Thank you for the video. I just finished watching it. I’m still trying to work out the purpose of color theory and it’s uses. Is color theory useful when painting from real life or from imagination, illustrations, abstract art etc? I still don’t understand the purpose or logic behind color theory and why color theory exists? Is it to help the artist decide which colors mesh together and or contrast well? I’m not sure I’m making any sense! 😊
It’s helpful for both! And I’m thankful for your comment because I noticed that there are a lot of videos about color theory but not so much about how to use it in real life examples so that’s definitely something I want to help explain! But to quickly answer your question, yes! It’s to help pick colors that go well together in pretty much every situation whether it’s a real life subject, an imaginary design or even color mixing. Excited to tackle this subject further!
@@Pointebrush thank you for your reply and you’re welcome! I’m looking forward to any videos you make about color theory to unblock my mental block about color theory! ☺️
Best of both worlds: Add a compressor to the music track, and trigger the compressor w/ the speech to automatically turn the music down only when she's speaking.
Thank you for the presentation of the color wheel and how to choose colors that work together. I’m sure it’s going to be very helpful as it has made color theory more clear to me.
So do the neutrals always come from the mixing of complimentary colors? And where do white and black fit in? Also, I have to friends who are always at odds whether the combination of brown and purple works or not. Judging by the color theory, it looks like they do go together!
Love your videos....want to ask how did you create the muted and muddied colours in complementary....can you do a video on creating and mixing of colours?
Do you have a video teaching how to get the paint from tubes and into a pallet ? This is a very beginner kind of question. Do I put a lot in? Do I let it dry ? What do I need to know
You can put like an m&m sized amount in your pan and let it dry as is, and then just use that. You can use a toothpick and manipulate the paint into covering the bottom and then let dry, and either use it that way or add another layer, and keep doing that til the pan is as full as you want. Pans don't have to be "filled to the top", it's all about how you prefer to pick up paint. I don't like pans that are pillow top filled, I like them less than totally filled, and I prefer there to be a "bowl" shape in the surface so my water drops stay where I put them to activate the colors and things don't run off into another pan or my palette when I stick my brush in. Some people like to fill their pans at a slant, and that's a cool way of letting you experiment with picking up paint:water ratios from the pan, and it's also nice for keeping your bristles smooth and not dulling the tips of your brushes (rounds, details, liners, etc). There are various videos all over showing how people like to fill their pans if you need visuals. Hope this helps!
The way you teach is magnifique...for real I ain't interested in design but once I come across to ur channel I decided to learn graphics design and to start with your videos which is mostly about color theory...u r such great teacher with nice voix.....greetings from ethiopia
Red and blue are not primary colours. Blue can be created by other colours, red can be created with other colours. The primary colours are magenta, yellow, and cyan. Hence, they're used by printers. RGB is an outdated construct.
Wanted to know that for complimentary colours how did you get supporting colours? Adding white after neutralizing?Plz guide...I have learnt so much from your videos...thanx🙏
Thank you so much for this lesson! Unfortunately my knowledge about complementary colors has been, “mixing complementary colors = brown(yuck!)”! Or, “use complementary colors to mute each other (a less vibrant version of the the color being used). I see I’ve been missing out! I am so happy to have found your channel! Your work is such a pleasure to look at and your approach to watercolor seems to be a collaborative effort in which you allow the colors to be the 🌟, and your encouragement of shapes and combinations of colors is the supporting role. I was, (as I am a beginner), approaching the art with the understanding that I am the 🌟, and the colors and shapes need me to push them where they are “supposed” go. Therefore, making me stressed and feeling kind of “less than” because my results were anything but creative! I hope this made sense. I felt I had to try and explain this so you can now take the credit (and be the 🌟) for opening my eyes and I can give the colors their rightful place and take the pressure off of me. I can't wait to sit down and create my chart of “supporting characters”! Thanks so much!! You are an inspiration!
