Lol please don't apologize for self-promotion. You literally deserve to make a living. I find creatives are always on one side of an extreme and either make it incredibly hard to find any info about what they sell or they go full Logan Paul and shove it in your face every other frame of the video. Really needs to be more balanced. I wanted to see the actual size of your largest prints in a video to see if it'd work for my decor but wouldn't have ever known had i not been looking at the screen for a split second just now. Please do share more about your prints (size, shipping time, gift cards, etc), especially as we approach gift season.
That’s actually something I never thought of, using red and green versus ryb. It makes sense, but I guess I never thought it would blend out so well to make actual skin tones, I would have thought it’d be dark and the green would overpower it. I wonder if this technique works for watercolor? Also I wonder what other weird combos you can use to make skin tones, like cmyk or something lol
Hehe yes I've used red + green mixtures with watercolor and gouache as well! And typically having shades of red, yellow, and blue generate a HUGE range of natural/neutral skin tones, though magenta + yellow + blue also yields a lot of great results too. 😁
I will definitely try that out, I have a tendency to incorporate too many colours to mix skin tones and get confused as I need to remix them 😅 Thanks for that demo ❤️
@@IrwinPeraltaArt Mm I don't think it's strange. Children tend to notice even the most unnoticeable and random crap ever lol. My classmates used to point out my uneven eyelids as a kid. Nowadays no one really cares to notice.
The face on this painting is stunning! The colors are beautiful 😻 wow! As always, you never cease to amaze my creative soul and awake the sleeping art giant within me ❤️ So thank YOU! This video is extremely useful to me, I appreciate you taking the time to give us these tips and tricks.
That was a very helpful tutorial! the color mixing was super amazing, and I love all of your artworks. I learnt to not be afraid of oils but instead embrace it bc of you! Thaank youu sooo muchh Happy! Lots of love ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
I feel like you just shared such a big secret. To you it probably isn't but to me it was eye opening! Thank you soo much. I don't oil paint but is still love watching you. I love watercolor and I am going to try this technique with it soon! Your color palette is always soo beautiful. Thanks for sharing your expertise and your ❤!
You are so welcome! I'm always happy to share my secrets to help people with their art hehe (even if I'm not the best at explaining myself super thoroughly lol 😅)
The reason you have "mud" if because red and green are secondary color. If you mix red and green you have a neutral brown, almost greyish. Red rays (in lights in like infrared) or screen display is a primary color yes, but in paints primaries are magenta, yellow and cyan. Red is yellow + magenta and green is yellow + cyan so in red and green you have the 3 primaries, yellow, magenta and cyan. Which is basically how you create brown/neutral shades with equal parts of each. Specially here you're using a neutral red, not cold, not quinacridone and not vermillon either so it's a "perfect" mix of yellow and magenta. Sap green is also a rather 50/50 balance between yellow and cyan but also darker, there's black in it. Now don't get me wrong, it's brilliant to use reds and green with white to create skin tones, reds are a big component of skin tones and green will neutralize reds so it tones down the saturation and the hue. With actual primary shades you would need to mix magenta, yellow and white to have a basic skin tone but that tone will probably end up being a little bit too saturated and vibrant, like a tan "fake" flesh color and you would then add a tad bit of blue (or cyan) to tone down that hue. So basically you're skipping a few steps by using red (magenta + yellow) and green to tone down (red and green are complementary). Wish this was more discussed in the video because color theory is extremely important to figure out how to create shades. Now this video was very interesting still because I didn't think myself that it would save me a lot of time by starting with reds, white and a tad of green to tone it down instead of mixing so many different colors to get a basic skin tone. Skin tones can have so many different vibes and hues, it's quite fascinating to be able to fan out what they are and how to play with them. Thank for sharing your technique ^^
Wasn't she talking about her personal pallet. Her way of doing things. That is what people have been asking her for. Her primary colors to get her mixes. Not the primary colors. I will watch it again to make sure.
Thank you for your insightful and thorough feedback! I definitely plan on making a separate video about color theory in regards to oils, but I just didn’t have time to fit it into this quick simple tutorial. I think a topic this complex deserves its own video! 😁 The discussion around primary colors and color theory is definitely an interesting one, particularly when it comes to oils because there are many different parameters to evaluate when it comes to assessing oil paint other than just the name of the color on the label or how the color looks to the naked eye. There's transparency/opacity, purity of the pigment, the binding vehicle, series number (which itself is a whole other topic of discussion/debate), and more! Also, based on the discussions I’ve recently heard around UA-cam/the internet, it seems like for a color to be TECHNICALLY defined as "primary", it can’t be created from mixing any other colors. This is why “red” has become disqualified recently from the “primary” category, since there are experiments floating around showing how red can be made from mixing magenta and yellow (I’ve mostly seen this experiment done with markers). But when we get down to the composition of the specific Gamblin oil paint "cadmium red medium" and we study how opaque it is, what the color will look like when tinted with white/black, how it will behave when mixed with other colors, how the paint will be used for color blocking vs. glazing, etc... That's where it gets a little more complex. Cadmium red medium is made up of pure PR 108 pigment and it’s an opaque color. Sticking within the Gamblin oils brand, we could experiment mixing “quinacridone magenta” (made up of PR 122, but it’s transparent) and Cadmium Yellow Medium (PY 37, opaque). Sure if we mix equal amounts of both quinacridone magenta and cadmium yellow medium, we will get a color that looks similar to cadmium red medium and it will be deemed “red” by most people who see it on the palette. But it will not be the EXACT SAME shade of red, nor will it be nearly as opaque since now it is made up of half quinacridone magenta, which is a transparent color. This red will not be able to achieve the same dense coverage as cadmium red medium, and the texture/spreadability will be different from pure cadmium red medium as well. Also if we are measuring the value and saturation levels, the shades will not match up exactly. This magenta + yellow mixture is usually a little lighter in value than cadmium red medium, so I will have to mix in black to darken it, but it will also desaturate it. Once I mix in black, this color is no longer 100% colorful pigments, unlike cadmium red medium which is still 100% pure red pigment (PR 108). So the statement that “magenta + yellow = red, therefore red isn’t technically a primary color” is not 100% true, because there’s more to oils than just COLOR itself. Once you factor in opacity, texture, coverage, spreadability, saturation, value, etc. the two different reds are not in fact perfectly equal. To illustrate another example, let’s quickly look at cyan vs. blue. Let’s take Gamblin’s ultramarine blue (transparent) as a former possible member of the “primary colors” gang, now exiled in exchange for “cyan”. But can we really mix ultramarine blue (transparent) using just cyan, magenta, yellow, and black and white? Let’s start off with a cyan-like color from Gamblin such