Your teaching this old dog new tricks. I'm quit fond of my charcoal and graphite, but I have recently discovered, dare I say it, the joy of painting. I have seen other technics of mixing colors, including the color wheel, but this tutorial is a more in-depth explanation. Thank you.
I’ve watched a ton of color mixing videos, but this one is by far the most informative and helpful for a beginner like me! Thank you so much for this❤️
This helped me immensely! I knew basic color theory but this video adds a whole new level to it. I will probably watch this many times. Every artist and painter needs to see this video and im sure they will learn from it. Thank you for putting this together and sharing on youtube.
most people do not know that all printed color pieces (magazines, books, etc) are comprised of black, yellow, magenta and cyan blue dots (take a loop to your magazine) so those are so pure that making most colors is easy but colors like cadmium red is already compromised by yellow if you're going to go in the other direction to make purple, so ideally a COOL and WARM of these 3 is optimum after these original cooler colors. LOVE it! Well done.
Thank you for telling us about Quinacridone Red! I purchased a Gamblin starter kit that only has Cadnium Red and I was so frustrated with the purple that it mixed that I purchased a tube of pastel purple paint haha. I am definitely going to have to buy Quinacridone Red next! Loved all this info ♥️
Oh this really makes me want to try oil painting. Plus the few colors you picked make purchasing paints so simple, so I wouldn't feel overwhelmed with options
Lena - have watched a good number of noted artist and art tutors on here offering the 'Basics of Colour Mixing', I am also an ex teacher, trainer and online presenter and with out doubt this 25 min TH-cam video is the best I have seen and following your lessons achieved what every student wants and I aimed for often (and often failed) that lovely "Arrrr I get it now". Will certainly subscribe and look out for more excellent tips. Thank you :-)
Looked for a mixing video specifically after mixing cadmium red and pthalo blue thinking I would get purple and was like.... ok I'm doing something very wrong here lol
I could not agree more with all of the positive comments that you've received.people who do art and are not formally trained always struggle in this area I believe, I know I have. Thank you so much for breaking it down and being so amazing!!
I kept taking screenshots of color mixing sheets but at the end you made me happy by posting them somewhere. This just shows how considerate you are about us. Thank-you so much this made me subscribe to your channel thankyou
Such an awesome video, thank you! It's so informative and I love how you gave so many examples. It's a massive help seeing how you mix your colours and what colours you used
I had been wanting to try oil painting for years but was always too intimated up until I found your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and organizing it so well! You are greatly appreciated xoxo
For beginning artists I would say definitely have colors that adhere to both RBY as well as CMY. So a Cadmium red and Ultramarine Blue for Red and Blue (I find RBY gives you the best oranges), and a Pthalo/Manganese Blue and Quinacridone Magenta for Cyan and Magenta (I find CMY gives the greatest purples). The Cadmium Lemon is great for both sides then all you need is a titanium white and Ivory Black. It's 7 paints in total but I feel it'll probably give you every color you'll ever need :)
After 2 years painting with acrylics and messing around with lots of pigments, I recently ordered a new palette in Oils, mostly Gamblin, but some MGraham as well. I also went with TWhite, Quin Red, Ult Blue, Cadm. Yellow Light, buttttt as a substitute for Burnt Umber (didnt wanna deal with the fast drying action), I went with Nickel Azo Yellow, which is a dark translucent yellow that mixes lovely burnt umbers combined with red and blue. I also added Phthalo Green Yellow Shade as a "power color" when that blue green is needed. And thats it, 6 colors, 2 opaque, 4 transparent, but with a hell of range and mixing qualities and all slow drying.
Thank you, Lena. This is the most helpful color study I have come across on the internet. I even have books that haven't been as helpful. Plus, you are so encouraging! Thank you for being so analytical and illustrative as you go. You are one great instructor. Thank you.
This video was absolutely fantastic. Easy to understand, helpful and thorough with the bonus of having very similar color preferences to yours. When I started pricing things I got concerned (Wow, Cobalt!”) so it’s great to know I can achieve everything I need to begin with such a small palette. And such a small amount thanks to the extended drying time. Thanks again!
I’m about to start the adventure of returning to art and painting again and this was so helpful. Super grateful you took the time to make this. Thank you thank you thank you 💙 I appreciate your videos and efforts so much!
