I have attended so many classes on color theory and this is the first time that I have clearly understood how to add depth. You are an amazing teacher. I am a beginner and this has helped me immensely. Thank you for being awesome,
Artists would say this is the most important lesson to know. Like with a rose. The light and depth of the colors fool the eyes, makes the art appear real. Realistic type art need these hues.
Thank you so so much. I started watching you to get some tips on soft pastels. Note I can’t stop watching. I have learned so much. Thank you thank you thank you
Wow , if all art teachers are like you, everyone would know how to paint. You are awesome! You packed the basic concept into one simple video. Amazing!
Your teaching is amazing!!! I actually took art classes and teacher taught nothing! "Take a book & paint." That was the teaching! I was looking for a way to make my flat art look dimensional and I found you. Thank you so very much for explaining everything and now I am going to put your teaching into practice. Your head and shoulders above a lot of teachers so God bless you and keep smiling because you're making me smile.❤
Belle, I am smiling big time because of this comment! I can’t tell you how much it blesses me to know that my efforts and creating videos are helping artists like yourself. I will admit, these videos are a lot of work, and what I do on my channel is truly a labor of love. So your feedback is like beautiful, perfume or anointment of healing to my soul. God bless you sweetheart and I pray you keep learning all you need for your artistic endeavors.
YAY!! Thank you! @yeshonestly4268 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love inspiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment!
Your awesome . I'm addicted to painting and it's only been 2 weeks . I feel so much calmer in my everyday life,less anxiety. Painting is a great form of meditation. The way you explained it all was like a eureka moment.
GREAT video! The best discussion of creating depth in an art piece. I first learned about this about 40 years ago in a Watercolor magazine article. You’d think that in the intervening decades there would be more good info about creating depth. But to this day in many of the art forums, people show their “flat” art and ask the question: “What’s wrong with my painting?” It could be many things, but most of the time with landscape work it’s simply that they have not followed the rules of creating depth. This is great work. I’ll be posting a link to this video to help folks out. Best, Dan.
Thank you so much, Dan! I am so grateful for that positive comment, and I love being able to share simple techniques that can make such a huge difference in someone’s painting. Bless you and thanks again for such a wonderful comment.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you skipping the jargon and getting right to the point. Finally I am starting to understand. The captions below also really helped. I was really pulling my hair out before I found your video.
You are an awesome instructor. I am glad I found you channel. This video took away many of my unknowns and frustration. Thank you. Much gratitude for a happy day, today.
Dof depth of field came to mind watching this. So the camera analogy was good, but with say a wide angle lens for landscape, having a smaller aperture increases the depth of field. Another term I believe is aerial perspective.
Thank you so much!! This is very confusing, but you simplified it so much that I feel I do have a better understanding!! Thank you for beginner lessons and details.
awwww...... bless you. You can't know how much comments like yours bless me. Often I'm exhausted after making these videos and your words are like a breath of fresh air.
This is the best example I’ve seen on how to create depth! I have a painting I don’t like that I painted for a friend. She loves it but I refuse to give it to her because I don’t love it. Somethings wrong! Well this it! My colors are the same and the sizes of the flowers in my painting are the same. I really hope I can fix it somehow or just do it over for her. Thanks for sharing your talents with us. You are an amazing teacher.
I appreciate that so much!! I hope to see it, if you do!! Come on over and share in the fun on my Patreon page!!!! www.patreon.com/susanjenkins Here, you can receive more content and share your work with likeminded people!! Happy painting, sweetheart!!
You are the best teacher EVER! Thanks so much for this brilliant tutorial. It's helping me enormously to understand the way scenic wallpapers and backdrops are composed.
Thank you for sharing this❤ you are an amazing teacher. As an artist, I always wonder why mountains in distance look blue, you clarified that today. Thank you
I have recently become a lover of painting. Now I want know what I'm doing. You are so beneficial to this craft and me... thank you for keeping my creative spark urging for more. Subscribed, liked and engaged.❤️❤️❤️❤️
I've never tried painting with acrylic before but I think I'm gonna try. I'm going for that LeRoy Neiman style. I don't know how he did it but his stuff is so good.
