7 Paint Colours I'd Choose if I was a Beginner.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2024
- Here are 7 colours I'd choose if I was beginning to paint in watercolor. I mix them to see many of the colours I could make and I talk about the importance of knowing the temperature of the colors you are using.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Choose warm and cool colours
2:05 Why the temperature of a colour is important
2:28 Use the color wheel
4:09 Mixing Orange
5:54 Mixing Green
7:29 Mixing Violet
9:28 The colours I'd choose
12:11 Mixing the colors
19:13 Outro
19:52 Bloopers
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Oh my gosh not only do I get a laugh from your blooper ending, but I can see the work that goes into the videos. You’re an inspiration - thank you!
I am always interested in which colors artists choose and why. I like the minimum list but I'd also be interested in how many more colors you really like having, and the reasons you would add them.
This was a LIGHT BULB MOMENT for me!! You are an excellent teacher. I love all of your videos but this is hands down my favorite. I am going to bookmark it to share with anyone that is thinking about starting to paint ( whether it is in watercolors or acrylic.) I’m sure this took some time to record. But you were able to drill down to the essential bits and did a great job! You and Dom make a special team! Thank you! Well done!!
Great video thank u for sharing..learnt a lot many thanks
Hi Louise - thank you so much! I am doing traditional Chinese water painting and your videos are helping me a lot to select and mix the colors, specially for the landscape paintings. The colors used are very limited and variation by mixing different color temperatures makes the paintings more vibrant. Also the paper is different as for watercolor paintings, so it is a bit more challenging to make corrections. Thanks a lot, and if you have spare time you should try Chinese water painting, it is really fascinating.
Excellent information and demonstration. I’m going to really work on this. Love the tip … cool colours to the back, warmer colours to the front. First task will now be to create a palette card based on your demonstration. Thank you for this video and passing on your knowledge. I’ve struggled with greens and now understand why. I think Im also going to rearrange the way I store my paints, splitting them into cool/warm bundles. So excited to get started with this!!!!!
I have been painting for 20+ years, though I knew the concept of warm and cool colours, I did not know myself HOW to categorise them. the trick with the colour wheel is easy and powerfull. I am colour blind, i mix my colours with the basic concepts but this will bring it to a whole other level !!!
with much gratitude and appreciation,
Rachelle
THANK YOU!! You really explained this SO clearly. This is why I'm on your Patreon, as I find you patient, methodical, and do beautiful paintings!! hugs from Ontario Canada
When I got into watercolour painting I made the mistake of buying way too many colours. They’re so beautiful, it’s very hard not to. But, as you rightly say Louise, it’s so much harder to learn colour mixing skills which are absolutely essential for diving deeper into colour and making informed choices when it comes to professional watercolour practice. Now I’ll stop typing and enjoy your delightful bloopers 🫶🏻
Thank you for including the pigment numbers, which is the only way to know what a colour is as trade names vary. I use Schminke paints (which use traditional names such as quinacridone magenta or phthalo blue rather than the more descriptive but not illuminating names often used by W&N) so when artist's mention colours by the trade name only I always have to go look up the W&N pigment number chart to see what colour they are actually talking about. Every artist eventually develops their own "go to" palette. In addition to a basic warm/cool palette I really rely on burnt sienna, burnt umber, yellow ochre and Prussian blue. I know, Prussian blue is controversial, but those of us who are devotees are passionate about it 🤣.
My pleasure and thank you!
Such valuable information! Thanks Louise! Would you consider a video on how to choose shadow colours? I always struggle with those!
Great idea! Thanks Cathy.
You’re a great teacher. I appreciate the way you said the name of each color as you used it. I’ve watched this video twice.
I choose quinacridone magenta for my cool red 'cause it is one of the primary colors and it creates the brightest purple when mixed with French ultramarine (those two sits close with each other in the color wheel).
This is a brilliantly clear explanation of colour temperature and why it's so important. I've watched a lot of colour mixing tutorials but this is by far the best! Thank you, Louise!
LOL, this is the third time I've watched this video. I've even taken notes. I'm sure I've heard some of this before, but it wasn't the focus like it was here. Super useful information! It never would have occurred to me to take the temperature of the end product into account when I'm mixing.