Brilliant tutorial. There was a piece of fake woodgrain trim in my house that had been damaged. I was able to use the color palette advice to recreate the exact colors on the original woodgrain trim. There is a lot of brown and yellow and red in oak trim with a touch of gold. Nailed it!
I know about color theory and how to mix colors. But your demonstration is amazing. You broke down the basics in a really detailed but understandable way at the same time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Great lesson! One other use of complementary (opposite) colors I’ve found, is they can help set each other off and provide compelling visual interest in a painting. For instance, if I have a landscape that’s heavy in green, I like to add something red to set it off and create visual interest. A painting full of green fields might be helped with a red barn. A green forest might be set off nicely with some red wildflowers in the foreground.
Wow, just wow, nothing else to say, because I thought to watch a colour mixing tutorial for oil, and I saw this video and click it, Now I feel yes, I have selected the correct video, THANK YOU SO MUCH , this colour mixing helped me a lot , 👍♥️
This is by far the most helpful and cohesive explanation of colour mixing I've seen so far and I've been studying art for 10 years. Thank you for sharing this with us, it's appreciated immensely ♡♡
I got myself oil paints, brushes, and notebook for oil painting for Christmas. I am super glad I ran into this instruction and tips. I have not used oil paints before so this definitely gave me excellent tips and practices to begin 🥰💗 thank you!!!!
I use the color wheel in my head when im making a white for instance. Takes red blue and yellow to match a white bathtub for insrance. If my mix is too red, or blue, or yellow is when i go opposite of the color to knock it out. I always stay light for adding tints to be successful
Awesome style of teaching the colour concept.. Thank you so much.. I am a beginner and it was a very helpful video.. Thank you so so much... love from India🇮🇳❤️
Thank you so much for taking the time to produce this outstanding tutorial on colour mixing. Hope you continue with the great help you're giving to many.
I also am learning about the mixing of colors. As for now I am using Acrylic and I am learning as I go. Because they are not as bright when they dry I have also used some small flat bed canvas's they are like a heavy card board. So when it is dry I can look back on it to see if I need to make them brighter.
HEY LENA . Thank you thank you thank you so much!!!!!!!! I wanna try oil paints,but i did not know anything about oils, so i watched this .I also watched "The Basics of oil paints" It is very helpful.LOVE YOU SO MUCH
I've been wanting to get started with oils and cannot thank you enough for making this brilliant video! There is so much valuable information here! ☆☆☆☆☆
hey lena, you did a wonderful job in explaining how to mix natural colors. regarding your issue with color wheels try out using a CMY color wheel using cadmium lemon (or hansa yellow light) quinacridone red or quin,magenta and phthalo blue or cobalt teal, with these pigments you should have have a good representation of yellow, magenta and cyan. sure, an intense blue (which lays exactly in the middle between magenta and cyan) like ultramarine you cannot mix with those but you can simply add it to your palette . the same goes for cadmium red light, its just too super intense for a mixture of yellow and magenta. keep going, you are a wonderful human being and an extremely hard working artist, you inspire me and thousands of subscribers with your paintings and painting process. greetings from Vienna :)
Guess how many time I had listened the ultramarine history. Now even my cat knows that. Anyway this is one of the best video-lesson about paints and mixes.
Very helpful!! Thank you for putting this together for us!! You are so kind in sharing your knowledge with us!!! ❤️ I struggle with skin tones so much! I can’t understand how to get all those colors to match the reference but this definitely helps a lot.
Thanks a ton! This is really very helpful. Very generous of you to share these sample sheets with all. But I am going to try making these shades myself too! Thank u
“Don’t compare your early results to the results of an artist who has been at it for decades” I needed this!
Your teaching this old dog new tricks. I'm quit fond of my charcoal and graphite, but I have recently discovered, dare I say it, the joy of painting. I have seen other technics of mixing colors, including the color wheel, but this tutorial is a more in-depth explanation. Thank you.
It's very rare to find a video on TH-cam that is clear and concise. This is one of them. Keep up the good work!
I actually whimpered watching those close-up mixing shots. god so satisfying
LOL #same 😊
This was one of the most informational video I have ever watched
Such a generous sharing of knowledge. Thank you so much! 💖
viena-lara thanks for watching ❤️
This is a 24 minute video about mixing paint. In depth and amazing!