as “manganese blue” (opaque) and darken it with mars black (opaque), it will not be as saturated as pure ultramarine blue straight out of the tube… Because once again, cyan + black is no longer a 100% saturated color, whereas ultramarine blue is pure blue pigment and nothing else. Also, ultramarine blue is a transparent color perfect for glazing, but if I try to substitute it with manganese blue (opaque) + mars black (opaque), then the resulting color is opaque, therefore not as conducive to glazing techniques/effects. This is what I mean when I say there’s more to oils than just the color on the palette… we have to consider how this color will be used, because the whole point of learning color theory and color mixing is to help us paint (or draw). Also, think of how much more exponentially complicated this gets when you consider ALL the different oil painting brands and ALL the different color options available to you. Different brands have different formulas, different ingredients, different shades, different ways of naming/labeling their colors. Even with the CMY approach, it's hard to find a "perfect" magenta, a "perfect" cyan, and a "perfect" yellow that will yield the perfect shades of all the secondary/tertiary colors. For my "magenta" should I use magenta from Winsor and Newton or quinacridone magenta from Gamblin or quinacridone opera from Holbein? For "cyan", should I use cobalt teal from Gamblin or King's blue from Williamsburg? Even with white and black, there are many different types from different brands (mars black, chromatic black, zinc white, titanium white, flake white, etc.) that have different opacities/behaviors and will yield different results in the color mixing process. Ultimately, I feel like getting caught up on the technicalities of which colors to label as “primary” or not isn’t super important. What’s more important is what colors do YOU need for YOUR painting. I feel like the decision to choose which colors to include in your "primary" batch shouldn't depend on what other people have deemed "primary", but rather it should depend on what your specific goals are for the painting you are working on right now. For this painting, I wanted the colors to be muted, earthy and neutral, which is why I chose cadmium red medium and sap green (so therefore RYB and not CMY) for my "primary" roster. Sure I could've mixed magenta and yellow to get a shade of red and then used that, but that's not necessary since I don't have any need for a magenta in this portrait. Also, I needed the opaque dense coverage of cadmium red medium because I needed to complete the painting in two layers, so high opaqueness is very important to me. BUT, maybe for another painting with a cooler more vibrant color scheme, I might start off with quinacridone magenta, ultramarine blue, and transparent earth orange - cuz those might be the perfect transparent colors to help me glaze to achieve the vision for that specific painting... Each piece is different, and your color palette should be flexible to adapt to these different needs. Don’t pigeonhole yourself into one theory or limit yourself to just one way of looking at things. Don’t ban yourself from buying red paint just because someone else told you that magenta + yellow can get the job done better. Instead, approach painting with an open mind, experiment/explore different methods and pay attention to the techniques that work best for YOU 💖 Woops, I did not mean to type out such a long result haha 😅 But I sincerely do appreciate your comment and I’ll definitely be taking notes from this long-winded comment to incorporate into my separate video about this whole primary color debate 🎨 Regardless, I always love participating in these thought-provoking discussions and hearing everyone's thoughts, especially when they're different from mine because I think this is how we are able to learn from each other and expand our library of knowledge! 😘
@@HappyDArtist Dang girl XD you went hard on that one ! and I agree with everything as a painter myself ^^ I tried experimenting with colors for years and even did a whole semester around color theory in my first year of Art school and I discovered most of the things you mentionned ! in theory only magenta and yellow produces red but every time I tried to mix those two, I ended up with a rather flat red that has no much vibrancy or opacity and ultimately I bought a premix actually cadmium red, a deep "in between" red that is not cold, not warm and completely opaque which allows me to create cool red (adding magenta to it) or warm red (adding yellow) and same goes with cyan as you said. Most cyan or colors labelled as "primary blue" have a tendancy to be transparent which is quite often annoying for the way I work but if you mix a tad of white to it you can improve that opacity a lot, however I never was really content with my "indigo/blue" mix out of cyan and magenta, it looks like it, but it's hella transparent and not as deep and pigmented as a good old ultramarine pigment color. That's why I have magenta, yellow, cyan ,ultramarine and red on my palette :) with a tad of blakc which is rarely use and lots of white. I work mostly with acrylics so I'm not too familiar yet with oils, but I do have a collection and depending on the overall tone you want, indeed you can use reds and blue to have an old school muted look to a piece, most old classical painting didn't have pinks and purple and the quinacridone was used, giving a "'royal" red, a very cold red if needed but rarely actually pinks. I'd argue that cyan isn't much needed, I have tried using a ultra fine quality cyan and it's still quite transparent and looks like a deep turquoise blue but i'd rather use ultramarine and an actual opaque turquoise, gives more dimensions. But I couldn't skip magenta, just for the sole purpose of having vibrant purple and pinks or having a beautiful lilac color that is not too greyish. Now no worried about my techniques :p I'm not limiting myself in any ways as I'm using all colors from the spectrum besides orange because I just don't like that color ahahah ! As you mentionned and as you agreed, the whole thing was just about semantic, like an actual primary is a color you can't technically create by mixing other pigments. Yellow is a winner in both options ! red and blue are technically possible to obtain despite the fact that it would requires high quality pigments and you can surely not obtain magenta by mixing other pigments. Cyan is a weird one, it can't be obtain by mixing other pigments but it's not that essential IMO and most of the time the primary blue is not the same in different brands so it's annoying but if you look at printers ink, on the test page of inks, you'll see those colors and the magenta is not that much of a "pink" per say, it's a rather deep reddish/pink tone. In the end what matters I think is not necessary how to lable colors but how to understand colors and tones and create a nice chart for yourself by testing them ! but we were still told as kids that you could make purple with red and blue and that my friend isn't possible XD you'll get brown ! I was upset for years until I studied color theory in high school and got my first magenta tube. I guess it's just easier to say that to kids but I wish this was more inclusive. There's more to it as you said ^^ but all videos I have seen breaking the "RED YELLOW BLUE" supremacy realized that incorporating magenta as a primary shade would enhance most colors vibrancy. Indeed I still to that day haven't found an opaque magenta, even in the high end selection, unless there's white to it and to have deep purple I would need to add ultramarine, not just cyan, otherwise it's a transparent purple - which is good, if you want it - maybe a quinacridone red would be more opaque, i'll have to look it up. Looking foward to a color theory video where you discuss all options and include a "complete" color chart :)
Now I'm going to have to do some portraits mixing the skin from red and green and see how it works out for me. Now that I think about it, that happens to be how I mixed the skin for the portrait I'm painting now and I liked the results I got very much.
