This is unrelated to the video but my husband just surprised me with one of your original paintings and I can't get over how beautiful it is in person! It's seriously jaw dropping!
So, have you ever had the experience when someone explained something to you, and the epiphany that follows makes you LOL because of its simplicity! That was me, just a few minutes ago! THANK YOU!!
Also I noticed as he mixed his paint he kept moving to the side of his pile of paint. Make sure to mix all the paint in your pile and not spread the paint out across your palette because you are losing your paint as you move over 😉. Honestly it just takes practice, the more you mix the more you will know what to add 😊. Great video 🥰
Thanks Lisa! - I agree, learning a whole lot about colour theory is not the best way to start out. However, investing in a simple card colour wheel is! When mixing it is good to know where colours lie on it which makes it a whole lot easier to pick the few colours to start out with. In the example your viewer started out with phthalo blue green shade, I am guessing, when he needed a blue that was leaning towards red like ultramarine. Plus, making swatches of your colours and using them to help you plan your mix before you even squeeze any paint on your palette helps an awful lot, I find. I know, it's old school but I have been mixing paint from before we had the internet 😅😅😅 and I am the kind of person who likes to work analogue when I paint and craft. I do love the tip to use the colour picker for those who have their electric devices nearby when painting! 🥰😘
i think that to get a specific colour mixture you want is really up to your knowledge of the paints that you are using and if you understand how the pigments work together. you'll never get pure violet if youre using phthalo blue and cadmium red and you have to know that. when you know your colors well, you can then apply that knowledge when thinking about the colour you want to mix. adding a specific colour should have a reason behind it. its more about the thought process than the actual mixing
This is the best video I have seen, other people explain how to lighten it but not darken it or darken it but not lighten it, you definitely explained everything, thank you so much this helped so much
Thank you Lisa! It was really helpful how you explained your thought process and it made so much sense to me. I found it especially helpful that you demonstrated several mixing scenarios.
I spent years working with a limited palette, it’s a great way to start learning colors. Great video and tips, it never occurred to me to mix the darker color into the lighter from the palette rather than sticking the brush directly in. It’s the little things like this that make all the difference!
I’ve had mine for 10 years and it looks exactly the same as when I bought it (unlike many other covers!) The elastic closure hasn’t loosened at all and the plastic internal dividers are in perfect nick. The “uneven writing surface” is just not a concern for me; the ability to use a vertical pad easily outweighs that. I am currently using it to accommodate 2 sketchbooks , but usually have 3 notebooks, from Hobonichi and Stalology 365 to various Clairefontaine or Kokuyo . The quality of their brand pads is superb, and I use their paper in A5 ring binders for work. The pen loop is fine for the chunkiest of fountain pens, it just needs some use. Thoroughly recommend.
Great tip! This just makes so much sense… to limit the colors and amount of paint to create a good “approximation.” I was definitely overdoing (and over thinking) things a bit! So much flexibility in the process. Appreciate the clarification! 😃
Just investing some time to learn the 12 color wheel, the complementaries, value and intensity, mixing with white, with yellow, with blue and with black, will give you tons of insight on color mixing. After that, finding and mixing the right colors becomes easier.
Also if you have a reference photo on your phone, go to edit it and select the drawing tool and the eyedropper to click on the colours in your reference photo to see what colours they are. Sometimes a colour will look completely different next to another colour. It's great for checking those areas you THINK are white because more often than not it is not white lol 😆.
The use of the eyedropper is brilliant, I wonder if there’s a color line that shows the equivalents in paint. I know my ultramarine but pigments of yellows and reds are trickier for me
This was so helpful, and I’m so grateful for this video! I mostly work with watercolour but want to move to acrylic, colour mixing has been really difficult for me though… I couldn’t understand how to ‘see’ it. There was something about how you’ve demonstrated things here that really made it click for me, whereas i’d just been wasting so much paint on previous attempts! Haha. Thanks again.
My epiphany with color mixing occurred many years ago when I found a book on color mixing that actually explained color bias in paints. Once you know the color bias of each of your tubes of paint, you will be able to mix cleaner colors. Ex. Ultra marine blue (red blue) & Cad. red light (orange red) will give you a very muddy purple because of the orange & blue in the 2 colors are complementary and mixing complements creates muddy colors.