I’ve watched a ton of color mixing videos, but this one is by far the most informative and helpful for a beginner like me! Thank you so much for this❤️
Lindsey Maclane thanks so much!!
One shouldn't be this excited when clicking on a video. Thanks for your information and I love your videos!
This helped me immensely! I knew basic color theory but this video adds a whole new level to it. I will probably watch this many times. Every artist and painter needs to see this video and im sure they will learn from it. Thank you for putting this together and sharing on youtube.
most people do not know that all printed color pieces (magazines, books, etc) are comprised of black, yellow, magenta and cyan blue dots (take a loop to your magazine) so those are so pure that making most colors is easy but colors like cadmium red is already compromised by yellow if you're going to go in the other direction to make purple, so ideally a COOL and WARM of these 3 is optimum after these original cooler colors. LOVE it! Well done.
Thank you for telling us about Quinacridone Red! I purchased a Gamblin starter kit that only has Cadnium Red and I was so frustrated with the purple that it mixed that I purchased a tube of pastel purple paint haha. I am definitely going to have to buy Quinacridone Red next! Loved all this info ♥️
Oh this really makes me want to try oil painting. Plus the few colors you picked make purchasing paints so simple, so I wouldn't feel overwhelmed with options
Or the co$t!!!
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Great practical advice from someone who really knows how to paint! This is awesome!
Lachri Fine Art thank you Lisa 💕 that means a lot coming from such an amazing artist!
Lena - have watched a good number of noted artist and art tutors on here offering the 'Basics of Colour Mixing', I am also an ex teacher, trainer and online presenter and with out doubt this 25 min TH-cam video is the best I have seen and following your lessons achieved what every student wants and I aimed for often (and often failed) that lovely "Arrrr I get it now". Will certainly subscribe and look out for more excellent tips. Thank you :-)
Oil paints have always been tricky for me - thanks so much for this video, I will come back to it again once I'm brave enough to give oils another go!
“disastrous excuse for purple. No thank you.” 😂😂
Looked for a mixing video specifically after mixing cadmium red and pthalo blue thinking I would get purple and was like.... ok I'm doing something very wrong here lol
@@Romancandle5929 I believed my colours are bad when i mixed Windsor red and phthalo blue
I could not agree more with all of the positive comments that you've received.people who do art and are not formally trained always struggle in this area I believe, I know I have. Thank you so much for breaking it down and being so amazing!!
Lena you are working very hard , to make us understand colours and mixing .
I kept taking screenshots of color mixing sheets but at the end you made me happy by posting them somewhere. This just shows how considerate you are about us. Thank-you so much this made me subscribe to your channel thankyou
Such an awesome video, thank you! It's so informative and I love how you gave so many examples. It's a massive help seeing how you mix your colours and what colours you used
I had been wanting to try oil painting for years but was always too intimated up until I found your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and organizing it so well! You are greatly appreciated xoxo
For beginning artists I would say definitely have colors that adhere to both RBY as well as CMY. So a Cadmium red and Ultramarine Blue for Red and Blue (I find RBY gives you the best oranges), and a Pthalo/Manganese Blue and Quinacridone Magenta for Cyan and Magenta (I find CMY gives the greatest purples). The Cadmium Lemon is great for both sides then all you need is a titanium white and Ivory Black. It's 7 paints in total but I feel it'll probably give you every color you'll ever need :)
The best color guide hands down on TH-cam!
After 2 years painting with acrylics and messing around with lots of pigments, I recently ordered a new palette in Oils, mostly Gamblin, but some MGraham as well. I also went with TWhite, Quin Red, Ult Blue, Cadm. Yellow Light, buttttt as a substitute for Burnt Umber (didnt wanna deal with the fast drying action), I went with Nickel Azo Yellow, which is a dark translucent yellow that mixes lovely burnt umbers combined with red and blue. I also added Phthalo Green Yellow Shade as a "power color" when that blue green is needed. And thats it, 6 colors, 2 opaque, 4 transparent, but with a hell of range and mixing qualities and all slow drying.
Thank you, Lena. This is the most helpful color study I have come across on the internet. I even have books that haven't been as helpful. Plus, you are so encouraging! Thank you for being so analytical and illustrative as you go. You are one great instructor. Thank you.