I really like this video but you didn't show how you mix the complimentary colors during the last exercise. Did you take the *starring* color and add its complimentary color to get the pallet of colors? how did you do that?
Sure thing! So for the red, I used W&N Primary red gouache (PR-170 Naphtol Red), for the yellow W&N Primary yellow gouache (PY1 Hansa Yellow G) and Holbein Primary Cyan (PB-15 Phtalo). Hope that helps!!
Thank you! This is the second best video I’ve seen on color! The best was your video Lon One teaches color theory like this”! I so appreciate your videos and your clear, concise, and professional delivery!
Wonderfully put colour theory. I love the tip about stars and supporting cast - so important but so overlooked by me. Thank you so much for bringing it to our attention.
Thank you very much , you explained the colour wheel in such a useful helpful way. Also it was very interesting to see how to actualy use a colour wheel.
I absolutely adore your use of colours in all of your paintings, Margot. You are also a great teacher and very generous in sharing your expert knowledge. Thanks so much 🌟
Margot, I am just in love with your channel at the moment! I have sort of a nerdy question - lol. I notice you have these small cards that are like swatches of the colors you use and you label them (which is really smart) - and keep them in a cute little box. I want to do the same as I develop my own custom mixes and want to remember what I did to achieve a certain result. Do you make your own little cards by just cutting larger ones up, or is there a place/brand I can find that pre-makes these in bulk? I have searched high and low online for some like what you have and just can't come up with anything! Thank you!
I saw your question, so I tell you what I do: I cut my swatches with a paper cutter . They are not expensive and easy to use to cut cards or trim edges.( About $ 20)
The way I see it, warm and cool are ways to describe color tendencies that helps with mixing. For instance, to get a vibrant purple, you must use a reddish-blue (warm blue) and a bluish-red (cool red). You get muddy colours (or neutrals) when you have some component of all 3 primary colours in your mix. If you mix a warm blue with a yellowish red (warm red), you introduce some yellow to your blue-red mix and get a “muddy” purple.
Margot you or great an outstanding an i have learned so much from your Demos. I have Never learned so much from a ARTIST. AN i have painted foor 55 years . Thanks Again For Your Time. Your art work is BEAUTIFUL ❤😊
Just wonderful! clear, simple yet sophisticated explanation and demonstration of the color theory and how they work! Great teaching! hope you keep making contents about tips and practice of how to make great art works! Thank you for sharing ♥
You can create supporting colors in multiple ways 1. You can water down the supporting color Example: if I'm working with orange as my main color, I'd let it be saturated, then I'd add more water to the blue color to make it paler 2. Mix the 2 complimentary color to get a shade that is somewhat in between This is actually the most important technique. Just add a little or more of the main color you've chosen to the supporting color to get cool shades 3. You can combine the above 2 tips to create an even versatile amount of supporting colors PS: If u are a beginner I'd recommend you try this theory with red and green color. Because green has amazing shades to it that can really vary depending upon how much water or paint is added to it. Have fun! :)
It happened to me while painting that I wanted to mix a dirty orange brown and violet is the complementary colour of yellow and consists of blue and red and mixed with yellow there would be a dirty green grey, I thought if I mixed magenta with yellow would result in a brownish orange, because magenta contains a bluish part, but that didn't happen, and I mixed red O_o. I thought this is not possible because red is one of the primary colours. I then mixed in more yellow and a bit of the turquoise, and then had my brownish orange.
There’s a fair amount of experimentation and adjusting when you mix colors because they can deviate based on exactly what pigments you’re using. Definitely the more comfortable you become with the color wheel the easier it will be to make adjustments along the way if the colors are turning out slightly off from what you’re looking for 😉
Such a great presentation. Your examples and explanations will help a lot of people starting out. Your pieces also, are beautiful.
Thank you! Color is the driving force in all my art. It’s a privilege to share what I know about it 🥰😘
I was literally about to comment the same thing! Beautiful explanation
Good instruction. The music in the background is distracting.