This is so interesting! I am gonna try that! Oh, I always wanted to ask you about your panels... I hope you haven't answered this question a 100 times yet and I am just blind. But they seem to have such an interesting texture, is there a specific way you prime them?
@@jazminrye well that's what I do but I don't get this lovely texture. It kind of looks like the gesso has been applied with a paint Roller or something. I might just try it xD
I swear I’m going to school because I needs to learn how to control and paint like you you make it look so easy but iguess I have to practice more of course 💙
Interesting , thanx. Have you tried whats called the Zorn palette ? Ivory black , vermilion , yellow ochre and tit. White. I'll try this , cheers from Wales.
Thanks for subbing! And new vlog coming up next - I have already filmed part of it, just need to finish up a few remaining shots and then edit it tehehe 🥰
Very nice, I've seen quite a few artists using a similar combo. Cad green and cad orange ect, which is just warmer. Great explanations. Cheers from Canada xo😘🙏
This is so interesting! Even though I don't do oil paintings, but I might see if this can be applied to color pencil or digital drawings :D Thanks so much for the informative video and the painting is already looking really, really good so far!
Maybe I should try this out for my next painting. I always use the usual blue, red, yellows to make skin tone but I also tend to waste a lot of paint while doing this for some reason. Maybe using just two colors will also help me reduce my paint waste. Btw the painting already looks stunning!
I have 2 questions: 1 - what surface did u paint on? 2 - the little amount of paint u had on the palette in the beginning, was that enough for the whole painting or did u have to keep mixing the same shades over and over again? Thank u if u reply x
Yeah that's why I love sap green 💚 You can definitely achieve the same results with cadmium red medium, cadmium yellow medium, and phthalo blue (plus black and white), and I've made a few videos showcasing those three color combos as well 🥰
Even tho I always get a little annoyed when people say red and blue are primary colors I really enjoyed that video anyways! It's a great way to mix skin colors and the painting gets a lot of depth. ^^
So glad you enjoyed the video! In regards to the primary colors discussion, I addressed it in an earlier comment, so I'll copy and paste my long novel of a response here if you're ever feeling bored and want to read a needlessly long-winded essay about colors for 30 minutes haha: "I definitely plan on making a separate video about color theory in regards to oils, but I just didn’t have time to fit it into this quick simple tutorial. I think a topic this complex deserves its own video! 😁 The discussion around primary colors and color theory is definitely an interesting one, particularly when it comes to oils because there are many different parameters to evaluate when it comes to assessing oil paint other than just the name of the color on the label or how the color looks to the naked eye. There's transparency/opacity, purity of the pigment, the binding vehicle, series number (which itself is a whole other topic of discussion/debate), and more! Also, based on the discussions I’ve recently heard around UA-cam/the internet, it seems like for a color to be TECHNICALLY defined as "primary", it can’t be created from mixing any other colors. This is why “red” has become disqualified recently from the “primary” category, since there are experiments floating around showing how red can be made from mixing magenta and yellow (I’ve mostly seen this experiment done with markers). But when we get down to the composition of the specific Gamblin oil paint "cadmium red medium" and we study how opaque it is, what the color will look like when tinted with white/black, how it will behave when mixed with other colors, how the paint will be used for color blocking vs. glazing, etc... That's where it gets a little more complex. Cadmium red medium is made up of pure PR 108 pigment and it’s an opaque color. Sticking within the Gamblin oils brand, we could experiment mixing “quinacridone magenta” (made up of PR 122, but it’s transparent) and Cadmium Yellow Medium (PY 37, opaque). Sure if we mix equal amounts of both quinacridone magenta and cadmium yellow medium, we will get a color that looks similar to cadmium red medium and it will be deemed “red” by most people who see it on the palette. But it will not be the EXACT SAME shade of red, nor will it be nearly as opaque since now it is made up of half quinacridone magenta, which is a transparent color. This red will not be able to achieve the same dense coverage as cadmium red medium, and the texture/spreadability will be different from pure cadmium red medium as well. Also if we are measuring the value and saturation levels, the shades will not match up exactly. This magenta + yellow mixture is usually a little lighter in value than cadmium red medium, so I will have to mix in black to darken it, but it will also desaturate it. Once I mix in black, this color is no longer 100% colorful pigments, unlike cadmium red medium which is still 100% pure red pigment (PR 108). So the statement that “magenta + yellow = red, therefore red isn’t technically a primary color” is not 100% true, because there’s more to oils than just COLOR itself. Once you factor in opacity, texture, coverage, spreadability, saturation, value, etc. the two different reds are not in fact perfectly equal. To illustrate another example, let’s quickly look at cyan vs. blue. Let’s take Gamblin’s ultramarine blue (transparent) as a former possible member of the “primary colors” gang, now exiled in exchange for “cyan”. But can we really mix ultramarine blue (transparent) using just cyan, magenta, yellow, and black and white? Let’s start off with a cyan-like color from Gamblin such as “manganese blue” (opaque) and darken it with mars black (opaque), it will not be as saturated as pure ultramarine blue straight out of the tube… Because once again, cyan + black is no longer a 100% saturated color, whereas ultramarine blue is pure blue pigment and nothing else. Also, ultramarine blue is a transparent color perfect for glazing, but if I try to substitute it with manganese blue (opaque) + mars black (opaque), then the resulting color is opaque, therefore not as conducive to glazing techniques/effects. This is what I mean when I say there’s more to oils than just the color on the palette… we have to consider how this color will be used, because the whole point of learning color theory and color mixing is to help us paint (or draw). Also, think of how much more exponentially complicated this gets when you consider ALL the different oil painting brands and ALL the different color options available to you. Different brands have different formulas, different ingredients, different shades, different ways of naming/labeling their colors. Even with the CMY approach, it's hard to find a "perfect" magenta, a "perfect" cyan, and a "perfect" yellow that will yield the perfect shades of all the secondary/tertiary colors. For my "magenta" should I use magenta from Winsor and Newton or quinacridone magenta from Gamblin or quinacridone opera from Holbein? For "cyan", should I use