This video was absolutely fantastic. Easy to understand, helpful and thorough with the bonus of having very similar color preferences to yours. When I started pricing things I got concerned (Wow, Cobalt!”) so it’s great to know I can achieve everything I need to begin with such a small palette. And such a small amount thanks to the extended drying time. Thanks again!
thank you for your feedback, I'm so happy to hear this was helpful for you!❤️
Wow. You made me understand color mixing so much better than any other video I've ever seen.
Fantastic and self explanatory example of colour mixing for beginners.
I’m about to start the adventure of returning to art and painting again and this was so helpful. Super grateful you took the time to make this. Thank you thank you thank you 💙 I appreciate your videos and efforts so much!
Brilliant tutorial. There was a piece of fake woodgrain trim in my house that had been damaged. I was able to use the color palette advice to recreate the exact colors on the original woodgrain trim. There is a lot of brown and yellow and red in oak trim with a touch of gold. Nailed it!
Longest art video I've had the patience to watch and it was 100% helpful, thank you so much!!
Aw I’m so glad it was helpful!! ❤️
Thank you! This was super helpful! more informative than most art teachers honestly...
I know about color theory and how to mix colors.
But your demonstration is amazing.
You broke down the basics in a really detailed but understandable way at the same time.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Amazing post, thank you. I’m new at oil painting, so its very useful.
thank you for watching :]
This made my life so much easier .. thank you 💕
so happy to hear that!
The new tutorials are very helpful I'm so excited for this one too❤️❤️❤️
sam saeed yay!
And I am very happy that I found this video timely . You are sharing the best colour mixing
Great lesson! One other use of complementary (opposite) colors I’ve found, is they can help set each other off and provide compelling visual interest in a painting. For instance, if I have a landscape that’s heavy in green, I like to add something red to set it off and create visual interest. A painting full of green fields might be helped with a red barn. A green forest might be set off nicely with some red wildflowers in the foreground.
Wow, just wow, nothing else to say, because I thought to watch a colour mixing tutorial for oil, and I saw this video and click it, Now I feel yes, I have selected the correct video, THANK YOU SO MUCH , this colour mixing helped me a lot , 👍♥️
Aw I'm so glad you found this helpful! Thanks for watching❤️
I really needed information on mixing colors. Thank you 😊
This was amazing. Thank you so so much for taking the time to do this!
Wow that was amazing...first time in my life m understanding mixing the paints perfectly... thank you so much
This is by far the most helpful and cohesive explanation of colour mixing I've seen so far and I've been studying art for 10 years. Thank you for sharing this with us, it's appreciated immensely ♡♡
Rae Pooley that’s so encouraging to hear, thank you!!
@@LenaDanya no, thank you! I'm sure this will help a lot of people ^-^ ♡
I got myself oil paints, brushes, and notebook for oil painting for Christmas. I am super glad I ran into this instruction and tips. I have not used oil paints before so this definitely gave me excellent tips and practices to begin 🥰💗 thank you!!!!
I only had a few colors and now i can make so many different beautiful shades
You're the best 😭 you managed to simplify this entire process sooo beautifully 😍
That video is so helpful for all of the oil painters out there... Thank-you so much!
Thank you . Been waiting for this video . All the best .
Thanks! for sharing your experience/knowledge as artist! Cheers from Buenos Aires, Argentina
I'm using acrilic, but this info it's gold.
Thank you so much, I always struggle with more specific colour mixing. This helps a lot!! xx
This video was so informative and very intuitive for me as a beginner in oil painting. Thank you so much Lena.
You are such a great communicator and artist. So glad I found your tutorials!!! Thank you so much.
I use the color wheel in my head when im making a white for instance. Takes red blue and yellow to match a white bathtub for insrance. If my mix is too red, or blue, or yellow is when i go opposite of the color to knock it out. I always stay light for adding tints to be successful
I salute your efforts for the video . So satisfying and understandable .....
So good information, thanks for sharing this 🎨👌🙂💖
RelaxingUniverse thanks for watching 😊
I LOVE watching your tutorials and am learning so much. I painted an apple using your tutorial and it turned out great! Thank you so much!!
