Lesson 19 / Understand Value and Color

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9 жыл бұрын

If we paint in color but don't understand value, it is nearly impossible to get the correct color. Our color choices, if we don't understand the value of our color, will nearly always be too light or too dark. The color we choose needs to be the correct value, that's what this lesson addresses.
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@mikka9368 7 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely incredible... I never thought value and color could be broken down to me but it makes so much sense now. Thanks for the tutorial!

@Stanleylestermiller 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Polar, glad the lesson was helpful.

@JiveDadson 5 жыл бұрын

The New Munsell Student Color Set is a great way to learn hue, chroma, and value. Try to find a second or third edition, not the fourth.

@black_platypus 5 жыл бұрын

That brush control is amazing

@renatinho_cabeleira 7 жыл бұрын

Perfect video! It makes such an huge difference when you use logic behind an composition, instead of just going with your "intuition".

@Stanleylestermiller 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Renato.

@user-hx8ll4nj8c 8 жыл бұрын

I have watched Hundreds of videos , but non of them were as good as yours. So cool, thanks a lot .

@carolynharper8331 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making yourself available to those of us who cannot afford to go to out of town workshops!

@Stanleylestermiller 5 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome Carolyn.

@mikemarin106 9 жыл бұрын

Did anybody else get startled when the girl's face popped outta nowhere? lol Great video. Thank you.

@lahhtoota 7 жыл бұрын

same lol

@cybervision1286 7 жыл бұрын

jesus

@KittyAndZuri 7 жыл бұрын

mikemarin106 😂😂😂 yeesssssss even though I read your comments first 😂😂

@dilipchavda259 6 жыл бұрын

mikemarin106

@stormcorrosion176 6 жыл бұрын

Great tips!!

@ashlyn8765 7 жыл бұрын

i have learned more about painting in this 12 minute video than i had throughout my entire high school art class last year. not once was value even mentioned in my class. absolutely incredible

@conniecash5681 9 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful teacher you are !!! I've never heard value and color explained so clearly . Thank you for sharing that information.

@8JASjzvoZF 7 жыл бұрын

Never gave "value" that much thought! Thank you so much for the video! This will help so much in improving my skills

@jessicathompson1456 6 ай бұрын

Makes so much more sense when YOU paint and teach it than when I try it. But I’m not giving up!

@Stanleylestermiller 6 ай бұрын

My first watercolor in class in college, I was terrible, I got a C. I realized then, that if I wanted to be good at anything I would have to work at least ten years at watercolor before I would start to get it. It's like learning French, or how to play the piano. How hard and how long are we willing to work at becoming good?

@beaubrummell11 8 жыл бұрын

what an original exhilarating tutorial from a Master!I go over nad over again tolearn in depth.Never had I Heard or read about values over colorsTHANK YOU very much

@amandafredette872 7 жыл бұрын

this painting is SO GORGEOUS!

@vima8680 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great lesson!!! And thank you for not playing that terrible "music" which most art site do. Thanks again for the good lesson. I will be playing it over a few times.

@jayglamx3 7 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome. The lesson was GREAT - thoroughly explained and demonstrated. Thank you!

@psyoniksoundz 6 жыл бұрын

WOW! When you dimmed the lights the lesson really sunk in for me. Thank you Stan!

@natchaa6020 9 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you, thanks Stan. You are the great artist who has the spirit of Sharing your art love and effort.

@M3iscool 6 жыл бұрын

Hey uh, you may want to use a smaller brush for those lips becau--...oh, okay...nevermind. They're perfect. ;_;

@davevanfunk8917 5 жыл бұрын

Google him and look at his gallery. Wow.

@abeepeep 5 жыл бұрын

You never work with a small brush when you start painting

@marokriste1620 5 жыл бұрын

it is roof skech

@danielgreen3095 4 жыл бұрын

Cat From The Future 😂

@Anna-xe6nd 2 жыл бұрын

Can you say why?

@yvonneschmidt6053 9 жыл бұрын

Stan your tutorials are just wonderful and I rewatch them and learn each time and then painting a long time you can never go over the stuff too much so I want to thank you for your efforts.

@Stanleylestermiller 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Yvonne.

@DanKon75 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve learnt more in 12mins then all the other videos I’ve watched Thank you

@FATbaronE 9 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! I really like your method of teaching! I'm gonna make this my practice today!

@paperscissorspaint 9 жыл бұрын

I just found you on here..I have never done watercolour before, but you make it so much easier to understand and it makes me less afraid to try it..thank you

@RichardArtus 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is the lesson Ive been looking for!!! Brilliant

@Ricardo_io 7 жыл бұрын

closing your eyes a little also help to see more of the values, if not using a dim light, which in theory is basically the same, less light goes through your eyes. Not an expert, just a student.

