Is This Color Ruining Your Art?
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- Explore the surprising effects of this color paint on your artwork. Learn from an artist's journey through color theory, experimentation, and the quest for improving your oil paintings. Find out how a simple palette change can big impact on your art.
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Love the conversation we have started in the comments and there a lot of great insights being shared. Keep it going! I and I'm sure others would love to hear about your experience with this.
One of the things I find rewarding (and sometimes frustrating) about painting is there is always something to learn and/or improve upon. When I was younger, we didn't have UA-cam and all this collaboration; but look at how we can learn and share. Thanks for the video, Chuck :-)
The only "red" oil paint I use is Alizarin Crimson. I like the way its transparency gives the painter a little more choice in which way to go with it. I'm not sure I can agree that "red" isn't found much in nature. I think of holly berries, roses and other flowers, like the Indian Paintbrush (go figure), the red streak on a cutthroat trout, etc. That being said, I don't remember ever buying Cadmium Red, and I've been painting off and on since I was in grade school almost 60 years ago. I really enjoy your videos, Chuck!
Hi Chuck - I've also moved away from red over the years. I often don't put it on my palette or that of my students just to avoid the disappointment - red just doesn't fit into mother natures palette. So we grow in many ways as we paint. Our eyes 'see' more and we learn more. Happy painting everyone - Paul
I really have to disagree with you. there are plenty of beautiful red flowers. Red may not be super common in the wild but it is cultivated by us. While I do believe nature is beautiful, We just make it better. I think sometimes some artists can't see the tree for the forest. haha
@@throgmortonartstudio2402 - I think the take away from my experience is to use red in a limited amount. I still use red occasionally for the odd dot of colour. And yes, a field of poppies is a sight to behold. Almost hurts the eyes. Happy Painting - Paul 😃😃🥰🥰😎😎
I saw a great vid on Eric Rhoades' channel where the guest talked about mixing opaque colors vs transparent. His comment is that when you want to get a more vivid mixture, use a transparent pigment. Your issues may or may not have been with the opaque cadmium pigment. I found that to be true with a few things I mixed up. It's possible that you could adapt to a transparent red pigment. I'm still pretty much a beginner, so I don't have years of experience, but I think in terms of the wheel, and moving around the wheel. The concept of transparent pigment vs. opaque was a game changer for me. I also love the magenta pigment, though!
Another thing that kills color is toning the canvas. Your yellows and oranges will never be as bright as if painted over white and you have to add so much white for coverage that it kills the vibrancy.
Definitely some truth there. That's why I rub out my highlights to expose the white with any large piece I'm starting.
I have noticed in my own work that I prefer the colors mixed with magenta rather than red. Great information, thank you so much!
Ive just started using oils after using acrylics for many years. Thank you for all your help in terms of the adjustments, not just the colour, although that is important . I feel like this one video has saved me a whole level of heartache and hope i can progress my oil painting as well as you have.
I like red in greens when you are trying to be realistic with lighting blue and orange greens beside each other for aesthetics.... Now I know the other colors may do it better thanks CB I hope you know this new format can be great for you as a teacher, it's already helping us process where your incredible consistency comes from. Thanks for being so creative Chuck
Hi Chuck! I've worked in oils, acrylics, watercolours, and other mediums. The thing I discovered with oils, (which I definitely prefer), to get more vibrant effects, in both colours and shadows, is glasing, after the painting has dried considerably. I use a mix of several different brands of paints. Some brands' colours are better than others, in some of the colours, where other brands are better in other colours. Magenta is definitely a much better colour to use, than red. Reds work good to darken some colours, but on its own, it doesn't work well in natural settings. Pthalo Red Rose is a good magenta. It was interesting to hear you say you used black on your palette. I haven't heard you say that in quite a while. Your work is amasing, Chuck! The challenges you accept have allowed you to advance in mind-blowing ways!
Thank you for sharing parts of your journey with us. Your painting and your shared knowledge has been helping me out tremendously. I’ve come a long way since my humble beginnings two years ago, learning more from my mistakes than I could have imagined. Thanks Chuck.
Great tips Chuck. I can't wait to try painting with no red!
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Chuck, very detailed commentary. I have spent the last 50 years doing automotive painting, doing so I have realized only the best paints have the ability to reach that high quality. I also oil paint and have taken to buying better paints. Recently I have removed raw sienna from my palette just doesnt add anything.