A MASTER class!!
tysm! this was so helpful, ive had this oil set for month as a gift and had no idea what to do with it so now I'm gonna put it to use
I loved this video. All of your videos are so inspiring for me.
Please do more vids like this , the way you explain every step while mixing color helps me understand a lot
Awesome style of teaching the colour concept.. Thank you so much.. I am a beginner and it was a very helpful video.. Thank you so so much... love from India🇮🇳❤️
Best. Tutorial. Ever!!!!! So clear and concise and it really makes me want to paint now. Hobby Lobby owes you. Hahaha!!! Thank you!!
WOW!!! Makes it so simple, good pace.. Thank you I learned so much.
Thank you so much for taking the time to produce this outstanding tutorial on colour mixing. Hope you continue with the great help you're giving to many.
This was just AMAZING!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Thanks so much Lena!!! 🙏🏼
Teacher Your course is easy to understand and easy to learn. I will learn a lot by watching my teacher's video.
I really wnjoy this drawing good job
Spectacular demonstration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so gonna use this. Thank you so so so much!!!!!
Most excellent! Thank you!!!!!! Will be doing these exercises!
I also am learning about the mixing of colors. As for now I am using Acrylic and I am learning as I go. Because they are not as bright when they dry I have also used some small flat bed canvas's they are like a heavy card board. So when it is dry I can look back on it to see if I need to make them brighter.
Thank you Lena, so helpful. I learn something new every time I watch your videos
Thank you for such an informational video!!! I’ll refer back to this when I am struggling with mixing colors!!
HEY LENA . Thank you thank you thank you so much!!!!!!!! I wanna try oil paints,but i did not know anything about oils, so i watched this .I also watched "The Basics of oil paints" It is very helpful.LOVE YOU SO MUCH
Thank you for taking the time to do this , this is a great video and much knowledge here.
Thanks very much, very clear ,complete,well presented the best I have found
Picked up painting recently to transfer the knowledge into my area of expertise. This was a really good video.
I've been wanting to get started with oils and cannot thank you enough for making this brilliant video! There is so much valuable information here! ☆☆☆☆☆
I just love this video.I keep coming back even though I already know all of this
Binge watching all your videos, your content is awesome
This is going to save me so much time and paint. Thank you so much!
Great video! I always use a similar limited palette when I paint portraits.
Michelle Lynn Fine Art thank you 😊
I've seen a lot of videos on split primary palettes, but this is the first primary pallette I feel suits me.
I just bought oil paint from you. Excellent!
Thank you so much, Lena!! This helped me alot, Lots of love from the Philippines! ♥️
great video! so comprenhensible
thanks, i was needing a video that broke down the colors for me. :)
hey lena, you did a wonderful job in explaining how to mix natural colors. regarding your issue with color wheels try out using a CMY color wheel using cadmium lemon (or hansa yellow light) quinacridone red or quin,magenta and phthalo blue or cobalt teal, with these pigments you should have have a good representation of yellow, magenta and cyan. sure, an intense blue (which lays exactly in the middle between magenta and cyan) like ultramarine you cannot mix with those but you can simply add it to your palette . the same goes for cadmium red light, its just too super intense for a mixture of yellow and magenta.
keep going, you are a wonderful human being and an extremely hard working artist, you inspire me and thousands of subscribers with your paintings and painting process.
greetings from Vienna :)
Guess how many time I had listened the ultramarine history. Now even my cat knows that. Anyway this is one of the best video-lesson about paints and mixes.
Best video ever for colour mixing
I love you so much!!!❤️ this is going to be so helpful!
I hope it is!! :]
Such a great video! Thank you! ♡
Very helpful!! Thank you for putting this together for us!! You are so kind in sharing your knowledge with us!!! ❤️ I struggle with skin tones so much! I can’t understand how to get all those colors to match the reference but this definitely helps a lot.
Been binge watching on quarantine. Maaaan, it feels like being enrolled in a virtual art school. Thank you so much 😍
This is very helpful, I’m a professional painter, but sometimes I don’t want to have to store or dig out all the paints.
Thank you.
your explaining style is amazing...thank u for a detailed video...
Wow,awesome video.Thank you.I am going to try this w making charts.Your paintings are really Beautiful.
Thanks a ton! This is really very helpful. Very generous of you to share these sample sheets with all. But I am going to try making these shades myself too! Thank u