Hi Jess. I have a bunch of fountain pen inks that I plan on mixing to get other colours. For now, I have an ink that is bright saffron orange. It's quite bright and in your face, especially after I've written a whole page with it. I want to make this ink look like a more warmer orange. Should I experiment mixing the orange ink with a dark red ink to darker warmer orange? What do you suggest?
Fountain pen inks, that sounds so fascinating! To be honest, I haven't used such a medium before apart from back in primary school. Does the ink dry darker or lighter at all? That may dictate what you do with it. I'd honestly just experiment a bit if you have that option. If it's a fluorescent orange you need to knock to saturation out of, perhaps adding a more neutral orange will do the trick. The dark red may quickly take over and ruin the brightness. Have a go at both if you can and see what you think!
Thank you for your effort. I have a question: what did you mean by saying "consider using an opposite colour", this on the wheel maybe? Thank you in advance for your reply and time. Friendly regards
Colours generally have opposites, which can be used to darken or mute their opposite, or generally change its tone. For example, the opposite colour of orange is blue. There are lots of different blues, but if you add a little blue to the orange is can tone it down and deepen the colour, make it more "natural" and less bright. Have a look at a colour wheel, and you'll see each opposite. You can use this to your advantage in your paintings 🙂 Jess
*Mixing the paint colours you REALLY want to use doesn't have to be a guessing game. These colour mixing videos aim to help you get painting faster and get it right!* We'll be back next week with some very interesting test videos... see you then! 🙂 Jess
WHICH reds & yellows are they??? it makes sense of course, but there are tons of warm & cool yellows & reds. One would guess maybe lemon & cadmium yellow, but colors online & the number of hues in different paints are so varied.
The ratio can change depending on the type of orange colour you're looking for. But I like to start with a yellow base, then slowly add a little bit of red and mix it well. It's a lot easier to control the colours this way. Start with the lightest colour first, then slowly add the stronger pigments 👍 Jess
i am painting a golden doodle my problem is that i am not sure it if i am mixing theme correctly or not .? the golden doodle the best way i can describe as orange tan and brown yellow and white .
Hard to say which colours you need without looking at the photo, but maybe you could try using beige and brown tones, as well as the white. Use the golden tones and orange just on the highlights 🙂 Jess
Thanks!
Hi Jess. I have a bunch of fountain pen inks that I plan on mixing to get other colours. For now, I have an ink that is bright saffron orange. It's quite bright and in your face, especially after I've written a whole page with it. I want to make this ink look like a more warmer orange. Should I experiment mixing the orange ink with a dark red ink to darker warmer orange?
What do you suggest?
Fountain pen inks, that sounds so fascinating! To be honest, I haven't used such a medium before apart from back in primary school. Does the ink dry darker or lighter at all? That may dictate what you do with it. I'd honestly just experiment a bit if you have that option. If it's a fluorescent orange you need to knock to saturation out of, perhaps adding a more neutral orange will do the trick. The dark red may quickly take over and ruin the brightness. Have a go at both if you can and see what you think!
Thank you for your effort.
I have a question: what did you mean by saying "consider using an opposite colour", this on the wheel maybe?
Thank you in advance for your reply and time.
Friendly regards
Colours generally have opposites, which can be used to darken or mute their opposite, or generally change its tone. For example, the opposite colour of orange is blue. There are lots of different blues, but if you add a little blue to the orange is can tone it down and deepen the colour, make it more "natural" and less bright. Have a look at a colour wheel, and you'll see each opposite. You can use this to your advantage in your paintings 🙂 Jess
*Mixing the paint colours you REALLY want to use doesn't have to be a guessing game. These colour mixing videos aim to help you get painting faster and get it right!* We'll be back next week with some very interesting test videos... see you then! 🙂 Jess
WHICH reds & yellows are they???
it makes sense of course, but there are tons of warm & cool yellows & reds.
One would guess maybe lemon & cadmium yellow, but colors online & the number of hues in different paints are so varied.
Thanks a lot . Can you tell the ratio between red and yellow to make an orange colour
The ratio can change depending on the type of orange colour you're looking for. But I like to start with a yellow base, then slowly add a little bit of red and mix it well. It's a lot easier to control the colours this way. Start with the lightest colour first, then slowly add the stronger pigments 👍 Jess
@@GoldCoastArtSchool I wanted this answer too, thank you ❤️
i am painting a golden doodle my problem is that i am not sure it if i am mixing theme correctly or not .? the golden doodle the best way i can describe as orange tan and brown yellow and white .
Hard to say which colours you need without looking at the photo, but maybe you could try using beige and brown tones, as well as the white. Use the golden tones and orange just on the highlights 🙂 Jess