This is a very important lesson: Value is king and...value-correct the complimentary color BEFORE adding it to the color you're graying down. It seems that painting is a practice of mastering values. Great info. Thanks so much.
When you added white to the blue before adding it to value adjusted orange mixture? I almost fell on the floor! You just saved me so much aggravation! I think I cried a little. What an amazing lesson. Thanks😉
I used this technique today after watching this video last night. I had been struggling with mixing light colors, and this technique really saved me a lot of time. It also gave me puddles of colors I could use to make variations, so the result it doesn't look unrealistically monochromatic.
Your quick tips are very much appreciated miss Dianne.. thank you so much for helping beginners like me who are struggling with color mixing, all your quick tips have been very helpful to me while I'm learning to paint.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You are an incredible teacher. I have been having such a difficult time mixing my colors, especially earth tones. I finally see what it is that I'm doing wrong. Thank you so much for your videos. You have taught me SO much.
You have one of the clearest and easiest explanations to mix colors I have ever seen to get to the color you want. Thank you for sharing your insights!
As a beginner at age 57 the explanation of value and opposites on the color wheel came to light for me. Mixing of color has been a struggle. Thank you so much for your teaching and quick tips. I value your expertise and will be looking forward for more to come.
A couple of convenience colors that will get you close to sand colors are buff titanium and Naples yellow light but I love seeing Dianne's method for finding the correct color. Thank you, Dianne.
Thank you so much for an informative explanation on colour mixing. You have given me the right tools and sequence to be more successful in my paintings. I love the way you “scaffold” your lessons.
Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! Out of the many videos I've watched about mixing colours, yours has definitely been the most beneficial! :)
Very nicely explained. Thanks. I have watched other artist's videos on this subject but your method hit the target right in the center! Thank you so much.
Wonderful video. Thanks Dianne. A friend of mine (plein air painter) helped me out with the sand color on a beach in Long Island Sound. He said to mix quinacradone red, pthalo green and yellow ochre. I thought that was a little crazy, but it turned out just perfect, given the intense sun, atmosphere etc.
I love how you use the color wheel as welll as the value scale tool! I had not seen the value scale tool before, I have to find out, it would be so useful. Thanks for this lesson!
@Diane - you are *by far* the best painting tutor on RUclips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge from Scotland. 🏴 You are an absolute star 🌟 nail the hue, then the value, and chroma. 🙂
I have been floudering for many years; tearing my hair out almost! Having a scientific explanation and process will be invaluable!!! Thank you dear Dianne, soooo much! Now I have to practice!
My gawd, I should learnt this many years ago! I always had problems to mix colors and specially to get THAT exact color. This must be the best tutorial about that ever, thank you so much!
I've listened to others try and explain this and it just would not sink in until I heard you explain it, Dianne. Bring the starting colour to the right value & adjust it using the SAME value of its opposite on the colour wheel. Thank you so much.
Very informative....thank you so much! I was 'stuck in the sand' and now I can walk with the great instructions you've given to continue on my painting.
Finally I get it! thank you so much miss Dianne. Been having such a hard time with color mixing and values, tones etc. Gave up I was so frustrated, ty, ty!
Thank you so much! Just getting back into painting and as much as I'd like to think that i remember color theory, there are still many lessons we can learn from if we're willing to put in the time! Loved your demo! Can't wait to look for more :)
Wow Diane! This lesson was so informative and timely . I’m getting ready to start a painting of our beach lighthouse and was already stressed looking at all the sand and how to select a stock color, but your lesson was perfect and taught me so much!
Another light bulb moment from you madame! Thank you so very much!!! This just radically re-adjusted how i look at the some of the issues i have with color mixing and value correcting. Thank you again!!
I'm paying close attention to your palette knife - I see you don't get paint on the top side and I see the tip of the knife is not a point. I think I may be using too small a knife for my mixing and will try larger sizes. The knife is the interface of controlling the palette. I'm finally understanding the value of controlling the palette after years of being a wild mess there. It certainly is a journey ;)
A great explanation - thank you so much. I have been problem solving on how to make the colours for painting dirt roads. They have been too saturated and too purple and so out of place. Thanks to your excellent explanation I am now looking forward to applying my new understanding on how to use temperature, hue, value and intensity to create the colours for any dirt road.
Where have you been for the last 8 years!? I’m self-taught, and wanting to grow in my watercolor mastery. Really REALLY needed this lesson. Thank you for your clarity and ‘scientific approach’ to color mixing!😍
Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling to get a sand colour and was about to give up, but this video just helped me to see where I was going wrong and what I need to do :)
Thank you for this. I've been chasing my tail with color mixing and the light bulb came on when you demonstrated focusing on value correcting first and then neutralizing
I wil have to watch this a couple of time to fully understand. But now I know why I never got the color completely right. Thank you so much again Dianne.
