Love your style, Margot. Who ever heard a beginner say, more graphs, please. More incomprehensible art major theory, please. Warm and cool colors? Still trying to wrap my head around that.... so please, more of this kind of tutorial. Some of us will never be professional artists, we just want to learn how to paint a pretty picture.
Wow!!! EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! I am a video producer and am now learning color theory to help my videos stand out. Your explanation was most helpful. Thank You!!
Margot, you are INCREDIBLE! I've been trying to learn to quilt for over a year now and have struggled with decision making around fabric selection because of my inability to understand color theory. I even bought a color wheel, but still couldn't fully make sense of instructions its instructions. In less than 12 minutes, you have explained it like NO ONE else I has! (and I have watched A LOT of this kinds of videos). Now it finally makes complete sense to me. Not only are you such a talented artist, you have a unique gift for teaching. Your straightforward simplification of this tremendously complicated subject, which is fundamental to any creative endeavour, comes so naturally to you. I am just grateful you thought to share it here. Needless to say, I subscribed immediately. Thank you so very much!
I was literally about to sign up with Udemy to learn Fashion Illustration. I’ve learned so much in the last few days binge watching all your videos. I love the way you teach and break down theories for people that are not familiar with colors and painting. It makes it less intimidating to learn and more exciting. ❤
I liked the auditioning of main charactor/supporting cast analogy. I recently purchased a color wheel, with the intent of making better color choices. I love the humor you inject while we're learning.
I also bought some color wheels but too impatient to actually use them. This does not come easy for me. Your explanation of warm & cool colors is more my level (I never knew this).
This is such a help to me! I do usually wing it and can get frustrated when a piece is just not coming together. Love this and saving it for future reference! I also love that you combined this practice with an actual painting, which is stunning by the way! That was so helpful to see what you were talking about in action.
I have only just discovered your channel and this is the first of your videos I have seen. I learned so much in this short time and found the video, entertaining, witty, informative and definitely riveting, which is why I have subscribed, and will probably binge watch several of your videos now. Thanks for simplifying this colour theory minefield and making it clearly understandable and enjoyable to learn.
Took a six week watercolor course at a local art league and I leaned more in this 11 and a half minute video than I did in all those weeks combined! Thanks!!
When you said that 'we' learned about warm and cool colors in elementary school, I thought wow, I really did miss a lot going to a parochial school. Art was a 'mimeographed' sheet of a Thanksgiving cornucopia to color in with Crayola crayons. That was the extent of my art education. (Obviously, I am ancient.) I thought you did a really good job with this video. Cheers!
I have to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart I'm transitioning from graphite and charcoal to color, and it has been a nightmare for me to understand color theory and the reasons why it's so important. You have shown me the light when it comes to structuring color in my drawings while taking my anxiety levels back to the ground❤
I went to art school AND this is the first time I've seen someone talk on how to practically use color theory. I want more! I got my star color (blue) and the costar (orange). Now,what?
I had the same question. How do you determine the “supporting players”? It appeared from your palette that you selected hues that were analogous to the “stars”, with maybe some variations in shade and tint? I’d love a bit more information on this!
I have a painting I really want to paint but it would deal with a lot of color theory applications I don’t understand, haven’t even gotten to the actual learning in your video and I can’t tell you break it down so well
I love color theory in general, and this was absolutely delightful. I just wish it were longer.! Any chance of someday seeing an extended version/a whole series? Sometimes I have to put down the Josef Albers and Stephen Quiller and enjoy some delightfully witty and informative video content, you know? Obviously I appreciate that you’re putting this out for free, and do not feel entitled to any specific content or anything else, just letting you know how enjoyable this was, and that if you are so inclined, similar, things would be greatly appreciated.
Useful, informative, and well presented. Enjoying your videos very much. Looking forward to catching up. Your voice is like the tinkling of a mountain stream: somehow exciting and relaxing at the same time. Thanks!
wow what a nice explanation. I just found you on you tube. I always worked with color based on feeling, but sometimes that didn't work. Now I'm going to work on it differently because of your video, thank you so much 🙏
Thank you, for putting this video together. Super helpful and fun to watch. This is the first of your videos I have watched, definitely will watch more.
OMG you dont have idea of the tons of videos I've been watching for understand color theory and actually this one cleared a lot of the same questions I had, thanks for teaching this way with good examples!.
You are amazing you have a unique gift as well as your beautiful art.. I've read and watched loads but your the first person that explains things in a sensible way that works in my head and that transfers to paper. thank you for doing that..
