FAKE IT: EASY no blend tricks to paint amazing miniatures
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
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Good afternoon! In this week's video we are talking about how to convince people you are good at painting, even if you're not! I talk about creating atmosphere, how to choose your colors, a guaranteed way to choose gorgeous color schemes, and how to trick the eyes using impressionist style painting.
Thank you to Dicey D Hobbies for helping me print this model!: www.etsy.com/shop/diceydhobbies
00:00 Intro
00:19 What is Atmosphere?
1:36 Choosing Atmosphere
4:57 Cheating the Eye
10:26 Contrast
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love them.
I need to stop watching videos like this while I'm trying to get a whole army tabletop ready!🤣
Thanks Lyla I always need to be reminded to up my contrast.
I love this technique. I've been trying something similar but yours is way easier to understand. Thank You.
This is not cheating. This is legit just wow. I've never ever seen any other miniature painter use lighting etc like this
That is very kind!
@@LylaMev you are most welcome. After this I have subbed thanks for the privilege.
The way you paint is like you are painting on canvas. And that's something completely new
@@fpsaddicted1 I could be way off base, but I get the feeling that Lyla uses language like that to demystify these techniques and make things feel manageable. So often it feels like there is a huge gulf between "table-ready" base-wash-drybrush style and compition level stuff her videos make better painting make sense.
That is my goal!
there is a lot of "pro" guide outside, but i learned more with you in two days than the last three month!
That means so much!
This is great! If you had been my high school art teacher, I might've gone another route in life 😅
Lyla, I'm perpetually impressed by the sheer quality of information you present in your videos. Each one has multiple game-changing perspectives and I can't get over it. You're so amazing!! Keep it up!
Wow, thank you!
I just watched this again it's such a good resource.
Great model and great painter.
Another great tutorial with lots of good tips and techniques which will help with my upcoming effort to try OSL…..thanks very much for your time and efforts!
Contrast has always been a bear for me, so a refresher course on it never hurts. Thanks as always, Miss Lyla!
Your welcome!
That is really beautiful
amazing paint job!
Really great video! I love your take on dynamic lighting
Seriously. This kind of explanation about color theory and those examples are exactly what I was looking for. Very great video. I saved the link!
Really useful content.
Thank you.
Great! Thank you for the recommendation for the cinema color palettes!
Wow, really good. Thank you for this tricks. :)
Woah. What a coincidence. I just started learning about atmosphere and different light moods and painted a test model...that is running towards a fire at night. So just like your diorama in general. Since then I was wondering how to get it to the next level, and...here comes your video. Thanks, helps a lot!
This video I really helpful, I'm still struggling to get a good blend going so these paint hacks are right up my alley! Especially the ready made palettes with skin tones on them, that's a fantastic tool for a beginner.
i love the monet link always loved his stuff!
You have a very interesting way of explaining. It was entertaining and very well thought out.
3 minutes in and the video is already amazing 😃
Great video Lyla! really simple but clever examples. I am on the verge of getting back in. Lots to learn here. Thanks!
go get it, dude.
Very good explained :) as always!
Contrast is something a lot of people are a bit afraid of when they start out, but getting that really dark and really bright places, man, it makes such a difference!
Interesting to hear about the different mood settings and getting them explained, I´ve had then in my head, but I did not know how to explain them, so thank you for putting words to how I feel about that topic :D and thank you for sharing ;) 💜
thanks for the video; you have explained it very clearly. I will give it a go. thanks again
Keep going, friend!
I use a ott light for painting!!! This helps big time!!!
That was really interesting. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really interesting video!
I loved seeing the comparison to monet. Love when art history and mini painting collide.
Me too, it's one of my favorite things to do.
@@LylaMev there should really be a "modern hobby youtubers and rhe famous artists their painting style resembles" analysis done
@@SugarCandyMiniatures I've done a few videos on painting like some of my favorite artists through history, Carravagio, Klimt, and Van Gogh!
@@LylaMev yep I love the van gogh one, it's one of my genuine fave hobby videos.
I didn’t get a notification for this vid. I just saw your insta posts. 🤬 these look absolutely lush.
That is so depressing! But I'm glad you found your way here!
@@LylaMev well of course. 😎
Thanks Lyla, that collor palette thing really got me thinking :-)
That Instagram is amazing. Thank you for introducing me to it.
I love it too!
What a great video. Like the candy corn on your hand ;)
I know!! I didn't realize it till later
Great vid! Also, that Color Pallete Instagram is a huge find. Thanks for sharing.