cobalt teal from Gamblin or King's blue from Williamsburg? Even with white and black, there are many different types from different brands (mars black, chromatic black, zinc white, titanium white, flake white, etc.) that have different opacities/behaviors and will yield different results in the color mixing process. Ultimately, I feel like getting caught up on the technicalities of which colors to label as “primary” or not isn’t super important. What’s more important is what colors do YOU need for YOUR painting. I feel like the decision to choose which colors to include in your "primary" batch shouldn't depend on what other people have deemed "primary", but rather it should depend on what your specific goals are for the painting you are working on right now. For this painting, I wanted the colors to be muted, earthy and neutral, which is why I chose cadmium red medium and sap green (so therefore RYB and not CMY) for my "primary" roster. Sure I could've mixed magenta and yellow to get a shade of red and then used that, but that's not necessary since I don't have any need for a magenta in this portrait. Also, I needed the opaque dense coverage of cadmium red medium because I needed to complete the painting in two layers, so high opaqueness is very important to me. BUT, maybe for another painting with a cooler more vibrant color scheme, I might start off with quinacridone magenta, ultramarine blue, and transparent earth orange - cuz those might be the perfect transparent colors to help me glaze to achieve the vision for that specific painting... Each piece is different, and your color palette should be flexible to adapt to these different needs. Don’t pigeonhole yourself into one theory or limit yourself to just one way of looking at things. Don’t ban yourself from buying red paint just because someone else told you that magenta + yellow can get the job done better. Instead, approach painting with an open mind, experiment/explore different methods and pay attention to the techniques that work best for YOU 💖 Woops, I did not mean to type out such a long result haha 😅 But I sincerely do appreciate your comment and I’ll definitely be taking notes from this long-winded comment to incorporate into my separate video about this whole primary color debate 🎨 Regardless, I always love participating in these thought-provoking discussions and hearing everyone's thoughts, especially when they're different from mine because I think this is how we are able to learn from each other and expand our library of knowledge! 😘 "
@@HappyDArtist Thank you for this long and informative answer! I always apreciate youtubers actually interacting with their followers and reading the comments under their videos. 😊
It is very cool but im just a beginner and Im a fraid to tried oil paints are hard and need so much Products I want but Im a fraid to do it Im just a beginner ❤️you are my biggest inspiration and the thing that made me still do art I wish you know
@@camianina I didn't mean to insult her, it just bothers me so much that that misinformation is still being spread, even by professional artists! Besides, I don't know what being self-taught has to do with it, especially in times of the internet.
My life is a lie 😱😱😱!!! I've never thought that one can get these amazing colors just by mixing two only colors 😅 , I really need to study color theory 😉
When an artist says red and blue were primary colors 😶 Anyways, i love your art and the fact that you paint kinda semi realism with oil paint gives me courage to be more free with my painting mediums since I'm kind of restricting myself with my art mediums depending on the style I use
So glad I can help encourage you to be more flexible with art mediums! I don't think there are specific mediums better suited for specific styles... it's all about what the artist does with the tools available to them 😁 And I will definitely be making a video soon about this whole primary color debate lol 😉
Lol please don't apologize for self-promotion. You literally deserve to make a living. I find creatives are always on one side of an extreme and either make it incredibly hard to find any info about what they sell or they go full Logan Paul and shove it in your face every other frame of the video. Really needs to be more balanced. I wanted to see the actual size of your largest prints in a video to see if it'd work for my decor but wouldn't have ever known had i not been looking at the screen for a split second just now. Please do share more about your prints (size, shipping time, gift cards, etc), especially as we approach gift season.
Aww you are so sweet, thank you for the support and reassurance! 😘
That’s actually something I never thought of, using red and green versus ryb. It makes sense, but I guess I never thought it would blend out so well to make actual skin tones, I would have thought it’d be dark and the green would overpower it. I wonder if this technique works for watercolor? Also I wonder what other weird combos you can use to make skin tones, like cmyk or something lol
Hehe yes I've used red + green mixtures with watercolor and gouache as well! And typically having shades of red, yellow, and blue generate a HUGE range of natural/neutral skin tones, though magenta + yellow + blue also yields a lot of great results too. 😁
Always u came up with new and neccesary topics😄😄
your voice is so soothing. You're like the Michelle Phan of art community ❤
Wow, thank you for the kind compliment! I am so flattered 😅 I loooove Michelle Phan 😍
I will definitely try that out, I have a tendency to incorporate too many colours to mix skin tones and get confused as I need to remix them 😅 Thanks for that demo ❤️
Haha yeah I was the same when I first started out... sometimes having less choices makes the entire process a lot easier and less intimidating 😁
its mesmerizing watching you mix the paint lol 😀
When I was little, I used to think that my skin had a green color to it 😂
Love that 😂
people have green, blue, and even purple undertones...
@@caizenncandi I agree, it's just strange to think about when you're little.
@@IrwinPeraltaArt Mm I don't think it's strange. Children tend to notice even the most unnoticeable and random crap ever lol. My classmates used to point out my uneven eyelids as a kid. Nowadays no one really cares to notice.
@@yamichan9249 😁
Your artwork is amazing HappyD! You are such an inspiration! Love your videos.❤️❤️❤️
The range of tones you made is absolutely stunning! This video has definitely helped me a lot thank you🤗
Omg what a pretty painting😭💕 as soon as i saw the thumbnail i was mesmorised and had to click!!
Love your work 😍❤
This is so coool! I've definitely gotta give this a try!
Another amazing video! Thank you so much and keep up the great work! Love how this painting is turning out so far can't wait to see the final result!
👏🏽 Brilliant! Thank you for your help!
I love it. Thank you for the valuable
tips
You are so welcome!
So glad you are finally back with your Painting Tutorials and Timelapses!
The face on this painting is stunning! The colors are beautiful 😻 wow! As always, you never cease to amaze my creative soul and awake the sleeping art giant within me ❤️ So thank YOU! This video is extremely useful to me, I appreciate you taking the time to give us these tips and tricks.