Just discovered your channel. I am a professional musician and I so appreciate your weaving in the various other arts which complements your visual examples. It is very evident that you put a lot of effort into your video presentation as well. When I am not performing and teaching, I hope to take up paintbrush more frequently. Brava!
Thank you so much! I’m a ballet dancer too so music (especially classical music) is really important to me. Glad it came through. Thanks for watching! ❤️
@@Pointebrush Your work is beautiful, delicate and bold. I miss the beauty of the arts which demanded every ounce of effort, care and skill. Dostevsky said that beauty would save the world. You are certainly doing your part.
I appreciate, love, and understand your sense of humor 😄😄😄 This is an important video and very essential. I try to plan my colors, but I definitely need this lesson. Thank you. 🩷🖌xx
I'm guilty of winging it in my paintings. Hahaha! And I do appreciate the analogy used here. I'll try incorporating the tidbits here on my watercolor process. ❤❤❤
You are really and very truly funny!!! I just want to sit in a corner and listen to you through your day! Creepy? Perhaps. A worthy risk. To topic, thank you for this video!!! It makes me feel excited to go try for myself!
This was a great video! Would you mind sharing how you mix with a limited palette using gouache? Somehow, I find it much easier with watercolors vs the thicker gouache paints!
Where it gets really confusing is when cool reds and warm blues enter the conversation. I think cool red has some blue, and warm blue has some red, but to discern this when selecting colors is difficult.
It is difficult at first to understand the concept of a warm and cool version of all the primaries. But once you see it in action by mixing up your own secondaries, it all becomes much clearer! It helps if you make your own Split Primary Color Wheel. You see how the colors work together to create the best oranges, violets, and greens.
Thank you so much. I am learning colour theory only recently as I can’t remember learning very much at school. I am in Australia so by the time you reach past 12 or 13 we choose subjects to learn….so I chose science and math etc. I really enjoy your posts and have some Daniel Smith paints on order. Someone already said “ blah blah blah “ from the beginning of your video but is exactly what I hear. Until you explained it in your way, with my colour wheel in front of me.. thank you ❤
Wonderful job! Here's a little question that keeps bugging me: It seems that the color wheel depends on whether I am using RGB or CMYK. In one , the complementary of yellow is blue, in the other it is purple. So, if I have chosen yellow as my dominant color, and want to use complementary color scheme, should my secondary color be blue or purple? Or does it depend on whether it is art on paper versus art on screen?
Excellent and very complicated question. I should do a video but for the sake of getting you a quick answer. Screens vs print color theory is a different topic altogether because they deal with additive vs subtractive color. For the sake of color mixing RGB is considered the “classical” primaries and CMY is considered a modern primary. The same complementary rules apply for both so it’s just a matter of how you mix them. To get to the complementary of yellow you would mix magenta + cyan (in a modern palette) or red and blue (in a classical palette). Hope that didn’t confuse you more 🫠
I confess I’m one of the few nerds who is fascinated by color theory. Reflecting spectra are what got me started. (Why is everything orange and purple under street lights.)
Beautifully explained. However, I did almost go down a rabbit hole looking up Rachmaninoff and "Oh my!" I get it. Back to this video....lol!....so happy that I was somehow led to your channel. Can't wait to see more.
I have very simple approach and this approach works great. I just collect paintings that are great on colors. I go through them and try to understand which colors work great together. Most importantly if the combination works here it very likely to work for me too. I just use the most appropriate combo for what i wish to paint. No need to learn any theory etc. Someone got it right, it works for me too.
Thanks Dianna! The Book is Walt Disney the Archive series. I flipped through it and showcased it in a recent video about my favorite books if you want to take a peek inside.
Hi Margot, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I love your videos. This time however I want to point something out.: The first square, a red colour in blue square (example at 6:06) is a contrast of a warm with a cool colour, so this example is confusing, because green is the complementairy colour of red. In this first square a warm red is used. The middle square is magenta, a cool red with green. Yellow with violet are missing. This example would be less confusing if only the primary and secondary colours are used for explaining complentary colours.
Oh, my goodness you did it! I finally understand color theory! It always sounded like blah blah blah, no joke. Thank you! Thank you so much. You have a new subscriber. 😊👍If you do not mind, could you please teach shadow and light source? Truely believe you could explain it in away myself and others would understand.
The thing I find hardest is… what colour even is that? Like when I’m looking at a tree trunk, and it’s not the stereotypical brown. It’s some sort of grey… maybe… I don’t know. How do you know what the colour is if it’s not a really obvious primary/secondary/tertiary colour?
