Exploring Interpretive Color to Transform Your Paintings
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Permanent
Quinacridone Magenta
Dioxazine Purple
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue
Chrome Oxide Green
Phthalo Green
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If you try doing a painting in the next days or weeks, let me know how it goes and any thoughts or insights you had on the process. Good luck!
Thank you Iain, your videos are always so interesting. Looking forward to the next one. Stay safe and thanks again.
thank you Cindy. I am glad you liked this one.@@cindymcchlery-hendy1968
Good to know. I follow you so I will stay tuned! Take care. g
Thank you, Ian! Of all art teachers on RUclips, I always find your advice to be the most practical and presented in easy-to-understand, not intimidating, way. I am sure many of us feel inspired to go and try what you just showed in your video.
Thanks so much and I hope it inspires a few people to give it a try. Best wishes.
Very helpful and a real eye opener for me. Thank you.
you're very welcome! @@sabinamurphy4101
I struggle so with values….enjoyed this video, very helpful . I’m learning!
Makes me happy to hear. Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed it.@@artistapprentice7021
You have a natural affinity for teaching in a way that easily breaks down the most pertinent information in an understandable & organized way. Very good information. Thank you!
You're very welcome. Thank you for the kind comment Marie, and best wishes.
Ian, this is remarkable. Your passionate efforts to illustrate your insights through practicable examples really sets you apart as a teacher. It is rare to see such passion in a "free" video like this. The "value" you provide is phenomenal
Thanks so much and thank you for letting me know. All the best.
I see what you did there! LOL "value" LOL
This is possibly my biggest struggle in elevating my art from basic to artistic, thank you
I hope it inspires you to try it. Good luck with it and all the best.
I’ve watched every one of your videos and have learned so much from you, but this one stands out as especially mind opening. Thank you so much Ian!
Delighted you enjoyed it Amy. Thanks for letting me know. All the best.
Perfect. This is exactly the direction I've wanted to go with landscapes and wasn't entirely sure how to get there. Using the color wheel to determine the palette makes perfect sense.
Wonderful Carol. I am very glad to hear that.
It would be fun to see all those paintings framed and hung together. Or…I could do my own small series. Thanks for the lesson and the inspiration.
I took screen shots of each to compare. It’s helpful!
It is worth a try, doing a series of the same image and shifting the hue. As an experiment. The secret though is a really sound foundation image of good structure of value masses. Then you can push off of that in various ways and the structure will help hold it all together.
Great video and demonstration, Ian! So important. As a curious art student(now and forever) in the 70s, I’ll never forget the time I visited my neighbor who was art director/editor for the Saturday Evening Post and Look magazines. He had an original Norman Rockwell hanging on his wall. And he pointed out to me Rockwell’s use of color on shadow area of the face. It was a bold deep reddish purple. My neighbor told me that because the VALUE was correct, the color worked! And of course, relative to other colors in the portrait.
Same as you demonstrated here. Wonderful!
This knowledge of intensity of hue is what the expressionist movement did with their colour palette 🧚
They layered various hues of colours in the same intensity which enlivened the artwork Thanks for your generosity and kindness Ian 🥰
Thank you so much Heather. All the very best.
New sign for my studio " my reference picture is not the boss. I am!!"
Yes exactly. Less subject, more artist!
All three on screen during the closing segment would have been great.. But I've always preferred using attractive colours over the dullness that can be absolute realism, so thank you for the demonstration on how to control it without being too lurid.
Thank you. I will keep that in mind. I am glad you liked this video for more exciting color. Best wishes.
Very inspiring and exciting, while teaching us how to avoid brashness. Thank you so much for this helpful lesson🖼️
You are so welcome. Very glad you liked it. All the best. @@craftdipper
This video helps me a lot in my artwork. I use
this from now in my portrait painting. It is long time I am looking for a color system you are explaining here. Thank you. This kind of using colors I can never forget. This gives so much freedom in artwork. Great. ❤❤❤❤❤
I do think this could work really well with portraits as well. Good luck with it. All the best.
Ian, I have to admit that I'm not a painter but i had to give you a compliment. You have the perfect voice for an instructor. Your tone seems to guide the listener to what you are teaching. I wish you continued success!
Thinking outside the box opens up a whole new way of looking at a scene. You have explained it quite easily and what happens in the end is a variety of expressions of mood. I especially liked the last one.
Thank you Debra. I am delighted you enjoyed the video, and especially the last painting.
That was my favorite too.
I watched this video five times today. I cannot get enough. It is really a gift.❤
Wow, makes me happy to hear it. Best wishes.
