Excellent video. 2 things: There are several versions of how to create mixes using a mother colour. I’m not sure which is the correct/ best one. 1. Choosing one colour straight from the tube and adding that into all the colours chosen for the painting. Example- Green and u use the green in all the mixes. 2. Your method which seems to desaturate colours well. The one tutor also told us to look at the picture/ set up to identify the most used colour. Say it’s orange yellow. Use that orange yellow with your blue to create greys and with reds to create oranges. I really like your version
I'm familiar with the concept of a Mother colour, yet you explain it so clearly and as always, with such JOY! Thank you for sharing this. ❤❤❤ A new posting from your channel is an incredible treat.
I took your first color class and, although I'm behind on completing the templates and assignments, I have learned SO much about color. I can't wait to get everything done in a workbook that will be helpful for the rest of my painting lifetime. Thank you SO much for making color and harmony so understandable!
I’m so happy you’re having a great experience with the class, Dianne! And you’re not behind at all-learning something like color really is best when you go at your own pace. Xoxo
I was a huge fan of your singing back in the day and bought everything you were a part of. Your stage presence, your gorgeous hair and eyes and your voice were ❤. I’ve always wondered how you are and if you were able to find peace and happiness bc you certainly went through your fair share of misery. You were always an inspiration to me and it’s good to find you still being creative!
I think you could probably add very little of the mother color to get the harmonious effect without desaturating the colors too much. But it might be a cool experiment to see if you could make the painting with the more desaturated colors and then just add accents of the pure hues to make it pop…
Thank you for this video. I really like tertiary colors, but mixing everything from scratch using primaries can be tedious. I've tried adding a single neutral, which works, but I think this is a better result. My biggest question is, when working in a series over a period of time, do you have to mix a LOT of mother color and keep in a container so that it can be used throughout the entire series, so that proportions of the original colors remain the same throughout, or is it okay to mix new batches of the mother color as you go, just so long as the batches each have a bit of all the colors in them?
That's a great question, Janeen. In an ideal situation, you could mix a lot of it, but I think it's totally safe just winging it. If you're trying to use roughly the same proportions, then I think 'close enough' does the job of entering all of those colors into your color palette. I will probably always just mix it on the spot.
Excellent video. 2 things:
There are several versions of how to create mixes using a mother colour. I’m not sure which is the correct/ best one.
1. Choosing one colour straight from the tube and adding that into all the colours chosen for the painting. Example- Green and u use the green in all the mixes.
2. Your method which seems to desaturate colours well.
The one tutor also told us to look at the picture/ set up to identify the most used colour. Say it’s orange yellow. Use that orange yellow with your blue to create greys and with reds to create oranges.
I really like your version
I'm familiar with the concept of a Mother colour, yet you explain it so clearly and as always, with such JOY! Thank you for sharing this. ❤❤❤ A new posting from your channel is an incredible treat.
That’s such a sweet thing to say! I truly appreciate you watching 😊
What a fantastic lesson this is!!! thanks!!!
So happy you found it helpful, Carol!
I would like to join the waiting list for your color class. I'm getting so much out of your methods!
Glad you reached out to me on IG-I’m slow answering these!
Fascinating! 💜💜💜
It really is!
Useful information and excellent delivery.
Thank you and I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. 😊
Wow, that’s wonderful. Presumably I can do this with watercolour as well?
I haven’t tried it personally yet, but yes, I’m sure it works!
I took your first color class and, although I'm behind on completing the templates and assignments, I have learned SO much about color. I can't wait to get everything done in a workbook that will be helpful for the rest of my painting lifetime. Thank you SO much for making color and harmony so understandable!
I’m so happy you’re having a great experience with the class, Dianne! And you’re not behind at all-learning something like color really is best when you go at your own pace. Xoxo
I was a huge fan of your singing back in the day and bought everything you were a part of. Your stage presence, your gorgeous hair and eyes and your voice were ❤. I’ve always wondered how you are and if you were able to find peace and happiness bc you certainly went through your fair share of misery. You were always an inspiration to me and it’s good to find you still being creative!
Hi Nikki! Thank you for your kind words-truly so sweet. I am extremely happy and all the misery was worth it. 😊
@@marabethquinart oh this makes me so happy!
Thank you! ❤
You're welcome 😊
I've heard the term before, but never understood the concept! Thank you for explaining it to us!
You are so welcome, my pleasure!
Great info. TFS!!
You are so welcome!
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Thanks for watching Patty!
This is interesting, thank you. Do all colours end up muted with this method. I was thinking if you were doing flowers, would you lose all brightness?
I think you could probably add very little of the mother color to get the harmonious effect without desaturating the colors too much. But it might be a cool experiment to see if you could make the painting with the more desaturated colors and then just add accents of the pure hues to make it pop…
Thank you for this video. I really like tertiary colors, but mixing everything from scratch using primaries can be tedious. I've tried adding a single neutral, which works, but I think this is a better result. My biggest question is, when working in a series over a period of time, do you have to mix a LOT of mother color and keep in a container so that it can be used throughout the entire series, so that proportions of the original colors remain the same throughout, or is it okay to mix new batches of the mother color as you go, just so long as the batches each have a bit of all the colors in them?
That's a great question, Janeen. In an ideal situation, you could mix a lot of it, but I think it's totally safe just winging it. If you're trying to use roughly the same proportions, then I think 'close enough' does the job of entering all of those colors into your color palette. I will probably always just mix it on the spot.