In this video I explain how to use Burnt Umber and why it is such an essential pigment for artists. To watch all my free videos go to www.drawmixpain... For more about the paint that I use visit: genevafineart.com
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@masterpainters17065 жыл бұрын
Ps. I have recently had a medical scare and that left me wanting to tell people I am grateful to thank you. I'm fine by the way, just one of those things that makes you think and look at one's life. Cheers and sorry for the long messages
@BZCAPMOOR5 жыл бұрын
I often mix Burnt Umber and Ultramarine to get dark colors for landscapes. It's my favorite dark-mix.
@CallyLawson5 жыл бұрын
My favourite mix too!
@suzannadraws11785 жыл бұрын
SAME!
@artprof5 жыл бұрын
I love that combination! Another mixture I use also is Viridian with Alizarin Crimson, makes a really deep dark purple that looks like black but isn't as dull.
@deathmetalpotato5 жыл бұрын
Johan I USE LAMP BLACK
@user-rx7uh9mg4f4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I rarely ever use black and would use this mix instead.
@raulrubencolunga52845 жыл бұрын
There is something on your videos that makes me feel you are providing with such BIG value information. Thanks a lot for sharing.
@TiredofBS-v7p3 жыл бұрын
I think he does it to benefit himself first, not you
@venetiancat5 жыл бұрын
SUPER helpful to think of Burnt Umber as a dark yellow. Thanks for this video, hope your move went well! Much Love from my studio to yours from New Mexico USA!
@cibodor5 жыл бұрын
You can paint with just white, ultramarine and burnt umber. It makes cool and warm color at any level of darkness. Is amazing how good the color can be in a portrait with just this. It's much better than trying to paint with green and red, and purple and yellow wouldn't even work. Burnt sienna is good, much more red and good for portraits but is not dark enough.
@thepaintingpreacher34605 жыл бұрын
You’re the man, man. It’s your laid back energy, and your relaxed personality that makes the video work.
@evanbowman40655 жыл бұрын
Bonus tip: burnt umber is even somewhat light-valued, compared to the darkest ranges on the value scale. For a _very_ dark yellow, you can mix a transparent green + orange. For example, burnt sienna (PR101) + viridian (pg18) will make a very dark yellow, which may not even register as yellow at first if you're not used to thinking of tones that dark as yellows
@iunno73443 жыл бұрын
Starting out on oil paints, the one thing I love about your channel is your mastery of color theory and how simple you make such a complex set of colors with the 5 basic shades. I’m still going to start out with 12-15 tubes just in case and to have some fun with auxiliary colors like Prussian blue or van dyke brown but I see now how less scary building up a good set of oils has to be!
@jl88585 жыл бұрын
I'm going to do awful things to my bank account for these paints
@zazzyman5 жыл бұрын
Unless you are sure you are a great artist...then many less expensive color (or colors) will do you fine...
@joyepittura5 жыл бұрын
Jessie Chapman I know many who did the same only to resort to W&N or Gamblin...unless your following his method not worth it...painting isn't about the paint...artists have used artist quality paints for yrs. W&N artist brand..also checkout Andrew tischler and Kevin hill first...both use different named brands...and wonderful results...also Michael james Smith. Michael james Smith uses the w&n artist oil...very good oils... Kevin hill ..gamblin...Andrew tischler forgot name but all good. Schaefer art channel...used these oils and went back to other brand..he's got few vids about it.
@TTundragrizzly5 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@caart63175 жыл бұрын
I used good brands oil colors and because they are small tubes then they look cheaper...Essential Palette from Geneva is with 145 US dollars in today price; 5 tubes , 100ml each one. It is not expensive! if you buy other brands 37ml the tube with about 8 to 14 dollars and maybe more then you get almost the same price as Geneva is! The most important thing here is not the price but the constancy and in simple words what the color is made of.. In my long experience in painting with oil paint, I found that many brands are too hard to work with because of the smell of the colors, which gave me headaches and bad feeling all the time.