As always Ian you have delivered yet another wonderful and highly informative video. Some artists could take this concept and go their whole careers perfecting it and playing with it. Thank you again, always a great Tuesday when your video drops.
You're so welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it.
These videos are very informative and helpful! Thank you! Off to paint. :)
Delighted you found it helpful.
It was so helpful to see these "shift" examples unfold. Thank you so much! I've always wanted to try this but haven't had any confidence. Your demonstrations and explanations have inspired me to give it a try!
YES! makes me happy to hear it. Have fun.
Mind blowing, yet perfectly natural! I love this type of exercise to break us out of the comfort (or not so comfortable) zone.
Delighted you like it. I hope you have fun with exploring it yourself Mark. Best wishes.
Breaking away from conventional thoughts is the answer just use the shapes and colours that work thanks mate
I'm glad it was helpful.
So interesting and helpful! I can see where I've gone wrong when I've tried to be more creative with my colour. Thank you so much for your lessons. I learn heaps! Greetings from Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia 🎨🤗
Hi Dianne, hope you find the ideas helpful. Good luck and best wishes.
it is an eyeopener and I compare it with the the composition of music Please go on this way !!!
Delighted you enjoyed it.
A good lesson with great examples. It's so easy to just not think about this possibility, but it opens up so many options. I'm a fan of muted colors, and this allows me to depart from the usual green. Thanks!
That is the thing whether more intense or muted you can shift the hue like this. And then as you say it really opens up a lot of options.
Ok, this has to be the most enlightening, consciousness raising video Ive seen in a long while Ian. I knew some of it on an instinctive level. It was the components of colour that was especially useful. Exactly what I needed. Thankyou....I will be definitely trying it.
So glad you found it that helpful Mark. Best wishes.
You are as a talented teacher as you are an artist. An artist's artist. Thank you for sharing.
I like that, an artist's artist. Thank you.
I tried it out in watercolor. Did the first two and then went out on my own with the same composition and did a pink and teal. It was fun to bust out of conventions and do color schemes I’ve never tried. I will have to try on other compositions now and loosen up. I feel like I could drop in some similar value colors into these dark colors for intriguing effects. Thanks Ian for your wisdom!
I'm delighted you so quickly just took the idea and ran with it Olivia. Makes me happy. All the best.
Thank you for breaking down something I never clarified to the degree that you do when choosing what landscapes to paint. Value is the anchor, make sure there first is a clear pattern of darks and lights. Then, if I don't want to go with the typical blue and green which is most landscapes, try shifting the relationship around to another side of the color wheel, but keep the same intensity. I will be using this suggestion in my landscapes. So helpful!
Glad you found it helpful Stephen. It is true, if you have a solid foundation ( the main value masses) then there is a lot of room for expression. Like a musician improvising off of a standard.
My painting is on a whole new level after watching, rewatching, following instructions, experimenting, being brave and coming back and watching again. Your quiet dedication and clear instruction is galvanizing. Thank you.
I'm delighted you found it helpful.
Thank you so much for these ideas! I haven’t been painting because of recovering from a long time of major surgeries and medical problems. I want to paint and this has inspired me completely.
Makes me happy to hear it. I wish you a fully recovery and many years of engaging painting. Best wishes.
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for this video, Ian! It's VERY INTERESTING & INSPIRING!
Delighted you think so. All the very best.
Wow, love this! Great post, thank you!
thanks so much.
You are AOMH..BNQ! (Almost over my head...but not quite!) ThankYOU!
What a great painting experiment. Can't wait to try it. Thanks so much. 😊
I hope your paint brushes are light and free. Enjoy the process and best wishes.
Thanks for this tutorial. I have started watching your videos regularly and have been trying the exercises. I am a figurative painter and want to explore more landscape painting and your videos and books ( currently studying mastering compositions)definetly help a lot.
Wow! This lesson really helps with what I’ve been trying to do in my artwork instead of copying the hues in the photo. One question in choosing your colors. You didn’t seem to choose a color scheme using split complimentary, triad, etc, or did you? How did you decide on the colors you choose? Thank you for all your lessons on RUclips, I find myself going back and rewatching when I struggle with a painting.
Utterly brilliant! Thank you. A simple but powerful analysis that delivers successful visual freedom on a plate. Masterful.
Thanks so much.
Great way to expand possibilities of using color.
Delighted you like the video.
You send out such a sense of beautiful serenity! Thank you for your videos, I love watching them. Looking forward to try these experiments.