@Stanleylestermiller 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jud, all of my classes and workshops are at www.stanmiller.net

@WendyKovacs 7 жыл бұрын

Stan Miller

@luciathefemininewoman 6 жыл бұрын

Stan Miller You video is so easy to follow! I subscribed to you, and as an experienced artist. It was brilliant that you uploaded this video for all artists. No matter if they are a beginner, intermediate or advanced. I like your video so much!

@paullothyan9871 6 жыл бұрын

Stan Miller h

@win7965 2 жыл бұрын

I should be paying attention to what you're saying since i'm a non-native english speaker; i should be focusing on listening to understand what you're teaching. But dear kind Mr. Miller, the way you drew really captivated me. You brought the drawing into existence and made it so beautiful since the beginning, since hardly ten strokes! That really blew my mind! Thank you so much for posting this video and sharing your lessons with us! 🤍

@IrynaBoehland 6 жыл бұрын

Values are so important in painting! Thank you for this quick lesson.

@kathykaura7219 4 жыл бұрын

Thank god I watched to the end. That last bit with the smart phone feature is what will really help. Thanks.

@RobinHood-hk5dk 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stan. I will use the technique of small square holes to isolate varied color tones as often it is not obvious how varied they are on a subject. The only thing I would have liked you to have mentioned is not just how dark or light colors are but the distinction between saturation and brightness. Colors are made up of the base Hue, then the Saturation (richness) and Brightness (Light or Dark) determines the final tone. I use a simple color wheel to help me pick the correct tonal value.

@DanielBlueYT 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this explanation, this is very helpful! I’ll start looking at people differently now and trying to understand their color/value 😂❤️

@jhmarsola 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thanks for making and sharing this! Greetings from Brazil.

@edmacneill9949 6 жыл бұрын

That is such a good lesson giving a clear understanding of light and values. Thanks

@judwatkins9478 9 жыл бұрын

Stan, I discovered your YT videos only a short while ago, but find them to be of tremendous value. This one in particular centers on such fundamentals it should be a part of every artist's introduction to painting - or drawing. Thanks so much for this important teaching. If you travel to teach, sign me up!

@paologarau7036 9 жыл бұрын

Eye opening! Thank you for this amazing video

@misterdookie 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, excellent video. Great instruction! This really helped me starting my portrait.

@KrisWiltseArt 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Stan, for your emphasis on values. (And all your wonderful videos!) A good painting hinges on values and composition. And I think focusing on values helps make watercolor less intimidating for those new to watercolor. And old to it!

@Stanleylestermiller 7 жыл бұрын

So glad the lesson is helpful Kris.

@barbaramozzer 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge here! I'm a big fan from Brazil

@RobMcCauslandArt 4 жыл бұрын

Good lesson! It's always nice too refresh your skills from time too time. Correct tonal values always trumps technique.

@talkinpictures1903 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work and fantastic example. You made it look so easy! Thank you

@roncelano7861 4 жыл бұрын

Stan, expanding on the Ipad idea, here is a tip for determining values that may work for your viewers. Do a swatch chart of your palette. Next scan it and change it in the computer from color to gray scale/black and white. Now scan the reference color portrait and do the same as with the swatches. Now it is easy to compare color values of your palette to the black and white reference. I also scan at different stages of the painting and change to gray scale. Do the same when color mixing. Make examples and scan, then turn to grays on the computer. I have been doing this for years with oil and acrylic paint. Great tutorial!

@Stanleylestermiller 4 жыл бұрын

Very good, I'm familiar with your approach, classic.

@LinekeLijn 6 жыл бұрын

I totally loved this video and also the great tip on the end with the IPad to see the values. Thank you Stan for sharing and all the love from Holland - Lineke

@leojoyalep 3 жыл бұрын

Me: Ok, I got this...let's do this Me after: ..........search "abstract painting"

@lemoniceluxe 2 жыл бұрын

Love your approach. Your videos have really helped my fundamentals. Totally changed the way I approach painting, and the improvement has been noticed by my friends and family. Thank you, so much!

@Stanleylestermiller 2 жыл бұрын

So glad my lessons are helpful.

@loiosullivan4358 9 жыл бұрын

Bella O Stan Thank you for this video. You make this portrait simple/easy. I am new to this method; therefore, I appreciate your work. Thanks!