Graceful, peaceful and on point! Best tutorials ever! ❤
Thank you! ❤️🙏🥰
She, unlike most other art instructors, connects the dots in a logical progression. Bless her.
Thank you for the video. I just finished watching it. I’m still trying to work out the purpose of color theory and it’s uses. Is color theory useful when painting from real life or from imagination, illustrations, abstract art etc? I still don’t understand the purpose or logic behind color theory and why color theory exists? Is it to help the artist decide which colors mesh together and or contrast well? I’m not sure I’m making any sense! 😊
It’s helpful for both! And I’m thankful for your comment because I noticed that there are a lot of videos about color theory but not so much about how to use it in real life examples so that’s definitely something I want to help explain! But to quickly answer your question, yes! It’s to help pick colors that go well together in pretty much every situation whether it’s a real life subject, an imaginary design or even color mixing. Excited to tackle this subject further!
@@Pointebrush thank you for your reply and you’re welcome! I’m looking forward to any videos you make about color theory to unblock my mental block about color theory! ☺️
Patty-This was awesome. I'm going to watch this again and follow along with you. I love the examples you painted that went along with the exercise.
Wish you lost the music! So hard to hear what you are saying over the din in places.
It's fine
I very much enjoy hearing Chopin in the background
I hate when they do this too.
@redrugglesfive1952 but why they do this??? 😡 👿
Best of both worlds: Add a compressor to the music track, and trigger the compressor w/ the speech to automatically turn the music down only when she's speaking.
Thank you for the presentation of the color wheel and how to choose colors that work together. I’m sure it’s going to be very helpful as it has made color theory more clear to me.
I’m so glad it helped! Hopefully you can go into your color choices with a little added confidence and insight 🙏❤️
So do the neutrals always come from the mixing of complimentary colors? And where do white and black fit in?
Also, I have to friends who are always at odds whether the combination of brown and purple works or not. Judging by the color theory, it looks like they do go together!
Thankyou for the lucid explanation....write a book !
First time I have understood the colour wheel and the supporting colours! You are are a marvellous teacher! Bless you❤️🦋
If you were my third grade teacher, I would be a world genius!!! EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! Thank You!!!!
Love your videos....want to ask how did you create the muted and muddied colours in complementary....can you do a video on creating and mixing of colours?
To neuralize a color, add the complementary color to the mix.
Do you have a video teaching how to get the paint from tubes and into a pallet ? This is a very beginner kind of question. Do I put a lot in? Do I let it dry ? What do I need to know
You can put like an m&m sized amount in your pan and let it dry as is, and then just use that. You can use a toothpick and manipulate the paint into covering the bottom and then let dry, and either use it that way or add another layer, and keep doing that til the pan is as full as you want. Pans don't have to be "filled to the top", it's all about how you prefer to pick up paint. I don't like pans that are pillow top filled, I like them less than totally filled, and I prefer there to be a "bowl" shape in the surface so my water drops stay where I put them to activate the colors and things don't run off into another pan or my palette when I stick my brush in. Some people like to fill their pans at a slant, and that's a cool way of letting you experiment with picking up paint:water ratios from the pan, and it's also nice for keeping your bristles smooth and not dulling the tips of your brushes (rounds, details, liners, etc).
There are various videos all over showing how people like to fill their pans if you need visuals.
Hope this helps!
I love your teaching style and I’m a classical music buff so loving the presentation x
The way you teach is magnifique...for real I ain't interested in design but once I come across to ur channel I decided to learn graphics design and to start with your videos which is mostly about color theory...u r such great teacher with nice voix.....greetings from ethiopia
GREAT Class Margot! You're truly an expert!
Thank you Crystal! Love your latest floral tutorial! Such lovely blooms 🌹
The ability to connect with audience is a rare gift
Red and blue are not primary colours. Blue can be created by other colours, red can be created with other colours. The primary colours are magenta, yellow, and cyan. Hence, they're used by printers. RGB is an outdated construct.