I have watched soooo many videos and formal lessons on color theory and this is by far the best and easiest to comprehend. Everything makes sense as you explained it. Before I saw it more as rules of painting but this makes sense. I never ever write comments on TH-cam videos but I had to do so here. Great lesson. Thank you
Love this video, thank you! I'm a self taught pyrography and charcoal artist but have wanted to try soft pastels. This explains and shows how the colours work together.
Wow so helpful! you have such a clear way of teaching, and I like that you explain the WHYS of the “rules”, it helps me understand much better. I can easily get thrown off if I didn’t understand why things happen, so it’s much appreciated. 😂
I wish you had been my art teacher at school .I might now be able to paint a picture! However,with your clear,inspirational lessons, I think I might be able to do that as I now understand what to do.Thank you so much.X
Im an artists and art teacher, in Uk, but find your videos really helpful to consolidate my own ideas and remind me of things we share as artists. Thanks and happy art making xx
This is such a helpful tutorial! I've been trying to understand how to do landscapes with depth for a long time, all I want is to do a bit of background for horses and animals that I paint and I can't seem to do it right 😅 I've watched loads of tutorials and this is the most helpful one by far!
This was the first tutorial of your’s that I have followed . Your instructions were excellent! Easy to follow and you are fun to listen to. I have subscribed to your channel . Looking forward to more of your pastel tutorials, I typically paint with watercolours or acrylics . Cannot wait to try the alcohol washes that you demonstrated in a follow up video.
Sostenes Marquez Thank you so much! I find that artist often forget to break things down in a simplified manner. I also think this would be good for the age groups you mentioned.
it is amazing because it makes sense... somethings non artists, old people like me (^%), never painted, this is logical. Its an education of importance. It helps me with make me see what i am doing, adding reason and improves my ability. (even if I have none!), but my work gets more satisfying. I am learning all the time, and, as I make incremental improvements, it's when I come across a serious education like yours, I am humbled by your ability. There is so much to learn, you make that, that much more possible, easier. Thank you.
What a helpful comment Kiran. It always blesses me to know that my teaching makes sense and I love presenting things in a logical easy format. Yay! Bless you for your awesome feedback!
you;re videos are amazing. i'm learning so much, I've got a broken shoulder that is preventing me from painting and always wanted to learn about pastels and you are ecplaining things so easily that i;m understanding everything. thank you.
So glad my lessons are helping you Elizabeth. Coincidentally, I have a shoulder injury myself right now. It’s my right shoulder, unfortunately I am primarily left-handed. Hope you get better soon sweetheart.
This video was so helpful -- I finally learned through your diagram the difference between Color Intensity & Temperature. Great lesson, thank you for your time, all your knowledge, & consideration.
Thank you Susan as a long term teacher and lecturer albeit not in art but who after retiring took up Oils and WC painting plus a lot study or techniques as well, makes a very nice change to find on here a TH-camr who know how to teach. As others have said on here very simple, clear and understandable instruction on one of the most basic skills that (also on here) so many artists are not able to put over.
Wow! It is definitely the best lesson i ever had in 15 years about color! Thank you so much!💗💗💗
Wonderful! Your comment made my night!! Thank you so much!❤️☺️❤️
I have attended so many classes on color theory and this is the first time that I have clearly understood how to add depth. You are an amazing teacher. I am a beginner and this has helped me immensely. Thank you for being awesome,
Artists would say this is the most important lesson to know. Like with a rose. The light and depth of the colors fool the eyes, makes the art appear real. Realistic type art need these hues.
I second this comment! Amazing and many thanks! 🌺
I'm on the same boat, beginner artist with watercolor and creating depth is a big challenge for me. This video helped a lot!
I agree fabulous teacher , I’ve got my pastels out after years and am really enthusiastic again
I agree with this comment. This is what I also wanted to say! You’re a great teacher :)
You're an amazing teacher and artists
You explained it so simply, i think i and a child could understand it.. 😊
Thank you so so much. I started watching you to get some tips on soft pastels. Note I can’t stop watching. I have learned so much. Thank you thank you thank you
You are so welcome! So glad you are learning! Have fun!
As an architect and painter this is the best video on depth so far. Wow thanks!!
Thank you so much, @sonumbification! Your comment blessed me.
