Monday, Week 18: Transparent - Complementaries(?), Oil on Linen (11/05/2020)

Welcome back! We start a new week with a new theme! In these exercises we'll be exploring the possible relationships of colors that fall into hues that could be considered complementaries. Perfect complementaries are able to do two things: They bring out the inherent qualities of each other, which means that the redness of the red will be enhanced when placed alongside green, and the greenness of the green will be showcased when accompanied by red. Oofff! What a fascinating and abstract quality of our perception! The redness of red... it's so strange to try and define something so seemingly elusive. But through painting we can see how these truly magnificent relationships work! The second important aspect of complementaries is that, when mixed together they cancel each other out. So in painting terms, we would get a fairly neutral gray when we combine the two colors. Does that mean that ANY red is a perfect and wonderful complementary to ANY green. Short answer is no, but we'll explore this further in this week. For today though, an boringly captivated Manu can help us navigate the relationship between a red that would be almost smack in the middle of the red hue, and an earthy green-yellow. One ( the red) being a bit more saturated than the green, and both of them being of similar value. So we sacrificed a bit in terms of contrast, but we gained a ton of harmony. So are they perfect complementaries??? Hmmm, I would say not quite, seeing as to how there's a noticeable trace of the dominant color in the mix when trying to produce a gray. Regardless of learning that they're not quite perfect for each other, a painting HAS to be painted, so as always, we have to recognize our limitations and push the options that we find along the way!
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[@nelsonferreira-aulasdearte]

I so agree with you about Poussin! 😁 The best pigment primary colours we have on the 21st century are Magenta, Cyan and Yellow. The old 19th century triad of Vermillion Red, Yellow and Ultramarine Blue was used before modern chemistry created purer and better primary colours. Of course no 3 colours will give all the possible colours, but CMY will give a wider gamut than RYB

[@ajaygustafson471]

“People embark in their own journeys...and the answers that they can come up with are their own...they belong entirely to them...and to all of the variables that have shaped their lives.” (1:22) ❤️💚❤️

[@bigsandwhich]

Another great lesson, thanks for these videos they’re motivating me to paint more

[@JoJo_love]

So good. I learn so much from you thank yoooooouuuuuu!!!!!

[@Fabiolagironi]

This is amazing, thank you for showing us. So much to learn from each weekly exercise

[@demonchildofwar]

Love this one, it has a very 70’s vibe.

[@Idahadleyart]

All of your instruction and commentary is so easily understood..well explained. Appreciated! Except I dont speak Spanish.. 😄....but still enjoy those videos as well!

[@piloba]

Muchas gracias Nicolás, un ejercicio muy interesante e instructivo, muy bien apoyado en la Historia del Arte. Es un gustazo escucharte, gracias de nuevo por tu generosidad

[@madtheraq]

Esos ejercicios son maravillosos. Me pasó con este video igual que con otro par en el pasado: acá se ve magnifico mientras que en Instagram no.

[@The2mcool2]

I would've chosen a darker blueish green, because that one is more yellowish and turns orange when mixed with red, but I'm so surprised with how great it came out.

[@berika6]

Marcos Teixeira I found those mixes very interesting

[@dgoberna]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@davidaaronartist]

Hermoso, el rosa yogurt de fresa 🍓 pfff 👌es una versión holgazana de hiedra venenosa

[@juliesole6532]

Fascinating....

[@loatheroach]

this is extremely helpful and relaxing to work with. thank you for making these

[@julius4054]

Hey there, beautiful painting. can you tell me what kind of paper you paint on and how you prepare it for oil :)

[@louisdosseur6696]

Hi @Our Painted Lives, can you tell us the composition of the medium you use with oil? In advance, thank you and congrats for your channel.

[@alejandromoralesgonz]

Nicholas has mentioned many times he does not use any mediums (or at leas he tries to) because he does not like the feeling of his brush runny and fatty.
He uses pure paint

[@ghohen]

At the very beginning he used perhaps a hint of Liquin.

[@louisdosseur6696]

@@alejandromoralesgonz thank you!

[@Fabiolagironi]

Question: how long are these sessions in real life? 3-4 hours?

[@OurPaintedLives]

Yes! They're all somewhere around 3 to 4 and a half hours

[@fernandauribe3636]

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