You can tell Mal really cares and it’s really awesome to see. Keep up the great work Mal, I always look forward to these videos (and i don’t even paint traditionally haha!)
A good artist, no matter if they do traditional or digital, need to understand this stuff. I've seen a lot digital artists who clearly don't understand colors well enough and pick the brighest eyesore neon colors.
@@YamaDoragon I mean that's fair. It's a different issue. I'm not that much of one, but I do have a lot more tendency to over saturate my colors due to being minorly color blind
Romaji you can change the background color to grey (a neutral shade) to see the true color. Colors change relative to what colors they’re next to so a super bright color is muted when the background is stark white.
To be fair as a digital artist we also test colors. It’s not like we pick the perfect color on the first try. For artwork with a large color pallete, finding the best blend of colors could take hours on its own. Obviously it’s easier than traditional paint mixing, but it’s not like finding the perfect color isn’t an issue
hay thank you for making these Tutorials. you brought color into my life (my drawings) drawing with colors intimidates me, so I always only drew black and white (pencil, coal and / or ink) your informative videos gave me the courage to experiment with color. Thank you Mal
Great video! Have you thought about using a Masteron Stay wet palette? I use one with my glass palette and it works great for keeping you paints from drying out. Just remember to cut off the little nubs on the lid so the lid closes tight.
i’ve been really looking forward to this video! color mixing is something i’ve always had trouble with, which is why i so often prefer to do digital art over traditional, and why i stopped doing acrylic as much. thank you for making such informational videos mal!!
I like the overhead view - reminds me of watching Art Attack as a kid, though that show always showed Neil Buchanan's hands at the bottom i.e. the view was flipped. Also Mal sounds more confident talking to the camera like this, I hope the format returns (even if the C-stand rig was a little worrisome this time!)
Thank you so much for this Mal! As someone who enjoys your work and also paints, I find that online resources can feel surprisingly inaccessible and even confusing, but your approach always makes it less intimidating. What I've learned most of all from this is I should probably save up and move on from student paints finally. Too often I've nearly ruined paintings by the color I laid down ending up so much darker than I thought.
Kayla D. I’ve heard that earth colors (sienna, umber) are the best pigments in student grades. So I would upgrade those last. Start with your colors that you use a lot or feel like give you the most trouble. Personally I struggle with white (it’s never opaque enough for me!) so I would replace white first and then my primaries.
While I only have seven colors of the acrylics, this seems worth learning! Tho the colors I have are: Bright red, Black, Pumpkin orange, Christmas Green, Lilac Mist, Aqua Sky, and Yellow Flame. Of course the brand being Apple Barrel.
It's so frustrating. I really wish I could appreciate this to its fullest, you are an amazing teacher. As someone quite color deficient the moment you hit blue and started adjusting the cyan I stopped being able to tell the difference at all. Green too once you got halfway through it. I love art, I always wish I could have done traditional art, but my vision just makes it so frustrating. I just color now, blending pencils is enough frustration for me. Thank you as always though for teaching!
Hallaloth I think it’s important to remember that art is how you see the world. If you’re more comfortable working in greyscale- that’s just as beautiful. My first experience with art was all black and white photography and I still love the look ☺️
@@MalMakes Thanks for the reply. I actually never thought of Greyscale, I may have to try it on a coloring book at some point. I can see in color, just shades (or is it tints?) Tend to be a struggle when they get closer to each other.
@@hallaloth3112 i don't think you necessarily need to be so precise, it's amazing to know how *and ofc this video is amazing, colour matching is so cool and useful* BUT I just think it could be fun to do whatever you want with your colours :D start on a small scale with colours right out of the bottles, maybe just paint randomly. I see people doing paint by numbers too which can be a ton of fun and takes the pressure off for colour matching! I know perhaps you hold yourself to a high standard maybe, or scared that the colours will be wonky or whatever it may be, but i think whatever you create will be your own and so beautiful! Maybe do greyscale/ black and white and choose one colour right out of the bottle to paint with. Anyway, wish you all the luck in finding a style (if you so choose) 😊😊
@@kitniasooh6035 Maybe someday. I don't have the space to think of painting presently. For now I am content with coloring boois but thank you for the encouragement!
I love your videos!! I recently purchased the system 3 set from Daler Rowney which includes Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, White and Yellow Ochre, but I have no idea how to use/mix Yellow Ochre 😅 what do people usually use this colour for? Does it make warmer/earthy shades?