Amazing! I just tried with watercolors (my medium of choice). Since white is the paper showing through for watercolor, it is a bit more complicated to get the value right by addition of water to the pigments, to allow for the lightening that occurs when it dries.
Thank you. University didn’t teach me much about painting Value I am ok with but mixing not so good I Igave up painting half way through and became a printmaker now I still like to print However, you have put me back on the painting path.
This is a very important lesson: Value is king and...value-correct the complimentary color BEFORE adding it to the color you're graying down. It seems that painting is a practice of mastering values. Great info. Thanks so much.
Well said! If the values are not right, nothing will feel right.
Amazing. I’ve realized this recently. Value is SO essential and this video proved it for me.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you to the sky!
When you added white to the blue before adding it to value adjusted orange mixture? I almost fell on the floor! You just saved me so much aggravation!
I think I cried a little.
What an amazing lesson. Thanks😉
Well, well! Have fun with this, and thanks for watching.
Wow, what a lesson! At the start I couldn't even 'see' the green or red in the sand colors. Thank you for such a useful TIP! Warm regards.
Give it a try and enjoy the journey.
So informative. Value correct first before adding the complimentary color - game changer!! Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Best description I’ve ever heard a demonstration that backs it up so clearly!! Thank you Diane
You are so welcome, Lisa. Thanks for watching.
I used this technique today after watching this video last night. I had been struggling with mixing light colors, and this technique really saved me a lot of time. It also gave me puddles of colors I could use to make variations, so the result it doesn't look unrealistically monochromatic.
Wonderful!
I wish I've seen this video a few years back when I was doing a beach scene for one of my classes. Thanks, Dianne for sharing your knowledge.
It's a pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Amazing lesson. Thank you so much. Will watch this over and over until it's imprinted on my memory bank! I need the patience to listen and practice.
You can do it! You'll learn more by doing.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you! Yes it's all in the "doing" and I will keep at it☺
Your quick tips are very much appreciated miss Dianne.. thank you so much for helping beginners like me who are struggling with color mixing, all your quick tips have been very helpful to me while I'm learning to paint.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much Dianne, I have seen this demonstration by you before but am so grateful to have it refreshed again. 💕
My pleasure, Anne. This is my standard method for finding any color, so you'll probably see it a lot more.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You are an incredible teacher. I have been having such a difficult time mixing my colors, especially earth tones. I finally see what it is that I'm doing wrong. Thank you so much for your videos. You have taught me SO much.
You are so welcome! Have fun with it.
You have one of the clearest and easiest explanations to mix colors I have ever seen to get to the color you want. Thank you for sharing your insights!
You are so welcome! Enjoy the process.
Wonderful tutorial! Thank you so much!!
You are so welcome!
As a beginner at age 57 the explanation of value and opposites on the color wheel came to light for me. Mixing of color has been a struggle. Thank you so much for your teaching and quick tips. I value your expertise and will be looking forward for more to come.
Ah, Daryl, that delights me. Have fun on the journey.
A couple of convenience colors that will get you close to sand colors are buff titanium and Naples yellow light but I love seeing Dianne's method for finding the correct color. Thank you, Dianne.
Thanks for that info Paula, but for me rather than a convenience, these would be a hindrance.
Thank you so much, Dianne! Adjusting the value of the complementary color! Brilliant!
Thanks. Have fun with it.
Very lucid explanation. Soothing voice. Great.
Thanks, Vijay!
Thank you so much for an informative explanation on colour mixing. You have given me the right tools and sequence to be more successful in my paintings. I love the way you “scaffold” your lessons.
You are so welcome! I enjoy doing these.
Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! Out of the many videos I've watched about mixing colours, yours has definitely been the most beneficial! :)
Have fun with it and thanks for watching
Well done Diane, I'm going to listen about 5 times and practice, fantastic and thanks!
Rock on! And have fun with it.
What a beautiful demonstration of color mixing!!!! I enjoyed it and helped me to understand better how to do it. Thank you ☺️🙏
Give it a try and have fun with it.
Very nicely explained. Thanks. I have watched other artist's videos on this subject but your method hit the target right in the center! Thank you so much.
Lovely. Thanks. Have fun with this.
Wonderful video. Thanks Dianne. A friend of mine (plein air painter) helped me out with the sand color on a beach in Long Island Sound. He said to mix quinacradone red, pthalo green and yellow ochre. I thought that was a little crazy, but it turned out just perfect, given the intense sun, atmosphere etc.
Yes, his choices are the same principle I am using here.
Wow - no one has ever explained the world of colour like you do. Thank you so much
Thanks for that, Denise. Enjoy the journey!
Technique is so much better than trial and error. Bless your heart for sharing your knowledge.
Always a pleasure.
I love how you use the color wheel as welll as the value scale tool! I had not seen the value scale tool before, I have to find out, it would be so useful. Thanks for this lesson!
