    This was awesome!!!! So glad I found your channel!

  • @arti22live
    @arti22live 3 роки тому +1

    very nice, very inspirational!

  • @jura9484
    @jura9484 2 роки тому

    this is really helpful, thanks!

  • @kill3rkitt3ns
    @kill3rkitt3ns 2 роки тому

    I’ve learned so much…subbed with notifications on! Thank you 🙏

  • @123tabatha
    @123tabatha Рік тому

    So helpful Thanks

  • @davidmolloy126
    @davidmolloy126 2 роки тому

    Thanks very much for another great tutorial. Really inspiring.

  • @snakewomangirl
    @snakewomangirl 2 роки тому

    Brilliant, such a gift, I’ve been trying to figure out the relationship between tone and temperature for ages. Thank you 😁

  • @andrewbellavie795
    @andrewbellavie795 2 роки тому

    Really helpful thanks Ian

  • @suresh.karthikeyan
    @suresh.karthikeyan 2 роки тому

    I loved it, Mr. Magician👏👏👏

  • @marieroslind1479
    @marieroslind1479 5 місяців тому

    So good to see you mixing the Colors! Thank you!

  • @noumine
    @noumine 3 роки тому +2

    wow this has been tremendously helpful! lightbulb moment for me for sure. thank you for sharing! I love those grays.

  • @kamleshsunak3176
    @kamleshsunak3176 2 роки тому

    Loved the demonstration. Thanks for showing the color temperature ,mixes.

  • @karicreates7668
    @karicreates7668 3 роки тому

    Yes thank you. I bought your book years ago but this is better for me

  • @PradipAgrawalPatna
    @PradipAgrawalPatna Рік тому

    Great lesson

  • @Lafortuneist
    @Lafortuneist 3 роки тому +1

    It look nice....wow!

  • @marieroslind1479
    @marieroslind1479 2 роки тому

    Thank you🌺

  • @thepaintedcakebyjenniferfr8274

    You make it look so easy. You are an amazing painter 😍

  • @lazar2949
    @lazar2949 2 роки тому

    This really helps me. I still have a lot to learn and i almost always get bad results, but yours way is so simple and motivating because even without too much skill i can make a painting look like something. Thanks!

  • @maxlinesartist
    @maxlinesartist 2 роки тому

    Wonderful tutorial Highly recommend those video's

  • @garygreenfield5969
    @garygreenfield5969 Рік тому

    A valuable demonstration about the use of color temperature and color mixing. Great stuff.

  • @rudyadnan1445
    @rudyadnan1445 3 роки тому

    Wonderful 👍👍👍

  • @boboluv2
    @boboluv2 2 роки тому

    Thanks for showing us your colour palette which really helps me learn more about colours. Hopefully you can make more videos on mixing colours etc…. Thanks!

  • @rebeccabraterman7168
    @rebeccabraterman7168 2 роки тому

    Fabulous thankypi so much

  • @solea59
    @solea59 2 роки тому

    Hello Ian , I asked the other day about your colour wheel. Luckily I just found the video I was looking for ! thank you .

  • @marystewart7080
    @marystewart7080 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the reminder Ian!!!

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  3 роки тому

      Hi Mary, so nice to hear from you. Yes reminders. Could use them on most of life's little challenges. All the best to you.

  • @kelleymcbride4633
    @kelleymcbride4633 3 роки тому

    Beautiful thank you! 🔥✏🎨

  • @farzadnematollahi6592
    @farzadnematollahi6592 3 роки тому +1

    Hi Ian
    Your teaching is so useful and unique.
    Thanks a lot.
    Farzad from south of Iran

  • @daledibello3450
    @daledibello3450 3 роки тому +1

    Great demo Ian! Thanks for this series you are doing.

  • @pintorazer6006
    @pintorazer6006 3 роки тому

    Thank you maestro! Great lesson!

  • @joanistotler8804
    @joanistotler8804 3 роки тому +1

    Extremely helpful and engaging, Ian - thanks so much!

  • @laurelpowell3678
    @laurelpowell3678 3 роки тому

    Thank you Ian. I learned so much from this demo. A demo is worth a million words.

  • @skidisciple
    @skidisciple 2 роки тому

    Thanks!!

