@vidaevensonart I just watched another video where an oil painter referred to ultramarine as the warm blue. I found it so perplexing and distracting I had trouble listening to the rest of the video. He/ they went on to mix and match colors. I suspect that the answer is going to be in the mixing... and that still leaves me thinking the ultramarine is the cool blue. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by using one of the Blues as a cool blue in one painting and a warm blue in another. Are you referring to using them as a perspective tool with the warm colors coming forward and the cool colors receding? FYI, I work with watercolors.
@@windywednesday4166 a useful way to know where you stand on the warm and cool blues is to take ultra marine blue and paint a small painting using this blue as a warm blue. Then do another little painting using it as a cool blue. The difference will be very subtle so if you are a beginner/intermediate artist don’t bother with this at all. It sounds like ultra marine blue would be a cool blue for you as it is for me so go with that. If you want to dive down various rabbit holes, then this little experiment might be useful.
@@vidaevensonart Ut-oh... I sort of took a dive down that rabbit hole last night. It's interesting and something I probably should know more about. I found some good videos and a couple of good exercises that will hopefully help me understand it better. 🙂
Very interesting. I see your logic and intuitively agree with you. I will put this on my list of things to study.❤
Wonderful! I'm here if you have any questions!
@vidaevensonart I just watched another video where an oil painter referred to ultramarine as the warm blue. I found it so perplexing and distracting I had trouble listening to the rest of the video. He/ they went on to mix and match colors. I suspect that the answer is going to be in the mixing... and that still leaves me thinking the ultramarine is the cool blue.
Also, I'm not sure what you mean by using one of the Blues as a cool blue in one painting and a warm blue in another. Are you referring to using them as a perspective tool with the warm colors coming forward and the cool colors receding?
FYI, I work with watercolors.
@@windywednesday4166 a useful way to know where you stand on the warm and cool blues is to take ultra marine blue and paint a small painting using this blue as a warm blue. Then do another little painting using it as a cool blue. The difference will be very subtle so if you are a beginner/intermediate artist don’t bother with this at all. It sounds like ultra marine blue would be a cool blue for you as it is for me so go with that. If you want to dive down various rabbit holes, then this little experiment might be useful.
@@vidaevensonart Ut-oh... I sort of took a dive down that rabbit hole last night. It's interesting and something I probably should know more about. I found some good videos and a couple of good exercises that will hopefully help me understand it better. 🙂