Thanks to you and a couple of female Spanish artists I am losing my fear of painting. You are, by far, the Best art teacher in English.This is not an opinion.It is a fact! I used to be a teacher too. Saludos
So so helpful!! I have watched you for years, Louise, and remember when we had all those many colors. I am going to try to use this wonderfully instructive video to begin to learn to pair down!
Certainly a wake up call for me. Just ordered all the W&N colours you listed. I'll be a good boy from hereon and look forward to the challenge. Many thanks for this excellent tutorial...
Gerald UK
Thank you Gerald.
Louise, this tutorial is very interesting and so helpful! Thank you for your generous sharing of these colours. I will make a chart of all the different shades, so I can practice these warm and cool colours. Thank you so much! ❤ Helene
Wow Louise !!!!! I think that is the BEST and most understandable colour video that I've seen.........and I've seen LOTS !!!! THANK YOU.
Wow, thank you Lindy. 💕
Hi Louise….love ur work…but have to say a thing about “artificial green”. I’m in India and really, the green you all call artificial is the green of our leaves in this hot country!! We rarely get to see the yellow green you mixed up….sometimes the young leaves may start as similar to the yellowish green but they settle down into the more bluer green….
Highly recommend the book by Michael Wilcox Blue & Yellow don’t Make Green. Basically taught me to mix any colours you want. Works on the two colour system of cool & warm colours. 🐸
Yes! His book, The Artist's guide to selecting watercolours is also excellent. It goes through all the pigment numbers and explains that not all colours are equally lightfast in different media.
Gosh Louise you explain everything so well. Thank you.
So much great information! And I appreciate your accent, detailed explanation, and presentation. So lovely 🥰 Thank you.
This was SOOOO helpful!! Thank you for explaining it so patiently and taking us through every single combination. You have solved some mysteries for me! ☺️
Tons of useful information here Louise! Thank you for the color theory class. And thank you for eloquently stripping it down to layman's terms so I can understand color theory. Thank you so much!
My pleasure Dave. Thank you.
I’m a beginner in watercolor here. Your channel is absolutely amazing!
I love this video, I have dipped in and out of it a few times, thank you!
Love this little chick and the bloopers 😅 bless you!
This is an excellent video! I was taught color theory in my professional art college courses but color temperature wasn’t a part of it. After years of painting, I figured it’s importance out on my own, but your video about mixing is absolutely priceless! ❤
Awesome tutorial. I look foward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you so much, Louise, for this tutorial! I still get confused about the mixing of cool and warm colors. I mostly mix and check on scrap paper. I am taking notes from you and will test my paints using your tips. Love your tutorials!
I am a beginner and this is very helpful indeed. Thankyou🙏🏻
thank you Louise ❤
I’m curious about the yellow and damp explanation please.
Your video is very helpful! Thank you! I purchased the warm and cool primaries not long ago and am going to begin trying out color mixing to get a better feel for what colors can be created. I have done some color mixing with acrylics in a class I took a couple of years ago, which was very helpful. I am excited to give it a go with watercolors.
Beautiful demo. Thank you. You are a darling.
I have been looking for many months that talked about mixing and color temperature! Thank you. No one else has offered such a clear explanation of this.
Wow! So much to learn, thank you for this great video.
Thank you so much. So helpful.
thank you for this tutorial. My question is what to use when glazing if you're using a 2 cool or 2 warm colors. I think it's difficult when using a cool and a warm to mix then try to glaze
thanks for this. Great backlight on your video too.
Very helpful!
Thank you! Very helpful!
Wonderful explanation! Thank you! And thay dog painting is suuuuper cute!
Really great video Louise, thank you so much
This was very helpful. Thank you
absolutely love your blooper footage! i found this piece extremely helpful, warm and cool was a mystery to me! thanks
This video was so helpful Louise! Thank you so much!
Very helpful video. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much Louise!!! This is very helpful- you’ve unlocked the mystery!
Thank you! Expected to know most of this info, but ended up learning a lot. Love your work.
I love your art, your tutorials and support you on patreon. This cool warm thing? I did not have this perspective when mixing colors. You are so generous in sharing your art. Thank so much!!!! ❤️
Very helpful, thanks.
Thank you!!! Very interesting video!
Thank you Louise
This is just what I needed to fill in a big gap in my understanding.