Very beautiful thoughts, so true! Very beautiful painting (the previous one with the wolf also) and what a setting for the presentation! Until then I thought I was the only one who wasn't happy with the use of red, especially when I needed to create a brown/gold/golden yellow in all its shades. I see that I am not the only one who has experimented again and again. We sometimes end up saying to ourselves that we don't know how to do it, that we aren't talented, since there are three basic colors and black and everyone can do it, especially the most talented. But I see that ultimately the main thing is to find what allows us to express our most personal emotions, that's what being an artist is. I have not completely banned red, I have replaced it and very very rarely it enters, very sparingly, in a shade. Sometimes the color wheel imposes on us the choices of nature. Thank you for this new sharing that is both informative, artistic, and... nature! 🙏🙏
I also switched from acrylic to oil some time ago ( 4-5yrs) and I think you may have solved my dilemma . Thank you for that and the beautiful Art you create.😊
Excellent! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
That makes so much sense. I've gravitated towards magenta when I realized how much I loved how it looks with the blues and yellows I use. Now I understand why. Oh, and yum on the colbalt teal! Thanks for the info!
I paint pictures as a hobby. I've noticed that any shades of red are hard to plan for when using them. It's not impossible, but you have to be more careful when using red compared to other colors. Many times I've assumed that if I mix red with certain colors (yellow, blue, etc.) that I'll get the right combination... only to be disappointed. Really study the type of red paint you want in your paintings. That's from my experiences.
I can concur. My experience is similar, just be careful with it.
Hello, To continue the discussion of the use of red, I would like to add a second comment. Indeed, I expressed my own difficulties with this color but I did not say what I replaced it with. If it helps, I have replaced it very sparingly, when it is essential, with a vermilion red which is very light. Sometimes and especially for brown/gold shades I add a touch of red ocher. Sometimes only red ocher with white, or not. Which then brings me closer to natural shades that are easily correctable for more discreet shades and without too many unpleasant surprises. Of course magenta is possible too. I must also say that I have disappointments with the yellows. Even a primary yellow is never really yellow, always a little greenish which annoys me deeply. Except for dark azo yellow or Sahara yellow. Here too the results are more natural. Just in case this might be of use to anyone. Thanks again🙏
Hey, great job Chuck! Really enjoying these new videos lately. Beautiful country up there for sure. I want to go hiking there sometime. I have struggled with reds also but still use them in mixes like blacks. Or to knock back colors. But yeah they are definitely tricky. The Cadmium reds are usually the ones that get
Me. I like the ones that don’t turn everything brown. Take care up there buddy!
Michael Harding quinacridone rose tends to be my go to red for landscapes, magenta for when I need something a little darker. Also from Michael Harding the rest of my palette for near 20 years now is cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, prussian blue, pthalo blue, pthalo green lake, titanium white No.3 (fast drying) and ivory black. I have Michael Harding lemon yellow but also cadmium lemon from another brand which is less green leaning than the Michael Harding one.
Hey Chuck, I just wanna say that your artwork always makes me smile and you're very talented when it comes to painting. Also, what days of the week do you upload new content?
Thanks always, love to hear it.. I can't stick to a schedule right now with how busy my schedule is, but I'm always trying for once per week
@@chuckblackart Are you going to be painting more pictures than usual or are you just going to paint the usual number of pictures like you always do?
Perfect! ❤
I am hoping to go semi pro as a painter. I have learned so much from you as an artist Chuck. Thank you!! I live in Chiefs Kingdom near KC, so I will keep my tube of red paint in the closet.
Well this is interesting, My only reddish tone on my palette for years had been Quin Magenta. Recently at a workshop I realized that I had not been using red and thought perhaps it was a failing? This was a wildlife art workshop and the opinion of the instructor was that red=life. So even your blacks should have red added. There are many uses for at least one red as a way of neutralizing all those greens in landscapes.
Hello from the northwoods of Minnesota! Since you started going with all oil paints I’ve noticed something different and thought it was that you stopped using acrylics (which I love) and then you start talking about red and a lightbulb went off! I never knew how much red will KILL all colors. I am always challenging myself with my paintings and now to study the color red and see what happens! Also I love when you talk about your brushes and techniques you can achieve with them, I have learned a lot from you. Thank You so much for being honest with your work!
Hey there! Ya, it's interesting for sure. I'd be curious what more think after they try playing with the idea of using different colors than red. Love to hear that, thank you very much and you are most welcome
I've never used red unless there is a obvious red object like a sign. Will keep it that way it after seeing this :-).