I have such trouble seeing values. Squinting helps. Any other suggestions? Thanks
you opened a world to me, thank you so much ^^
thank you. That makes me very happy to hear!
Thanks for the Amazing video ❤. I ‘d like to see more, but couldn’t see below “show more “
What advice do you have for people who are color blind? I am red-green color blind and often have difficulty knowing what color I am looking at.
This was inspiring and practical, Thanks!
You're very welcome June
Hi Ian, excellent demonstration, and it has immediately given me an idea that I want to try. I will definitely give you some feedback. All the best👏👍😃
This is a tremendous lesson. Thank you so much. I really wanted to see all three examples together. Here is my best effort: @5:00 @8:30 @11:20
Thank you, this is a very helpful. I wanted to play with this idea before, but did not know how to approach it.
Wonderful video. Can't wait to experiment!
Have fun with it Sandra. All the very best.
Hi, Ian. Your desription of Hue, Value and Saturation is the best I have ever enountered. I often use the Caption Translate option to teach in the Hebrew language. To my dismay, I see today that the Hebrew option has been removed. Could you clarify this for me with RUclips? Thank you very much, Carol.
I'll ask the person who puts in the languages to check. We usually have the same ones every month so not sure why it would be different this month. I'll send her a note now. Sorry.
Thanks again.@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition
Hi Carol. The Hebrew language was added yesterday. Sorry about that. I hope you enjoy the video. @@chayita7
Thank you so much for your kindness. Not only I can enjoy the video but also the Hebrew speakers where I live.@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition Kudos!
Wonderful. It's my pleasure. Best wishes. @@chayita7
I love this lesson so much and hope I can make myself try this experiment. Thank you.
Thank you for your inspiring presentation. It is so valuable for my efforts to be more creative in painting.
Watched this for the second time. I always gain so much from your videos 😊
I wish I had known a week ago I could have joined. Missed it last year and wasn’t sure you’d do it again.
Thank you so much, I will surely try this on my next painting, it gets me going! ❤
Endeed great great great video :)
thanks so much Kyrie.
I love this. Exactly what i needed. Thank you!
Your videos are always helpful and engaging! Look forward to the next one. :)
Glad you like them Sarah. Thanks so much.
Excellent explanation of the concepts of hue and value. One of the best videos I’ve seen on the topic.
Thank you Paula. That is kind of you to say.
Brilliant, Ian. You are such a strong teacher. Practicing what you teach elevates my practice. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Delighted you like it. Best wishes.
You're an excellent teacher Ian, again thank you for another useful video. made for a good start to my day!
My pleasure. Thank you for watching and best wishes.
Undoubtedly this is a good lesson in values, thanks for sharing, much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Ian, for this exciting, inspiring video
Scrumptious...just the encouragement i needed to get free er.
Glad to see you again. Thanks for the video!
Thanks.always keep values for new entrant.
Perfect timing for me. I’ve been going Fauve because I want to use more colour and this gives me some structure. Many thanks Ian.
I'm glad you found it helpful
Great information! Found this video helpful, I will try these tricks 🎉😊😊😊😊
Glad it was helpful. I hope you have fun with it. All the best.
thank you for your great explanation - i loved to see the possibilities . it is wonderful . please create more similar videos . thank you again
So glad you enjoyed it
excellent video sir. lots of love n appreciation from india
extraordinary experimenting, with this lesson I discovered how Richard Mayhew created his magnificent masterpieces, thank you Ian✌✌✌
Glad you liked it. I'll have to look him up. All the best.
Thank you, Ian, for so beautifully demonstrating your point by example. Great teaching.
You're so welcome Martha. All the very best.
Now I need to order some quinacridone magenta! 😂
Another thoughtful, well organized and helpful video. I appreciate your comment how too much intensity ends up being jumpy and distracting. Yup. Done that before!
Glad it was helpful Joan. You are not alone on that. Best wishes.
What a fantastic video - observing your experiments (with such helpful reasoning) is amazingly insightful. Thank you!
you are so welcome. Really glad you liked it Jane. Best wishes.
Thank you so much for opening new page for me!
A true master ...philosophical and artistic
thank you Eddie. Kind of you to say
@@IanRobertsMasteringCompositionI like your modesty and humility.... friendly.... Learn lots from u.
thanks so much. All the best to you.@@eddielindaa
I like how you used two split complementary colors. Never thought of using those two without adding a yellow green. Nice work :)
Glad you like it!
