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How to CHOOSE COLOURS for a watercolour painting
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Күн бұрынKnowing which colours to choose for specific subjects, paintings and ideas that you have can be tricky.
Firstly there are so many colours out there to choose from. We often have a large amount of colours in our box to choose from, and you might think that simply squidging a little bit of each watercolour out is a good idea.
Why not have access to as much of the colour wheel as possible?
Actually having lots of colours on your palette can make colour mixing much harder, simply because you have more choices! And with that comes more likelihood of not getting the colour you want and/or creating muddy or sludgy colours in pursuit of the colours you want.
So limiting the amount of the colours on your palette is a great way to bypass this, but more than this, choosing a limited and concise colour palette often makes for much better paintings. Colour harmonies and strong colour designs are born naturally out of the your so colour choices before you even start painting.
So, how do we choose the right colours for particular subjects?The key is in understanding that each primary, secondary, or even tertiary section of the colour wheel can have various colours within it. Each one of these having their own cool or warm bias.It is this cool or warm bias that significantly influences the colours that you can achieve with each colour. And then when combined with other colour choices, this further accentuates, or limits this accessible colour range.
For example a warm Blue (therefore all ready purple bias) mixed with a Cool Red (also then having a purple bias) will give us a much brighter and cleaner purple than using a cool Blue and a Warm. Neither of which are "interested" in turning purple!
So with a fairly basic understanding or your watercolour pigments, the colour wheel and how this effects you colour mixes you will be much better equipped to easily choose the right colours for your particular individual paintings.
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@suel4269 4 ай бұрын
I finally understand the color mixing after reading Hazel Soan’s book, The Art of the Limited Palette and this video made a lot of sense !
@RhondaSawyer-ze4ix 3 ай бұрын
Thank you fir breaking that down! Really helps me as a newer artist
@nanschifris8734 3 жыл бұрын
Great video, Tom! It’s always good to have a “refresher” in applying color theory.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! So please you enjoyed it. T
@ItsJustFab Жыл бұрын
Lightbulb moments, thanks so much!
@chantelmcskimming6633 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This is one of the reasons I enjoy dabbling in watercolor -- the COLORS! Yay!!
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!! Yes!!!:)
@trinidiana 3 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely fantastic, you explained it so well and this will really help people immensely, thank you, thank you!
@tomshepherdartist 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for such a lovely and supportive comment. I really appreciate it and so glad it was helpful! T
@ruthnash8486 7 ай бұрын
Your sight is stupendous
@danasims4933 Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for this!
@earthrooster1969 10 ай бұрын
As a beginner, who was in total control of my watercolor application, your tutorials are giving me a HUGE push to use water colour as they are best used! Most other artists, while they are amazing are so much about control and that can get quite labour intensive and too detailed, which can overlook the magic that water and pigment can do, once we have planned the process by studying lights, shades and the large and small shapes... Thank you for pushing me to change my mind and allow for the process to lead to the results...its not easy but its giving me SO much growth...
@tomshepherdartist 10 ай бұрын
Ahhh loved reading this. Honest and insightful, thank you for sharing...and so pleased these videos have helped you to grow :)
@tomshepherdartist 3 жыл бұрын
A longer one today but hopefully packed full of useful info to help with colour choice and mixing! I hope you enjoy. . Previous Video on Warm & Cool Colours: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrJ6lZdp1d-cl40.html . How to work from photos: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJyokrGcu9Oak6c.html . Upcoming Zoom Demos www.tomshepherdart.com/zoom-painting-demos . Online Watercolour SCHOOL launching Spring 2022 Register interest below: www.tomshepherdart.com/online-watercolour-school . T
@janerogers5717 2 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh I've so much to learn! What an amazing amount of info... I'll be coming back to this many times in sure... Thank you Tom
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jane, I am so, so pleased it was helpful! that's lovely to hear. Thank you. T
@Diego_SanCA Жыл бұрын
Awesome info!