Love it ❤
Great video 😊
Interesting - and a thoughtful video, which I much appreciate: I'm not fond of vids which say do this, don't do that, without really deliving into the reasons. Cadmium colours generally are so strong as to overpower - when you need them you need them, but there are alternatives, two at least of which you've mentioned, and what I notice about them is that they're subdued - they're not shouting at us. Maybe the whites are very important here too? Titanium white, the one that nearly everyone uses, is itself dominant and maybe exacerbates the problem with cadmium primaries .... the orange is another matter, but the Cad Red and Cad Yellow, plus Titanium, can be a bit on the formidable side.
Anyway - I'll go away and think about this; and hope I've learned something. Thank you for the prompt!
Reds. Some fall trees, like maple trees. Flowers. and birds. That's about it. But I use them with green, to get neutrals. And depending whether I want warm or cool, I mix reds with yellows and blues. Oranges are still made up of reds. Right? You can't get an orange without a red. Or A sienna. Or a purple. They all take red. I've noticed, too, that different brands of paint might have the same colors, but differing transparencies. So, there ya go, haha! It never ends. And they're always coming up with new colors! I love experimenting with color and don't think I'll ever get to the point where I've got it all figured out. But that's the fun of it :)
How do you tone green without using red (substitute magenta)?
Adding orange or yellow to magenta and I can get pretty close to what I need
That
Was pretty interesting
Great video. Have you heard as to whether or not they at having the Federal Duck stamp contest in person for sure? Planning a trip to Connecticut! Hope to meet you!
They announced it as a surprise during the first day of sale ceremony. It will be at the Bruce Museum, live ! That'd be awesome, hope you see you there
@@chuckblackart thanks! Competing as always! Made it to the second round last year! See you there. Looking forward to adding your stamp to my collection.
im in the same boat, need to transition to oils... kinda board of it...but also scared my work will suffer till i learn how they work.
Awesome painting! Experimenting is for sure what will push someone forward or at least gives the most knowledge overall, but that is definitely not easy.
If I may, in what state is that beautiful landscape?
Very true indeed, thank you. MT
@@chuckblackart Thank you very much for the info :)
Proverbs 27:17 ' Iron sharpens iron, & one man sharpens another'. In this video artist has sharpened artist. Thank you very very much, you just rang my bell!
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What I learned about colors when I was working as a photographer is that in nature/real life allmost never has true pure colors. Everything is reflecting to everywhere, daylight is diffefent everyday etc. So I think painters are stressing too much to get "the right colors". Peoples brains fixes the colors when they think what colors they are seeing. Simple example: like "milk or snow is allways white" but in real life they allways reflects colors around. Yes red is a rare color but it exists even on sunsets sometimes, but it is very strong color and gets all the attention so I rarely use it on my paintings.
Love seeing you speak ❤️ I have used oils since childhood, I also use acrylics, but oils are definitely my 😍 favorite. Blendability is key for me..
Your doing amazing with them Chuck. Hope someday to colaberate🎉
Thank you so much. I'm not interested in collaborations right now as I'm just focusing on my personal work, but I appreciate it though!
No worries Chuck I totally understand..perhaps someday. Keep up your AMAZING work.. like I say your an inspiration🎉
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You have to ask yourself!! Where does a thought like that come from if your totally content with the outcome of that study.
I believe It's God !! It's that little bug that pops up and says, Am I truly happy with the outcome of this??
We think we are!! Until you realize I must not be satisfied if this pops up to question it right. I guess it's that inner force always pushing us to change. To become a little bit better by understanding something new we didn't realize yesterday.
Colors are amazing..
Chuck, I would of loved to of been a fly on the wall in the studios of the great masters. Grinding stones and all the different things to produce the beautiful unmatched colors they used in the old ways of oil painting.. Blows my mind how they understood light and shadows.. All the little things they did that made huge differences in the end.
I mean they only lived half of our age today. So what they must of understood naturally is amazing in the world of oil paint.
Anyway my friend, I truly believe you are one of them that has returned to climb another rung of the ladder and take your gifts to a new level, to share with the world. Never seen by another. You have that push and that something is still missing or not just perfect attitude it seems. That's the prybar to perfection . 😅😅. Always pushing to see it differently. The gift!!
Love all of your art. Love this video especially. Revealing your thoughts is really cool to hear.
Thank you Chuck!!
Keep on keeping on my friend.
It's beautiful as always.
Each one is perfect!