Hi, so this is a very late reply and I'm not a professional artist but maybe this can still help you a bit. When you deal with colors that are difficult to identify I'd say try to simplify what you see, which means focus on values (i.e. lights and darks) and shapes. So if you have a tree trunk, for example, the first thing to do is get the overall shape down, e.g. during your sketch with a pencil. Next, you identify where the light comes from, and block in roughly where the shadow falls. After that, you can fill in the midtones etc. It is important to understand that values are much more important than colors, both when it comes to realism and how the painting looks. When you have correct, clearly identifiable values, your painting will be almost guaranteed to look good. However, if you want accurate colors (which sometimes actually hurts your painting because it can reduce clarity or just look boring) and you find them hard to identify, I'd suggest looking at the surroundings of the object you want to draw. In a forest, you'd typically have a green tint to most everything you see because of the leafage through which the sun light is filtered, so e.g. go for a yellow-greenish grey (make the shadows more saturated and darker and you should already have a fine trunk). If there is no sunlight, the lighting would be cooler, so use a blue-ish grey. Scenery tends to have a fairly cohesive color palette because the light slightly tints every color you see (at least in the areas it actually hits, shadows are often more blue because they reflect the blue of the sky rather than the standard yellow of the sun; in a forest, though, the shadows would probably be more green) so you can expect that all the colors you see (again, possibly seperated in lights and darks) would be members of about the same hue (i.e. color like red, blue, yellow etc.). Hope this helped, and good drawing :)
Love your style, Margot. Who ever heard a beginner say, more graphs, please. More incomprehensible art major theory, please. Warm and cool colors? Still trying to wrap my head around that.... so please, more of this kind of tutorial. Some of us will never be professional artists, we just want to learn how to paint a pretty picture.
Love the analogy of lead and supporting color actors, and switching them to avoid mud!
Wow!!! EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! I am a video producer and am now learning color theory to help my videos stand out. Your explanation was most helpful. Thank You!!
This is the first color theory video that I actually get! Thank you for this!!
I'm so happy to hear that!! Thank you for stopping by!
Margot, you are INCREDIBLE! I've been trying to learn to quilt for over a year now and have struggled with decision making around fabric selection because of my inability to understand color theory. I even bought a color wheel, but still couldn't fully make sense of instructions its instructions. In less than 12 minutes, you have explained it like NO ONE else I has! (and I have watched A LOT of this kinds of videos). Now it finally makes complete sense to me. Not only are you such a talented artist, you have a unique gift for teaching. Your straightforward simplification of this tremendously complicated subject, which is fundamental to any creative endeavour, comes so naturally to you. I am just grateful you thought to share it here. Needless to say, I subscribed immediately. Thank you so very much!
I was literally about to sign up with Udemy to learn Fashion Illustration. I’ve learned so much in the last few days binge watching all your videos. I love the way you teach and break down theories for people that are not familiar with colors and painting. It makes it less intimidating to learn and more exciting. ❤
I liked the auditioning of main charactor/supporting cast analogy. I recently purchased a color wheel, with the intent of making better color choices. I love the humor you inject while we're learning.
I also bought some color wheels but too impatient to actually use them. This does not come easy for me. Your explanation of warm & cool colors is more my level (I never knew this).
Me too! @@lizbogovich3822
This is such a help to me! I do usually wing it and can get frustrated when a piece is just not coming together. Love this and saving it for future reference! I also love that you combined this practice with an actual painting, which is stunning by the way! That was so helpful to see what you were talking about in action.
I am teaching color theory like this for 5 years already.
I will have to watch this a few more times and take notes. I forget to plan my colors .
I am just a beginner and this color wheel theory is so overwhelming. Thanks for making it simpler to understand. Would love more of such videos.❤
No one has every described warm and cold with depth perspective before. Thank you!
Finally! An explanation that goes beyond the primaries and secondaries! Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
I have only just discovered your channel and this is the first of your videos I have seen. I learned so much in this short time and found the video, entertaining, witty, informative and definitely riveting, which is why I have subscribed, and will probably binge watch several of your videos now. Thanks for simplifying this colour theory minefield and making it clearly understandable and enjoyable to learn.
Welcome aboard!
Took a six week watercolor course at a local art league and I leaned more in this 11 and a half minute video than I did in all those weeks combined! Thanks!!
I can talk about and listen to color theory for hours!
Haha! Me too!!