@natinatureillustration Жыл бұрын
Absolutely hypnotising, thanks so much Tom for sharing so well explained theory, then illustrated by so much examples!! I could literally watch such analyses all day long, it's fascinating! Thanks 🙏🎨
@tomshepherdartist Жыл бұрын
Ahhh thank you so much! Very kind. So pleased you found them useful :) T
@budj1e 10 ай бұрын
Thank you Tom, this has been a wonderful eye-opener for me and explained how I've often not achieved the results I was expecting. Very much appreciate the rest of your content too, extremely generous and inspiring.
@Diego_SanCA Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@denavess7469 2 жыл бұрын
I loved the information of color choices. . However I think pictures you didn’t like I loved! Loved birds with teal. Loved lady shown ..liked different choices. Could you list warm reds cool colors so be easier know which colors are which.. ❤️ thanks for sharing.. looking forward watercolor class. Would love to do pelican bright colors.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!:) So glad it was helpful :) Warm reds could be: cadmium, vermillion, pyrole, permanent red, and depending on brand sometimes scarlets and other reds will be considered warm too :) Cool reds would be things like; Quinacridone Red, Alizarin Crimson, Rose Madder, Opera Rose, any sort of Magentas, Carmine...those are the ones that come to mind at the moment :)
@melanieopperman6688 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tom, this is very helpful. Your work is so beautiful and vibrant.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
So pleased it was useful, and thank you for the kind words! T
@scarz1951 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tom for confusing me further. Just kidding. This is one of if not the best explanations of color theory I have ever seen. It took me months of intense study to gain all that you put in one vid. Grahme Boothe got me started on the road of a split primary pallete and all that can be done with just a handful of colors and a lot of knowledge. Its worth it. Those sho nuff are some beeyoutifull paintins! Thanks for an incredibly useful vid. This will be so helpful to many people who are still confused. I'm going to recommend it whenever the subject comes up.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
haha! You got me with that first sentence! Thank you so much for the kind words, it is so great to hear that it not only made sense (wasn't confusing), but was actually really useful. Enough to recommend. I'm certainly a big believer in not getting overly bogged down in this stuff but I really do think a good solid bit of useful theory can go a huge way to helping with out painting! Thank you so much for the support. Kind Regards, T
@cynthiaglez5809 2 жыл бұрын
I looooove these revelations!!! like,, my eyes see theres something wrong with my painting,, but I had no words/knowledge to explain what was wrong, even when adding more of th "warmer" or "cooler" color the result was not what I was expecting it to be. Aslo, thanks for wording ur videos in a way that makes me feel like u trust we know what we're doing.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
ahh, this is so lovely to hear! Thank you, and I hope it helps. Often it's juts hearing something in explained in a way that makes sense to us, and everyone is so different that can take a while to find :) SO pleased the video comes across well. T
@TheKathept 2 жыл бұрын
So helpful! Thank you. This was the clearest color lesson I’ve ever experienced.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
So glad it helped! Thank you :) T
@tericarter2886 2 жыл бұрын
fabulous video I have seen soooooooooo many color mixing videos but none make sense like this one I will have to watch it a few more times to really get it all but at lease i know when i go back into it i will understand more and more
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. SO pleased to hear this makes sense and is helpful! Thank you for the support. T
@zinamecelis5577 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for an especially wonderful explanation of colours. I really see and understand so much more.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure...so pleased you found it useful!:) T
@JayKay0245 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video Tom, thanks so much!
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, John!:) T
@sue6002 2 жыл бұрын
Super! Thanks so much Tom. Very helpful.
@OksanaBurr 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for very informative demonstration. It's amazing how many colors can be made from only few colors.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely...a little bit of knowledge and a few colours can go along way! :) t
@BluJean55 2 жыл бұрын
Wow!! Thank you!! This was the best explanation on color theory that I’ve ever seen!! I’m so glad that I stumbled upon your channel! 👍♥️😃
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
So pleased you found it useful. Really makes it worthwhile! Thanks for joining me and for the comment. Kind regards, T
@harleyquinn7708 2 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video that somehow directly relates to my problem! I actually had that problem mixing green earlier today so I'm excited to go back to the drawing board and experiment with my mixing! Thank you for putting these videos out here 💜
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
So pleased it helped! Yeah, greens can be tricky...if you can pick a cool and warm of both blue and yellow and then play around with different combos, you will soon get a feel for different possibilities. I would also play around with varying amounts of yellow and blue and then how water amount affects too...and it maybe obvious, but I will say anyway. It can often be easier to start with the much weaker yellow and slowly add little touches of the blue.
