Diane, you are a warm, engaging. and motivating teacher. I threw away my blood pressure meds. Now I press the play button on my tablet and immerse myself in one of your videos while soaking up your calm, appreciative attitude towards the art and science of painting. Thank you!
Thank you so much Diane, today I am in a painting challenge where we have been asked to use The Zorn Palette and I knew you would be able to help. You are an amazing teacher!! x
Ms Mize, you are an inspiring instructor! Your students throughout the years were very fortunate to study with you. Thank you for expanding to you tube reaching more people starving for quality information.
Such a concise and effective elucidation of what many would find daunting. Thank you Dianne. You are not only simply delightful to watch, but also impart a wealth of knowledge in only a few words.
Fantastic instructional Dianne, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to put this together and thank you In the Studio Art Instruction for making this post possible.
Thank you! One of the best lesson on RUclips! Actually I use this palette for my oil portraits, but you gave me a lot more combinations! I realized also raw amber can be substituted with this palette !!! Fantastic lesson! 🙏🙏🙏
Zorn plus raw umber is pretty much all you need. You can also buy empty paint tubes and create your own convenience mixtures out of that palette and obtain the eternal joys of harmonious color cohesion.👊🏻
Before this video....I was so confused about how to paint with bunch of different colours.....Thank you very much...now I'm more energetic about doing more painting 🎨
I love this video. Ive tried 7 different reds , 4 different yellows , and 4 different whites. I honestly think to get his exact colors its : Flake White , Vermillion, Yellow Ochre, Ivory Black. The main thing is the Vermillion. You cannot get the same light beautiful orange pink flesh tone highlights with any other red. Also Titanium white is way to strong and is hard to tone down.
Always remember though that this was Zorns start palette and he added whatever other pigments he needed as required. It's a beautiful portrait palette especially with vermilion as the read and a light ochre. I think it's really good to set limits of different kinds as it personally removes the temptation to focus too much on selecting from the huge range of interesting pigments we have available now. It amazing how much can be achieved with some very limited colours. I have sometimes, as an exercise, selected a yellow red blue of types not usual to me and with the addition of burnt umber just seen what happened. Ie naples yellow, English red and cobalt deep or some other combination of pigments I haven't tried together. It's always really interesting what you discover
Yes ma'am I was wondering how you could get the green thank you so much it is evident that no doubt you have forgotten more than I'll ever know. My statement is meant for a compliment❤ God bless you dear for sharing valuable information.
I just read the other day that this is the same palette Velazquez used for 'Portrait of Juan de Pareja', if anyone wants to see it used for some non-caucasian skin color.
In the Studio Art Instruction i plan to! :) after this great demo, my mind has been chomping on it and i’ve been sort of painting in my head, so to speak. I need some new paint but that’s easily remedied. 👍🌻
This is a great video and an engaging presenter. It would be great to see a series of different artists palettes being explored. Sorella, Sargent, etc ...
I'll look into that. We don't have a lot of historical information about a lot of the great's palettes. Zorn's is unique because it is so limited and uses choices other than the traditional three primaries.
artcyclopedia.com is a great link to search the artists'works in museums or auction houses such as Christies. I had a hard time finding photos of Zorn's work, but was able to find some via this site. Thanks for the wonderful find. Those of us with no formal art training are missing this foundation.
I really like the Zorn palet because is gets a very intense vibration of red and greys dancing forward and back with soft modulations - and a great Zorn painting as inspiration to explore - and he caught the hair and skin tones of my mother - very inspiring
Thank you for this. I love all the subtleties of flesh tone you can see with Zorn's palette. I would like to know how to create a basic colour wheel of flesh tones using the colours you used. Thank's again for this tip and sharing many more.
Flesh tones vary according to skin pigmentation, lighting (which includes shadows), and reflective colors. The one thing all skin tones have in common is that they are low in hue saturation, which means they are low chroma (intensity). Since a color wheel identifies hues, to create one for flesh tones, you need the full range of hues that might give you all areas of any pigmentation and the variations you might find in areas hit by degrees of light, degrees of shadow and reflective light. I recommend that you watch some of Cesar Santos' RUclips videos to get some clues.
I work in my icon paintings (egg tempera) with a very similar palette for tetrachrome. I use Yellow Ochre, Ercolana Red, Iron Oxyd Black and Titanium White. Mixing Black and White and glaze this over a warm underpainting gives a nice blue. The only downside is, that this is opaque while the rest of the painting is transparent.