@TTundragrizzly5 жыл бұрын
@@joyepittura you are missing one of the best qualities of Geneva paints. They give next to none toxic odors. No ventilation is needed. That's a massive difference and make Genera paints worth the extra few bucks. Can't put a price on longevity of life and better health. Plus Geneva paints flow nicer. They are well worth it.
@sh0lle5 жыл бұрын
I like raw umber because I feel like it’s “thicker” then burnt umber and also less transparent. And to me it seems cooler than burnt umber so when I want warm brown I mix raw umber with light red and it works perfectly. Especially for shadows in portraits. I use Winsor&Newton paint.
@ibanez20105 жыл бұрын
I replaced burnt umber with burnt sienna looooong ago and never looked back. I just find it much more versatile. You can easily make burnt umber by mixing sienna and ultramarine.
@BarbrajoanOriginals5 жыл бұрын
Mark you have so much knowledge about paints. I never really knew what burnt umber does, and the difference between that and raw umber. Thanks so much .
@sherrierichard28485 жыл бұрын
Your artistic slant on every subject you talk about is so different than the mainstream. Thanks for getting us to see a different perspective with your video commentaries.
@Thepurpleful5 жыл бұрын
You always blow my mind with these simple things.
@majkjems2 жыл бұрын
I learned enough in the first 1&1/2 min to do me good. The rest is frosting on the top. Thank you for getting to the point and sharing your knowledge efficiently. Awesome!
@Fair-to-Middling5 жыл бұрын
Burnt umber + milk = chocolate milk ;-)
@quritannn89895 жыл бұрын
im calling the police.
@headingoutside5 жыл бұрын
This is so true. I'm painting bitter sweet at the moment and I don't thing there's a single green, yellow, or orange that I haven't used your burn umber. I'm still hooked on your paints!
@jennac.31735 жыл бұрын
This makes me wanna experiment with mixing my burnt umber with other colors. But it's 10 pm and I should be sleeping right now (damn work Dx). The thought of seeing burnt umber as a dark yellow really blew my mind!
@feyza63835 жыл бұрын
I missed you! Please upload more video about colors and paints, thank you for your sharing your opinions💌
@danv10615 жыл бұрын
Browns in general are great colors for mixing and toning down other colors. I never thought of BU as a yellow but now that you mention it you are so right!
@jimmiesutton84682 жыл бұрын
Mark, thank you! been trying to find the easiest way to frankly, eliminate raw umber as a necessary color! thanks for the tip, really helpful!
@MrBKuv5 жыл бұрын
This helps a lot. I've had problems painting bananas and lemons because I think of burnt umber as orange. I'm a slow learner but after a year am starting to understand the Geneva paints. Thanks.
@sandrajohnson24893 жыл бұрын
'Mummy brown' is a nice yellowish brown. I occasionally use burnt umber but not much. I hardly ever use black even though I have several shades of it. I prefer to mix other colors together and give the illusion of black. This is when I paint with oils. When I paint with my airbrush and do celestial type paintings I do use black. The darker the better.
@rickhodgins47205 жыл бұрын
Mark, glad you are in your new studio. I want to tell painters everywhere that if they have not tried your Geneva paints they are missing a great opertunity to really learn about painting with oils. I have painted for 25 years and nothing comes close to yours, Williamsburg is good but yours is easier to work with,however you need to develop the skills of color mixing,something that is missing in today's mainstream . Good luck my friend. Rick
@normr32285 жыл бұрын
Brilliant info as usual. I often mix burnt umber with ultramarine for a grey (either bluish or brownish) then with the pile I can mix in other colours from the palette to modify them as necessary. The range of neutrals and greys obtained is quite extensive.
@johnnydesjardins14635 жыл бұрын
love when you do videos like this, this is gold !
@Argyll98465 жыл бұрын
You certainly opened my eyes about using burnt umber.
@deathmetalpotato5 жыл бұрын
Nicholas Fox Also lamp black as well.