Please, remove that music ! It’s interfering and makes difficult to listen what you’re trying to say
Wanted to know that for complimentary colours how did you get supporting colours? Adding white after neutralizing?Plz guide...I have learnt so much from your videos...thanx🙏
Plz do tutorials about shading techniques while painting with watercolors. Thanks.
Thank you, love the way you explain everything
I really liked the last part about how to use complimentary colors. This will come in very handy with my mandalas. 🙂
Thank you so much for this lesson! Unfortunately my knowledge about complementary colors has been, “mixing complementary colors = brown(yuck!)”! Or, “use complementary colors to mute each other (a less vibrant version of the the color being used). I see I’ve been missing out! I am so happy to have found your channel!
Your work is such a pleasure to look at and your approach to watercolor seems to be a collaborative effort in which you allow the colors to be the 🌟, and your encouragement of shapes and combinations of colors is the supporting role. I was, (as I am a beginner), approaching the art with the understanding that I am the 🌟, and the colors and shapes need me to push them where they are “supposed” go. Therefore, making me stressed and feeling kind of “less than” because my results were anything but creative!
I hope this made sense. I felt I had to try and explain this so you can now take the credit (and be the 🌟) for opening my eyes and I can give the colors their rightful place and take the pressure off of me. I can't wait to sit down and create my chart of “supporting characters”! Thanks so much!! You are an inspiration!
I really like this video but you didn't show how you mix the complimentary colors during the last exercise. Did you take the *starring* color and add its complimentary color to get the pallet of colors? how did you do that?
Explained perfectly, easy to understand.. I’m sure anyone with ADHD will really appreciate 🙌🙏🏼❤️
Music unnecessary and intrusive. A modern plague.
Very helpful, thank you, Margot :-)
why don't you show us how you make those "supporting cast " colours Margot?
Thank you so much for this informative video! So helpful.
Had to stop watching. Loud clashing piano put me off.
So what are the pigment numbers on the tube of your red yellow and blue?
Sure thing! So for the red, I used W&N Primary red gouache (PR-170 Naphtol Red), for the yellow W&N Primary yellow gouache (PY1 Hansa Yellow G) and Holbein Primary Cyan (PB-15 Phtalo). Hope that helps!!
I love this song but I cannot for the life of me remember its name! But it kept me vibing the whole time. Thank you!
Thank you Margot. Hoping you can explain the cool and warm primary colors.
Thank you Margot for this great educational video, it's very detailed and easy to understand.
Which colors do you recommend to use as the primary red, yellow, and blue? Thank you.
Video coming out today answering that exact question! So stay tuned!
Thank you! This is the second best video I’ve seen on color! The best was your video Lon One teaches color theory like this”! I so appreciate your videos and your clear, concise, and professional delivery!
do you really need that annoying music
Wonderfully put colour theory. I love the tip about stars and supporting cast - so important but so overlooked by me. Thank you so much for bringing it to our attention.
Thank you very much , you explained the colour wheel in such a useful helpful way. Also it was very interesting to see how to actualy use a colour wheel.
Can these rules apply also in make-up?😊
I absolutely adore your use of colours in all of your paintings, Margot. You are also a great teacher and very generous in sharing your expert knowledge. Thanks so much 🌟
What kind of Gouache do you use like ?
this is really helpful-thank you!
I am glad that i found your video
Well done!
Margot, I am just in love with your channel at the moment! I have sort of a nerdy question - lol. I notice you have these small cards that are like swatches of the colors you use and you label them (which is really smart) - and keep them in a cute little box. I want to do the same as I develop my own custom mixes and want to remember what I did to achieve a certain result. Do you make your own little cards by just cutting larger ones up, or is there a place/brand I can find that pre-makes these in bulk? I have searched high and low online for some like what you have and just can't come up with anything! Thank you!