You are so welcome!
@Diane - you are *by far* the best painting tutor on RUclips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge from Scotland. 🏴 You are an absolute star 🌟 nail the hue, then the value, and chroma. 🙂
Wow, thank you, Sara. By the way, my heart has a soft spot for Scotland.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Then Scotland has a soft spot for you Diane!! 🏴🇺🇸💕
Thank you so much for the amazing tips. They’re exactly what most of us painting neophytes need. In addition your clarity in teaching is so valuable.
You are so welcome! It's a pleasure filling in this gap.
I have been floudering for many years; tearing my hair out almost! Having a scientific explanation and process will be invaluable!!! Thank you dear Dianne, soooo much!
Now I have to practice!
Enjoy the process!
Thank you SO SO SO much. Cannot tell you how much this has helped me.
My pleasure. Enjoy working with the concept.
Thank you for this valuable tip!! You explain it so well & I appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge with us.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
I can't tell you how beneficial this information was for me. Thank you so much, Dianne.
My pleasure. Have fun with it.
Finally the words that resonated with me: find the value and then find the hue! Thank you. 🙏
I am delighted.
This was so helpful - I am. now going to “value correct” with complementary colors before mixing them! Thank you!
Wonderful! Enjoy the journey.
This is the closest I have ever understood what this color value is! So good the way you explained it! Thanks! 😀😀😀
Wonderful! Have fun with it.
My gawd, I should learnt this many years ago!
I always had problems to mix colors and specially to get THAT exact color. This must be the best tutorial about that ever, thank you so much!
You're so welcome, Andres! Have fun with it.
I am stuck on a painting because of the sand. This helped so much and I feel much more confident going back to it and trying.
Wonderful! Now, have fun with it.
Thanks alot! Today I discovered your videos, I feel like I found a treasure chest. It's nice that I can learn from you.
Wonderful, and thanks! Keep enjoy the journey!
This was super helpful! So glad I found your channel. Just the type of content I've been searching for
Awesome! Thank you!
Wow 🤩 you rock Dianne Mize!! One of the best color mixing tutorials ever!! Beautiful sand color. Thanks 🙏 sooo much
You are so welcome! Have fun with it.
wonderful lesson! I have never watched an instructor speaking about value adjusting and it makes all diference. Thank you!
...and so essential be getting the value you're aiming for. Have fun with this.
I've listened to others try and explain this and it just would not sink in until I heard you explain it, Dianne. Bring the starting colour to the right value & adjust it using the SAME value of its opposite on the colour wheel. Thank you so much.
Have fun with it.
A very clear and concise tip Dianne. Thank you!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
You are a gem to humanity.Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Wow! Thanks. It's a pleasure sharing these.
Your videos regardless of subject are brilliant but this one in particular will help me tremendously in achieving the right color and value. Bravo!
Have fun with it!
Thank you so much. Color mixing has been a journey ! Your process just gave me the roadmap.
Fantastic! Enjoy the process!
What an excellent tutorial. I learned so much. Thank you!
I am delighted.
Thank you, this was so helpful. I have the tools and have been trying to learn them but your tutorial really made it click. Thank you!
My pleasure. Have fun with it.
Very informative....thank you so much! I was 'stuck in the sand' and now I can walk with the great instructions you've given to continue on my painting.
Have fun with it!
You are a wonderful teacher ❤️
Thank you, May.
Oh my goodness. I’m a new painter and have always had trouble understanding colour theory and value. This is a game changer. THANK YOU!
Have fun with it.
Finally I get it! thank you so much miss Dianne. Been having such a hard time with color mixing and values, tones etc. Gave up I was so frustrated, ty, ty!
You got this! Have fun with it.
Thank you so much! Just getting back into painting and as much as I'd like to think that i remember color theory, there are still many lessons we can learn from if we're willing to put in the time! Loved your demo! Can't wait to look for more :)
Enjoy the journey.
Excellent tutorial. You are a brilliant teacher.
Many thanks!
Wow Diane! This lesson was so informative and timely . I’m getting ready to start a painting of our beach lighthouse and was already stressed looking at all the sand and how to select a stock color, but your lesson was perfect and taught me so much!
Great. Have fun with it.
I love this specific info. Been struggling so long with this. Thank u so much. Extremely good teacher u are.
Thanks, Wendy. Continue to enjoy the journey.
Thank you so much for all your lessons. Extremely helpful and informative. Watched almost all of your videos. Studied and practiced a lot of things.
My pleasure. Enjoy the journey.
This was brilliant. I've never been able to understand colour and now I have a clear direction. Thank you
Wonderful! Thanks for watching.
Another light bulb moment from you madame! Thank you so very much!!!
This just radically re-adjusted how i look at the some of the issues i have with color mixing and value correcting. Thank you again!!
