Pushing Color: How to Enhance the Color in Your Paintings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- All of us love vibrant color. But, to really master color, you need to learn to pull the vibrancy out of the color, so that you can control where you really want your color to shine. In this painting demonstration video, I’ll show you what I mean.
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Ian, your instruction is second to none. You once described meeting someone you admired as a genius and I would say I get the same sense from you. I recently finished reading your Creative Authenticity book which had a depth I have not encountered in other books. I also just got your Mastering Composition book and have begun delving into that. As a result of you generously sharing your knowledge, I feel like I am on solid ground as an artist. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much Steven. I really appreciate your letting me know you are finding the videos and book helpful. My very best wishes.
@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition I’ll second the comment above. I’m also currently reading Creative Authenticity, and I’m truly enjoying it. I will also be getting Mastering Composition to give back for all that you share here for free. invaluable lessons. I’ve just been getting back to drawing and painting, and I’m finding it a good balance to my writing. Thank you, CC /// PS - I also went to the Ontario College of Arts & Design.
Question! Did you basically paint as you always do, or were you particularly conscious of muted color because you knew you were going to make this video about color? I am currently in your class and looking forward to Color starting this weekend. Thank you for everything! It’s been terrific and I wish there wasn’t an end date. :)
Oh, thank you - I didn’t know there is a book. I’m off to order it! Ian is just such a great teacher.
Ditto! I have had lessons all my life and gotten no where, quit, picked it up again, quit, etc. I have felt that artists want to hide their craft and protect their secrets. Not from Ian. Thankfully I was guided to Ian from another very generous artist who woke me up to the basics. I am in my senior years and have never felt so alive in my own growth with art. Thank you Ian.
As always, you leave us longing for more of you and your brilliant tutorials. Not a wasted word or brush stroke!
That's kind of you to say. Thank you
Well its a sad and happy day for me. Went through all the videos since the beginning, now i am at the end. Which is the sad part. The content of all the videos made me see the painting process in a really different way. Wont thank you enough for all putting this together. Regards
Hello, Ian. I've been following you for over a year now and so glad to recently purchase your book Masterly Composition, which I'm very much enjoying. I am now a professional painter for about 9 years, who spent many years during my middle age working in clay. I'm also a retired high school art teacher of 37 years and I very much enjoy your clear and concise teaching style. Thanks very much! Please keep them coming!!
NIce to hear from you Pat and delighted you are enjoying the videos.
Thank you Ian. I really appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge and demonstrating your techniques. There is so much to learn and I watch your videos multiple times, and try to absorb and apply your teachings to my work. With thanks and gratitude. 🙏
You are very welcome Milly. Thank you and all the best
That beautiful wind sound, thanks for the video 😀🙏
You're very welcome!
I'm watching your videos to try to get ready to do some painting again after several years off , thank you!
Go for it Jeanne. Good luck.
Thanks again for getting me going this morning. I am in Vancouver Canada, and we have had a Spring and Summer, so far, of relentless rain. Finally the sun is breaking through and the flowers and vegetation are thick and lush and I am surrounded with subject matter in the boats on the sea that surrounds the city and the flowers everywhere and the blue mountains and deep forests. Packing up my plein-air kit and heading out.
Have fun out there Diane. We could use some of that rain here in LA!
I'm so pleased I have found these videos. So much so, I've ordered the book on mastering composition!
才发现您的频道！一连看了好几个视频，讲解十分清楚且很有帮助，谢谢您的示范和分享！：）
Thank you for this tutorial. I love watching the paint go onto the canvas!
I would love to see some other style of painting as well. All examples are of very abstract representations of real objects. Sure they look good, but surely there are other ways of painting a tree than a perfectly shaded green-brown glob.
My paintings were suffering the vibrance issue. The other day I thought about the complex use of restricting the vibrance in my paintings after looking at someone else's work. Then I saw your video thumbnail and immediately knew that I had to watch it. Thanks for reminding me to check my colours. I aim to move away from cartoonish impressionism, and more towards realism impressionism
Nice work! Great greens! Violet so integral. Enjoyed!
Great video and a great introduction to part 3 of your on line class Mastering Composition. I also noticed how you used the warm and cool temps in those grasses and trees. So I must be learning something!
Hi Lynda, I was thinking the same thing, a good introduction to ideas for color. See you Saturday.
I agree with Steven Dempsey. Ian, your instruction is second to none. I value your creating these videos - always inspiring.
Thanks so much Evelyn. I appreciate your telling me.
You are wonderful, Ian!! What a find!! I am grateful that you are on TH-cam with these amazing Videos! I too will be buying your book on Mastering Composition and Creative Authenticity. Thank you so much!!