(Tina's Husband, Harry) I am leaning towards Sachie's idea in this respect. I am a pastel and acrylic painter who has a negative reaction to using oils. I recently picked up some Open Golden Acrylics to experiment with. (I've not started yet) Using Sachie's concept, "bigger tubes" might open the door to freer or aggressive experimentation. So, Diane thank you for your demo, Sachie thank you for your idea and Don what a cool and practical replacement for the meds. Blessings to all. Harry
Great video, as always. I bought the original Zorn palette from Rublev historical paints. Having used the colors, their Ivory Black and traditional Vermilion Red, (mercury sulphate,) are much more opaque, the White, (lead white,) and Yellow Ochre, relatively more transparent. I'm guessing he put on the black first, just that, and then the red and then glazed the yellow and afterwards. So it may not be that he mixed them so much on the palette, as you are demonstrating, but allowed one layer to dry, then brought the others in as semi-transparent glazes.
Take a look at his painting, Musician, 1914. You can see in this one especially how colors are blended rather than layered (especially on the white garment and the violin), so most likely he incorporated both methods into his work with quite a bit of palette mixing.
Diane, you are a warm, engaging. and motivating teacher. I threw away my blood pressure meds. Now I press the play button on my tablet and immerse myself in one of your videos while soaking up your calm, appreciative attitude towards the art and science of painting. Thank you!
Wow, what a compliment! Thanks!
Stay away from salt.
I agree! And very beautifly expressed.
Thanks Dianne for simplifying things and explaining so beautifully.....you deserve a Nobel Prize for your teaching art
Well, I wouldn't mind that at all.
I am always blown away by the effort and dedication that Dianne puts into sharing her knowledge and educating us all for free. She's truly remarkable.
Thanks! It's a pleasure to share.
Really enjoyed how you showed the impression of blues, greens and various reds. Very excited to try this. Thank you.
Have fun!
I always learn so much from your videos. Thank you Dianne. You’re a great teacher and artist.
Thank you, Lisa.
Thank you so much for providing this vid.
Your clear and precise explanation of the Zorn palette is very helpful. You are very encouraging!!!
You are so welcome!
Thanks for all the effort you've put into helping us all with our art Dianne; one of my three go-to art RUclips channels
My pleasure 😊
Brilliant Diane, thank you. Beautifully presented and very easy to understand.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.
Dianne, you are perfectly lovely and well spoken with an unspeakable amount if knowledge! Thank you so much for sharing!! Bless your heart. 💕
Thanks for that, Aly.
Thank you so much Diane, today I am in a painting challenge where we have been asked to use The Zorn Palette and I knew you would be able to help. You are an amazing teacher!! x
Great! Good luck with the challenge!
Ms Mize, you are an inspiring instructor! Your students throughout the years were very fortunate to study with you. Thank you for expanding to you tube reaching more people starving for quality information.
Thanks, Vaneta.
This is completely amazing! Thank you for this video.
Cheers from Brazil
My pleasure! Thanks for watching.
One of the best videos on the Zorn Palette I have found.
Great! Thanks for watching.
Such a concise and effective elucidation of what many would find daunting. Thank you Dianne. You are not only simply delightful to watch, but also impart a wealth of knowledge in only a few words.
Thank you. It is a pleasure to do these.
Diane, you are just a wonderful teacher!!! thanks
Thank YOU.
I have been painting for so long but hardly knew these three colours could make magic.Thank you for the lesson.
My pleasure 😊
Omg she's so freaking adorable!! 😍🤗 this video was very helpful! Thank you! 🙏🏽💕
Thank you Emm Jay! I don't mind at all being adorable 😊.
Fantastic instructional Dianne, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to put this together and thank you In the Studio Art Instruction for making this post possible.
It's our pleasure. Thanks for watching.
This is the first time learning about Anders Zorn and his method. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure.
Magical place in color. Thank you so very much 😊
My pleasure 😊
This is a fantastic video! You are an amazing teacher Dianne and Zorn palette brought such harmony to his paintings! A MASTER! Thank you !
You are so welcome!
Love your Videos!! Great explanation and exploration of Colors. Must for Artists at all levels.
Thanks!
You're clear and warm, very good teacher. Thanks a lot Dianne! I'm a beginner
You are so welcome!
Gosh. Sooooo glad I found you!,! Thanks you.
You are so welcome!
Very interesting and exciting to watch the colors change before your eyes
Lots of possibilities with this palette.
Thank you Dianne, what a wonderful and instructional video
Glad you enjoyed it!
So helpful Dianne! As I begin to give portrait painting a try, this lesson was extremely helpful!
Enjoy!
this is a great lesson! I'm fascinated by the skin tones! thank you. I think you're awesome !
Thanks.
Thank you Dianne. If I could manage with such a limited palette I would be able to afford bigger tubes of top brands! 😄
It will take you a long way.
That was so good explanation of Zorn palette. Thank you.
My pleasure.
An amazing breakdown and an instructor. I would love to see more!
More to come! Plus nearly 400 Tips to explore already on RUclips.