@pentachronic 5 жыл бұрын

I have a suggestion that may work for you too. Get a headlamp that has a red LED for night vision and look at the photo with that only. When you look at stuff using only red (actually any monochromatic light) your rods are the only sensors in your eyes that work which means you are only looking at intensity. Red green or blue filters are what is used for photography. Red is typically better for contrast. This only works for reflected mediums (ie not back lit LCD/TV screens). BTW this is a throwback to when I used to do B/W photography and worked in the darkroom developing my own photos!! Fun days as a kid !!

@patriciaharris2896 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@arielceleda4897 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your time and contribution to the young art community. Thanks a lot sir. Im suscribing and looking forward your channel. Salutes of a freshman from Argentina 🙌

@riteasrain 9 жыл бұрын

Very inspirational. I'm glad I found this again. I'd saved the url and I consider it lucky I did :D

@mrslideboy6 9 жыл бұрын

yeah black and white is all very well but the next step seems the issue ; how now do we translate the values into colour?

@lalaithan 8 жыл бұрын

This is what I'm finding that I need work on as well.

@acrylicpouring8924 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for your classes and help and tips.

@KDubTwin2 9 жыл бұрын

Oh my, I have discovered my new favorite artist. I've never heard watercolors explained this way. Wish you were in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I would love your workshops!! Keep the videos coming! You are awesome! Karen Ponder, Texas

@Stanleylestermiller 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Karen, I will be teaching a workshop in the Dallas, Ft. Worth area in 2016. Keep an eye on my workshops on my website, will post the workshop soon. www.stanmiller.net

@LiQuiDPeZ 7 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Thanks for the simple (yet maybe not so obvious) tips on how to match shading. Your trick on dimming the lights to see where values clip off works awesome. Not sure if it was mentioned in the video, but to others reading, if you squint your eyes at the same time (while dimming the lights), the underlying form of your subject tends to jump out too. Thanks again.

@Stanleylestermiller 7 жыл бұрын

Squinting works as well, glad the lesson is helpful.

@lorriepriddle8604 4 жыл бұрын

Gonna take a class with Stan this year ....very excited

@iselacordero3823 7 жыл бұрын

In a so good class I understand this! and also I gonna use your tips, thank you to shared this!

@evaraee7083 7 жыл бұрын

so I finally find it today 2017😊😊 thank u so much sir for sharing ur great video to us.... great respect🙏

@narawatercolor 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this explanation, this is very helpful!

@samaqsksa1444 6 жыл бұрын

U are amazing Mr Miller!

@afafzabaneh919 3 жыл бұрын

Valuable lesson....many thanks...you are a talented instructor too...many thanks.....

@Stanleylestermiller 3 жыл бұрын

thank you Afaf, glad the lessons are helpful!

@spongebobzzang 7 жыл бұрын

you are such an amazing tutor, thank you :)

@CarolHeld 7 жыл бұрын

Such an informative tutorial. Thank you.

@culturallymade5561 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I Remember a technique similar to this from high school... yr lessons make me think of my art teacher & yes she was always my favorite. Thank you ☺️

@Stanleylestermiller 5 жыл бұрын

Culturally Made thank you, glad my lessons are helpful.

@Artchick1972 6 жыл бұрын

I have learned so much from you. Thank you for taking the time to upload these videos

@Stanleylestermiller 6 жыл бұрын

thank you, so glad the lessons are helpful.

@Chiffonsspirit 6 жыл бұрын

Very Helpful .. Thank You for Sharing Your Knowledge

@josephtermeer4595 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. For some reason your explanation was clear to me. I finally understand the value term.

@Stanleylestermiller 6 жыл бұрын

So glad it makes sense...it took me years to figure out the difference between color and value...

@TerryMcGearyScotland 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That was really interesting and informative for a learner like me.

@veroniquejeannedemarbre5630 5 жыл бұрын

Good lesson about value! Thank you very much!

@IPaintWatercolorashok 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible video... thanks a lot

@exploringhistoryofpunjab739 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice demo first time understand values. Thanks

@joshadikal1617 6 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot to help me understand this important issue. Great video, God bless you

@jmh8510 8 жыл бұрын

I adore this video. I've slogged through many many of these. Have stacks of my own of guys girl. Struggling with my brush hairs separating. What brushes do you use? Also--is the final watercolor only? It is phenomenal! It almost looks like oils. Would love to see a video of it...you must have done tons of layering...?