  • @judyfranklin9577
    @judyfranklin9577 3 роки тому

    Many thanks Ian for another super demonstration , I look forward to learning from you every week , you explain it all so clearly , and the bonus for me is that I am left handed as well so lovely to watch you paint my way !

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  3 роки тому

      Yes Judy I think there should be a left handed painters association with national exhibitions and awards. Delighted you are enjoying the videos. Best, Ian.

  • @miraakoi2151
    @miraakoi2151 2 роки тому

    Hi Ian,
    Hope you are fine?
    Thanks so much for sharing these videos they are super helpful and brings back so much of what you taught during the great workshops I attended with you in Provence! This is great for practising and seeing …….mixing greens really helped me ! Many thanks , Mira

  • @rsbagley3451
    @rsbagley3451 3 роки тому

    Great demo....nicely simplified.

  • @dorisvienneau8681
    @dorisvienneau8681 3 роки тому

    Very helpful video...well explained and demonstrated. thanks.

  • @dawnmillett4875
    @dawnmillett4875 3 роки тому +2

    Wow!!! Finally I get it!!! Thank you for this concise lesson🙂

  • @patjeffers9431
    @patjeffers9431 3 роки тому

    Thank you! Very clear.

  • @gaylemartin6498
    @gaylemartin6498 3 роки тому

    This was very helpful in seeing the importance of value and temperature and how they can create a sense of light. Thank you.

  • @candacetroystudios
    @candacetroystudios 3 роки тому +3

    Ian, Just found your videos! I’ve used your book, Mastering Composition, for years. Love you presentation. Thank you!

  • @jjroseknows777
    @jjroseknows777 3 роки тому

    Thank you again. Great lesson, again. (My second one.)

  • @patriciaolivares9842
    @patriciaolivares9842 Рік тому

    Hello, I am a new subscriber, though I don’t paint i do find your videos “engaging”, instructive and encouraging. I am mostly interested in drawing with pencils. I am starting from zero but having fun in the process. Your videos help a ton. Thank you!

  • @SpiderSolitaireSolving
    @SpiderSolitaireSolving 3 роки тому

    That was amazing. Thanks a lot

  • @robinmcewan7390
    @robinmcewan7390 3 роки тому

    Great video! Demo and commentary very useful

  • @leesaunders5495
    @leesaunders5495 2 роки тому

    Clearly explained

  • @bearbait7405
    @bearbait7405 2 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @adventuresofdar4155
    @adventuresofdar4155 3 роки тому +1

    great video lesson!

  • @karenharris3808
    @karenharris3808 10 місяців тому

    I discovered that color can show depth if you are trying to show a distance between front and background. Lighter greens and darker greens and shadows.

  • @orlane219
    @orlane219 3 роки тому +1

    Great video. Thank you Ian for giving us the keys to enter the world of values and color temperature. I learned so much this time and I am going to translate to watercolor. Be well.

  • @hushangakhlaghipoor6131
    @hushangakhlaghipoor6131 2 роки тому

    Thankfully 😊⚘🌹🖐🏻🌷⚘😊

  • @kathleenclarkson-xd4vl
    @kathleenclarkson-xd4vl 6 місяців тому

    Nice.

  • @valerieh.708
    @valerieh.708 3 роки тому +3

    Yes it really did. I always have had such a chaotic experience with planning because I didn't know about keeping contrast constant. This is the missing key for me.

  • @philomenacesta563
    @philomenacesta563 Рік тому

    Thank you bery helpful tku

  • @amrutlalgajjar4157
    @amrutlalgajjar4157 3 роки тому

    V nice sir

  • @michaelholmquist6136
    @michaelholmquist6136 Рік тому

    Thank you Ian! I especially love your approach to using warm and cool colors and where to put them. Do these principles apply when painting a still life?

  • @paintlady2268
    @paintlady2268 3 роки тому

    Yes, always informative.
    I enjoy watching painting demos.
    May sound odd, yet when looking at a photo of a painting there is that first impression. If it grabs my attention, even if it doesn't sometimes, I love to figuratively zoom in and study the brush strokes, the dabs, their direction. Essentially the hand of the artist. Then I imagine their exact process. The when of the how.
    Oh, and my copy of Mastering Composition just arrived. Looking forward to diving into it.