Thanks so much Cynthia. Delighted you found the videos, and the books. All the best
Thank you for this video! Here is a lot to learn! It is one thing to KNOW the rules, but the tricky part is how to actually apply them. This is where a video like this one helps to understand better. Thank you!
And I really love your style!
I am not a painter, I am a quilter, and these principles are very applicable and good to keep in mind when choosing fabrics, whether it's a pictorial quilt or a pieced one.
Hi Irene, glad to hear the videos are helpful. Even more than painting you would want to have a good composition before starting a quilt! All the best
Thank you for sharing such valuable knowledge about how to talk with color! Love your posts!
I have gotten so much from your TH-cam videos but I also purchased your Mastering Composition book. I (and some of my friends) can already see the improvement of my work. Thanks so much for sharing your talent and insight.
Hi Virginia, that is so great that your friends notice. That is real. Congratulations and all the best.
@Thomas Greg thank you. Going well. Working on 2 painting right now. I am always a little overwhelmed when I start but as the painting progresses I feel better. That first blocking in with values is tricky for me
Thank you for this great video. I took a watercolour colour theory course and I am realizing that it is similar yet very different if I want to apply it to oil painting. I need to look for instructions on how to apply the theory to oil painting. Beautiful painting and thank you again for a great instructional video.
Mendocino! I lived in Uriah for several years from the 70’s, 80’s. Lots of trips to the coast back then…
Beautiful place!
i havent seen much of your channel yet, but i have really appreciated what i have seen so far. ur doing great stuff and you have a great attitude
Thanks so much. Glad you are enjoying it. All the best
This video has helped me so much in keeping my work from becoming muddy by over- blending, it's always wonderful to watch you paint while providing concise explanations for your methods. I look forward to your next video, meanwhile I review previous videos which are always helpful. Thank you so much.
That is wonderful to hear, Christina. Thank you and so glad you are enjoying the videos
Thank you for teaching us.You are generous.
It's my pleasure
Thanks for the great videos. Being fairly new to plein air painting, it helps to know that even you struggle with the wind! Your videos and your book Mastering Composition provide the clearest explanations of why a painting works (or doesn’t) that I have found. They provide a great springboard for my own explorations on how to develop my painting skills. Also as a teacher, I know that creating clear, concise and engaging videos takes a lot of work! Again, thank you.
Thanks so much!
Thank you Ian! This video also teaches the value of a tinted canvas! I find myself fighting with a bright white canvas otherwise . . . having to revisit my initial layer to solidify the darks. Once again, your instruction is priceless . . .
Thank you, Ian, for your inspired teaching on the importance of good composition. I am a watercolor artist who has benefitted so much from your teachings. I thank you, and wish you good health and further inspiration as an excellent artist yourself!
Beautidul painting as always! I always have a colorwheel in front of me when mixing color. I have been taught to always use the complement of whatever you are mixing to subdue the chroma! I need to have it it in front of me always!
Hi Dee, nice to hear from you. You can of course mix the complement. But you can also mix colors to each side of the compliment to add more nuance and variety.
Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Thank you so very much! A truly excellent presentation!
You're very welcome Robert!
A lesson I really needed! I tend to use super saturated colors, and your video really helps me to understand how impactful suble colors can be!
Great to hear it Susanne. Glad you found it helpful.
Ian....thank you for a wonderful lesson on "pushing color"....it was very informative and instructional. I like watching how you apply the brush to the canvas...easy, yet purposeful. Usually I am stroking away to fill the canvas, but your approach is more calming and peaceful.
Glad you liked it Judy. you pick up on something there too. Figure out what you want to do first. Paint it. Next, Paint that mark, or shape. Slow the brush down, more mental thought before painting.. All the best
Ian Roberts: this video is VERY VALUABLE & TEACHING for me!
Perfect and beautiful.
Great lesson. Thank you for your inspired teaching
Great video Ian, I would enjoy seeing more of your mixing on the palette, in order to understand better how you reduce the intensity of the colours. I’m sure it’s a nuanced process, much more than just adding a bit of the opposite colour.
That would be so helpful.
HI Tom, certainly on the plein air videos it's hard to have a second camera on the palette. I can think about doing that sometime when I am doing a painting in the studio. And you are right, you can swing around on the color wheel rather than just the complement and it does create more nuanc. all the best
@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition thanks Ian, I know you’ve done it in the past, and I’m sure it’s complicated to explain it properly, but if anybody can, you can.
Thank you so much for the videos. Your style of presentation is encouraging and appreciative of the challenges of learning to paint. Thank you so much
Ian that was very helpful thank you. I always enjoy your teaching
Glad to hear it Susan
I keep coming back to peek at that fourth painting, the one with the cliffs and the lighting across the middle. That's fantastic! I love how the middle really draws you in, like the sun is peeking between clouds and illuminating a big line going away from you.