Interesting technique! I personally would defenetly add yellow hues but those colors you use really suit your painting subject. :)
It looks so beautiful
That was a very helpful tutorial! the color mixing was super amazing, and I love all of your artworks. I learnt to not be afraid of oils but instead embrace it bc of you! Thaank youu sooo muchh Happy! Lots of love ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Yayy so glad to have helped you embrace oils! There's nothing to be afraid of with oils... They're just as fun and straightforward as other mediums 😁
These amazing oil painting 🖼 and the face looks beautiful so unique painting! Have a great day
I feel like you just shared such a big secret. To you it probably isn't but to me it was eye opening! Thank you soo much. I don't oil paint but is still love watching you. I love watercolor and I am going to try this technique with it soon! Your color palette is always soo beautiful. Thanks for sharing your expertise and your ❤!
You are so welcome! I'm always happy to share my secrets to help people with their art hehe (even if I'm not the best at explaining myself super thoroughly lol 😅)
The reason you have "mud" if because red and green are secondary color. If you mix red and green you have a neutral brown, almost greyish. Red rays (in lights in like infrared) or screen display is a primary color yes, but in paints primaries are magenta, yellow and cyan. Red is yellow + magenta and green is yellow + cyan so in red and green you have the 3 primaries, yellow, magenta and cyan. Which is basically how you create brown/neutral shades with equal parts of each. Specially here you're using a neutral red, not cold, not quinacridone and not vermillon either so it's a "perfect" mix of yellow and magenta. Sap green is also a rather 50/50 balance between yellow and cyan but also darker, there's black in it.
Now don't get me wrong, it's brilliant to use reds and green with white to create skin tones, reds are a big component of skin tones and green will neutralize reds so it tones down the saturation and the hue. With actual primary shades you would need to mix magenta, yellow and white to have a basic skin tone but that tone will probably end up being a little bit too saturated and vibrant, like a tan "fake" flesh color and you would then add a tad bit of blue (or cyan) to tone down that hue. So basically you're skipping a few steps by using red (magenta + yellow) and green to tone down (red and green are complementary). Wish this was more discussed in the video because color theory is extremely important to figure out how to create shades. Now this video was very interesting still because I didn't think myself that it would save me a lot of time by starting with reds, white and a tad of green to tone it down instead of mixing so many different colors to get a basic skin tone. Skin tones can have so many different vibes and hues, it's quite fascinating to be able to fan out what they are and how to play with them. Thank for sharing your technique ^^
Wasn't she talking about her personal pallet. Her way of doing things. That is what people have been asking her for.
Her primary colors to get her mixes.
Not the primary colors.
I will watch it again to make sure.
@@jodeesmith1685 Yes she was, i'm not referring that, i'm just referring to the first info she gave about using "red, which is a primary color"
Thank you for your insightful and thorough feedback! I definitely plan on making a separate video about color theory in regards to oils, but I just didn’t have time to fit it into this quick simple tutorial. I think a topic this complex deserves its own video! 😁 The discussion around primary colors and color theory is definitely an interesting one, particularly when it comes to oils because there are many different parameters to evaluate when it comes to assessing oil paint other than just the name of the color on the label or how the color looks to the naked eye. There's transparency/opacity, purity of the pigment, the binding vehicle, series number (which itself is a whole other topic of discussion/debate), and more!
Also, based on the discussions I’ve recently heard around UA-cam/the internet, it seems like for a color to be TECHNICALLY defined as "primary", it can’t be created from mixing any other colors. This is why “red” has become disqualified recently from the “primary” category, since there are experiments floating around showing how red can be made from mixing magenta and yellow (I’ve mostly seen this experiment done with markers). But when we get down to the composition of the specific Gamblin oil paint "cadmium red medium" and we study how opaque it is, what the color will look like when tinted with white/black, how it will behave when mixed with other colors, how the paint will be used for color blocking vs. glazing, etc... That's where it gets a little more complex. Cadmium red medium is made up of pure PR 108 pigment and it’s an opaque color. Sticking within the Gamblin oils brand, we could experiment mixing “quinacridone magenta” (made up of PR 122, but it’s transparent) and Cadmium Yellow Medium (PY 37, opaque). Sure if we mix equal amounts of both quinacridone magenta and cadmium yellow medium, we will get a color that looks similar to cadmium red medium and it will be deemed “red” by most people who see it on the palette. But it will not be the EXACT SAME shade of red, nor will it be nearly as opaque since now it is made up of half quinacridone magenta, which is a transparent color. This red will not be able to achieve the same dense coverage as cadmium red medium, and the texture/spreadability will be different from pure cadmium red medium as well. Also if we are measuring the value and saturation levels, the shades will not match up exactly. This magenta + yellow mixture is usually a little lighter in value than cadmium red medium, so I will have to mix in black to darken it, but it will also desaturate it. Once I mix in black, this color is no longer 100% colorful pigments, unlike cadmium red medium which is still 100% pure red pigment (PR 108). So the statement that “magenta + yellow = red, therefore red isn’t technically a primary color” is not 100% true, because there’s more to oils than just COLOR itself. Once you factor in opacity, texture, coverage, spreadability, saturation, value, etc. the two different reds are not in fact perfectly equal.
To illustrate another example, let’s quickly look at cyan vs. blue. Let’s take Gamblin’s ultramarine blue (transparent) as a former possible member of the “primary colors” gang, now exiled in exchange for “cyan”. But can we really mix ultramarine blue (transparent) using just cyan, magenta, yellow, and black and white? Let’s start off with a cyan-like color from Gamblin such as “manganese blue” (opaque) and darken it with mars black (opaque), it will not be as saturated as pure ultramarine blue straight out of the tube… Because once again, cyan + black is no longer a 100% saturated color, whereas ultramarine blue is pure blue pigment and nothing else. Also, ultramarine blue is a transparent color perfect for glazing, but if I try to substitute it with manganese blue (opaque) + mars black (opaque), then the resulting color is opaque, therefore not as conducive to glazing techniques/effects. This is what I mean when I say there’s more to oils than just the color on the palette… we have to consider how this color will be used, because the whole point of learning color theory and color mixing is to help us paint (or draw).
Also, think of how much more exponentially complicated this gets when you consider ALL the different oil painting brands and ALL the different color options available to you. Different brands have different formulas, different ingredients, different shades, different ways of naming/labeling their colors. Even with the CMY approach, it's hard to find a "perfect" magenta, a "perfect" cyan, and a "perfect" yellow that will yield the perfect shades of all the secondary/tertiary colors.