@@Sentimentalpenguin it’s a very common historical color. I use it for under paintings or in landscapes- it’s a very earthy yellow and makes good natural greens!
I matched a color in the face of a classic picture I was copying. It was perfect the face was the same until it dried. Then it was much darker and doesn’t look like the original. Any tips on compensating for the darkening as it dries.
That's the hardest thing about matching! Sometimes you have to put down a small test swatch and let it dry. If you can get some clear plastic (acetate, page protectors, or something) you can put your classic picture inside and put small dots of paint on the clear plastic to test. The thinner the paint, the faster it will dry! Generally, higher quality paints don't darken as they dry but it will happen with certain pigments/colors.
@@MalMakes thanks so much for getting back to me. I will try the plastic..it’s the whitish areas of the face that totally disappeared. I am also having trouble matching the color of stripes on an awning it’s a dull pink and a dull white I must have painted it 4 times thinking it’s great then next day totally not the color. Thanks again I will carry on.
The color I’m trying to match is a combination of glazes on a project I made in pottery class, so it’s actually variegated colors. The piece has a long crack and I’d like to match it, obviously, as close as I can and paint the entire crack, and give the illusion there isn’t a crack in it. I tried mixing a few acrylics together but my color is way off. You don’t happen to have any suggestions on how to match a variegated color? Any suggestion would be extremely helpful. Thank you.
You'll probably want to match a few of the main colors and work on blending them together in between each other. I would pick the primary colors out - whichever are closer to red, yellow, blue and match those. Maybe a few other standout colors too! Then try blending those together in between those spaces along the damaged portion.
I'm a big fan of "Blick Studio" for student grade acrylic (Blickrylic is a step down but also better than Apple Barrel) Both are a good value for what you get. If Blick isn't an option: Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic is a solid choice. Generally you want to spend more money on a quality titanium white and any bright colors like red and yellow. For earthtones (greens, browns, nature-y colors) you can buy cheaper paints. It's a good strategy to slowly replace your cheaper paints by starting with white, bright colors, then earthtones.
@@MalMakes Thanks. I'm using the paint for color maching so I don't really need a lot of different color beside the primary ones. I'm looking into the Blick Studio Acrylics 6 set now and they looks good to me, good quantity at 4 ounce per tube and it's on sale for half the price. My question now is that I have 100+ color that I needed to color match to, I need the paint to be thick enough to be opaque in one go, I coudln't afford to remix the same color multiple times so to put on more coating. Is the Blick Studio acrylic good enough to do this?
@@fireice2585 Even with professional grade paints - some will be transparent. It depends on what pigment is used. (phthalo tends to be transparent for example) I mix up my colors and then put plastic wrap over them to make a tight seal. Sometimes I can save paint for up to a week so I can re-coat areas.
Generally warm colors are ones that remind you of warm things like fire or the sun. Cool colors would be things like: snow and water. In the video I talk about it being relative - there are warm violets and cool violets.
It's a way to split the color wheel in half by certain feelings/properties they convey. Your cools are your blues, greens, and purples, and warms are oranges, reds, and yellows. Darker colors like black often are associated with being warmer, and whites are cooler as well. Cooler colors are calming, peaceful, etc., Whereas warmer colors are powerful, emotionally charged, sometimes violent.
Yup! Also try comparing them. "Which of these yellows is warm and which is cool?" and it'll help you figure out like "oh, this yellow should have a slight orange it in to make it warmer" or "oh, this should have just a smidge of green to make it a cooler yellow"
I'm a teenager and dont have a job bc I live in a small town with very few stores, or job opportunities, so I cant even afford student grade paint, I barely afford dollar store paint
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Excelent video. Clear, to the point. You’re in my top two youTube teachers. Thanks a lot for sharing.
You can tell Mal really cares and it’s really awesome to see. Keep up the great work Mal, I always look forward to these videos (and i don’t even paint traditionally haha!)
I love the overhead cam. I know I've said before that I don't generally do physical art, but I learn so much from these, thank you
I also love paint color matching maam,More power🙏
Mal, you are an amazing teacher! Thank you!
It was art teacher
I love your shirt! Kitties :D
Man, digital artist have it easy, just using the color picker tool
A good artist, no matter if they do traditional or digital, need to understand this stuff. I've seen a lot digital artists who clearly don't understand colors well enough and pick the brighest eyesore neon colors.
@@YamaDoragon I mean that's fair. It's a different issue.
