I enjoyed your video but would need a second set of primaries for my use (warm blue, cool yellow, cool red) to complement what's there. Keeping to the 5 you specified does give your body of work a unified feel. Thank you.
Thank you so much for watching my video, and for your kind words about my art :) I'm really glad you found it helpful ♥️ I'm hoping to post more videos here soon!
Thanks so much for your kind words, and for following along!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. It's a big goal of mine to post more content this year, so stay tuned :)
WOW! Not only your illustrations are beautiful but this video was so chill and useful! I wish to start using gouache and just bought my first kit and this was very eye-opening to what you can do with just a handful of colors! ^^
Thanks so much for your comment! That means the world! I'm thrilled you found my video useful. Best of luck in your gouache journey!! It's the best medium, and you can do so much with it! Especially if you have the right colors :)
Thanks so much! I actually use Cadmium-free scarlet! If you zoom in on the paint tube I show, it says it on the green band. I don't notice much of a difference from the regular cadmium scarlet, and I feel better about using a non-toxic paint color.
Super helpful as a beginner to have a starting place mixing colors. Hopefully you will do another video to follow up your comment_"I haven't even begun to show you all the colors"... I'd love to see more but I will start with this. Thanks so much!
@@marcynewman7783 Thanks so much for watching, Marcy!! I will definitely think about doing a follow up video on these five shades. So glad you found my demonstration helpful!
Love this video. Informative and relaxing. Beautiful artwork. Wondering do you have an alternative to cadmium red? Great work, please make more videos.
Thanks so much for your kind words :) If you are looking for more of a traditional red, primary red mixes really well with other colors. I even enjoy mixing it with cadmium red to create a less orangey tone. Hope that helps!
Vermilion Tone (PR255) and Scarlet Red (PR254) by Schminke Horadam (their gouache) are two alternatives to cadmium reds, the former being more orange leaning and the latter more of a middle red. Hope that helps! ☺️
I'm wondering if you'd be happy with a huge tube of white and some artist grade watercolors! It's super easy to create muted shades with white and hardly any highly-pigmented paint.
Funny you should mention this! I actually take a huge tube of white gouache and a set of watercolors with me when I travel. It's a lot more portable than taking all my tubes with me. At home, I really like the saturation and paint thickness the gouache tubes provide though. Is that what you typically use to make your art?
@@lalalalalala9333 I just put a big glob of white on a plate or paint palette. Then, I mix in colors from the watercolor set onto the plate. For really dark shades, you don't need to add white. You can just take them directly from the watercolor set. However, for light/medium shades, this technique provides a nice opaque paint texture. Sounds like maybe I should do a video on this :)
@@nicolecicak Thank you for answering my question! Yes, please make a video on this. What you described sounds so much more simple to travel with than taking all these little tubes of gouache lol.
Hi! What’s Hunter Green? I’ve only ever heard of it once before. Are there any paint manufacturers who make Hunter’s Green? Also, what is that beautiful dish that you’re using as a palette? It almost looks translucent.
Hi! Thanks for watching! Hunter Green is really just the deepest, darkest shade of green. Unfortunately no one makes Hunter Green paint, which is why I like to mix yellow ochre and ultramarine. Another way to get a deeper shade of hunter green is to mix lamp black and viridian. The palette I'm using is a vintage milk glass egg dish. I have five of them! If you search for it under vintage items on Etsy or eBay, you should be able to find some. I also pick them up at antique malls and thrift stores. They are really reasonably priced. Hope that helps!!
@@nicolecicak Thanks so much 😀. Thanks for advising me about Hunter’s Green; I’ve been wondering about it ever since i read it. As for your palette, I did read before about milk glass but I’ve never seen it in person, only on the internet. I think it looks so beautiful, almost translucent.
This is pretty much the only palette I use, but I could see swapping out different versions of the primary colors to make new palettes - similar to what you said about perylene maroon.
I like these colors but this is not a good recommendation for beginners as it doesn't create the basic popular colors. But i do love the colors. It also does depend on what you are painting. I am a landscape painter.
I get what you're saying! I do think artists color palettes become more obscure as they become more experienced, so maybe this isn't the best range for beginners. I certainly wasn't using these colors at the beginning of my journey. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this. I am one of those persons who gets overwhelmed by the hundreds of colours in the art store. This colour set is a good start for warm mixes. I paint lots of landscapes, and I think might need a couple of additions to mix wider shades of greens. I love your illustration style and I am now off to explore your back catalogue.
I enjoyed your video but would need a second set of primaries for my use (warm blue, cool yellow, cool red) to complement what's there. Keeping to the 5 you specified does give your body of work a unified feel. Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you found my video on gouache shades helpful :)
I really love this video. very helpful. Please keep making these videos.
Reminded me of Zorn palette 🎨!!
I love your artstyle!! Yesss to white! This was so informative too! Thank you for sharing! ♥️
Thank you so much for watching my video, and for your kind words about my art :) I'm really glad you found it helpful ♥️ I'm hoping to post more videos here soon!
How do I get a cool and bright green? Ty for the video, but these are the only co,ours needed for your style and subject.
beautiful colors and love your illustration style. I hope you keep posting more videos in the future :)
Thanks so much for your kind words, and for following along!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. It's a big goal of mine to post more content this year, so stay tuned :)
I would need a lemon yellow and perhaps a quin magenta as extras to this pallet. It is a great starting palette that you can tweek.
