The MIDTONES Secret That Levels Up Your Shading

Painting midtones is the secret to making your art look more realistic! If your paintings look flat, you need to add midtones! They help to create that 3D look. Quit drawing everything with just two values and start shading for real!
What are midtones in art? And how do you paint midtones?
Here's how.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 More Realistic Drawing
0:18 What Are Midtones?
0:49 Three Rules
0:53 Rule #1
1:18 Rule #2
1:40 Rule #3
2:24 Midtones & Color
3:27 Painting Midtones
3:32 Step #1
3:47 Step #2
3:59 Step #3
4:09 Step #4
4:32 What You Must Know
5:04 Midtones in Artworks
5:09 Example #1
5:34 Example #2
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[@jomanthekiller]

I think this makes more sense as to what my professor meant by Dark to light when painting

[@darkercore8185]

this is an actually valuable video, thank you.

[@BueskenArt]

Cool! That was my intention. 😁

[@mangalisomdingi9733]

Trying to learn how to organize shadows and highlights to start creating my own style of pencil hatching. This video is of tremendous help! Thank you so much!
I'm subscribing!

[@BueskenArt]

Glad I could be of help! And thanks for subscribing!

[@afroraykun]

Just discovered your channel and my goodness -- your videos are incredible! =D Clear, concise instruction, great examples, and you break things down step-by-step without getting lost in the details.
This topic in particular is one I have struggled with for a while, but you have given me some great insight and clear directions for practice -- thank you so much!

[@BueskenArt]

Haha, no problem! That are some nice words, thank you for that! I'm glad you like my videos! 😊

[@Rafael-yj6oc]

thank u for the video

[@BueskenArt]

You're welcome! 👍

[@Cherem777]

This video is incredible - THANK YOU!

[@BueskenArt]

Thanks a lot, Jaron! That are some big words! 😃👍

[@gathru_]

Great video

[@BueskenArt]

Thanks a lot Gathru!

[@thelads4057]

Good content I found the answer to my art block through this video. THANKYOU i mean it.

[@BueskenArt]

Cool, that's awesome! 😁

[@Walkingtalkingprayer]

Cooles video man, danke!

[@BueskenArt]

Bitte! 😃

[@blazingguns7701]

Fantastic video, but can I ask what tool you use to blend the shadows and the highlights? is is just the smudge tool? (I use GIMP for refrence)

[@BueskenArt]

Nope, no smudge tool. Just a basic hard round brush with the pen pressure set to opacity. 🙂👍 Takes some time, but you can get pretty fast with practice!

[@blazingguns7701]

@@BueskenArt Thank you very much!!! That info will be extremely useful as i learn it.