Get better at judging colour with this trick! 🧡👀
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- I was toning a ground today & thought I’d do a little video.
Toning a ground (also called staining a canvas) is essentially a thin wash of colour artists do before they begin their painting to prepare their surface.
Bright white canvases can really distort the colours that you see. Nothing is ever that high value so it’s often hard to properly judge the paint your mixing. So, just like using a grey palette or toned paper, it’s common for artists to paint their canvas a mid-value colour to help them when they begin the work.
I used burnt Sienna which is popular for giving warmth underneath portraits or landscapes but burnt umber is a more neutral version. It’s best to stick with pigments that are more transparent (you can google this or look on the tube). Earth colours are popular as they dry quickly. But there are no rules, just think about what’s best for the subject matter, the lighting, and the mood you are trying to paint. Some people use complementaries for contrast. You can also use a rag to redact colour in areas you want to be lighter.
If your using oils make sure u stick to the fat over lean rule to prevent cracking. Thinning paint with oil medium creates a glaze which is ‘fat’ as it contains more oil and only suitable for the last layers of the painting. For an underpainting you need to create a was which is paint thinned using solvent such as a mineral spirit. This makes it less oily aka ‘lean’ & only appropriate for the last layers.
Happy painting ✨
What a gorgeous color even for underpainting
I adds a great warm base! 👍
@@dorisroseart Indeed. Especially that orange is my favorite color.
At hobby lobby they are getting rid of grumbacher academy and winsor and newton of their entire brand but they had the oils paints really cheap and (idk if I should say sad but) it's kinda sad because I only do water mixable so it's easy to clean but they had the artists oil
Thanks. Hey look up Stuart Davies art you may injoy his closet full of paint n talk like your , Granpa,
Very helpful! Thanks
You're welcome!
I tone with acrylic
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I’ve been watching a bunch of your videos because I’d like to start oil painting, but I’ve been looking for your video on how to repurpose the sludge you get from cleaning your brushes but I can’t find it. Can you link it or repost it please?
Also I was thinking about fire safety with the rags. Can I wash them? Should I? After they are dry should I store them in a dark dry place or is that also dangerous? Should I completely isolate them when drying? I’m reading a novel about oil painting and the writer talks about using turpenoid natural and turpenoid odorless. What is the difference between them, and is gamsol a substitute for both? Love your artwork, and thank you for these gems!
I don’t know how to link the video here but if you check out my Instagram @dorisroseart the video you’re looking for is pinned to the top of my reels page right now.
As far as rags you can’t re-wash them but you can use them again after they are dry up until they are not useful to you anymore. Im not sure how the amount of light changes the risk but I expect storing them away from any direct sunlight is wise. The main thing is to avoid folds especially on rags that have been used for a lot of oil medium eg cleaning up a spill. I’m not sure what the difference is between turpenoid natural & turpenoid odourless other than what you can deduce from the names eg. Odourless manufactured to smell less. Both are less toxic than turpentine as they are a milder slower-evaporating mineral spirit a lot like gamsol which is what I use all of these are good options.
Thanks for watching 🤗