I painted a white flower against a dark brownish - earth colour and that's exactly what happened. The flower looks amazingly light in value against the dark background. With your tip in mind then I know now how to adjust not only the general midtone colour of the flower but also the shadows and the brighthest spots. Brilliant! Thanks Jason.
Excellent demonstration Jason! I am aware of that perceived contrast effect with colours relative to their backgrounds but I often "forget" to take that into consideration when painting. Just for fun, I replicated the grey rectangles contrast phenomenon in PowerPoint and the effect is amazing.
Great demonstration! I bar thing is an eye opener. The sky hole thing is something I only heard of once before, many years ago, in a book on landscape painting. But the sky hole thing stayed with me, so I was surprised to hear you bring it up. There was also something about light reinforcing other light that I read about in Leonard da Vinci's writings that may have something to do with the sky hole thing. If you haven't read "Leonardo on Art and the Artist (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)", you should!
Thanks so much for the nice comment! I think I know what you're referring to. There's a technique in still life painting whereby lightening the background around a lit object will make it look "more lit", like the light is spilling out into the surrounding air. Thanks for watching!
I touched on this idea in my "Paint Application" video way back when , but it would probably make for a good more focused video. :) ruclips.net/video/DWn0uTR_CEo/видео.html Thanks for watching!
Hello Jason, that brings me to the question about sun lit greens in landscapes. Sometimes I have my issues with these. Because I often end up in greens, wich are just a wee tiny little bit away from yellows. Can you tell us about your experiences with that? Greetings from Bavaria
Thanks for watching. :) That's probably a great subject for a video! The short answer is yes, sunlit grass will tend towards a more yellow color so you are actually going in the right direction with that.
Hello Walcott, I'd been very much interested in your comments regarding the use of yellow. I myself have been using it instead of white to attain clear tones and values as well as bright not chalky colours. Would you like to comment about that? It would be very interesting to know what you think.
Yes yellow can definitely be used as a lightener to add warmth to a mix. Especially with lightening red to keep pinks from looking chalky. Thanks for watching!
Nice video as usual Jason, though not quite what I expected. Here is an idea for a future video. There are colours that we 'know' to be light: yellows, whites and caucasian skin tones in particular. But when they are in the shade or juxtaposed with certain other colours, then they aren't light at all. I have difficulty in mixing these 'dark light' colours. Perhaps you could do something on this.
I think this is one of the best discussions of value relative to background I've seen. Really opened my eyes. My problem with yellow is when it appears in a shadow of another yellow object, or as a shadow of a lemon. I try adding gray, and it doesn't look right, I try mixing it with its compliment, violet, and it still doesn't look right. Any ideas on how to mix a darker value of yellow?
Thanks for watching! Yes, depending somewhat on the lighting, I've found that yellow objects (such as lemons), in shadow tend to look better if the color gets warmer. Try darkening the yellow by adding Burnt Sienna of Burnt Umber and see if that helps.
I’m having a problem if you have some insight... Trying to paint a snake but having a hard time determining how detailed to get... as they’re essentially “camouflage” but have patterning to the chaos as well. But if you look close even each scale has a multitude of colors/tones within it. But there’s also a different coloring pattern to their skin underlying. Should that be part of the scales too like maybe a glazing? I’ve tried multiple methods and it’s just not working I keep starting over...
To be more clear, a diamondback rattlesnake. Where each scale has its own unique pattern and yet there’s an overall pattern over those even, but also spots you can see the skin below the scales that have their own thing going on... maybe just tons of layers?
Thanks for watching! Usually to paint a pattern on seimthing like a patterned vase or in your case snake skin, it's helpful to lay down a general base color and then paint wet in wet into that with the various colors that suggest the pattern. However yes, you can use glazes to create layers for the skin. You could paint in the pattern into a clear glaze on top of the underlayer that depistc the skin. I hope that helps! :)
Hello . I’m new to oil painting and I did a blue sea . The sky is beautiful. I tried to do a yellow green line at top of wave . But it turned into mud ,then a surfers wave and I erased it . I couldn’t believe I did that . I’m new to oils . I have Cadium yellow light. I have Phthalo blue ,@ green, cobalt, cerulean blue , black,white , violet, b sienna , cad red , white brown, and it’s sticky still. It’s taken me forever to save up ,but I need paper towels and I did use Gamsol to correct my last mistake. The painting man says this was easy but I’m lost and frustrated and hoping u can get back to me. But to dark and I want to make a light wave crest and lighten the( dark blue) to a blue green white - + do a seafoam . I have Bob Ross liquid clear , Gamsol gel , and turpentoids , I also have linseed oil .Thank you so very very much sir .