Glad you liked it Ian. That coast in the early morning was so striking to paint. All the best
very educative. Thank you Ian for this video
You're welcome!
Awesome lessons I’ve learned a lot. Thank you for your amazing sharing of knowledge.
Your commentary is always informative and insightful…but I enjoy learning from your thought processes as you solve problems in real time. Looking forward to trying this (beginning next week)
HI Joe, glad you liked it and see you Saturday.
ciao Joe come stai, sono Maria dalla California 😊
stunniing painting, Ian... I love how you handled the neutrals....plenty of color in those neatrals.!!
Thank you.
Thank you Ian❤
Love how you show and tell!
Thank you!
Thank you this painting stand out.
Thank you very much Ian
Really pretty relaxing to watch thanks🌅✏️
A great demonstration Ian, thank you. As usual, your deft handling of green(s) is incredible and you do make it look easy. They remain something of a problem for me; mostly figuring out how to moderate green both in value and intensity to give a sense of distance, as you did so well on this hillside. Lovely painting!
About a year ago Ian did two You Tube videos on painting greens. One video is a talk and one is a long demo where you watch him mixing on his palette. You are right that mixing greens can be a tough nut to crack. On one of those bad Green Days, I googled how to paint greens. The Internet popped up Ian, his channel, his books and his classes. He definitely solved the Green problem. Good luck.
Thanks so much Evan. There is a long form demo on mixing greens at the end of this week's video. That might be helpful. All the best
That's great. Thank you.
Great piece!
Thank you Leanne
Ian that was helpful indeed ! Perhaps we might add that the purple/ reddish area attracts because it complements the overall green surface. Thank you for showing the way to pushing the colour where it stands out.
Very good explain and I really enjoy watch you.
Thanks for another really helpful video. It's really useful to see how you deal with the foreground when there are lots of scrubby grasses. I do find big areas in the foreground tricky . Integrating the colours really useful too. Thanks again, fab paintings as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it Edna. Thanks and all the best
Lovely painting Ian, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it Ana
(Sigh...) This makes me realize how much I miss your weekly (pandemic) videos (... no pressure meant, just to say how much I appreciate your instruction!)
I appreciate you supporting me and watching the videos since then!
An excellent video on color intensity and values. I learn so much about composition from your videos. Those NorCal winds can be brutal!
Thank you so very much for sharing your expertise - Keep the videos coming.
Yes, brutal indeed. You can see why I had to put those videos on mute. You're very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it
I remember your video with that couch painting with the sunlight coming through. Opened my eyes about color. Your videos have helped me grow.
Very glad to hear that Chukuka. All the best
Beautiful painting. Love it.
Thank you very much Yogesh
A useful reminder of using colour for directing the eye and interesting that your focal point doesnt have to be more than a different section of colour or value. thanks
Glad you found that helpful Craig. All the best
wow, fantastic and it was just fun to watch it all come together. thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Jody
I have been painting for many years and your videos are changing the way I paint. Thanks very much.
Makes me happy to hear. All the best
Thanks, again. Yes. Very helpful.
Glad to hear it Judy
Great example ! Thank you. I have become a regular student ! I am going to try to duplicate what you showed today to see if I can get the color/values the same. Great practice exercise - I will do it without all the wind - maybe I will turn on a fan though ! Ha thanks again.
I think the fan is a good idea Kathleen to lend authenticity to the experience.
@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition ha.. yea the joys and challenges of plein air painting! When I painted with oils in India I'd end up with bugs caught on the canvas. Sometimes it looked more like a science display vs a painting. I solved that challenge by switching to acrylics.
If you want more greens in your plein air diet, check out Ian’s two You Tube videos on painting greens from last year. One video is a talk and one is a long demo where you watch him mixing on his palette. He vanquishes fear of greens forever.
Thanks for that note. I actually linked the next video to be that very one.
Thank you Ian! Awesome video
Glad you liked it!
The colors in the painting are very harmonious and the values fit together so well! Thank you for sharing such a great insights. I am learning a lot from your presentations and want to let you know. Thank you!!!
Thank you! I love how you walk us through your demo and compositional choices.
You are so welcome
Great lesson no matter what medium you use 👍
Glad you think so Diana.
Great Video - & Nice Touch On The 🌪Sense-o-Round @ The 2:00 mark BRAVO ! Thank you 👉🏼🙌IAN🙌 Always TOP NOTCH 🎨
Glad you enjoyed it!
A beautiful and informative lesson. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
I love synchronicity….I’ve been struggling with a painting where the colours and values were all too similar. I’m going to go back and mute them more and get the focus where I want it. Thankyou Ian.