For my "magenta" should I use magenta from Winsor and Newton or quinacridone magenta from Gamblin or quinacridone opera from Holbein? For "cyan", should I use cobalt teal from Gamblin or King's blue from Williamsburg? Even with white and black, there are many different types from different brands (mars black, chromatic black, zinc white, titanium white, flake white, etc.) that have different opacities/behaviors and will yield different results in the color mixing process.
Ultimately, I feel like getting caught up on the technicalities of which colors to label as “primary” or not isn’t super important. What’s more important is what colors do YOU need for YOUR painting. I feel like the decision to choose which colors to include in your "primary" batch shouldn't depend on what other people have deemed "primary", but rather it should depend on what your specific goals are for the painting you are working on right now. For this painting, I wanted the colors to be muted, earthy and neutral, which is why I chose cadmium red medium and sap green (so therefore RYB and not CMY) for my "primary" roster. Sure I could've mixed magenta and yellow to get a shade of red and then used that, but that's not necessary since I don't have any need for a magenta in this portrait. Also, I needed the opaque dense coverage of cadmium red medium because I needed to complete the painting in two layers, so high opaqueness is very important to me. BUT, maybe for another painting with a cooler more vibrant color scheme, I might start off with quinacridone magenta, ultramarine blue, and transparent earth orange - cuz those might be the perfect transparent colors to help me glaze to achieve the vision for that specific painting... Each piece is different, and your color palette should be flexible to adapt to these different needs. Don’t pigeonhole yourself into one theory or limit yourself to just one way of looking at things. Don’t ban yourself from buying red paint just because someone else told you that magenta + yellow can get the job done better. Instead, approach painting with an open mind, experiment/explore different methods and pay attention to the techniques that work best for YOU 💖
Woops, I did not mean to type out such a long result haha 😅 But I sincerely do appreciate your comment and I’ll definitely be taking notes from this long-winded comment to incorporate into my separate video about this whole primary color debate 🎨 Regardless, I always love participating in these thought-provoking discussions and hearing everyone's thoughts, especially when they're different from mine because I think this is how we are able to learn from each other and expand our library of knowledge! 😘
@@HappyDArtist Dang girl XD you went hard on that one ! and I agree with everything as a painter myself ^^ I tried experimenting with colors for years and even did a whole semester around color theory in my first year of Art school and I discovered most of the things you mentionned ! in theory only magenta and yellow produces red but every time I tried to mix those two, I ended up with a rather flat red that has no much vibrancy or opacity and ultimately I bought a premix actually cadmium red, a deep "in between" red that is not cold, not warm and completely opaque which allows me to create cool red (adding magenta to it) or warm red (adding yellow) and same goes with cyan as you said. Most cyan or colors labelled as "primary blue" have a tendancy to be transparent which is quite often annoying for the way I work but if you mix a tad of white to it you can improve that opacity a lot, however I never was really content with my "indigo/blue" mix out of cyan and magenta, it looks like it, but it's hella transparent and not as deep and pigmented as a good old ultramarine pigment color. That's why I have magenta, yellow, cyan ,ultramarine and red on my palette :) with a tad of blakc which is rarely use and lots of white. I work mostly with acrylics so I'm not too familiar yet with oils, but I do have a collection and depending on the overall tone you want, indeed you can use reds and blue to have an old school muted look to a piece, most old classical painting didn't have pinks and purple and the quinacridone was used, giving a "'royal" red, a very cold red if needed but rarely actually pinks. I'd argue that cyan isn't much needed, I have tried using a ultra fine quality cyan and it's still quite transparent and looks like a deep turquoise blue but i'd rather use ultramarine and an actual opaque turquoise, gives more dimensions. But I couldn't skip magenta, just for the sole purpose of having vibrant purple and pinks or having a beautiful lilac color that is not too greyish. Now no worried about my techniques :p I'm not limiting myself in any ways as I'm using all colors from the spectrum besides orange because I just don't like that color ahahah ! As you mentionned and as you agreed, the whole thing was just about semantic, like an actual primary is a color you can't technically create by mixing other pigments. Yellow is a winner in both options ! red and blue are technically possible to obtain despite the fact that it would requires high quality pigments and you can surely not obtain magenta by mixing other pigments. Cyan is a weird one, it can't be obtain by mixing other pigments but it's not that essential IMO and most of the time the primary blue is not the same in different brands so it's annoying but if you look at printers ink, on the test page of inks, you'll see those colors and the magenta is not that much of a "pink" per say, it's a rather deep reddish/pink tone. In the end what matters I think is not necessary how to lable colors but how to understand colors and tones and create a nice chart for yourself by testing them ! but we were still told as kids that you could make purple with red and blue and that my friend isn't possible XD you'll get brown ! I was upset for years until I studied color theory in high school and got my first magenta tube. I guess it's just easier to say that to kids but I wish this was more inclusive. There's more to it as you said ^^ but all videos I have seen breaking the "RED YELLOW BLUE" supremacy realized that incorporating magenta as a primary shade would enhance most colors vibrancy. Indeed I still to that day haven't found an opaque magenta, even in the high end selection, unless there's white to it and to have deep purple I would need to add ultramarine, not just cyan, otherwise it's a transparent purple - which is good, if you want it - maybe a quinacridone red would be more opaque, i'll have to look it up.
Looking foward to a color theory video where you discuss all options and include a "complete" color chart :)
Your comment is very informative tbh. I will take that information in consideration next time I paint skin tone. Thank you for the comment :)
She's perfection!
Love leaving the hair as a negative ❤️❤️
I found your channel 7 months ago, and you were you my inspiration to start an art channel💕
That's awesome! I'm so honored to have helped encourage you on your art journey, and best of luck with your channel dear! 🥰
Beautifully done
I enjoyed watching this 🥰👍👍💝💞
I love how youre so genorous dear keep going
This is amazing! I always gave up doing skin color..
Now I'm going to have to do some portraits mixing the skin from red and green and see how it works out for me. Now that I think about it, that happens to be how I mixed the skin for the portrait I'm painting now and I liked the results I got very much.
l will definitely try that out ,thanks
Such a smart and practical tip to simple paintings, thanks!
I was stuck with all the range of colors for skin tones.😊🙉
Super nice job keep it up👍💙
Very beautiful 😍
this is amazing!