You explain so easy. Thank u ! Helps me a lot.
Glad to hear that!
Best lesson ever. First time in 32 years. You broke my curse :) god bless
Wow, thank you! That is such a great compliment!
Wow , if all art teachers are like you, everyone would know how to paint. You are awesome! You packed the basic concept into one simple video. Amazing!
Awwww!!! Thanks so much! That comment really blessed me Kimberly.
Your teaching is amazing!!! I actually took art classes and teacher taught nothing! "Take a book & paint." That was the teaching! I was looking for a way to make my flat art look dimensional and I found you. Thank you so very much for explaining everything and now I am going to put your teaching into practice. Your head and shoulders above a lot of teachers so God bless you and keep smiling because you're making me smile.❤
Belle, I am smiling big time because of this comment! I can’t tell you how much it blesses me to know that my efforts and creating videos are helping artists like yourself. I will admit, these videos are a lot of work, and what I do on my channel is truly a labor of love. So your feedback is like beautiful, perfume or anointment of healing to my soul. God bless you sweetheart and I pray you keep learning all you need for your artistic endeavors.
Your paintings are stunningly beautiful and your lessons are amazing, easy to understand and great learning for us. Thank you. 👍👍👍
YAY!! Thank you! @yeshonestly4268 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love inspiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment!
Your awesome . I'm addicted to painting and it's only been 2 weeks . I feel so much calmer in my everyday life,less anxiety. Painting is a great form of meditation. The way you explained it all was like a eureka moment.
That makes me so happy! Thank you so much!
Muchas Gracias maestra, very helpful hints!! Good bless you.
GREAT video! The best discussion of creating depth in an art piece.
I first learned about this about 40 years ago in a Watercolor magazine article. You’d think that in the intervening decades there would be more good info about creating depth. But to this day in many of the art forums, people show their “flat” art and ask the question: “What’s wrong with my painting?”
It could be many things, but most of the time with landscape work it’s simply that they have not followed the rules of creating depth.
This is great work. I’ll be posting a link to this video to help folks out.
Best,
Dan.
Thank you so much, Dan! I am so grateful for that positive comment, and I love being able to share simple techniques that can make such a huge difference in someone’s painting. Bless you and thanks again for such a wonderful comment.
You are the best teacher ever!❤❤❤❤
Awwwww!!!! I’m smiling big-time!
Really wonderful, Susan, thanks so much!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you skipping the jargon and getting right to the point. Finally I am starting to understand. The captions below also really helped. I was really pulling my hair out before I found your video.
Thank you so much, @bardgoldn! Your comment blessed me.
Thank you for such logical illustrations of these concepts. It helped me a lot.
THANK YOU, SO MUCH EASY TO UNDERSTAND INSTRUCTION ON THE BASICS!!
Great tutorial! I finally understand how to add depth in different ways. Thanks kindly for sharing. 💕🙏🌷
Thank you so much, Angela Campo! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!
You are an awesome instructor. I am glad I found you channel. This video took away many of my unknowns and frustration. Thank you. Much gratitude for a happy day, today.
Wonderful! That makes me so happy. I’m glad you found my channel!
Easy to follow and such helpful ideas. She is a talented artist and teacher. I have found this to be a rare combination.
Excellent, easy to understand instruction!!! Thank you!!!
Glad it was helpful!
This is exactly what I need! I’ve been struggling with depth/perspective and your explanation is incredibly helpful. Thank you Susan!
That’s what I love to hear, Sue!
❤ Thank you 🙏 this is very useful especially to have all the examples in one straight forward video thank you 😃
Dof depth of field came to mind watching this. So the camera analogy was good, but with say a wide angle lens for landscape, having a smaller aperture increases the depth of field. Another term I believe is aerial perspective.
Thank you so much!! This is very confusing, but you simplified it so much that I feel I do have a better understanding!! Thank you for beginner lessons and details.
You are so welcome, Marianne! I can remember how much I struggled as a beginner, so I love hearing my lessons are helpful! Happy Painting!
Love, love, love your lessons. Even for someone advanced... great reminders! Thank you. ❤
awwww...... bless you. You can't know how much comments like yours bless me. Often I'm exhausted after making these videos and your words are like a breath of fresh air.