Wonderful idea and knowledge as I m looking into the using limited pallette . Thanks Dianne. Love your video.
Zorn's limited palette is a good way to explore the limited palette concept.
That is a really sophisticated palette and very beautiful. you couldn't help but achieve colour harmony with it. Thanks Dianne!!
My pleasure.
You are such an awesome teacher learn more every time I watch thanks for your generous humanity
Thanks for that.
Thank you! One of the best lesson on RUclips! Actually I use this palette for my oil portraits, but you gave me a lot more combinations! I realized also raw amber can be substituted with this palette !!! Fantastic lesson! 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks. Have fun exploring all the possibilities with this palette.
Zorn plus raw umber is pretty much all you need. You can also buy empty paint tubes and create your own convenience mixtures out of that palette and obtain the eternal joys of harmonious color cohesion.👊🏻
Before this video....I was so confused about how to paint with bunch of different colours.....Thank you very much...now I'm more energetic about doing more painting 🎨
You are welcome 😊
This was great! I liked the addition of adding a recommended on a way to practice with the palette
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Dianne. This was great!
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for this. I truly enjoyed the way you explained everything
Thanks for watching.
Excellent as always... Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure.
Instant subscribe, this was a fantastic intro to the Zorn palette.
Welcome aboard, Scott!
I love this video. Ive tried 7 different reds , 4 different yellows , and 4 different whites. I honestly think to get his exact colors its : Flake White , Vermillion, Yellow Ochre, Ivory Black. The main thing is the Vermillion. You cannot get the same light beautiful orange pink flesh tone highlights with any other red. Also Titanium white is way to strong and is hard to tone down.
Thanks for sharing this, Justin.
I love your explanation of the Zorn method. I learn something new from you every time I watch 😊
Thanks for watching.
Lady, thanks for the great lesson. You are a great teacher. 👍😉👍
Thank you! 😃
Really helped me understand the zorn palette! Look forward to more ‘tubes’ from you
There are now 273 on RUclips, with a new one coming out every Wednesday. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for this video! We are practicing the Zorn palette in my college oil painting class right now and your explanation was very helpful!
Wonderful!
I love your videos!!
Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Hugely helpful! Thank you so much for taking the time to illustrate how far this palette can be imagined.
My pleasure.
Always remember though that this was Zorns start palette and he added whatever other pigments he needed as required. It's a beautiful portrait palette especially with vermilion as the read and a light ochre. I think it's really good to set limits of different kinds as it personally removes the temptation to focus too much on selecting from the huge range of interesting pigments we have available now. It amazing how much can be achieved with some very limited colours. I have sometimes, as an exercise, selected a yellow red blue of types not usual to me and with the addition of burnt umber just seen what happened. Ie naples yellow, English red and cobalt deep or some other combination of pigments I haven't tried together. It's always really interesting what you discover
Thanks for this input.
vermilion as the read and yellow ochre as the written
Thank you for that Zorn color science. Very informative tutorial. GOD Bless!
My pleasure!
Great video, thank you very much! Isn’t painting just fantastic, what a joy and possibilities with even such a limited palette!
The possibilities are unlimited!
Yes ma'am I was wondering how you could get the green thank you so much it is evident that no doubt you have forgotten more than I'll ever know. My statement is meant for a compliment❤ God bless you dear for sharing valuable information.
Thank you.
I just read the other day that this is the same palette Velazquez used for 'Portrait of Juan de Pareja', if anyone wants to see it used for some non-caucasian skin color.
Thanks.
I like your painting setup. Looks like a large pochade box.
I think that I will experiment with the Zorn palette on a portrait I am painting.
This is the painting setup I use for teaching and plein air work. It's a Sienna pochade box.
I think you will enjoy exploring the Zorn palette.
Thank you so much for that quick tip Dianne. I'm so on it right now. 🙂
Happy painting...
Thank you for such an inviting and informative video
Our pleasure!
This was AMAZING, thank you! Mind blown!! ♥️
Try it. It's a fun palette to work with.
In the Studio Art Instruction i plan to! :) after this great demo, my mind has been chomping on it and i’ve been sort of painting in my head, so to speak. I need some new paint but that’s easily remedied. 👍🌻
This is a great video and an engaging presenter. It would be great to see a series of different artists palettes being explored. Sorella, Sargent, etc ...
I'll look into that. We don't have a lot of historical information about a lot of the great's palettes. Zorn's is unique because it is so limited and uses choices other than the traditional three primaries.
Wonderful information
Thank you so very much ❤️
My pleasure
Very Helpful Thank you so much Dianne
My pleasure.
Thank you mam,what i don't understand in our art class is now clear to me,GOD BLESS.ALHAMDULILLA
I am delighted. Thanks for watching.
thank u so much beautiful lady love ur lessons they are mazing so useful thanks a lot again
I love working with limited palette, such a challenge. I'm going to look more into Zorn and his work.