Oh my goodness, so helpful! I typically avoid the computer at all costs but I love how helpful photo editing software appears to be for the arts! Do you have any additional recommendations for someone who is supposedly "colorblind"? (I don't think I am I think I just don't understand color theory but my friends and husband swear I am colorblind.)
Is there a resource somewhere that lists acrylic paints according to their warmth and value? In your example I wouldn't have known whether pthalo blue or ultramarine blue is more purpley, unless I had a ton of practice already with those two specific colors. I'd pick the wrong one and end up adding in a bunch more different colors to try to tweak it and get it right, just as Nick originally did. I have now written down that ultramarine blue and quinacridone red are the brightest blue and red. Hoping there is a comprehensive resource out there someone can point me to for more info like this! Great video, simplifying the colors you start with makes total sense!
Well you can just see it. There is a continuum from purple to green with blue right in the middle. Most blue won’t be a pure blue. They will be more towards red, making them somewhat purplish (ultramarine, cobalt) or more towards yellow, making them greenish (pthalo blue green shade, manganese) Ultramarine isn’t the brightest , it’s just the blue you would use to mix bright purples, since it doesn’t have yellow in it which would dull the color If you wanted a bright green, you wouldn’t use ultramarine.
I can only do secondary and tertiairy colours in acrylic. Lavender looks like a really pale violet so I would just do a violet or purple and then mix it with a lot of white in it until I get what I want. The only colours that I can't get are the phtalos and cobalts blue and green. I can't do skin tones and the brown is kinda weird as I have to create the red first as I have magenta as it is one of the primary colours and then creating my green. I do mix my colours with my palette knife and if I want a small quantity of a certain colour, I'll go with my brush and mix it. I can't afford to pay for a billion colours so I'll stick with black, white, cyan, yellow and magenta to do most colours.
Phthalo blue is one of the three primary colors when it comes to pigments. Look up John Muir Laws' videos. In his Nature Journal Connection Episode 13 and Watercolor Workshop, he demonstrates how Phthalo Blue is actually one of the primaries.
@@journalersketcher Is it the same for acrylic paint? Watercolour isn't the same medium and isn't as opaque as acrylic. I do paint in acrylic more often than watercolour.
@@oiseaufeu Yes, we're talking pigments here. I've tested it with colored pencils and watercolor pencils, and while I haven't gotten a true red (red that neither warm nor cool) yet, I've confirmed how he says that red isn't a primary color. But, I think it's more value to you to just play around with colors. Get out a cyan (Phthalo Blue), a lemon yellow (Hansa Yellow Light), and a magenta and do little color mixing tests - see what you get by mixing cyan with a little magenta, lemon yellow with magenta, and cyan with lemon yellow. While ultramarine is a warmer blue, I've never gotten a clear purple by mixing any reds with it.
@@journalersketcher I'll test that. I have magenta, cyan and primary yellow. I almost finished my white paint in a pouring (have to get another tube). Though, I don't have lemon yellow paint.
Husband , what color is this dress? Answer who cares it’s ugly, Me : which dress color do you like? Husband: the gray one. I look at both dresses one blue and one pink. I forgot husband is color blind. I haven’t asked him about colors since then, 20 years ago.
This is unrelated to the video but my husband just surprised me with one of your original paintings and I can't get over how beautiful it is in person! It's seriously jaw dropping!
I'm sooo glad you like it! ❤️
So, have you ever had the experience when someone explained something to you, and the epiphany that follows makes you LOL because of its simplicity! That was me, just a few minutes ago! THANK YOU!!
LOL!! Glad I could help!
Also I noticed as he mixed his paint he kept moving to the side of his pile of paint. Make sure to mix all the paint in your pile and not spread the paint out across your palette because you are losing your paint as you move over 😉. Honestly it just takes practice, the more you mix the more you will know what to add 😊.