EXCELLENT video Louise! You make this so clear & easy to understand. You are the best!
Loved this video! It explains color mixing so well!
Great educational tutorial Louise. Thanks so much. I am enjoying the teaching sessions on your you tube channel and patreon for the painting tutorials!
A really great and informative video. Thank you so much.
Hi Louise, very helpful video. Thanks a lot🙏🌹🌹🌹🙏
I've never heard it explained like this. Thank you Louise.
Thank You very much, great lesson , as all on yout Chanel!!!
This video was so interesting! I love playing with color mixing. The choices seem to be limitless! Thank you for this great tutorial!
Hello! I just stumbled upon your channel and this was so very helpful. I have written down all the colors and will experiment. I can't wait to watch more of your videos. 🙂
Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I will definitely be paying more attention to warm and cool tones. Also love your colour wheel.
非常感謝 最好的教學 我迫不及待的去試著練習一下
Thank you so much for this useful information! This is a very first time I know more about warm and cold colors. Love you!
❤ Awesome thank you so much😊
Thank you so much! This is incredible and just the push I needed to get motivated again. Color choices always overwhelm me but with the advice in your video I think I can tackle this! ☺️
Louise this was very helpful. I would really like to see more videos like this. Even though I have both books you've recommended, your demonstrations clarify so much better what I've read. Thank you.
Super video! Thanks!
Thank you for this information! Super helpful. Going to go play with color mixing now!
wow! that was a great tutorial Louise thank you x I didn't know about cool and warm colours so will be taking your advice and mixing a colour chart to help me, Thank you xx
This helped me immensely. Thank you.
THANK YOU! I never really understood the need for warm and cool colours. I’ve learnt so much from this!
Thank you so very much! Very helpful.
Excellent! Thank you!
Louise, your videos are such a blessing! I rarely have time to paint and your videos have helped me learn by watching and saved me a lot of precious time and paper. Watercolors are so tricky and unforgiving, if it weren't for your guidance I would have seen mastering them as a struggle rather a pleasurable challenge. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and process ❤️
Very helpful. Thank you
Great video. I bought all these colours yesterday. Soon to get mixing. I love your studio.
great tutorial !
Brilliant demo and concept.
Wow. Such useful information.
Thanks 👍
Most welcome 😊. Thanks Carol.
Brilliant explanation!
Thank you for a very informative and interesting video.
Thank you so much, Louise! ¡Muchísimas gracias Louise!
Thank you so much for this informative and most helpful video.
Another WONDERFUL tutorial, thank you Louise from the bottom of my heart! You are a superbe teacher, I love your work, and every time I watch your videos I learn and grow. Merci mille fois
This is the best video about colour mixing. Thank you so much. I love your art and all your video lessons 🌺
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much master
Love getting a video on Friday. Perfect way to start planning a painting weekend. I guess it will be a color switching weekend for me now that I have all this information to digest. Thanks Louise for another great video
My pleasure. Thank you Suzanne.
Thank you, Louise. This was so helpful. I’m in the middle of painting an Eastern Spinebill and I’m trying to make the feathers look a little more interesting. 🥰🇦🇺
excellent !! I need to do a chart!!! thank you...
Very helpfull thx you so mutch!
you are such a wonderful teacher! Even if I know already about color temperature I think you cannot hear and try it enough.
Excellent info. I shared on Facebook and hopefully will save someone from hoarding paints ,like me. Hazel Soan has a book on the Limited Palette.
❤❤ thank you so much,I have been painting for 1 year without knowing even about colour wheel…thanks Louise for the detailed video for all the beginners 😊
Thank you so, so much. I have a basic understanding of this but still struggle to mix colors with any assurance of what I can get. I spend too much time fiddling. I do understand I need to spend more brush miles just mixing and learning my basics. Again thank you. Love this type of video!
Dear Louise,
I really appreciate your advice. I painted porcelain 30 years ago and am trying to learn Watercolor painting. So your advice is really appreciated. Bless you for your wise advice. Can't afford to purchase things I don't need.😂
Huge thank you for sharing your 7 choices for a beginners limited palette. I am just getting to go to a more limited color palette from the W&N 45 Studio Cotman Watercolors. Love 💕 your channel!