That makes sense! I too have some additional shades I use, even though I could survive off just these five. Happy painting!!
WOW! Not only your illustrations are beautiful but this video was so chill and useful! I wish to start using gouache and just bought my first kit and this was very eye-opening to what you can do with just a handful of colors! ^^
Thanks so much for your comment! That means the world! I'm thrilled you found my video useful. Best of luck in your gouache journey!! It's the best medium, and you can do so much with it! Especially if you have the right colors :)
Love this, Nicole! I LOVE the surprising shades that you can mix up using gouache.
Thanks so much, Shivani! I'm so glad you enjoyed my video about mixing gouache :)
Looks soooo good but the only problem is that Cadmium Red can be extremely toxic. Do you think any other option can be suggested to fill its place?
Thanks so much! I actually use Cadmium-free scarlet! If you zoom in on the paint tube I show, it says it on the green band. I don't notice much of a difference from the regular cadmium scarlet, and I feel better about using a non-toxic paint color.
beautifull vintage colors palette thank you
Thanks so much!!
Super helpful as a beginner to have a starting place mixing colors. Hopefully you will do another video to follow up your comment_"I haven't even begun to show you all the colors"... I'd love to see more but I will start with this. Thanks so much!
I mean mixing these 5 colors.
@@marcynewman7783 Thanks so much for watching, Marcy!! I will definitely think about doing a follow up video on these five shades. So glad you found my demonstration helpful!
Love this video. Informative and relaxing. Beautiful artwork. Wondering do you have an alternative to cadmium red? Great work, please make more videos.
Thanks so much for your kind words :) If you are looking for more of a traditional red, primary red mixes really well with other colors. I even enjoy mixing it with cadmium red to create a less orangey tone. Hope that helps!
Vermilion Tone (PR255) and Scarlet Red (PR254) by Schminke Horadam (their gouache) are two alternatives to cadmium reds, the former being more orange leaning and the latter more of a middle red. Hope that helps! ☺️
which is the equivalent of cadmium scarlet in acrylic?
Thanks for watching, Sophia!! I would look for a Cadmium Red Light when shopping for acrylics. Hope that helps!
hi! how do you get that fluorescent pink on the pink bubblegum in the 4:06?
Hi! I use Opera Pink mixed with white to get that tone. Thanks for watching!!
I'm wondering if you'd be happy with a huge tube of white and some artist grade watercolors! It's super easy to create muted shades with white and hardly any highly-pigmented paint.
Funny you should mention this! I actually take a huge tube of white gouache and a set of watercolors with me when I travel. It's a lot more portable than taking all my tubes with me. At home, I really like the saturation and paint thickness the gouache tubes provide though. Is that what you typically use to make your art?
@@nicolecicak How do you paint with the huge tube of white and a set of watercolors? Do you just pick a watercolor and just mix it with white?
@@lalalalalala9333 I just put a big glob of white on a plate or paint palette. Then, I mix in colors from the watercolor set onto the plate. For really dark shades, you don't need to add white. You can just take them directly from the watercolor set. However, for light/medium shades, this technique provides a nice opaque paint texture. Sounds like maybe I should do a video on this :)
@@nicolecicak Thank you for answering my question! Yes, please make a video on this. What you described sounds so much more simple to travel with than taking all these little tubes of gouache lol.
Hi! What’s Hunter Green? I’ve only ever heard of it once before. Are there any paint manufacturers who make Hunter’s Green? Also, what is that beautiful dish that you’re using as a palette? It almost looks translucent.
Hi! Thanks for watching! Hunter Green is really just the deepest, darkest shade of green. Unfortunately no one makes Hunter Green paint, which is why I like to mix yellow ochre and ultramarine. Another way to get a deeper shade of hunter green is to mix lamp black and viridian. The palette I'm using is a vintage milk glass egg dish. I have five of them! If you search for it under vintage items on Etsy or eBay, you should be able to find some. I also pick them up at antique malls and thrift stores. They are really reasonably priced. Hope that helps!!
@@nicolecicak Thanks so much 😀. Thanks for advising me about Hunter’s Green; I’ve been wondering about it ever since i read it. As for your palette, I did read before about milk glass but I’ve never seen it in person, only on the internet. I think it looks so beautiful, almost translucent.
Any more fav limited palettes?
This is pretty much the only palette I use, but I could see swapping out different versions of the primary colors to make new palettes - similar to what you said about perylene maroon.
I like these colors but this is not a good recommendation for beginners as it doesn't create the basic popular colors. But i do love the colors. It also does depend on what you are painting. I am a landscape painter.
I get what you're saying! I do think artists color palettes become more obscure as they become more experienced, so maybe this isn't the best range for beginners. I certainly wasn't using these colors at the beginning of my journey. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this. I am one of those persons who gets overwhelmed by the hundreds of colours in the art store. This colour set is a good start for warm mixes. I paint lots of landscapes, and I think might need a couple of additions to mix wider shades of greens. I love your illustration style and I am now off to explore your back catalogue.
Nice. I favour the same selection but perylene maroon instead of the red of your choosing. 🤓
Great minds think alike! That makes sense. I could definitely see swaps for a few of these colors, based on artist preference. Thanks for watching!!
Produce more vids!
Thanks so much for the encouraging words!