Great video 🥰
@Lachri Fine Art I call it Quinannadrone Red 🤣
Thanks Lisa! - I agree, learning a whole lot about colour theory is not the best way to start out. However, investing in a simple card colour wheel is! When mixing it is good to know where colours lie on it which makes it a whole lot easier to pick the few colours to start out with. In the example your viewer started out with phthalo blue green shade, I am guessing, when he needed a blue that was leaning towards red like ultramarine.
Plus, making swatches of your colours and using them to help you plan your mix before you even squeeze any paint on your palette helps an awful lot, I find.
I know, it's old school but I have been mixing paint from before we had the internet 😅😅😅 and I am the kind of person who likes to work analogue when I paint and craft. I do love the tip to use the colour picker for those who have their electric devices nearby when painting!
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i think that to get a specific colour mixture you want is really up to your knowledge of the paints that you are using and if you understand how the pigments work together. you'll never get pure violet if youre using phthalo blue and cadmium red and you have to know that. when you know your colors well, you can then apply that knowledge when thinking about the colour you want to mix. adding a specific colour should have a reason behind it. its more about the thought process than the actual mixing
This is the best video I have seen, other people explain how to lighten it but not darken it or darken it but not lighten it, you definitely explained everything, thank you so much this helped so much
Thank you Lisa! It was really helpful how you explained your thought process and it made so much sense to me. I found it especially helpful that you demonstrated several mixing scenarios.
I spent years working with a limited palette, it’s a great way to start learning colors. Great video and tips, it never occurred to me to mix the darker color into the lighter from the palette rather than sticking the brush directly in. It’s the little things like this that make all the difference!
Love how you say Quinacridone.
Love Quinacridone colours for their high tinting strength and glazing properties
Quidonkadonk is an amazing color! :P
Perhaps the perfect answer to the question that causes such a conundrum 👍🤘❤
I’ve had mine for 10 years and it looks exactly the same as when I bought it (unlike many other covers!) The elastic closure hasn’t loosened at all and the plastic internal dividers are in perfect nick. The “uneven writing surface” is just not a concern for me; the ability to use a vertical pad easily outweighs that. I am currently using it to accommodate 2 sketchbooks , but usually have 3 notebooks, from Hobonichi and Stalology 365 to various Clairefontaine or Kokuyo . The quality of their brand pads is superb, and I use their paper in A5 ring binders for work. The pen loop is fine for the chunkiest of fountain pens, it just needs some use. Thoroughly recommend.
Hey! I know that face!! So cool to see him on your channel! Great video as always!
Great tip! This just makes so much sense… to limit the colors and amount of paint to create a good “approximation.” I was definitely overdoing (and over thinking) things a bit! So much flexibility in the process. Appreciate the clarification! 😃
You’re a great teacher
So innovative! you always manage to surprise me! It's always nice the moment I see the notification with your new video! See you next time!
I bought one of the magic palette mixing guide from amazon. When doing wildlife it never seems to have the right color, it helps to give you idea.
Thank you for this tips lachrii
Making color charts was a game changer for me!!
Oh Nick. I have the same issue. thanks for this video
Just investing some time to learn the 12 color wheel, the complementaries, value and intensity, mixing with white, with yellow, with blue and with black, will give you tons of insight on color mixing. After that, finding and mixing the right colors becomes easier.
So using the color match tool on the phone/computer is something that I've never even thought of and am gonna have to try that
Also if you have a reference photo on your phone, go to edit it and select the drawing tool and the eyedropper to click on the colours in your reference photo to see what colours they are. Sometimes a colour will look completely different next to another colour. It's great for checking those areas you THINK are white because more often than not it is not white lol 😆.
@@tinacolbourneart1091 thank you for the tip! I will definitely be trying this out, color matching is the thing I struggle with the most for sure
The use of the eyedropper is brilliant, I wonder if there’s a color line that shows the equivalents in paint. I know my ultramarine but pigments of yellows and reds are trickier for me
This was so helpful, and I’m so grateful for this video! I mostly work with watercolour but want to move to acrylic, colour mixing has been really difficult for me though… I couldn’t understand how to ‘see’ it. There was something about how you’ve demonstrated things here that really made it click for me, whereas i’d just been wasting so much paint on previous attempts! Haha. Thanks again.
I'm so glad to hear this helped!! :D
This video was very helpful😊👍 Thank you😊
Love the husband commentary at the end😅 He is also right..