This is the best example I’ve seen on how to create depth! I have a painting I don’t like that I painted for a friend. She loves it but I refuse to give it to her because I don’t love it. Somethings wrong! Well this it! My colors are the same and the sizes of the flowers in my painting are the same. I really hope I can fix it somehow or just do it over for her. Thanks for sharing your talents with us. You are an amazing teacher.
I appreciate that so much!! I hope to see it, if you do!! Come on over and share in the fun on my Patreon page!!!! www.patreon.com/susanjenkins
Here, you can receive more content and share your work with likeminded people!! Happy painting, sweetheart!!
I just watched this video randomly, it's just been 5 mins I'm hooked! So much information was given in this video 😀 thank you so much!
You are fantastic at teaching.I feel like I can do this😁😁😁😁
Thanks so much. 8 am a beginner indeed. 😊👍
You are the best teacher EVER! Thanks so much for this brilliant tutorial. It's helping me enormously to understand the way scenic wallpapers and backdrops are composed.
Thank you for sharing this❤ you are an amazing teacher. As an artist, I always wonder why mountains in distance look blue, you clarified that today. Thank you
Thank you! Cheers!
Really understood this the way you taught it was brilliant . Thank you!
I have taken art classes and none of the instructors explained Depth as well as you have. Thank you so much for making this video ! Fantastic lesson.
Glad it was helpful! Your comment blessed me!
Awesome information. As a newbie to pastels, I thank you!!!
So well explained! I’m going to try to incorporate these elements in my painting.
I have recently become a lover of painting. Now I want know what I'm doing. You are so beneficial to this craft and me... thank you for keeping my creative spark urging for more. Subscribed, liked and engaged.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Enjoyed this lesson as a good reminder . Thank you.
Great presentation!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I learned a lot.
Fantastic lesson. Great teaching. Susan you are a wonderful blessing to aspiring artists 🎨 🙏
It is the best lesson about air perspective I ever seen! Thank you!
Beautifully explained these basic lessons.
excellent and easy to understand.
This was immensely helpful and valuable no matter what medium you use. Thanks!
I've never tried painting with acrylic before but I think I'm gonna try. I'm going for that LeRoy Neiman style. I don't know how he did it but his stuff is so good.
Such PRACTICAL ADVICE - a huge thank you x
I have watched soooo many videos and formal lessons on color theory and this is by far the best and easiest to comprehend. Everything makes sense as you explained it. Before I saw it more as rules of painting but this makes sense. I never ever write comments on TH-cam videos but I had to do so here. Great lesson. Thank you
Thank you so much, TheMuchi305! Your comment blessed me. I'm smiling!!
Love this video, thank you! I'm a self taught pyrography and charcoal artist but have wanted to try soft pastels. This explains and shows how the colours work together.
You are amazing. I was struggling with detail description of color ,chroma,value....etc. You made it easy like abc
Wonderful! That’s what I love to hear!
Wow so helpful! you have such a clear way of teaching, and I like that you explain the WHYS of the “rules”, it helps me understand much better. I can easily get thrown off if I didn’t understand why things happen, so it’s much appreciated. 😂
Wonderful! It must have been all that homeschooling with my son. I love teaching :)
I wish you had been my art teacher at school .I might now be able to paint a picture!
However,with your clear,inspirational lessons, I think I might be able to do that as I now understand what to do.Thank you so much.X
Your comment truly blessed me, gwen ! Happy Painting!
Excellant tutorial for a beginner like me. Thank you and have a wonderful 2022
You are FANTASTIC!!! I just forwarded my mom your video.
Wow, thank you! And I 'm so happy you sent to your mom!! Tell her I said HI!!!
I feel I have found the right teacher for me, thank's mommy
Im an artists and art teacher, in Uk, but find your videos really helpful to consolidate my own ideas and remind me of things we share as artists. Thanks and happy art making xx
Super useful tutorial, thanks Susan
Omg I loved how you described temperature!! Thanks !
Nice overview and explanation. Those colour wheels are a great reference tool :-)
Thank you so much for putting up this video
You are an amazing teacher!
Excellent video, really good explanations, Thank you
Thank you so much, @sheiladavies5331! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!