@ColoredMud5 жыл бұрын
I love working with a limited pallet; it's so fun to find the exact color I need by mixing! :D
@zbthunderwood5 жыл бұрын
I like Geneva's but the best burnt umber I've ever used was an old tube of Permanent Pigments (the brand that would later become Liquitex) from the 70's or 80's. High pigmented and very dark out of the tube so you could mix a dark black, reddish undertone, bound with only linseed oil so it wasn't too soft but also not grainy, dried quicker than my other paints, and didn't seem to sink in at all hardly. Sadly, it's now nearly gone. Gotta start checking eBay or thrift stores for more...
@lucygray61625 жыл бұрын
OH jeez, you reminded me of ancient history with Permanent Pigments. :-)
@Daniel7Mc5 жыл бұрын
Liquitex also made the best ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.
@blackcrowartistry5 жыл бұрын
I just want to say you are an amazing art teacher. I have been watching all your videos. I have had formal training in college. After watching your videos and finishing my first piece applying your methods to my work, my painting has significantly gotten better. I was so so pleased! This is the way I have wanted to paint. Don't get me wrong I have a ways to go but I feel like I have taken a huge leap forward. THANK YOU THANK YOU! I am saving up for your paints.
@royalecrafts62522 жыл бұрын
perfect color for darker parts of gold/bronce materials
@dashinvaine Жыл бұрын
I'm also fond of including Naples yellow. It's so much subtler and softer than cadmium yellow. Often useful for including in skin tones, too, I find. Burnt umber mixed with Naples yellow also produces a nice warm honeyish greyish colour, which is quite good for stone walls and objects.
@tylersimpson5541 Жыл бұрын
You almost sub out cadmium yellow for Naples yellow in landscapes and just use that for saturation and yellow ochre for more earthy subtleties. I don’t think subjects ever get more saturated than what you can achieve with Naples yellow in real life but sometimes it is fun to push the foreground forward more using cadmium yellow in green mixtures and what not idk
@attadudepc Жыл бұрын
Your comments are gold
@TTundragrizzly5 жыл бұрын
I put burnt umber in my coffee.
@redangrybird75645 жыл бұрын
Grizzlies do that, I know now.
@LittleMew1333 ай бұрын
I was going to say "burnt umber is so dark" then I looked at your paintings, and I realized "nope, it's perfect for his style" XD
@muhlenstedt5 жыл бұрын
Geneva paints are the best paints I have used and I was a kind of paint freak, trying and hoading a lot of different brands.Geneva paint full of pigment and so nice to apply.I also like the fact the tubes are big, it encorages me to be bold with the paint.Burnt umber is my basic color.
@g123golf5 жыл бұрын
Love watching everything you teach your so in tune with color and painting
@beanpole829411 ай бұрын
not a painter but in seconds this guys style had me convinced hes the real fucking deal
@AlonzoTheArmless5 жыл бұрын
Another excellent and informational video about color mixing. Thanks, Mark. I got a lot from this.
@SS-qg9jk2 жыл бұрын
You are amazing! thank you for these online lectures.
@stevie68a5 жыл бұрын
From your videos, I'd say you're a master. I studied with the renowned painter, the late Nelson Shanks. While he was technically proficient, he had lapses in taste. The worst thing he ever did, was paint a well known aged actress nude, including frontal! Taste is as important as knowledge.
@littleheath16664 жыл бұрын
You are a prude .
@ishheredia96264 жыл бұрын
"eeww titties!" - you
@CaroleRodrigue5 жыл бұрын
It's been a staple colour for me for many years. I use it in every piece.
@deathmetalpotato5 жыл бұрын
Carole Rodrigue You look like a Lamp Black kind of girl.
@lilywei8645 жыл бұрын
i mix burnt umber with everything
@deathmetalpotato5 жыл бұрын
Cadet Grey I USE LAMP BLACK
@redangrybird75645 жыл бұрын
I mix burnt umber with my milkshake, my sandwiches and my fruit salad.
@lexuinosirg54915 жыл бұрын
With Yellow Red and Blu you can mix all the colours you need , even bournd Amber.
@acaciarogersart5 жыл бұрын
In light spectrum yes. With paint thats actually not true. Because every pigment leans warm or cool so there will just be some tones you can never mix with only 3 tubes of paint.