Thank you, this video was really helpful!
I'm glad I could help!
My epiphany with color mixing occurred many years ago when I found a book on color mixing that actually explained color bias in paints. Once you know the color bias of each of your tubes of paint, you will be able to mix cleaner colors. Ex. Ultra marine blue (red blue) & Cad. red light (orange red) will give you a very muddy purple because of the orange & blue in the 2 colors are complementary and mixing complements creates muddy colors.
Oh my goodness, so helpful! I typically avoid the computer at all costs but I love how helpful photo editing software appears to be for the arts! Do you have any additional recommendations for someone who is supposedly "colorblind"? (I don't think I am I think I just don't understand color theory but my friends and husband swear I am colorblind.)
Get the game Blendoku if you want to train your subtle color sense.
Is there a resource somewhere that lists acrylic paints according to their warmth and value? In your example I wouldn't have known whether pthalo blue or ultramarine blue is more purpley, unless I had a ton of practice already with those two specific colors. I'd pick the wrong one and end up adding in a bunch more different colors to try to tweak it and get it right, just as Nick originally did.
I have now written down that ultramarine blue and quinacridone red are the brightest blue and red. Hoping there is a comprehensive resource out there someone can point me to for more info like this!
Great video, simplifying the colors you start with makes total sense!
Nita Leland & Stephen Quigley both have great color books.
Well you can just see it. There is a continuum from purple to green with blue right in the middle. Most blue won’t be a pure blue. They will be more towards red, making them somewhat purplish (ultramarine, cobalt) or more towards yellow, making them greenish (pthalo blue green shade, manganese)
Ultramarine isn’t the brightest , it’s just the blue you would use to mix bright purples, since it doesn’t have yellow in it which would dull the color
If you wanted a bright green, you wouldn’t use ultramarine.
I can only do secondary and tertiairy colours in acrylic. Lavender looks like a really pale violet so I would just do a violet or purple and then mix it with a lot of white in it until I get what I want. The only colours that I can't get are the phtalos and cobalts blue and green. I can't do skin tones and the brown is kinda weird as I have to create the red first as I have magenta as it is one of the primary colours and then creating my green. I do mix my colours with my palette knife and if I want a small quantity of a certain colour, I'll go with my brush and mix it. I can't afford to pay for a billion colours so I'll stick with black, white, cyan, yellow and magenta to do most colours.
Phthalo blue is one of the three primary colors when it comes to pigments. Look up John Muir Laws' videos. In his Nature Journal Connection Episode 13 and Watercolor Workshop, he demonstrates how Phthalo Blue is actually one of the primaries.
@@journalersketcher Is it the same for acrylic paint? Watercolour isn't the same medium and isn't as opaque as acrylic. I do paint in acrylic more often than watercolour.
@@oiseaufeu Yes, we're talking pigments here. I've tested it with colored pencils and watercolor pencils, and while I haven't gotten a true red (red that neither warm nor cool) yet, I've confirmed how he says that red isn't a primary color. But, I think it's more value to you to just play around with colors. Get out a cyan (Phthalo Blue), a lemon yellow (Hansa Yellow Light), and a magenta and do little color mixing tests - see what you get by mixing cyan with a little magenta, lemon yellow with magenta, and cyan with lemon yellow. While ultramarine is a warmer blue, I've never gotten a clear purple by mixing any reds with it.
@@journalersketcher I'll test that. I have magenta, cyan and primary yellow. I almost finished my white paint in a pouring (have to get another tube). Though, I don't have lemon yellow paint.
@@oiseaufeu Primary yellow would work well. You just don't want to use a warm or warm-leaning yellow for this.
Husband , what color is this dress? Answer who cares it’s ugly,
Me : which dress color do you like? Husband: the gray one. I look at both dresses one blue and one pink. I forgot husband is color blind. I haven’t asked him about colors since then, 20 years ago.
LOL
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Answer: Study and interpret the color wheel. memorize it and it becomes more automatic Don't rely on your computer to do the work.
I do rely on a colour wheel when I do colours. I always have on next to me or near me when I paint.
I need to know how to get a wax looking color ?
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