@Stanleylestermiller 8 жыл бұрын

+Jm Haase Hi Jm, glad my videos are helpful. For my big flat brush, I use a $5 Robert Simmons watercolor/acrylic synthetic brush, works great (any 1 inch flat wc brush would work, as long as it's not too limp when it's wet) For my round brush, any number 6, 7 or 8, should work, as long as you spend at least 5 to 10 dollars on it. A really cheap brush when wet and bent over, doesn't spring back into a vertical position. The number one reason our brush hairs split is that the brush dries out at the base, not the tip. One should wet the brush totally, every 5 minutes or so, then squeeze the water out depending on what technique you are using. When a brush is wet at the tip, but drying out at the heel, or base of the brush, even the best brush will start to split. Nearly every watercolorist layers their paint Jm. If one puts more then just one wash down on any part of your painting, you are now layering your paint. So yes, I layered my paint, as I do in all my paintings. Good luck!

@emilybroh7004 3 жыл бұрын

Finally! Okay, so I’ve been trying to figure out how to describe my struggle when it comes to painting values, and within the first few seconds, you described it better than I ever have! I’ll sketch out my portrait and the portrait will look great as far as proportions go, but as soon as I start to paint I feel like I’m ruining a good sketch, almost. I’m going to refer back to this video while I paint my next portrait! I already think it will be an improvement. Thank you so much!

@Stanleylestermiller 3 жыл бұрын

Probably the number one mistake in painting, people worry about color and technique more then getting the value correct. Glad the lesson is helpful Emily.

@warawiriarts 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this tutorial like a treasure for me👍🙂

@hiddentreasuresartstudio142 6 жыл бұрын

That was very helpful!! Thank u for sharing!!

@riom5 5 жыл бұрын

I rarely use digital tools, but for practicing values I like to black and whiten an image and then take out the values on a grey background, so I can find the range of values. Then I bring back the colors in and can much better understand the values of most of the colors.

@markfellows2268 2 ай бұрын

Very good video. You're a good tutor, thanks for the lesson.

@Stanleylestermiller 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@BATMAN10N Жыл бұрын

I strive to amaze myself one day ,just like u did to me today.

@Stanleylestermiller Жыл бұрын

So good to hear you learned from my lesson, thank you.

@planbcool4318 6 жыл бұрын

Nice one Stan, very informative and helpful. Subscribed.

@E.G.H.Espindola 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial. It was awesome.

@devanarayananv.v7058 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir, it's great.....very helpful

@bicnarok 7 жыл бұрын

i´ve been painting portraits for years, never thought about this part of it in a "values" way.

@BigDaddyZakk420 7 жыл бұрын

Bic narok That's what it's all about, I bet your portraits improve 100% after really paying attention to value : )

@ueusjsjdjhshdidjehue6752 7 жыл бұрын

Bic narok

@nastaran15 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your great tutorial.

@janlynnthom620 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thank you!

@samreznek 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks.

@RideHanna 6 жыл бұрын

Great Lessen Stan!

@orkidbox 7 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thanks. That is a good iPad trick. I just wonder how you get from the value study to finding the right colours in the last portrait.

@santoshsonari9565 7 жыл бұрын

I am a self taught artist. I started my art sketching from where I learnt to hold the pencil. but, I did not get the opportunity to play with color in my childhood. hence, when ever I have to color my drawing, I do some mistake. I get a big question that what color should be used first or what color suppose to be. Your video has taught me the color value. I tried to color a portrait after seeing your video in the same night & It was really very easy to me to select the color because I was not selecting the color but trying to match the color value. I really wants to thank you very much for your lesson.

@Stanleylestermiller 7 жыл бұрын

Happy to know my lesson helped you Santosh.

@johnf.kennedy2053 7 жыл бұрын

Same, I've always drawn with graphite and charcoal. I despise color pencil, pastel, paint, watercolor, etc. But I'm gonna try.

@najibsagrajos7590 11 ай бұрын

Exactly the explanation i needed . Hat off for you

@Stanleylestermiller 11 ай бұрын

So glad the lesson was helpful.

@marilynnicely9344 6 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. I am planning to use these lessons to teach me.

@JiveDadson 5 жыл бұрын

I wrote a computer GUI that allows me to use a mouse to sample a digital photo and read out the Munsell hue, value, and chroma numbers. That took a lot of research and effort, but in the end it worked much better than any other such program That i could find.

@MicheleAnnTarot 2 жыл бұрын

Amazingly helpful. Thank you 😊

@mackgaming7070 8 жыл бұрын

OMG ! thank you so much I learned a lot from u

@cathean19 7 жыл бұрын

Sir, you are my hero.

@vista2611 9 жыл бұрын

fantastic approach,,thanks

@subhashnisarta3496 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sir, Very good job to see the value and colour in gesture photograph, in improving portrait painting.in the same portrait different values and using colour that techniques is useful for me thanks so much for your help.

@Stanleylestermiller 3 жыл бұрын

So glad the lessons are helpful!