@judithblades5578 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you...your succinct information packed lesson here has helped me finally understand these concepts...I didnt know where to start and this is a brilliant foundation
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
I am so pleased to hear this! It makes it fully worthwhile :) T
@MinnaPerala84 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. Thanks for sharing your thought process. I really like your style and the color ranges in your paintings. As a beginner watercolorist you give me a lot of inspiration and food for thought.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, thank you for the kind words; and I am so pleased it is helpful and inspiring! T
@fayew5627 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. watched few times so much info about colors.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
So glad it was helpful. Thank you! T
@marjoriejohnson6535 11 ай бұрын
I think there is even a difference in which brand..fir instance ..if painting denim of coveralls or jeans i choose schmincke..if painting brocade i choose mission gold ....if i am dropping in color and hoping for a cauliflower effect i dont use Qor..it travels to far unless paper is barely damp..if to wet there is a swoosh rather than a cauliflower effect.
@tomshepherdartist 11 ай бұрын
Definitely! It’s quite amazing how differences in colour and handling can change. Thanks for a great comment and insight :) T
@louisea966 3 жыл бұрын
thank you and super informative
@tomshepherdartist 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, so pleased to hear! T
@charlotteaddicott240 2 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful, thank you! 🙏 I feel like I’m starting to get a handle on the split primary palette and colour mixing. My biggest problem now is choosing colours that go nicely together from a harmony point of view.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
So pleased it helped! Choosing colours within this idea is the next step...with only one of each primary you can naturally achieve some sort fo colour harmony... the easiest way I find is to pick what you want the dominant colour or section of the colour to be and how vibrant you want it. For example if you want a vibrant and strong green section then using the cool yellow like aureolin and cool blue like Pthalo will give you this, plus they are both really strong, clean and vibrant colours in their own right, so the yellow green and cool blue section of the colour wheel will really dominate...then if you wanted your accent colour to be a stronger orange you could go with a warm red. The red would give very very muted purples - therefore you have kind fo create d naturally harmonising colour palette where the whole purple side of the wheel is very muted and allows the greens to really sing out with some reasonable strong orange is you want them.. You would never get a really bright purple because of the Pthalo, but swap the red to something like Alizarin or Quinacridone and you could get brighter purples than with the warm red, and your oranges would be more muted too... I highly recommend painting some colour wheels of primaries and secondaries using just one of each primary, create lots of variations and you will soon see what sort fo colours you can create with different combinations and this exercise will then give you a feel for colour harmonies within a piece :) Really useful stuff, but at the same time, don't get too bogged down in theory and over think it :)
@charlotteaddicott240 2 жыл бұрын
@@tomshepherdartist That makes a lot of sense, and great advice to practice with the colour wheels. I’ve painted a full split primary colour wheel but didn’t think to do one for each combination of the difference primaries. Thank you so much for taking the time to write such an in-depth reply. It’s very much appreciated! 🙏
@eiraumanes519 3 жыл бұрын
¡Great mixing tips! Thanks
@tomshepherdartist 3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for the support!:) T
@butohbabe Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. How do you decide whether the background/accent color is warm or cool? Simply intuition?
@tomshepherdartist Жыл бұрын
Great question. Kind of intuition and just going with what I’m feeling...but also a few considerations like in this case I wanted something to offset the very warm orangey lion, but not too bright in colour...so a deep neautral blue. Over times I might want a more harmonious feeling so I’d do a warmer background with similar colours If in doubt i ur inside of more subdued colours and you can go too wrong, will just give different feelings :)
@lucev7497 3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous video!