I'm not quite sure what the issue is but it sounds like you may have gotten some other colors in your mix? If you just mix blue and yellow, you wouldn't get mud from that. Cadmium yellow light is a good primary yellow. Try mixing some white into your yellow to keep the wave form getting too green. That may help as well. Thanks for watching!
@@walcottfineart5088 Thanks so much,I love your show ! I really appreciate your getting back to me . I’ll try the white . It’s took so long for the sky to dry ,so I assumed oh it’s tacky ,it may be muddy again. Next time I won’t paint over the white canvas. I did a thin Burnt Sienna under but got carried away. It’s still sticky not wet so it just may work or lighten it at best . ❤️🇨🇦 Yes you definitely should have your own show !
Yes, that's true. A great and modern way to check your values is to take a photo of your piece and then convert it to black and white. Thanks for watching! :)
@@dreamlovermimi9458 I'm not sure when I'll be able to make new videos again. In the meantime, I do cover some of this in my video on "True Primaries". ruclips.net/video/tRsWWUh6zLI/видео.html
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Thank you so much for your helpful tips ! The bar inside of rectangle and sky-holes are very good examples to visualize !!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching. :)
Wow! That was very informative, especially the peek holes in the trees was a revelation to me. Thank you for the insight.
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Thanks so much for the nice comment! :)
I painted a white flower against a dark brownish - earth colour and that's exactly what happened. The flower looks amazingly light in value against the dark background. With your tip in mind then I know now how to adjust not only the general midtone colour of the flower but also the shadows and the brighthest spots. Brilliant! Thanks Jason.
I'm so glad my video was useful to you! Thanks for watching. :)
Excellent demonstration Jason! I am aware of that perceived contrast effect with colours relative to their backgrounds but I often "forget" to take that into consideration when painting. Just for fun, I replicated the grey rectangles contrast phenomenon in PowerPoint and the effect is amazing.
Again, Jason. Your instruction is very helpful. I'm learning a lot.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching :)
I'm glad I found this channel. Very high quality videos.
Thank you! I am so glad you've enjoyed my channel :)
Most excellent tutorial. Striking real examples.
Thanks for the nice comment and for watching!
You're the best art teacher!
Great demonstration! I bar thing is an eye opener. The sky hole thing is something I only heard of once before, many years ago, in a book on landscape painting. But the sky hole thing stayed with me, so I was surprised to hear you bring it up. There was also something about light reinforcing other light that I read about in Leonard da Vinci's writings that may have something to do with the sky hole thing. If you haven't read "Leonardo on Art and the Artist (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)", you should!
Thanks so much for the nice comment! I think I know what you're referring to. There's a technique in still life painting whereby lightening the background around a lit object will make it look "more lit", like the light is spilling out into the surrounding air. Thanks for watching!
Can you or do you have a video on opaque and transparent oils and how or where to use them in a oil painting.
I touched on this idea in my "Paint Application" video way back when , but it would probably make for a good more focused video. :) ruclips.net/video/DWn0uTR_CEo/видео.html Thanks for watching!
Hello Jason,
that brings me to the question about sun lit greens in landscapes. Sometimes I have my issues with these. Because I often end up in greens, wich are just a wee tiny little bit away from yellows. Can you tell us about your experiences with that?
Greetings from Bavaria
Thanks for watching. :) That's probably a great subject for a video! The short answer is yes, sunlit grass will tend towards a more yellow color so you are actually going in the right direction with that.
That tip about the sky holes was very handy, never thought about that before.
Hello Walcott, I'd been very much interested in your comments regarding the use of yellow. I myself have been using it instead of white to attain clear tones and values as well as bright not chalky colours. Would you like to comment about that? It would be very interesting to know what you think.
Yes yellow can definitely be used as a lightener to add warmth to a mix. Especially with lightening red to keep pinks from looking chalky. Thanks for watching!
Someone give this guy a pbs show
Thanks for the nice comment! :)
You sound like Patton Oswald the actor. Which is great. You are a wonderful teacher
Thank you so much for the nice comment and for watching!
Nice video as usual Jason, though not quite what I expected. Here is an idea for a future video. There are colours that we 'know' to be light: yellows, whites and caucasian skin tones in particular. But when they are in the shade or juxtaposed with certain other colours, then they aren't light at all. I have difficulty in mixing these 'dark light' colours. Perhaps you could do something on this.
Good idea! I will add it to my list. Thanks for watching!
vary nice video. But cadmium yoellow vs minium which is good for me
Thank you for your time. You are very good at teaching.
Thanks for watching and for the nice comment!
I think this is one of the best discussions of value relative to background I've seen. Really opened my eyes. My problem with yellow is when it appears in a shadow of another yellow object, or as a shadow of a lemon. I try adding gray, and it doesn't look right, I try mixing it with its compliment, violet, and it still doesn't look right. Any ideas on how to mix a darker value of yellow?