Wow, excellent video demonstration. Thank you.🇨🇦
Thank you Anne! I appreciate that comment.
Great explanations. Thank you
This is awesome! Great explanation, just what I needed. Thank you so much!!!!❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much!! It was really helpful. You are very good teacher!
Wonderfully and very well explained many thank .
I love your tutorials. You explain everything so easily. Thank you
This is such a helpful tutorial! I've been trying to understand how to do landscapes with depth for a long time, all I want is to do a bit of background for horses and animals that I paint and I can't seem to do it right 😅 I've watched loads of tutorials and this is the most helpful one by far!
Awesome @amandacarroll31, I appreciate that so much! So happy it helped!
Beautiful. Thank you.🌷🌷🌷
Ah, thank you so much, I need the help. Great video. 😊
This was the first tutorial of your’s that I have followed . Your instructions were excellent! Easy to follow and you are fun to listen to.
I have subscribed to your channel . Looking forward to more of your pastel tutorials, I typically paint with watercolours or acrylics . Cannot wait to try the alcohol washes that you demonstrated in a follow up video.
What a good teacher thank you!!!❤
Awesome @denisechateauneuf3601, I appreciate that so much!
Great Video! Well explained and illustrated. Excellent for middle- high schoolers.
Sostenes Marquez Thank you so much! I find that artist often forget to break things down in a simplified manner. I also think this would be good for the age groups you mentioned.
So helpful explanation! Many many thanks 😊 🙏
Very helpful. Good teacher. Thanks!!!!
Awesome @user-pb8lu9ru7k, I appreciate that so much! Thank you
after i learnt what neutralizing means in another video, this video has taught me a lot for my painting way.i
Wow, so helpful. Thank you for sharing
Thanks so much. You are an inspiration!
I felt like I just paid 100 bucks and got a professional class! Full of great info. Thanks so much 💖
it is amazing because it makes sense... somethings non artists, old people like me (^%), never painted, this is logical. Its an education of importance. It helps me with make me see what i am doing, adding reason and improves my ability. (even if I have none!), but my work gets more satisfying. I am learning all the time, and, as I make incremental improvements, it's when I come across a serious education like yours, I am humbled by your ability. There is so much to learn, you make that, that much more possible, easier. Thank you.
What a helpful comment Kiran. It always blesses me to know that my teaching makes sense and I love presenting things in a logical easy format. Yay! Bless you for your awesome feedback!
You are a REALLY good teacher. thank you
You're very welcome! Thanks!!!😊
you;re videos are amazing. i'm learning so much, I've got a broken shoulder that is preventing me from painting and always wanted to learn about pastels and you are ecplaining things so easily that i;m understanding everything. thank you.
So glad my lessons are helping you Elizabeth. Coincidentally, I have a shoulder injury myself right now. It’s my right shoulder, unfortunately I am primarily left-handed. Hope you get better soon sweetheart.
Lovely lesson was great and easy to understand
Wonderful and clear lesson!!
Thank you! 😃 That makes me happy!
Thank you
Love your teaching ❤️
This video was so helpful -- I finally learned through your diagram the difference between Color Intensity & Temperature. Great lesson, thank you for your time, all your knowledge, & consideration.
Patti Howe Awesome! I love getting feedback like yours. It helps me to know what is beneficial for my subscribers. So glad you learned a lot!
So many thanks to you for this🙏🏽
Wow, great video. Thanks!
Susan, you are really good! I'm amazed, after watching sooo many other tutors!
Wonderfully explained! Thank you Susan!!
Thank you for the valuable information😁 I also drove my mother crazy with questions😂 Iam definitely a "Why" person 👍
This is easily one of the most helpful guides I can find on the internet. Thank you so much!
This is an easy great video!! Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing!!
Thank you Susan as a long term teacher and lecturer albeit not in art but who after retiring took up Oils and WC painting plus a lot study or techniques as well, makes a very nice change to find on here a TH-camr who know how to teach. As others have said on here very simple, clear and understandable instruction on one of the most basic skills that (also on here) so many artists are not able to put over.
Your are so a great teacher. Wonderful video.
Thank you so much for providing the 5 steps.