When you said that 'we' learned about warm and cool colors in elementary school, I thought wow, I really did miss a lot going to a parochial school. Art was a 'mimeographed' sheet of a Thanksgiving cornucopia to color in with Crayola crayons. That was the extent of my art education. (Obviously, I am ancient.) I thought you did a really good job with this video. Cheers!
I have to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart
I'm transitioning from graphite and charcoal to color, and it has been a nightmare for me to understand color theory and the reasons why it's so important.
You have shown me the light when it comes to structuring color in my drawings while taking my anxiety levels back to the ground❤
The best advices about color theory I have ever seen. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I am finally starting to understand color theory thanks to your video. Not an artist but love to play with paint and inks.
I went to art school AND this is the first time I've seen someone talk on how to practically use color theory. I want more!
I got my star color (blue) and the costar (orange). Now,what?
I had the same question. How do you determine the “supporting players”? It appeared from your palette that you selected hues that were analogous to the “stars”, with maybe some variations in shade and tint? I’d love a bit more information on this!
I have a painting I really want to paint but it would deal with a lot of color theory applications I don’t understand, haven’t even gotten to the actual learning in your video and I can’t tell you break it down so well
I love color theory in general, and this was absolutely delightful. I just wish it were longer.! Any chance of someday seeing an extended version/a whole series? Sometimes I have to put down the Josef Albers and Stephen Quiller and enjoy some delightfully witty and informative video content, you know? Obviously I appreciate that you’re putting this out for free, and do not feel entitled to any specific content or anything else, just letting you know how enjoyable this was, and that if you are so inclined, similar, things would be greatly appreciated.
Oh, Margot! This helps so much. Thank you ❤
Useful, informative, and well presented. Enjoying your videos very much. Looking forward to catching up. Your voice is like the tinkling of a mountain stream:
somehow exciting and relaxing at the same time. Thanks!
wow what a nice explanation. I just found you on you tube. I always worked with color based on feeling, but sometimes that didn't work. Now I'm going to work on it differently because of your video, thank you so much 🙏
You’re an amazing art teacher, you have a great personality and you’re beautiful, can’t take my eyes of you❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Aww you’re too sweet. Thank you so much!
Thank you, for putting this video together. Super helpful and fun to watch. This is the first of your videos I have watched, definitely will watch more.
OMG you dont have idea of the tons of videos I've been watching for understand color theory and actually this one cleared a lot of the same questions I had, thanks for teaching this way with good examples!.
a mammoth videos on the topic and this is the only one that clears my doubts , thank you
You are amazing you have a unique gift as well as your beautiful art.. I've read and watched loads but your the first person that explains things in a sensible way that works in my head and that transfers to paper. thank you for doing that..
Fantastic ways to think of colors working together! Thank you.
Just discovered your channel. I am a professional musician and I so appreciate your weaving in the various other arts which complements your visual examples. It is very evident that you put a lot of effort into your video presentation as well. When I am not performing and teaching, I hope to take up paintbrush more frequently. Brava!
Thank you so much! I’m a ballet dancer too so music (especially classical music) is really important to me. Glad it came through. Thanks for watching! ❤️
@@Pointebrush I was a professional opera singer and your work reminds me of all the arts that combine for Grand Opera. Grazie, merci. 🌹🌹
@@ChrisS-ps4lg such a compliment. I love opera too. sighhhhh gonna go out on some Cecilia Bartoli now. Thank you for the reminder 💕
@@Pointebrush Your work is beautiful, delicate and bold. I miss the beauty of the arts which demanded every ounce of effort, care and skill. Dostevsky said that beauty would save the world. You are certainly doing your part.
I appreciate, love, and understand your sense of humor
😄😄😄
This is an important video and very essential. I try to plan my colors, but I definitely need this lesson. Thank you. 🩷🖌xx
Thank you Penny! I hope it can be useful!
and ps. I don't know if my sense of humor can be understood beyond that I'm just a weirdo 🤣🤣
I'm guilty of winging it in my paintings. Hahaha! And I do appreciate the analogy used here. I'll try incorporating the tidbits here on my watercolor process. ❤❤❤
LOVE YOUR PRO NESS! THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO! GREAT SOUND EFFECTS !!
I Love your videos and the sincerity of your beautiful advice. Thanks
You are so very welcome!
I actually love color theory but I'm also super ND and it merges the two sides of my brain in a lovely sparkly way LOL
The most memorable opening ever...!! (Had to replay it several times.)