You can find a huge body of his work at www.the-athenaeum.org/
Very insightful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
WoW. 😍 I just love your videos, Thank you so much for all of your great lessons.
Thanks, Cara. I enjoy doing these.
I love your videos! Thx!
Thanks for watching!
This was amazing. And you are amazing!!
Thanks.
so interesting, thanks for another great video.
My pleasure.
Very interesting. Many thanks again 👍
My pleasure.
Really fantastic video! Thank you
Thanks. My pleasure.
A good explanation of the Zorn palette, thanks!
My pleasure. Glad it was helpful!
artcyclopedia.com is a great link to search the artists'works in museums or auction houses such as Christies. I had a hard time finding photos of Zorn's work, but was able to find some via this site. Thanks for the wonderful find. Those of us with no formal art training are missing this foundation.
Thanks for this info.
Very informative & yes, helpful....thank you ma’am. !
Thanks for watching.
Thanks!
Thank YOU! It's a pleasure doing these.
You are an inspiration! Thank you for your videos, Dianne.
Thanks.
this is fascinating - bookmarked - thanks
Have fun with it!
I really like the Zorn palet because is gets a very intense vibration of red and greys dancing forward and back with soft modulations - and a great Zorn painting as inspiration to explore - and he caught the hair and skin tones of my mother - very inspiring
Do you literally mean that your mother was his subject? Just curious.
Thank you Diane great help
You are so welcome. Thanks for watching.
Awesome. I love that guy , thanks for the lesson.
You bet!
Love your videos 💕💕
Thanks.
Super interesting and informative! Thank you!
My pleasure.
Thank you for this. I love all the subtleties of flesh tone you can see with Zorn's palette. I would like to know how to create a basic colour wheel of flesh tones using the colours
you used. Thank's again for this tip and sharing many more.
Flesh tones vary according to skin pigmentation, lighting (which includes shadows), and reflective colors. The one thing all skin tones have in common is that they are low in hue saturation, which means they are low chroma (intensity). Since a color wheel identifies hues, to create one for flesh tones, you need the full range of hues that might give you all areas of any pigmentation and the variations you might find in areas hit by degrees of light, degrees of shadow and reflective light. I recommend that you watch some of Cesar Santos' RUclips videos to get some clues.
Lovely video! great explanation ! thanks!
Thanks.
I work in my icon paintings (egg tempera) with a very similar palette for tetrachrome. I use Yellow Ochre, Ercolana Red, Iron Oxyd Black and Titanium White. Mixing Black and White and glaze this over a warm underpainting gives a nice blue. The only downside is, that this is opaque while the rest of the painting is transparent.
One way to give an even surface quality to a finished work is to varnish it with a varnish compatible with your painting medium.
Great video, thanks!
You bet!
Thanks Diane!!
You bet!
Wow! Your video amazed me everytime! Thank you!
Thank you so much God bless you ❤️💕
You bet. It's a pleasure sharing these.
Thank you very much for your help
You bet! My pleasure.
Thank you so much.It was v informative video.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
(Tina's Husband, Harry) I am leaning towards Sachie's idea in this respect. I am a pastel and acrylic painter who has a negative reaction to using oils. I recently picked up some Open Golden Acrylics to experiment with. (I've not started yet) Using Sachie's concept, "bigger tubes" might open the door to freer or aggressive experimentation. So, Diane thank you for your demo, Sachie thank you for your idea and Don what a cool and practical replacement for the meds. Blessings to all. Harry
Go for it! I'm glad you're beginning with the Open acrylics because their slower drying rather will be much less frustrating while mixing.
This was so awesome 👍🏻 thanks a lot! 🌷.
Always a pleasure.
Great video, as always.
I bought the original Zorn palette from Rublev historical paints. Having used the colors, their Ivory Black and traditional Vermilion Red, (mercury sulphate,) are much more opaque, the White, (lead white,) and Yellow Ochre, relatively more transparent. I'm guessing he put on the black first, just that, and then the red and then glazed the yellow and afterwards. So it may not be that he mixed them so much on the palette, as you are demonstrating, but allowed one layer to dry, then brought the others in as semi-transparent glazes.
Take a look at his painting, Musician, 1914. You can see in this one especially how colors are blended rather than layered (especially on the white garment and the violin), so most likely he incorporated both methods into his work with quite a bit of palette mixing.
Helpful and wonderful.
Thanks!
thank you Dianne, very interesting
I love you Dianne. You're a treasure.
Thanks for that!
That was fascinating, thank you.
Always a pleasure.
You are wonderful. 💖
Ah, thanks.
ah yes of course, the green is just yellow
how interesting
thank you for this video, I love it
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
well informed!!!
thank you
My pleasure.