I'm not that much of one, but I do have a lot more tendency to over saturate my colors due to being minorly color blind
Romaji you can change the background color to grey (a neutral shade) to see the true color. Colors change relative to what colors they’re next to so a super bright color is muted when the background is stark white.
To be fair as a digital artist we also test colors. It’s not like we pick the perfect color on the first try. For artwork with a large color pallete, finding the best blend of colors could take hours on its own. Obviously it’s easier than traditional paint mixing, but it’s not like finding the perfect color isn’t an issue
@@alexanderluna4598 the issue is more that I think bright ones are OK
hay thank you for making these Tutorials. you brought color into my life (my drawings) drawing with colors intimidates me, so I always only drew black and white (pencil, coal and / or ink) your informative videos gave me the courage to experiment with color. Thank you Mal
We did this in one of my art classes! It was easy in my opinion. I got them all pretty close.
Hey Mal, you’re a great teacher
This is great ASMR. You have a soothing voice mal
Great video! Have you thought about using a Masteron Stay wet palette? I use one with my glass palette and it works great for keeping you paints from drying out. Just remember to cut off the little nubs on the lid so the lid closes tight.
i’ve been really looking forward to this video! color mixing is something i’ve always had trouble with, which is why i so often prefer to do digital art over traditional, and why i stopped doing acrylic as much. thank you for making such informational videos mal!!
I like the overhead view - reminds me of watching Art Attack as a kid, though that show always showed Neil Buchanan's hands at the bottom i.e. the view was flipped. Also Mal sounds more confident talking to the camera like this, I hope the format returns (even if the C-stand rig was a little worrisome this time!)
Thanks for posting this really helped
This is something I've always had difficulty with, so thank you for making a video on this!
These video are so informative and well explained.
Thank you so much for this Mal! As someone who enjoys your work and also paints, I find that online resources can feel surprisingly inaccessible and even confusing, but your approach always makes it less intimidating. What I've learned most of all from this is I should probably save up and move on from student paints finally. Too often I've nearly ruined paintings by the color I laid down ending up so much darker than I thought.
Kayla D. I’ve heard that earth colors (sienna, umber) are the best pigments in student grades. So I would upgrade those last. Start with your colors that you use a lot or feel like give you the most trouble. Personally I struggle with white (it’s never opaque enough for me!) so I would replace white first and then my primaries.
Phthalo Blue and Green are great colors in student grade tubes, some artists never upgrade to artist grade because those pigments are too strong.
Hello, did you ever do a video about a color mixing chart?
While I only have seven colors of the acrylics, this seems worth learning! Tho the colors I have are: Bright red, Black, Pumpkin orange, Christmas Green, Lilac Mist, Aqua Sky, and Yellow Flame. Of course the brand being Apple Barrel.
It's so frustrating. I really wish I could appreciate this to its fullest, you are an amazing teacher. As someone quite color deficient the moment you hit blue and started adjusting the cyan I stopped being able to tell the difference at all. Green too once you got halfway through it. I love art, I always wish I could have done traditional art, but my vision just makes it so frustrating. I just color now, blending pencils is enough frustration for me. Thank you as always though for teaching!
Hallaloth I think it’s important to remember that art is how you see the world. If you’re more comfortable working in greyscale- that’s just as beautiful. My first experience with art was all black and white photography and I still love the look ☺️
@@MalMakes Thanks for the reply. I actually never thought of Greyscale, I may have to try it on a coloring book at some point. I can see in color, just shades (or is it tints?) Tend to be a struggle when they get closer to each other.
@@hallaloth3112 i don't think you necessarily need to be so precise, it's amazing to know how *and ofc this video is amazing, colour matching is so cool and useful* BUT I just think it could be fun to do whatever you want with your colours :D start on a small scale with colours right out of the bottles, maybe just paint randomly. I see people doing paint by numbers too which can be a ton of fun and takes the pressure off for colour matching! I know perhaps you hold yourself to a high standard maybe, or scared that the colours will be wonky or whatever it may be, but i think whatever you create will be your own and so beautiful! Maybe do greyscale/ black and white and choose one colour right out of the bottle to paint with. Anyway, wish you all the luck in finding a style (if you so choose) 😊😊
@@kitniasooh6035 Maybe someday. I don't have the space to think of painting presently. For now I am content with coloring boois but thank you for the encouragement!