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! T
@SwordToothTiger 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I enjoined video a lot so your hopes doesn't wasted on my account. Sadly, I don't understand most part of information, but art works in the end was delightful, especially lion, do you have "making of" video about it?
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Sorry the understanding is not always easy for you. I am afraid I do not have a making of video. Thank you for the support. T
@sarahbellenger437 2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Thank you Tom. Are you aware, is there a map of all the Daniel Smith water colours? I think it would be very helpful but haven't been able to find one yet.
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sarah! Oo I didn't know of this know, I will have a search for that...sounds great!
@sarahbellenger437 2 жыл бұрын
@@tomshepherdartist DS replied! Exciting. They said...The article you are referencing was first published in a products catalog years ago so the pages referenced are just where in that catalog you would have found the continuation… the text on our site is what is currently available. We have plans to completely update and bring back the interactive color map sometime in the future. Can't wait to see it.
@vee35233 2 жыл бұрын
Dear Tom, what a very, very informative video!! Thank you for taking time to explain the magic of colour in such depth. A complex and often confusing topic - but one I think I now understand slightly better. A quick question please - do you make a note of the colours used in a painting, or do you just recognise/remember them when you look back? Many thanks!
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Veronica. I am so pleased it was helpful...colour is magic, and a little knowledge goes a long way I find! I generally can recognise them looking back, however I will say that some of these paintings are recorded for tutorials and therefore I note the colours down...and I would say also that noting the colours down that you use would certainly be a good practice! Thank you for your support. T
@vee35233 2 жыл бұрын
@@tomshepherdartist Dear Tom, thank you so much for your reply. While I am slowly learning about mixing, and warm/cool colours, I understand that it is vital to jot down what colours I use. Thank you for your demos and tutorials, I am gaining a tremendous amount of knowledge from you. Happy painting!
@vee35233 2 жыл бұрын
@@tomshepherdartist Dear Tom, thank you for your reply - much appreciated! Being an old newbie (grandmother!) I now understand that it is vital for me to jot down the colours I use..
@marilynfrench-st.george2365 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, lots of info here. Thanks for providing a very clear framework for thinking about colors. For me all the words made sense, but integrating it into a plan for a painting is my next challenge. I have been working with a limited color palette, but the same palette for everything. Obviously sometimes this works, other times not. In addition to values sketches, I guess i should be thinking more about color goals too. When you painted your puffins, did you start with thinking “I want a warm vibrant orange for the beak” and then go from there or was that something that you realized later after working on the rest of the birds?
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Marilyn, thank you for the comment! So glad it was helpful. Sounds like you are well on the right track and thinking about things the right way. So with the puffins you are right that the start point was wanting a warm bright orange for the beak, that was start point. The secondary consideration was wanting a vibrant greeney yellow and a bright cool pink for the loose setting....the colours of the black and white areas were incidental and born out of the previous choices, then the turquoise was an addition later on in the painting when I feel it need a little something extra to finish it....so, all though quite broad palette, there was certainly a structure to picking out the colours. T
@janerogers5717 2 жыл бұрын
PS love the puffins
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
ha! Thank you :)
@suel4269 3 жыл бұрын
Are you a mind reader? I just told my friend that choosing colors is my roadblock to painting without a tutorial.
@tomshepherdartist 3 жыл бұрын
ha! That's great to hear (I do my best;)....I hope this helps!! T
@aesthetic.sixteen 3 ай бұрын
Your microphone permission is your mind reader.
@louisemcmillan 2 жыл бұрын
interesting video but found the background music really annoying and distracting while you were talking, sorry -- especially as it was about the same volume as your voice
@tomshepherdartist 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Louise, no need to apologies. I really appreciate the feedback, thank you. I will see if I still have the files and maybe release the same video with no or much, much quieter music, and will certainly take this onboard with future ones. Kind Regards, T
@louisemcmillan 2 жыл бұрын
@@tomshepherdartist thanks very much, that would be fantastic :)
@GTablet-br9ks Жыл бұрын
Probably the clearest color explanation I've come across yet. Thank you for these informative & inspiring videos. Love your work!
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