Great! Enjoy the journey!
Thank you Dianne. This is so interesting and I love your method and the way you explain it. Very informative .
Thanks, Christer. Have fun with it.
I learn so much from you! Thank you, Dianne.
Great! Have fun with this one.
Thank you I love doing seascapes and always get the sand color hit and miss. 💙
Have fun with it.
marveling at the timing Diane! Just yesterday I was struggling with some concrete colors - essentially sand colors. Thank you!
Wonderful! Enjoy the journey.
I'm paying close attention to your palette knife - I see you don't get paint on the top side and I see the tip of the knife is not a point. I think I may be using too small a knife for my mixing and will try larger sizes. The knife is the interface of controlling the palette. I'm finally understanding the value of controlling the palette after years of being a wild mess there. It certainly is a journey ;)
This video was so helpful! You don’t know how! thank you so much Dianne.😊✨
You are so welcome!
A great explanation - thank you so much. I have been problem solving on how to make the colours for painting dirt roads. They have been too saturated and too purple and so out of place. Thanks to your excellent explanation I am now looking forward to applying my new understanding on how to use temperature, hue, value and intensity to create the colours for any dirt road.
Have fun with it, Deb!
GREAT lesson, thank you .
You bet!
i love your videos they are very helpful for beginners :) thank you so much!
You're so welcome!
Excellent lesson - you are teaching me what I have been searching for! Thank you 🙏
You're very welcome! Enjoy the journey!
This really helped me a lot matching color. I didn't think about putting the color wheel up against the picture .thank you
The color wheel can be one of the most useful tools you have.
Most informative video I've watched in months. Thank you.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching, John.
Awesome way of teaching ❤❤❤
Thanks a lot!
You are amazing teacher.thank you
Thank you! 😃
Perfect timing. I was trying my first beach painting today and this was sooo helpful.
Great! Keep having fun with it.
So helpful wish I had known this long ago. I have struggled so much with matching colors - thank you as always
You are so welcome!
Thank you! This was brilliant!
Thank you for watching. Have fun with it!
Thank you so much. You really explain things in depth. Just what I need😊🎨
You are so welcome! Have fun with this.
Where have you been for the last 8 years!? I’m self-taught, and wanting to grow in my watercolor mastery. Really REALLY needed this lesson. Thank you for your clarity and ‘scientific approach’ to color mixing!😍
In fact, I've been right here on RUclips since 2015 :)
Thank YOU, I'm sure you've heard it all bt I love your experience and wealth of knowledge.
Wow, thank you
Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling to get a sand colour and was about to give up, but this video just helped me to see where I was going wrong and what I need to do :)
Glad I could help!
Extremely valuable information in this video, thank you very much, its a pleasure to watch your videos
Thanks.
thank you so much!!! I'm struggling with sand and...so far it's winning lol! now I feel confident that I might win this time, very well explained!!
You got this!
Thank you for this. I've been chasing my tail with color mixing and the light bulb came on when you demonstrated focusing on value correcting first and then neutralizing
Wonderful! Simple things often make the biggest difference.
Brilliant, as always! 😊
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you!!!! I finally understand the value
Great! Now have fun with it.
Thank you, I learned something new today, didn't think to Value match complimentary colour first. Look forward to trying
Have fun with it. It can be a game changer.
This is what I need to know. I always got the wrong value on. The way you show is very helpful. Thank you very much.
Wonderful! Have fun with it.
And again, a superb tutorial! Many thanks.
My pleasure!
Great color mixing lesson. Helped me a lot. Thanks.
Glad it helped! Have fun with it.
You're an awesome teacher! Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
🤔 thank you! This is the best mixing tutorial I have seen.
Thanks for watching.
I wil have to watch this a couple of time to fully understand. But now I know why I never got the color completely right. Thank you so much again Dianne.
You’re welcome 😊 Have fun with it.
Thank you, best art tips on YT
Wow, thank you!
This is an excellent color mixing tutorial. Thank you!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much!!! Finally,I understand how to mix color!!!!
Fantastic! Have fun with it.
You show very wonderful lesson! Thank you so much, it's very helpful!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
What an eye-opener! Thank you
Great! Thanks for watching.
Amazing! I just tried with watercolors (my medium of choice). Since white is the paper showing through for watercolor, it is a bit more complicated to get the value right by addition of water to the pigments, to allow for the lightening that occurs when it dries.
Debrah, just control the amount of water in the brush and wetness of the paper.
My paintings seem to end up a little cartoon like. Im finally understanding value and saturation. So this video has been a huge help. Thankyou!
Have fun with it!
Thank you. University didn’t teach me much about painting Value I am ok with but mixing not so good I Igave up painting half way through and became a printmaker now I still like to print However, you have put me back on the painting path.
Wonderful! Enjoy the journey.
bookmarking this for sure!
Thanks.