That moviepage seems like a win! I tried watching paintings in the same way and managed a good "rembrandt" chaos knight. But I think movies in general are better for color inspiration
thanks to address my comment from one of your previous video. I'll try zenithal highlight with drybrush as don't own an airbrush. hopefully it will work :D
Whoa! Incredible techniques and equally incredible pedagogy. I feel like I’m going to make bold choices on my next mini.
What are you using to fill in the digital versions of your minis? It it just a photo and a drawing app?
can't wait to give this a try! I have been struggling with blending.
Why struggle when you can just skip it!? 😅
@@LylaMev lol, I know right!
This was a super useful video (and timely) as I've been trying to work on busts again and have been struggling with getting the skin tone (and overall palette) to look more natural (and a bit of analysis paralysis as it has been a while.)
Good luck!
paint first analyze later.
You used BOTH Object Source Lighting OSL (the camp fire) and Zenithal (from the Zenith i.e. the moon lighting). Beautiful work. zI loved your eye comment as I find beginners overly concerned with painting in eyes.
That stippling blending looks really good is that the loaded brush technique?
Nope! Loaded brush is 2 colors on the brush at once, not just one at a time
love this (and i find yr use of art theory and abstraction to be a balm in a field where so many focus on notions of 'realism' which often leads to just... uninteresting work.)
Thank you, I appreciate it! I try to teach from different angles ☺️
What do I do about a mini with a large hard to reach area (have a crab with a large underside that is difficult to reach)?
What kind of light do you use?
And Maxico scene ,orange it
This is great! May I ask what app are you using on the tablet? Thanks!
Procreate!
I always thought that it didn't really matter that I have the artistic ability of a small pebble. I was good enough at painting shapes to get by. Now I've moved from table top minis to busts and larger scale display pieces, my lack of artistic ability (colour theory, understanding light, being able to picture things in my head rather than having to actually see them in reality!) is starting to hold me back. I guess I just need to find my own style. Am I alone in experiencing this?
@Lyla Mev what's the tablet and software you're using there? I know you talked about it in a video, but i couldn't find it just now and probably would take me days to :D
Procreate on an iPad!
@@LylaMev Thanks! Only got an Kindle Fire atm, but will take a look if that's available there as well.
Seems i'll be using Sketchbook App^^ I hope it's a good alternative.
What vortexer are you using? Thanks!
Mini vortex!
@@LylaMev Thanks! Isaw in your Patreon bio you used to be a college professor, what was your area? I would assume art, but that could be way off. I'm a former academic who went to the dark side - marketing. *grin*
@@chemgeektim Photography! And if marketing is the dark side, consider us in the same shadow, as I also do marketing now. There just aren't a lot of opportunities for teaching where I am!
@@LylaMev Ah sure. Marketing pays the bills and allows me my gaming and mini/terrain hobbies (addiction?). Plus it keeps the 3 cats fed and cared for. They love to "help" me paint and craft (and work at home these days), as I can see yours do as well. *grin* I wasn't really clicking in academia and also couldn't break into the tenure track, so needed a new direction.
I LOVE teaching, I just now teach in TH-cam instead of at a college.
you nailed it. this is something i always struggle with. Seems so unnatural to have harsh boundaries and large colour changes but in fact is totally natural. I wonder why our brains perceive it that way when it comes to painting minis.
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MY FAVORITE
Lyla: "So, you want to start cheating at miniature painting?"
Me: ".... No, but show me how it's done, so I can avoid it." *gets out note pad*
But it's GOOD CHEATING!
@@LylaMev And so I make sure all of my other paint buddies know about it :P Been preaching your vids for weeks, since I discovered them. Please keep on keeping on!
That means so much!
*inserts that Leonardo DiCaprio pic of him sitting down and holding a drink in one hand and pointing to something as if he recognizes it*
"Or are they trying to throw a ring into a lava filled cavern"
Cardamon !
Oh, Cardamom.
So sweet
Fake it till you make it.
literally the only 'miniature painter' who is always more beautiful than the miniatures.
I am 17 second into this and I have ONE major issue. These aren't tricks that make ppl.think you are good. The use for atmosphere, contrast, and texture are just fundamental elements of painting. If you use the theories underneath these well it makes your stuff better than if painted without. Regardless of technical skill.
Of course, but these are skills that can be applied without great skill in painting. The details are what most people find difficult, so I've created an equation without them. Paint to thick? Fine. Can't paint eyes? Still good. Hate glazing? No worries here.
That is fair, I think injist have a thing against when ppl refer to learning the theories as "cheating" cause IMO it is the furthest thing from cheating.
nice video - but you need MORE CONTRAST to make it good..... but seriously, more contrast isn't something you can guarantee. That phrase is nothing but a shitty meme.
I find your videos really helpful but can’t watch them as every time you butcher the word “miniature” is like nails down a blackboard 😱