@lexuinosirg54915 жыл бұрын
Acacia your right
@satchelyork4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but earth colors are much cheaper in artist grade so why
@KimCyunHi5 жыл бұрын
Burnt umber is more like dark orange than yellow to me. Raw umber leans much more towards yellow.
@ericeatwell40115 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this upload. now I see burnt umber as a dark yellow. that's must easier
@jinjahlilly15575 жыл бұрын
Thx so much you are so helpful and generous with your knowledge. Absolutely love your videos
@jennifergottliebel-azhari1495 жыл бұрын
Thanks your advice is invaluable.
@mochawitch5 жыл бұрын
I learned a lot just in those few minutes. Thank you ❤
@KRASJEL4 жыл бұрын
My favorite shadow is burnt umber,with purple. My second is green (or bleu). And my third white....
@vegardskorpen81125 жыл бұрын
Thanks and yes, to darken yellows is a strange and diffficult exercise.
@chrazzl2 жыл бұрын
I made the mistake of not getting burnt umber when I first started painting, only a day in and I ended up going back to the store and grabbing some
@jameyatesmauriat61165 жыл бұрын
Rublev from natural pigments paints are the best ever because they don’t contain any stabilizer or fillers or extenders. All other brands are adulterated to make them cheaper. if an artist is looking for longevity of their paintings, then matters are different.
@klausgasser5 жыл бұрын
What do you think about the claim that the burnt umber pigment (or any other earth pigment) is more prone to cracking over time because of it's drying properties and would you agree that, if one is concerned about that, switching to a transparent brown oxide for instance would be a good idea?
@dynomax1015 жыл бұрын
gasserfineart Whose claim?
@klausgasser5 жыл бұрын
Actually I've read this several times in articles from different people already, but most recently I came across this in an oil painting forum on facebook, which is lead by Virgil Elliott (look him up)
@dynomax1015 жыл бұрын
@@klausgasser Link? I want to be sure I'm getting the right one.
@klausgasser5 жыл бұрын
That's the guy: virgilelliott.com/ I can't send you the link to the fb discussion I was referring to, because you would need to be a member of that group... But just google for "burnt umber cracking" and you'll find tons of links to read. Just as an example: www.wetcanvas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-1369072.html
@iamapie135 жыл бұрын
I'm a self thought artist, and I started painting by buying a set of 12 colors, I never bought any more colors than those since I never found a need for them and it turns out that the ones I use the most are the same ones in your color palette
@angelicadelcarmenruiz-font66185 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, I love your work
@barbararamsay19265 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another GREAT video Mark. It's been too long!
@shahzadqurashi77285 жыл бұрын
Best advice always!
@rafaboanova5 жыл бұрын
These videos are fantastic, thanks Mark! I'm still confused about what "milky" means, though. This must be the fourth or fifth video I see this mentioned, but I have no idea what this means. Can we see a demonstration or can someone please help me put this into words? What does "milky" means? Is it about the hue, e.g. a yellow-ish white color is milky? Is it the saturation of the color, colors that are unsaturated are milky? Or is it the value? Bright colors are milky? Is it something about the paint? The paint is milky depending on its transparency (lower or higher pigment/medium ratio)? Or if it's glossy vs matte? Maybe it's about the composition? A color is milky when it blends poorly and/or doesn't belong where it is painted? A bad transition of colors makes a color milky? Does it get milky depending on the thickness of a layer of paint? A layer too thin is milky? Paint texture? viscosity? I really don't know, I'm just throwing concepts to see if any one sticks.
@greenatom5 жыл бұрын
"Milk" is part of Mark's personal vocabulary. It means, when you are to have a rich dark color, such as a deep shadow, and even a smidgen of white gets mixed in, it will look too hazy or "milky".
@veaudor5 жыл бұрын
Chalky. Dusty. In comparison to 'pure' colors.
@fayegross61915 жыл бұрын
Raphael Nova k
@terrierose59175 жыл бұрын
Mixing white with certain colors to brighten, or lighten them, can make them a milky color, opaque, but some yellows can lighten and keep color transparent. Like when you add black to darken, that can make colors muddy. Instead use raw umber, or burnt umber for warmth with blue, or purple added for more saturation .