I love your videos!! I recently purchased the system 3 set from Daler Rowney which includes Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, White and Yellow Ochre, but I have no idea how to use/mix Yellow Ochre 😅 what do people usually use this colour for? Does it make warmer/earthy shades?
@@Sentimentalpenguin it’s a very common historical color. I use it for under paintings or in landscapes- it’s a very earthy yellow and makes good natural greens!
@@MalMakes thank you for sharing!!! ☺️
Thanking you
Hiya Mal, I was just wondering how you decide what style to do each painting in?
I've used student grade paint. I'd like to move up to artist grade once I'm more comfortable with painting!
I matched a color in the face of a classic picture I was copying. It was perfect the face was the same until it dried. Then it was much darker and doesn’t look like the original. Any tips on compensating for the darkening as it dries.
That's the hardest thing about matching! Sometimes you have to put down a small test swatch and let it dry. If you can get some clear plastic (acetate, page protectors, or something) you can put your classic picture inside and put small dots of paint on the clear plastic to test. The thinner the paint, the faster it will dry! Generally, higher quality paints don't darken as they dry but it will happen with certain pigments/colors.
@@MalMakes thanks so much for getting back to me. I will try the plastic..it’s the whitish areas of the face that totally disappeared. I am also having trouble matching the color of stripes on an awning it’s a dull pink and a dull white I must have painted it 4 times thinking it’s great then next day totally not the color. Thanks again I will carry on.
The color I’m trying to match is a combination of glazes on a project I made in pottery class, so it’s actually variegated colors. The piece has a long crack and I’d like to match it, obviously, as close as I can and paint the entire crack, and give the illusion there isn’t a crack in it.
I tried mixing a few acrylics together but my color is way off.
You don’t happen to have any suggestions on how to match a variegated color? Any suggestion would be extremely helpful.
Thank you.
You'll probably want to match a few of the main colors and work on blending them together in between each other. I would pick the primary colors out - whichever are closer to red, yellow, blue and match those. Maybe a few other standout colors too! Then try blending those together in between those spaces along the damaged portion.
Hey mal I love your drawings I want you To do your best do u mind if you can teach me because I wanna become a better drawer ❤️
What brand is a student graded paint? I use Apple Barrel and they are so thin and dried too fast.
I'm a big fan of "Blick Studio" for student grade acrylic (Blickrylic is a step down but also better than Apple Barrel) Both are a good value for what you get. If Blick isn't an option: Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic is a solid choice. Generally you want to spend more money on a quality titanium white and any bright colors like red and yellow. For earthtones (greens, browns, nature-y colors) you can buy cheaper paints. It's a good strategy to slowly replace your cheaper paints by starting with white, bright colors, then earthtones.
@@MalMakes Thanks. I'm using the paint for color maching so I don't really need a lot of different color beside the primary ones. I'm looking into the Blick Studio Acrylics 6 set now and they looks good to me, good quantity at 4 ounce per tube and it's on sale for half the price. My question now is that I have 100+ color that I needed to color match to, I need the paint to be thick enough to be opaque in one go, I coudln't afford to remix the same color multiple times so to put on more coating. Is the Blick Studio acrylic good enough to do this?
@@fireice2585 Even with professional grade paints - some will be transparent. It depends on what pigment is used. (phthalo tends to be transparent for example) I mix up my colors and then put plastic wrap over them to make a tight seal. Sometimes I can save paint for up to a week so I can re-coat areas.
I'm dumb. What does Cool/Warm mean in color again?
Generally warm colors are ones that remind you of warm things like fire or the sun. Cool colors would be things like: snow and water. In the video I talk about it being relative - there are warm violets and cool violets.
@@MalMakes Ahhhh. Gotcha. So just asking: does this remind me of a warm summer day, or a cold winter one, and I'll know?
It's a way to split the color wheel in half by certain feelings/properties they convey. Your cools are your blues, greens, and purples, and warms are oranges, reds, and yellows. Darker colors like black often are associated with being warmer, and whites are cooler as well. Cooler colors are calming, peaceful, etc., Whereas warmer colors are powerful, emotionally charged, sometimes violent.
Yup! Also try comparing them. "Which of these yellows is warm and which is cool?" and it'll help you figure out like "oh, this yellow should have a slight orange it in to make it warmer" or "oh, this should have just a smidge of green to make it a cooler yellow"
Easier to add the complement instead of grey.
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I'm a teenager and dont have a job bc I live in a small town with very few stores, or job opportunities, so I cant even afford student grade paint, I barely afford dollar store paint
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