Beautiful 😍 ❤
Awesome share, happy. Glad to see you are still making the effort to art no matter what.
Such a helpful video and amazing painting!!!
An excellent video! The painting so far is lovely.
She looks like an angel😍
You are so talented.
This is amazing,good job,nice to see your video n nice to meet u👍👍👍
This is so interesting! I am gonna try that! Oh, I always wanted to ask you about your panels... I hope you haven't answered this question a 100 times yet and I am just blind. But they seem to have such an interesting texture, is there a specific way you prime them?
It does have a great texture😻
She might use gesso and then sand it down to get the texture. Not sure if she actually does but I’m just guessing!
@@jazminrye well that's what I do but I don't get this lovely texture. It kind of looks like the gesso has been applied with a paint Roller or something. I might just try it xD
She has an Amazon link for the gesso bord she uses in her bio 😊
@@marlinaart9818 yes, I saw. I was just wondering if he she still prepsres it in some way
Thank you!
love love love loooooooovveee listening to your voice!!!
Lovely, thank you... 👍🏼 🎨 💗
This was a great tutorial! Thank you!
I swear I’m going to school because I needs to learn how to control and paint like you you make it look so easy but iguess I have to practice more of course 💙
Interesting , thanx. Have you tried whats called the Zorn palette ? Ivory black , vermilion , yellow ochre and tit. White. I'll try this , cheers from Wales.
Christmasy colors ❤💚
Thank you! This is so helpful.
When I see that u r starting ur vlogs I was just waiting for I am ur new subscriber 😊😊
Thanks for subbing! And new vlog coming up next - I have already filmed part of it, just need to finish up a few remaining shots and then edit it tehehe 🥰
I don't believe that u replied thanku Happy I was just waiting for it😄😄
Waiting excitedly for ur new vlog💖💖
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Very use full video. Thank you!
This is super lovely!
My only gripe with oil paint is how long it takes to dry, but otherwise I love it's buttery texture :)
Try Golden "Open Acrylics."
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
I needed this thank you!!!😘😘
Very nice, I've seen quite a few artists using a similar combo. Cad green and cad orange ect, which is just warmer. Great explanations. Cheers from Canada xo😘🙏
This is so interesting! Even though I don't do oil paintings, but I might see if this can be applied to color pencil or digital drawings :D Thanks so much for the informative video and the painting is already looking really, really good so far!
Can you do the same with watercolour and gouache? If you don’t know it’s fine I was just wondering
Thank you for this video, se entiende muy bien, cheers from Argentina😁
Maybe I should try this out for my next painting. I always use the usual blue, red, yellows to make skin tone but I also tend to waste a lot of paint while doing this for some reason. Maybe using just two colors will also help me reduce my paint waste. Btw the painting already looks stunning!
Mam which brands brushes do u use for this oil painting medium? Can u plz mention the link of that brand if its available on Amazon?
amazing
Do you ever paint dark brown skin? Thanks!
Beside your AMAZING Art ! , Can I ask you what is your microphone's brand ?
I’m early for the first time👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Yes red and green make a brownish color. They are complimentary colors & are wonderful for skin tones 😊
Wow, I'm touched. ~~♡★☆♡♥♥
I have 2 questions:
1 - what surface did u paint on?
2 - the little amount of paint u had on the palette in the beginning, was that enough for the whole painting or did u have to keep mixing the same shades over and over again?
Thank u if u reply x
She has her canvas linked in the descriptions
I thought you use subtractive color mix like red oxide or vinitian red, I'm wrong. And can you make portrait with gouache 🥰🥰
The sap green paint is just a mixture of phthalo blue and some kid of yellow. So you might as well just be using red yellow and blue.
Yeah that's why I love sap green 💚 You can definitely achieve the same results with cadmium red medium, cadmium yellow medium, and phthalo blue (plus black and white), and I've made a few videos showcasing those three color combos as well 🥰
Even tho I always get a little annoyed when people say red and blue are primary colors I really enjoyed that video anyways! It's a great way to mix skin colors and the painting gets a lot of depth. ^^
So glad you enjoyed the video! In regards to the primary colors discussion, I addressed it in an earlier comment, so I'll copy and paste my long novel of a response here if you're ever feeling bored and want to read a needlessly long-winded essay about colors for 30 minutes haha:
"I definitely plan on making a separate video about color theory in regards to oils, but I just didn’t have time to fit it into this quick simple tutorial. I think a topic this complex deserves its own video! 😁 The discussion around primary colors and color theory is definitely an interesting one, particularly when it comes to oils because there are many different parameters to evaluate when it comes to assessing oil paint other than just the name of the color on the label or how the color looks to the naked eye. There's transparency/opacity, purity of the pigment, the binding vehicle, series number (which itself is a whole other topic of discussion/debate), and more!
Also, based on the discussions I’ve recently heard around UA-cam/the internet, it seems like for a color to be TECHNICALLY defined as "primary", it can’t be created from mixing any other colors. This is why “red” has become disqualified recently from the “primary” category, since there are experiments floating around showing how red can be made from mixing magenta and yellow (I’ve mostly seen this experiment done with markers). But when we get down to the composition of the specific Gamblin oil paint "cadmium red medium" and we study how opaque it is, what the color will look like when tinted with white/black, how it will behave when mixed with other colors, how the paint will be used for color blocking vs. glazing, etc... That's where it gets a little more complex. Cadmium red medium is made up of pure PR 108 pigment and it’s an opaque color. Sticking within the Gamblin oils brand, we could experiment mixing “quinacridone magenta” (made up of PR 122, but it’s transparent) and Cadmium Yellow Medium (PY 37, opaque). Sure if we mix equal amounts of both quinacridone magenta and cadmium yellow medium, we will get a color that looks similar to cadmium red medium and it will be deemed “red” by most people who see it on the palette. But it will not be the EXACT SAME shade of red, nor will it be nearly as opaque since now it is made up of half quinacridone magenta, which is a transparent color. This red will not be able to achieve the same dense coverage as cadmium red medium, and the texture/spreadability will be different from pure cadmium red medium as well. Also if we are measuring the value and saturation levels, the shades will not match up exactly. This magenta + yellow mixture is usually a little lighter in value than cadmium red medium, so I will have to mix in black to darken it, but it will also desaturate it. Once I mix in black, this color is no longer 100% colorful pigments, unlike cadmium red medium which is still 100% pure red pigment (PR 108). So the statement that “magenta + yellow = red, therefore red isn’t technically a primary color” is not 100% true, because there’s more to oils than just COLOR itself. Once you factor in opacity, texture, coverage, spreadability, saturation, value, etc. the two different reds are not in fact perfectly equal.