@josiejames77825 жыл бұрын
@greenatom had a good response. It’s when colors lack richness from mixing too many colors. They start to look muddy. A good example is getting white paint in your shadows and it really loses its depth and vitality. Have you painted with oils before? It’s something that is probably better experienced than described.
@JH-ct9fj5 жыл бұрын
This is very good Master. Thank you
@zitalopes32923 жыл бұрын
Burnt umber is my contouring make up color 😘👍
@colettedeschenes87142 жыл бұрын
Awesome! THANK YOU! 😊
@andrew98115wl5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jaimedelgadoquintero67573 жыл бұрын
Mil gracias por los subtítulos en español gran maestro
@id90135 жыл бұрын
Love your videos!!
@SarahAndBoston5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this is super helpful.
@jrapprentice5 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, First thank you for your teaching videos. I have a slight red-green color blindness and was always put off mixing colors because of that. I stuck to books which said which colors to mix and where to put them. Now I understand color much better and have started mixing my own, so thanks a million for that. This video has left me somewhat confused however. I get that Burnt umber can be considered as a dark yellow but in other videos you say you use it as a dark red and you put it in your color wheel as dark orange. My confusion is if you take it as your first step in mixing a dark green then presumably you would add some blue but if you took it as your first step in mixing a dark purple your would also add some blue. If the first steps are the same what are the next steps? Am I right in thinking it would be white for purple and yellow for green or have I got this upside down?
@ismailmecheire17453 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@caart63175 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark for all those details and deep info you are giving in this video and in all your videos. I would like to try Geneva colors and wish if I could find small tubes at first. Would you think of producing smaller tubes in future? Best regards / CA
@jeffhreid5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Thanks
@dougeike5 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@SuperXrunner5 жыл бұрын
Great, thanks
@ksuhuh5 жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, How do you feel about the tendency of the umbers to increase the yellowing as a painting ages?
@sujanithtottempudi29915 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@MaestroTJS5 жыл бұрын
What about burnt underwear?
@Here_Today_5 жыл бұрын
Never mixes well with bananas.
@lucygray61625 жыл бұрын
What time did your kindergarten class get out?
@MaestroTJS5 жыл бұрын
@@lucygray6162 Around the time you lost your sense of humour.
@AutomHatter5 жыл бұрын
Maestro_T hahaha Nice burn!
@hannah-nv2lv4 жыл бұрын
Can't I just mix red, yellow and blue to create a hue similar to Burnt Umber?
@satchelyork4 жыл бұрын
You could but it isnt a good idea as BU is used for mixing so often. It will be muddier if you do that. burnt umber is a single pigment. Red blue yellow all will be single too. More pigments equals muddier deader colors. So if you mix all those to make burnt umber then use that to mix color you will prob have less vibrant colors. Finally, earth tones are the cheapest pigments. Cadmium red and yellow are amongst the most expensive along with cobalt blue and cerulean. ultramarine is in between but also more costly than any earth. So why the hell would you do it when it's actually gonna cost you more money and time then just buying a tube of umber?
@NnaemekaAmamasi5 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE AN ART SAGE.
@sethhammock36025 жыл бұрын
Black is 60% blue. Useful fact. When I begin blending a gray I start with a pile of blue.
@ochinchin44214 жыл бұрын
I really can't decide which is better burnt amber or burnt sienna.
@CharcoalPencilPusher5 жыл бұрын
This question is a bit off topic but I live in Thailand so I guess I'll wait until I get back to the USA to buy Geneva Paints but until then, do you know of any comparable oil paints in S. E. Asia? Thanks, Don
@veaudor5 жыл бұрын
Are the Geneva paints you used in the video always that liquid, or did you add something to them? The consistency seems to be almost like goauche.
@vincentvanbro4755 жыл бұрын
Would you be able to apply all of these same rules to Watercolor paints?