Thanks Robert...we really need to see it done to gain confidence to experiment like this. I appreciate all the free ideas you share
I'm glad you found them helpful
Thanks Ian, I so appreciate your videos. I work non-representationally, but everything you have said is still relevant. Perfect timing (for me).
Hi James, quite right the whole issue of hue, value and intensity and affecting everything representational or not. Best wishes.
Very interesting and an eye opener. Many thanks Ian.
Really interesting Thankyou. I hadn’t come across this before
great. Really happy to hear that, and glad you enjoyed it.
Excellent.
thanks so much
Thanks Ian. It is indeed a worthwhile exercise to break away from what we see as 'normal'. I learned a lot following your thought process and suggestions. Barry
You're welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful.
Thank-you for this demo. I've been debating on how to interpret an old sketch into a pastel painting, and whether to keep it a more traditional gray day, or make it more colourful and sunny. Have been trying things out on the ipad first, and loving some colours on the trees. Your demo will help me put my painting thoughts down more cohesively! :)
I'm delighted you enjoyed it. Thank you!
I wouldn't have thought they would work but they definitely did...an excellent demonstration, thank you!
Thanks for sticking it out until the end to see how it turned out. Glad you liked it in the end.
You have answered my questions on tone and hue that art teachers have not been able to answer for me. They just gave me a puzzled look as though I were talking incoherently. Thank you so much for not only answering but beautifully demonstrating.
I'm delighted you found it helpful. Thanks so much.
Beautifully explained and demonstrated !an, thank you. I tend to stick too rigidly to 'real' colours which makes some of my work look rather uninspired.
Glad you found it helpful. It does give you a way to experiment and explore colors and idea rather than as you say get something sort of uninspired.
Very clear instruction. I sometimes try something similar where I purposefully ignore what colour I'm mixing, just as long as it's the correct value and muted. Because all my attention is on value it always reads well.. colour confuses me..
Color is a bit topic and it is so relational. Always changing based on what is around it. Glad you enjoyed the video
Excellent video today!!! Have you ever used the Muncell colour system to experiment with using different hues of various values? I find it fascinating.
Hi Bill, I studied color theory including Muncell in college. But honestly I find just mixing and seeing what is happening on the palette and canvas way more practical and useful than thinking about a system to confuse that. At least for me.
Excellent demonstration, applying tonal values is what I suffer the most with when I paint. Thanks for explaining it so well.
you're very welcome. Delighted you found it helpful
Thank you so much, your videos are so restful, easy to follow (especially as im not a native speaker), i could watch and listen to you for hours - which in fact I've been doing lately!😊
Hi Dominique, I'm delighted you are enjoying the videos. My very best wishes.
You said it in more than one sentence! Give yourself permission! I definitely want to try this exercise because it’s like patting your head and rubbing your tummy!😅Thank you for the inspiration!
Good luck with it. Candice.
I suffer from overly saturated, midtone syndrome 😂.
Im keen to try the exercise with decreasing the intensity as the focus.
Thanks for all your help!
You are so welcome. All the very best.
A while ago, I think you showed us examples of Wolf Kahn's work- how the values read realistically even though, like here he changed the color palette.
Hi again Annie, yes my point being that even though we think of him as using cranked color the underlying value structure was very sound. Usually.
Love it! This exercise in the course freaked me out last year. This year I did this very image in blue, purple, pink and yellow, and had a blast!
Hi Anne, so glad you enjoyed it this time. Great to hear. Hope you are well. With best wishes.
Commenting a couple days late but this video came out the day I really needed it. I'm doing a low-residency grad program and my mentor set me to the task of working up 3-5 studies for two upcoming paintings I'd worked out in pencil, paying particular attention to the idea of tonality. I honestly felt lost at how to tackle this (for some reason that term is incredibly slippery in my head and I think my mentor is amused seeing me try to nail it down, haha) but this video gave me a path in. Thanks again!
That is pretty funny. Glad to have offered a possibility for exploring the idea. Good luck with it! All the best.
A game changer for me! Many thanks.
Oh my goodness…a lot to take in. So much I don’t know. I’ll watch it again and see if I can push myself to stop copying photos!
Thanks so much for your monthly gift.
So happy you found it helpful. Best wishes.
Take a look at the work of Richard Mayhew. He uses intensity coupled with optical after image taking this exercise to a higher level. Great tutorial, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed the video and I'll have a look at his work. All the best.
This was a fabulous tutorial….I work in watercolour, and look forward to trying out this approach. Thank you for your time and thoughtfulness in sharing this info!
Absolutely. You can have fun with this lesson in watercolor. Enjoy it and best wishes.