Love your art and teaching style, a fabulous tutorial 💕
Thank you so much 😊
You are really and very truly funny!!! I just want to sit in a corner and listen to you through your day! Creepy? Perhaps. A worthy risk.
To topic, thank you for this video!!! It makes me feel excited to go try for myself!
Aww thank you! We're all a little creepy. It's the ones who don't admit it that worry me 🤣
This was a great video! Would you mind sharing how you mix with a limited palette using gouache? Somehow, I find it much easier with watercolors vs the thicker gouache paints!
Blue and orange is my favourite colour combo :)
Lesigh…. Me too 😍🥰
I know I may not be the first to say that, but you look like a sister of the actress Bebe Neuwirth...
I appreciate your help with this. However, I bought Sarah Reneas color cubes. They are wonderful. 😊
Thanks for the tips. This is definitely going to help me 😊
So glad! Thanks for watching!
Lol ‘blah blah blah blah blah’ is pretty much how color theory seems to me! You’re so engaging and entertaining! ❤
It can get so boring so I can commiserate on that one. Hope this helped!
Very refreshing video. I usually find colour theory dry and boring. Great presentation ❤
I am going to binge on your channel today! Thank you!
Aww so glad that you’re enjoying my videos 🥰
I love them all @@Pointebrush May I ask what is the title of the book at 3:35 mark? Beautiful book I'd love to see more of it :-)
Where it gets really confusing is when cool reds and warm blues enter the conversation. I think cool red has some blue, and warm blue has some red, but to discern this when selecting colors is difficult.
Agreed! This is a topic I want to tackle in another video.
It is difficult at first to understand the concept of a warm and cool version of all the primaries. But once you see it in action by mixing up your own secondaries, it all becomes much clearer! It helps if you make your own Split Primary Color Wheel. You see how the colors work together to create the best oranges, violets, and greens.
Yes! This is my biggest stumbling block when selecting colors. Would love to hear Margo's teaching about warm Cool colors and cool Warm colors
Brilliant! Thank you. I predict big things for your channel!
Great video! I love your delivery and humor. It was very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much. I am learning colour theory only recently as I can’t remember learning very much at school. I am in Australia so by the time you reach past 12 or 13 we choose subjects to learn….so I chose science and math etc. I really enjoy your posts and have some Daniel Smith paints on order. Someone already said “ blah blah blah “ from the beginning of your video but is exactly what I hear. Until you explained it in your way, with my colour wheel in front of me.. thank you ❤
Thank you as always! Very helpful lesson❤
Thank you this is so helpful ! ❤
Wonderful job! Here's a little question that keeps bugging me: It seems that the color wheel depends on whether I am using RGB or CMYK. In one , the complementary of yellow is blue, in the other it is purple. So, if I have chosen yellow as my dominant color, and want to use complementary color scheme, should my secondary color be blue or purple? Or does it depend on whether it is art on paper versus art on screen?
Excellent and very complicated question. I should do a video but for the sake of getting you a quick answer. Screens vs print color theory is a different topic altogether because they deal with additive vs subtractive color.
For the sake of color mixing RGB is considered the “classical” primaries and CMY is considered a modern primary. The same complementary rules apply for both so it’s just a matter of how you mix them. To get to the complementary of yellow you would mix magenta + cyan (in a modern palette) or red and blue (in a classical palette). Hope that didn’t confuse you more 🫠
@@Pointebrush thank you so much!
I've watched so many color theory videos and this has definitely been the most helpful. Thanks Margot ☺️
I confess I’m one of the few nerds who is fascinated by color theory. Reflecting spectra are what got me started. (Why is everything orange and purple under street lights.)
Thank you, I learned several things from this video. ❤
Very helpful advice. Your art is gorgeous and magic. Love your style.
This was great. Thank you! Very helpful.
Would love to know more about the handmade paint, please...
Oh you stay tuned… next week I’ll be talking all about it 😉
I just love you Margot, you make me happy. I could hear you talk all day long . Just wanted to say that lol
I love how you explained this! Your mermaid picture is so lovely.
Beautifully explained. However, I did almost go down a rabbit hole looking up Rachmaninoff and "Oh my!" I get it. Back to this video....lol!....so happy that I was somehow led to your channel. Can't wait to see more.
Thank you for this informative tutorial..
You are my new favorite youtuber!! This content is so helpful and your delivery is absolutely top notch
This is a video worth watching a few times. New subscriber and I love your art
This is more helpful than most. Any video on color theory, I’ve ever watched, thanks!