Great to hear the video was helpful Wende. All the best
Wow , another great video Ian , I can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge and expertise! I hope to use this info to improve the painting I am doing of the Bluenose right now. Love the comments , I'm looking forward to owning your books. Thanks again Craig
Glad it was helpful, Craig. Thanks. I know you will enjoy the books too
Precise, wonderful video. Love it. Mendocino is our go-to place for flying kites. Keep these videos coming. Please do some of oldtown Mendo.
Hi Denise, not sure when we're going back but I sure could see that as a great place to fly a kite. I'll remember that. All the best
man i love this guy
You are great! I have learned a lot from your lessons and I known there are lots more to come. Thank you so much, all you teach about pushing colors is really important. I am already looking forward to your video in August. Enjoy your Summer days!
Happy to hear that! Thank you Selma. Have a great summer yourself
Thank you Ian for this informative video on how to control your colours. This has been a reoccurring issue for me; your explanation and demo painting explained it very well. Your instruction is always very useful. I look forward to August 5th lesson.
Hi TIna, glad you liked it. And the next one is Aug 2. I know I said 5. All the best
Ballin, Ian
Thanks so much
Hi Ian- thank you for putting all these valuable videos. Never interested in landscape painting, I now see myself practicing everyday base on your teaching. Can you talk about how to avoid painting getting muddy and what to do to remedy the mishap? I know you talk about “ Measure twice and cut once”, but as a novice, even measure twice still a little off🙀
Hi Susan, the main thing about a color being muddy is usually not the color itself is muddy, because in my painting some of the colors were very dull. But rather getting warm colors mixing up with cool ones. If you aren't careful getting warms and cools together can give that sense. Say in a large shadow shape to have the whole thing cool, as you would expect, and then introducing warms in there and they look muddy, by comparison, not on their own. Does that make sense. And then for certain pushing your brush through the two of them trying to tone it down then you really get into making mud. Hope that makes sense.
@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition - Hi Ian, thank you again for your valuable feedback. I think what you said make sense! The “mud” starting when I try to make corrections to the placement and I must had mix the cold and warm while doing that given that the mud always happens while making corrections. I need to go back to watch how you did it ( but is hard because you did it right the 1st time and almost never needing correction) your rendering are just amazingly beautiful 💕♥️, I cannot wait for your online class to open up!
@Thomas Greg hi Thomas, I am doing great, hope you too !
Great video and teaching!
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful.
I had a watercolor teacher that forbade me to use the bright fusha color. ha ha too much! Keep it tame.
Wonderful lesson--thanks so much!!!
You're very welcome!
Thanks so much. This is something I've been trying to understand. Much appreciated!
You're very welcome!
Ian ...thanks a lot🙏
You're very welcome
Great explanation. Thank you.
You are welcome!
I learned much about things I had never thought about. Thank you, Ian.
Happy to help Martha
Thank you very much! Have a nice summer! Best regards from Slovenia.
Thank you! You too, from LA
Great demo how to prepare neutrals in comparison too. I'm sure it works with watercolour too.
Yes, is absolutely works with watercolor as well. The order may be a different, though. Thanks Leila
this was amazing!! inspired!
Thank you Sangeeta
Another well explained video Ian.
Ian these advices are immensely valuable. Thanks for sharing
Glad you think so!
Beautiful
Thank you Roger
Fantastic Lesson! Really valuable points!
Glad you think so!
Liked and subscr.. oh wait, I already subscribed long ago. :) Love your video. I always learn something new from your wonderful teachings. Thank you so much for your wisdom!
You are most welcome Nomi. Glad you liked it. All the best
Thank you.
Nice painting, Ian. Always enjoy your videos, lots of great information. Take care, g
Nice to hear from you Gayle. and all the very best. Glad you liked it.
What a wonderful artist. Inspired alot by you 🤍✨ much respect and love from Bangladesh
Thank you for the kind comment!
@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition my pleasure! :)
Ian, your lessons are the best. I have benefited so much from your instruction. Thankyou👍❤️❤️
You are very welcome
thank you Ian. I really enjoy the quality of your instruction. Can't wait for more!
Glad you enjoyed it Leslie
Excellent video Ian. Pushing colour is sooo fun. I find its also about controlling neutrals so that colour can really sing. Im thinking that neutrals are about 90% of a painting and then that little hit of colour can really take 'centre stage'!!! Perhaps you can do a complimentary video on neutrals as a companion to this one (that is if you haven't done it already) . Thanks again for the great video.
HI Mark, you points here were pretty much the gist of the video. I might have done one on neutrals already. I'll have to go back and look. I need to get all the videos in some kind of order some day.