To illustrate another example, let’s quickly look at cyan vs. blue. Let’s take Gamblin’s ultramarine blue (transparent) as a former possible member of the “primary colors” gang, now exiled in exchange for “cyan”. But can we really mix ultramarine blue (transparent) using just cyan, magenta, yellow, and black and white? Let’s start off with a cyan-like color from Gamblin such as “manganese blue” (opaque) and darken it with mars black (opaque), it will not be as saturated as pure ultramarine blue straight out of the tube… Because once again, cyan + black is no longer a 100% saturated color, whereas ultramarine blue is pure blue pigment and nothing else. Also, ultramarine blue is a transparent color perfect for glazing, but if I try to substitute it with manganese blue (opaque) + mars black (opaque), then the resulting color is opaque, therefore not as conducive to glazing techniques/effects. This is what I mean when I say there’s more to oils than just the color on the palette… we have to consider how this color will be used, because the whole point of learning color theory and color mixing is to help us paint (or draw).
Also, think of how much more exponentially complicated this gets when you consider ALL the different oil painting brands and ALL the different color options available to you. Different brands have different formulas, different ingredients, different shades, different ways of naming/labeling their colors. Even with the CMY approach, it's hard to find a "perfect" magenta, a "perfect" cyan, and a "perfect" yellow that will yield the perfect shades of all the secondary/tertiary colors.
For my "magenta" should I use magenta from Winsor and Newton or quinacridone magenta from Gamblin or quinacridone opera from Holbein? For "cyan", should I use cobalt teal from Gamblin or King's blue from Williamsburg? Even with white and black, there are many different types from different brands (mars black, chromatic black, zinc white, titanium white, flake white, etc.) that have different opacities/behaviors and will yield different results in the color mixing process.
Ultimately, I feel like getting caught up on the technicalities of which colors to label as “primary” or not isn’t super important. What’s more important is what colors do YOU need for YOUR painting. I feel like the decision to choose which colors to include in your "primary" batch shouldn't depend on what other people have deemed "primary", but rather it should depend on what your specific goals are for the painting you are working on right now. For this painting, I wanted the colors to be muted, earthy and neutral, which is why I chose cadmium red medium and sap green (so therefore RYB and not CMY) for my "primary" roster. Sure I could've mixed magenta and yellow to get a shade of red and then used that, but that's not necessary since I don't have any need for a magenta in this portrait. Also, I needed the opaque dense coverage of cadmium red medium because I needed to complete the painting in two layers, so high opaqueness is very important to me. BUT, maybe for another painting with a cooler more vibrant color scheme, I might start off with quinacridone magenta, ultramarine blue, and transparent earth orange - cuz those might be the perfect transparent colors to help me glaze to achieve the vision for that specific painting... Each piece is different, and your color palette should be flexible to adapt to these different needs. Don’t pigeonhole yourself into one theory or limit yourself to just one way of looking at things. Don’t ban yourself from buying red paint just because someone else told you that magenta + yellow can get the job done better. Instead, approach painting with an open mind, experiment/explore different methods and pay attention to the techniques that work best for YOU 💖
Woops, I did not mean to type out such a long result haha 😅 But I sincerely do appreciate your comment and I’ll definitely be taking notes from this long-winded comment to incorporate into my separate video about this whole primary color debate 🎨 Regardless, I always love participating in these thought-provoking discussions and hearing everyone's thoughts, especially when they're different from mine because I think this is how we are able to learn from each other and expand our library of knowledge! 😘
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@@HappyDArtist Thank you for this long and informative answer! I always apreciate youtubers actually interacting with their followers and reading the comments under their videos. 😊
Could this work with watercolor too??
Yes! 🥰
I wish I could
when I'm older I'd like to be a commercial photographer specifically product dont mind me, where did you get the Gamblin painting from? let me know
I wonder if this color theory also works for watercolors?🤔
@agh Thank you. :)
It is very cool but im just a beginner and Im a fraid to tried oil paints are hard and need so much Products I want but Im a fraid to do it Im just a beginner ❤️you are my biggest inspiration and the thing that made me still do art I wish you know
The peaple told me Im really really good at watercolor thank you and these days I draw with acrylic Im also really good
@agh yes these days I paint with them the peaple told me Im really good
I'm the girl from your paint but with brown eyes ♥️♥️♥️♥️
So white and black aren't colors. are they?
what paper do you use? my paintings always feel super.. silky.. I mean they glide off of each other and don't mix that well.
Its in the description fam.
N I C E !
But how do you paint so SMOOTHLY like this😭
👍👍👍hi, we a from Russian. We are artistic too.
Stay safe and have a great day! sending virtual hugs!
I make vidzzz :)
Please stop 🥺 your channel has nothing to do with art
I can't believe one of my favorite artists on youtube actually just said "red is a primary color". Imma throw myself off a bridge.
a lot of people are self taught and didn't knew that it is actually magenta, you don't need to be rude abt it
@@camianina I didn't mean to insult her, it just bothers me so much that that misinformation is still being spread, even by professional artists! Besides, I don't know what being self-taught has to do with it, especially in times of the internet.
the facts that she can use 2 colors only while I'm here mixing more than 5 color again and again
My life is a lie 😱😱😱!!! I've never thought that one can get these amazing colors just by mixing two only colors 😅 , I really need to study color theory 😉
so you be only painting one type of skin tone then!?
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This is how i mix skin tones usually tbh
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Frawgs
When an artist says red and blue were primary colors 😶
Anyways, i love your art and the fact that you paint kinda semi realism with oil paint gives me courage to be more free with my painting mediums since I'm kind of restricting myself with my art mediums depending on the style I use
So glad I can help encourage you to be more flexible with art mediums! I don't think there are specific mediums better suited for specific styles... it's all about what the artist does with the tools available to them 😁 And I will definitely be making a video soon about this whole primary color debate lol 😉
Seems like very small amounts of paint
woooooo I am so early
OOooh, okay, how to paint skin tones with just FOUR colors.
Misleading title,
First
Okay so.....WTFFFFFFFF
Your art is gorgeous woww