Color Wheel Tutorial - How To Mix Paint

Publicado 2014-04-17
Color wheels: they're not just pretty circular rainbows! They're also valuable tools for painters, and they can help you solve mixing problems. Learn about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, plus discover how complementary colors can make you a better painter. This video also contains an optical illusion that may or may not work for you!

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Colors used: alizarine crimson, cadmium yellow light, ultramarine blue, all by Old Holland

Paper: 9"x12" 140 lb. watercolor paper by The Langton (paper is attached to the rest of the block/pad, so no need for tape).

Brush: Yorkminster #5 round

Palette: Eldajon from Jerry's Artarama
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Nail polish: Sinful Colors in Savage with Insta-Dri topcoat by Sally Hanson. I am also wearing a cheap mood ring that is turning my skin green.

Music: "Groove Grove" and "Clean Soul" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @CreativiKey
    When you said, “I feel like I’m giving you the keys to the kingdom.” It gave me chills. My signature involves a key and finding this video just gave me the assist i needed in my level up. Thank you so much for sharing this 🙏🏽💚
  • @munkytaint666
    thanks for all your videos, but this one in particular. i've had the colorwheel explained to me numerous times, and i swear, whenever someone tries to teach it to me, i turn into a goldfish with a 3 second memory, or the pretty colors give me A.D.D. and my mind wanders off through a meadow and i'm a viking hunting spotted unicorns. i learn slightly more each time, but i can't expect any teacher to be as repetitive as i apparently need them to be. now, with your archived youtube lesson, i can watch it over and over and over again, until i finally "get it", and it all sinks in.   THANKS!! :)
  • Nice tutorial on color mixing. Your way of telling and your voice are too good to hear again and again.
  • @hoamschkoold5437
    This is such a well put together video, that I'm in aw. Not that the information conveyed is perplexing, but the simplification is spot on. Thank you for sharing this!
  • @Henrythehen
    Thanks for this video! It was really helpful. I didn't even know some of these facts until this video
  • @nietzschesmuse
    I loooove your nails, haha. The way you teach color mixing it is exactly what I have been searching for. Thank you.
  • @crikettx
    Thank you for sharing....added this to favorites!!
  • @queenwbee
    I've watched just about every color mixing video on you tube and you are the one that cracked the code for me! I couldn't understand how anyone would think that the color yellow could possibly compliment (as in "flatter") violet! Yuckkk!!!!! Not only is painting your forte but so is teaching! Thanks so much from this newbie! Juju
  • I have seen atleast 15 color wheel video... The way you explain and make videos are absolutely different than anyone else's. I feel spellbound and paralytic watching your videos.....
  • Oh wow! This was amazing!! Thank you!! When I was a kid I was messing around with my crayons and discovered yellow and purple made brown. I thought this was so cool and would tell peeps about it. They didn't believe me, or maybe they really didn't care, but I thought I'd invented something! LOL! Anyway, I have no formal art training and I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I have a very cheap gouache set, but too afraid to break into it. Now, I think I've found something to try! I just love art and have this crazy idea that I may be a little artistic. It's hard to explain, but I'm just itching to create SOMETHING, but just do not know what, or which direction to go.
  • @electricmariposa
    I never imagined complimentary colors to be so useful! Great explanation! Thanks so much! <3
  • @ashle111
    Beginner painter here, who wants to get into portraits and blending colors more. This really helps alot. Thanks for sharing (:
  • @f123fcg
    thank you so much for this video, it helps me a lot
  • @marisavalos
    This was an awesome video, great tip I'd never realized it before but so true and amazing problem solver... blown away
  • @eternalypissed
    i can't wait for another video of yours working with the color wheel =D