I saw your question, so I tell you what I do: I cut my swatches with a paper cutter . They are not expensive and easy to use to cut cards or trim edges.( About $ 20)
Great presentation. Thanks for sharing.
Just great, this made sense of all the other color mixing information that left me hanging. Not sure how the concept of warm and cool colors fits in.
The way I see it, warm and cool are ways to describe color tendencies that helps with mixing. For instance, to get a vibrant purple, you must use a reddish-blue (warm blue) and a bluish-red (cool red). You get muddy colours (or neutrals) when you have some component of all 3 primary colours in your mix. If you mix a warm blue with a yellowish red (warm red), you introduce some yellow to your blue-red mix and get a “muddy” purple.
If you were making a color wheel for yourself would you use warm or cool primary colors or maybe two separate wheels, one warm one cool?
I was wondering this too
@@TD-bu9wv I have decided to make two separate color wheels, warm and cool.😊
@@sharonelliott1075 what a great idea. Thank you.
Just the touch of spring I needed!
Happy to help! 💐
I love learning from you.
Margot you or great an outstanding an i have learned so much from your Demos. I have Never learned so much from a ARTIST. AN i have painted foor 55 years . Thanks Again For Your Time. Your art work is BEAUTIFUL ❤😊
Thank you very much for this great video. The best ever for the color theory especially for the beginner to understand abour the color.
Well explained.. thank you for sharing 🙏
Very useful and informative! Thanks!
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Does the complementary color parinings you showed work for website design as well?
Absolutely! Color theory is universal so you can apply the same thought process to everything visual and design related 👍
Awesome, thank you 👍
Thanks!!!😊
Very good class 👍🏼👍🏼.. no need for music 🎶 ..
Just wonderful! clear, simple yet sophisticated explanation and demonstration of the color theory and how they work! Great teaching! hope you keep making contents about tips and practice of how to make great art works! Thank you for sharing ♥
Wonderful video. Thank you very much! !!
Just love it
I have watched colour theory lessons but my fav is how you teach it. Would love more such lessons. thank you!
Thank you!
The best explanation I’ve ever seen. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Awesome tutorial. Thanks
Graceful. Fell in love with colours again
Fantastic presentation. Thanks a lot.
Really elegantly described - love the music too...
Thank you so much dear Tracy 😘🙏
❤️
Thank you!
You're welcome!
I agree with a couple others, I’m not understanding how you developed the ‘supporting’ colors. I’d appreciate anyone’s feedback.
You can create supporting colors in multiple ways
1. You can water down the supporting color
Example: if I'm working with orange as my main color, I'd let it be saturated, then I'd add more water to the blue color to make it paler
2. Mix the 2 complimentary color to get a shade that is somewhat in between
This is actually the most important technique. Just add a little or more of the main color you've chosen to the supporting color to get cool shades
3. You can combine the above 2 tips to create an even versatile amount of supporting colors
PS: If u are a beginner I'd recommend you try this theory with red and green color. Because green has amazing shades to it that can really vary depending upon how much water or paint is added to it.
Have fun! :)
Thank you. That was great 😊
The video i was looking for
Background music awfully disturbes the narrative. bummer.
Excellent❤
Love your videos but the background music can be very unsettling. I end up feeling stressed by it
It happened to me while painting that I wanted to mix a dirty orange brown
and violet is the complementary colour of yellow and consists of blue and red and mixed with yellow there would be a dirty green grey,
I thought if I mixed magenta with yellow would result in a brownish orange,
because magenta contains a bluish part, but that didn't happen, and I mixed red O_o.
I thought this is not possible because red is one of the primary colours.
I then mixed in more yellow and a bit of the turquoise, and then had my brownish orange.
There’s a fair amount of experimentation and adjusting when you mix colors because they can deviate based on exactly what pigments you’re using. Definitely the more comfortable you become with the color wheel the easier it will be to make adjustments along the way if the colors are turning out slightly off from what you’re looking for 😉