@BarbrajoanOriginals5 жыл бұрын
I wonder about that also. If the same rule applies to watercolor
@gc15723 жыл бұрын
What brand is better than winsor newton? Their burnt umber dries 3 days before all their other colors for me
@MrLopez-gb9hq5 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to make burnt umber out of the Zorn palette? Or at least something close to it.
@rogerbarnard94095 жыл бұрын
"Most color groups that you mix colors for tend to start with black or something very close to black., but black is in most color groups." Maybe you've explained elsewhere, but what does this mean? And why would you "start with black as your first color"?
@paulwhite7605 жыл бұрын
nature doesnt add black to objects in shadow...see realcolorwheel.com
@kevinmanning37535 жыл бұрын
You said it was an orange before! And to place it next to orange on colour wheel not yellow pahaps I was not listening properly thanks!
@basedbattledroid35075 жыл бұрын
Can confirm, bought a burnt umber pencil today and drew Vermeer's Girl With The Pearl Earring from scratch in a few hours.
@osvaldocaro30532 жыл бұрын
me gustaria que se tradujera al castellano
@livelove67977 ай бұрын
what do you mean by "milk"?
@deathmetalpotato5 жыл бұрын
The only colour you need is LAMP BLACK
@SebastianTinajero5 жыл бұрын
Preach ✌🏻🙌
@W2TW2 жыл бұрын
Milky shadows?
@doctorshawzy64773 жыл бұрын
i was going to ask why you could not create this colour
@cuttyquag5 жыл бұрын
A lot of people use raw umber for the underpainting. Would burnt umber be better?
@acaciarogersart5 жыл бұрын
Depends if you like warm or cool. Both work great but theres a huge tonal difference in the two. Raw umber made from genuine cypress has this gorgeous stealy gray brown look. I recommend trying it
@artprof5 жыл бұрын
I really like using burnt siena actually, which has a much brighter, more orange tint than burnt umber. It depends on the painting I'm working, on but sometimes I want the extra kick of color I get with burnt siena, sometimes burnt umber is a little dull, but maybe that's just me!
@sharonmcmichael46905 жыл бұрын
Do you plan to sell pre-stained canvases?
@gypsysnickerdoodle43545 жыл бұрын
❣️
@jimjr44324 жыл бұрын
Hi, what does 'milk' or milky mean in this video. Thanks. Jim
@jayb94htx4 жыл бұрын
Kinda like chalky. Imagine ashy skins
@kathleenclarke8282 жыл бұрын
milky? is that chalky?
@squarz5 жыл бұрын
I still prefer raw umber. I found burnt to be too reddish.
@bebop545 жыл бұрын
burnt umber is sadly not 'stable '.... raw umber better ...
@squarz5 жыл бұрын
@@bebop54 well I usually use no more than 4 or 5 colors on my palette but I rotate them often. Most of the time I have to shutdown my cads and pyrrole reds and oranges and I found raw umber more practical. And at the moment I'm addicted to it. I think it's just a question of tastes and habitudes.
@Gringle_5 жыл бұрын
@@bebop54 Behop54, not sure what stability issues you're referring to as far as burnt umber is concerned. The differences between the two pigments, which are often actually classified as the same pigment PBr7, doesn't lie in stability issues. The nuances come in with differences in hue, transparency, dry time, and the finish it leaves. But they're all pretty stable pigments which score very high on lightfastness tests.
@vaderetro2645 жыл бұрын
KantraScepter The use of umbers will cause heavy cracking of the paint film, though that will happen over the course of many years.
@Gringle_5 жыл бұрын
@@vaderetro264 The cracking, from what I understand, only happens when used by itself. You have to mix in medium if you are using it by itself, otherwise the fast drying time will cause issues like cracking. "The use of umbers" in itself won't cause heavy cracking in paint film across the board, Vade Retro
@knut124andre2 жыл бұрын
no the shaddow eil be a mix betwen the table color and the banana, somwhere in the blue scale .. burned umber i a eath colour and not found on the colour sircle not even the shaddow colorsircle. a impressionist would never use it in the shaddows simply because you will never find it there .