Love your tutorials. Would you kindly tell me the name and author of the design book you used for the under the sea? Thank you.
I have very simple approach and this approach works great.
I just collect paintings that are great on colors. I go through them and try to understand which colors work great together. Most importantly if the combination works here it very likely to work for me too.
I just use the most appropriate combo for what i wish to paint.
No need to learn any theory etc. Someone got it right, it works for me too.
GOD I love your theater painting in this video!!!!!😍
Excellent video and explanation. I’m wondering what book you used for the little mermaid reference.
Thanks Dianna! The Book is Walt Disney the Archive series. I flipped through it and showcased it in a recent video about my favorite books if you want to take a peek inside.
Omg, thank you for this video. I hope you don’t mind I want to show this to my advance high art class.
It would be an honor! Thank you and thanks for watching!
Fabulo😮us! What I have been searching to find!
The best video🎥 you can get on 21st century
This is brilliant! Thank you!!!
Great explanation 😊
What a great video. Thanks for these tips
You're welcome!!
Great explanation! Very helpful! Loved the humor too😊
Hi Margot,
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I love your videos.
This time however I want to point something out.:
The first square, a red colour in blue square (example at 6:06) is a contrast of a warm with a cool colour, so this example is confusing, because green is the complementairy colour of red.
In this first square a warm red is used. The middle square is magenta, a cool red with green.
Yellow with violet are missing.
This example would be less confusing if only the primary and secondary colours are used for explaining complentary colours.
This is a fabulous video!
I love that palette shown at 3:04. What brand is that from?
Really helpful. Thanks Margot
New to your channel. Saw you on Pinterest. I’m glad to be here to leaaaarn. 😊
I love color theory and your video was fun and soooo informative ❣️
Thank you for this!!!
So many great tips! Love your videos
Thank you for the tips!!
Happy to help!
Interesting video & content! Love it! 😍💞
Oh, my goodness you did it! I finally understand color theory! It always sounded like blah blah blah, no joke. Thank you! Thank you so much. You have a new subscriber. 😊👍If you do not mind, could you please teach shadow and light source? Truely believe you could explain it in away myself and others would understand.
My god thank you I absolutely needed this video!
I’m so glad it was helpful!
Amazing video!!!
The thing I find hardest is… what colour even is that? Like when I’m looking at a tree trunk, and it’s not the stereotypical brown. It’s some sort of grey… maybe… I don’t know. How do you know what the colour is if it’s not a really obvious primary/secondary/tertiary colour?
Hi, so this is a very late reply and I'm not a professional artist but maybe this can still help you a bit. When you deal with colors that are difficult to identify I'd say try to simplify what you see, which means focus on values (i.e. lights and darks) and shapes. So if you have a tree trunk, for example, the first thing to do is get the overall shape down, e.g. during your sketch with a pencil. Next, you identify where the light comes from, and block in roughly where the shadow falls. After that, you can fill in the midtones etc. It is important to understand that values are much more important than colors, both when it comes to realism and how the painting looks. When you have correct, clearly identifiable values, your painting will be almost guaranteed to look good. However, if you want accurate colors (which sometimes actually hurts your painting because it can reduce clarity or just look boring) and you find them hard to identify, I'd suggest looking at the surroundings of the object you want to draw. In a forest, you'd typically have a green tint to most everything you see because of the leafage through which the sun light is filtered, so e.g. go for a yellow-greenish grey (make the shadows more saturated and darker and you should already have a fine trunk). If there is no sunlight, the lighting would be cooler, so use a blue-ish grey. Scenery tends to have a fairly cohesive color palette because the light slightly tints every color you see (at least in the areas it actually hits, shadows are often more blue because they reflect the blue of the sky rather than the standard yellow of the sun; in a forest, though, the shadows would probably be more green) so you can expect that all the colors you see (again, possibly seperated in lights and darks) would be members of about the same hue (i.e. color like red, blue, yellow etc.). Hope this helped, and good drawing :)
@@kkok9666Thank you for wonderful explanation!
Very helpful. Thank you.
Love the tutorial! And how do yo spell the musician rockmonyoff?
Rachmaninoff! Enjoy! 🎶
This is very good, but how did you choose the rest of the colors?
❤️❤️❤️ Thank you.
You’re most welcome!!
That sound at the beginning of the video just about scared the buhjeezuz outta me!!!.😂
Otherwise, thank you for your time and teaching 🙏
Maybe it's the settings on my computer but I never see your cards "up there" that you refer to. Thank you. :-)