Thanks for watching! Yes, depending somewhat on the lighting, I've found that yellow objects (such as lemons), in shadow tend to look better if the color gets warmer. Try darkening the yellow by adding Burnt Sienna of Burnt Umber and see if that helps.
@@walcottfineart5088 Thank you so much!
I’m having a problem if you have some insight... Trying to paint a snake but having a hard time determining how detailed to get... as they’re essentially “camouflage” but have patterning to the chaos as well. But if you look close even each scale has a multitude of colors/tones within it. But there’s also a different coloring pattern to their skin underlying. Should that be part of the scales too like maybe a glazing? I’ve tried multiple methods and it’s just not working I keep starting over...
To be more clear, a diamondback rattlesnake. Where each scale has its own unique pattern and yet there’s an overall pattern over those even, but also spots you can see the skin below the scales that have their own thing going on... maybe just tons of layers?
Thanks for watching! Usually to paint a pattern on seimthing like a patterned vase or in your case snake skin, it's helpful to lay down a general base color and then paint wet in wet into that with the various colors that suggest the pattern. However yes, you can use glazes to create layers for the skin. You could paint in the pattern into a clear glaze on top of the underlayer that depistc the skin. I hope that helps! :)
Yellow has its challenges! Thank for the tips!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching :)
Always good and instructive videos!
Thanks for the comment and for watching!
Love this guy! Like the new Uncle Ross !!
LOL Thanks for watching!
This transfers nicely to watercolor...thank you...ps. might even help me choose mats....
Yes a lot of the info on my channel does translate to watercolor as well :) Thanks for watching!
Hello . I’m new to oil painting and I did a blue sea . The sky is beautiful. I tried to do a yellow green line at top of wave . But it turned into mud ,then a surfers wave and I erased it . I couldn’t believe I did that . I’m new to oils . I have Cadium yellow light.
I have Phthalo blue ,@ green, cobalt, cerulean blue , black,white , violet, b sienna , cad red , white brown, and it’s sticky still. It’s taken me forever to save up ,but I need paper towels and I did use Gamsol to correct my last mistake. The painting man says this was easy but I’m lost and frustrated and hoping u can get back to me. But to dark and I want to make a light wave crest and lighten the( dark blue) to a blue green white - + do a seafoam .
I have Bob Ross liquid clear , Gamsol gel , and turpentoids , I also have linseed oil .Thank you so very very much sir .
I'm not quite sure what the issue is but it sounds like you may have gotten some other colors in your mix? If you just mix blue and yellow, you wouldn't get mud from that. Cadmium yellow light is a good primary yellow. Try mixing some white into your yellow to keep the wave form getting too green. That may help as well. Thanks for watching!
@@walcottfineart5088 Thanks so much,I love your show ! I really appreciate your getting back to me . I’ll try the white . It’s took so long for the sky to dry ,so I assumed oh it’s tacky ,it may be muddy again. Next time I won’t paint over the white canvas. I did a thin Burnt Sienna under but got carried away.
It’s still sticky not wet so it just may work or lighten it at best . ❤️🇨🇦
Yes you definitely should have your own show !
But also The saturation or chroma of the colors effects how we see their value of lightness to darkness. Dull colors would look more dark etc
Yes, that's true. A great and modern way to check your values is to take a photo of your piece and then convert it to black and white. Thanks for watching! :)
@@walcottfineart5088 can u make a video on How to mix ur own Hues? Like How to mix Flake white, Cobalt Blue, cad Red hue?
@@dreamlovermimi9458 I'm not sure when I'll be able to make new videos again. In the meantime, I do cover some of this in my video on "True Primaries". ruclips.net/video/tRsWWUh6zLI/видео.html
@@walcottfineart5088 i heard u can make Zinc whote or flake white hue with titanium white + lots of acrylic or oil medium. What are ur thoughts?
@@dreamlovermimi9458 Yes, that could work. Lead White is more transparent than titanium so adding some medium would mimic that a bit.
Great demo.
Excellent video with tips!
I'm glad you found my video useful. :) Thanks for watching!
That was very helpful and interesting.
Thank you.
Excellent! Thank you!
Thanks for watching! :)
Is this true for orange as well?
It's actually true for all colors! Yellow it's more noticeable though because it's so light in value. Thanks for watching!
@@walcottfineart5088 Thanks for replying! I think your videos are great, truly informative and helpful. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Jason!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. :)
An excellent lesson. Thank you!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it :)
That is such a trip 😮
Nice one..thankyou
Wow amazing thank you for that demonstration
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Brilliant
getting the right values is al challenge for artists. Your tutorial heklp very much.
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Good explanation!
I feel like Luke Skywalker and you’re my Obi-Wan lol 😁
That is such an awesome comment! LOL Thanks for watching! :)
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Thanks so much for watching! :)
very useful！thanks
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