  • @augenpraxiss
    @augenpraxiss 9 місяців тому

    Thank you! All the positive things that have been said are true. I spend a lot of time on your videos because they teach so much! What programme do you use to put the grid on to your reference pictures?

  • @chermontro
    @chermontro 2 роки тому

    So grateful for your teachings and thrilled at your talent and skill.
    I wonder if it's "ok" sometimes to allow the unpainted canvas to be an area of strong light? I was trying painting something the other night and liked what in my mind's eye looked like a wonderful bolt of light on the subject, without painting the area.

  • @_zimik_purty_965
    @_zimik_purty_965 Рік тому

    sir where do you find such great images to paint i searching everywhere on internet but not got any like yours

  • @anitaguiresseb3382
    @anitaguiresseb3382 3 роки тому

    Hi, i love you vidéo and I have been watching almost all of them since I discovered your wonderful work., 5 days ago. I would like to ask you what type of support do you use for your paintings. Is it a special paper or another material? Thanks

  • @filipemecenas
    @filipemecenas 2 роки тому

    Im making some animations , ALL your devices are great to plan animation !!!

  • @lindamarquez3072
    @lindamarquez3072 2 роки тому

    Hi Ian, Thank you for the wonderful video. To clarify, do you mean that there will be a consistent value interval from light to dark in a scene in different areas? In the video you stated that there was 3 degree of change from shadow to light in both the trees and beach areas. That is the first I have heard this. Does it apply to only plein air? Thank you

  • @katefleming4691
    @katefleming4691 2 роки тому

    Generally, do we want both cool and warm colours in one picture? Could you talk about how to paint a ‘cool’ as well as a ‘warm’ picture if hat might be what we want? I will meanwhile look around at pictures to see if I can tell. Thanks for your brilliant videos. Kate

  • @colleenv7457
    @colleenv7457 3 роки тому

    Enjoy your videos, Ian. This lesson showed you mixing the colors with your brush. Do you usually mix with a brush vs palette knife?

  • @anthonywilson8998
    @anthonywilson8998 Рік тому

    Very simple and informative Gottobe a figure or two

  • @masterpiecetools131
    @masterpiecetools131 3 роки тому

    The thing I was looking for is how color temperature helps with three dimensionality. But this also filled in some blanks. Thank you.
    I saw that you missed the angle of the sun line down the beach, and that puts the position of the sun into question, there would seem to need to be two suns for that to work out.

  • @christinerothmuller2597
    @christinerothmuller2597 3 роки тому

    Beautiful ! do you use sometimes others colors but not thoses of the nature ? and how would that be ?

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  3 роки тому

      I knew because of that particular scene and that it was a demo with only one idea to express I used a somewhat limited palette. But that the basic one for landscape.

  • @JVjimjams
    @JVjimjams 3 роки тому +1

    Really informative! I am really surprised that the value shift is consistent between the light and shadows, is this always the case regardless of materials? Like would there still be the same value shift with metal, rocks or water as there is with the beach and the forest in this scene?
    Great videos, I just subscribed

    • @IanRobertsMasteringComposition
      @IanRobertsMasteringComposition  3 роки тому +3

      Jimmy, I think I say in there "give or take" meaning it is not hard and fast. But no it won't always be the same. That beach would be more reflective say than the trees so it would be somewhat lighter relative to the shift in the trees. But in principle it is the same, so with that in mind you notice variations on that. Rather than approaching each one as a mystery shift.

    • @JVjimjams
      @JVjimjams 3 роки тому +2

      @@IanRobertsMasteringComposition Ahh that makes sense. Use the rule as a rough guide, but there will be things that can vary the relative value shift such as reflectivity or atmosphere. I've always found picking believable shadow/light colours difficult ( a mystery shift describes it well), but I think this rule will help a lot, thanks!

  • @annamcknight2573
    @annamcknight2573 2 роки тому

    It is a great help. But I have to do a dull grey day with rain. A purple anorak. Hood up. A sandy coloured dog and a cerulean blue back door. Two hopeful little figures- the dog and the owner, looking up at the back door waiting for it to open. Backs to the viewer. Not only am I having trouble getting value masses but also temperature changes. Nightmare.