The Cadmium Colors with Helen Van Wyk

Join Helen Van Wyk in her studio as she explores the vibrant world of cadmium colors; red, orange and yellow. In this lesson, Helen will show you how to effectively use cadmium colors to bring your paintings to life, enhancing their vibrancy and depth.
UNDERSTANDING CADMIUM COLORS
Helen introduces cadmium colors, explaining their significance in painting. She demonstrates how to use these bright, intense hues to create dynamic and eye-catching elements in your artwork. Learn about the different cadmium colors and how they interact with each other to achieve the desired effect.
APPLYING CADMIUM COLORS
Watch as Helen applies cadmium colors to a still life featuring cantaloupe and citrus fruits. She shares techniques for:
Mixing and Applying Colors:
How to blend cadmium orange, red, and yellow to achieve realistic fruit textures and highlights.
Creating Depth:
Using cadmium colors to define shadows and enhance the three-dimensional quality of the fruits.
Balancing Hues:
Techniques for managing color intensity and ensuring harmony in your painting.
FINALLY
Helen reflects on the process of using cadmium colors and encourages viewers to experiment with these vibrant pigments. She shares tips on overcoming common challenges and achieving beautiful results.
CONCLUSION
Subscribe now and join Helen Van Wyk on a journey to refine your artistic techniques and discover the satisfaction of understanding and using the basic principles in your paintings, ensuring you experience the fulfillment that comes from applying Helen's teachings.

[@MrHeli4444]

Helens art instruction stands alone. Still after all these years. Each stroke is explained clearly why and how.

[@ElinorStudio]

So much value in one video!

[@Vesper007_]

“So you can fix it! - changes to a new canvas lol 😂. She fixed it alright.

[@HelenVanWyk]

Are you referring to the two mistakes Helen made and showed how to correct at kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJjTXnyjgdx5jMUsi=Mtx2Ad1dLjIQuV0F&t=820

[@Vesper007_]

@@HelenVanWyk was just funny how she decided to go a different direction than in the beginning, nothing wrong with that just caught me off guard lol..

[@Dr10Jeeps]

What a wonderful artist she was.

[@user-fr8mf6ed2y]

She is great!!!❤❤❤

[@rhqstudio4107]

love her!!!

[@nirupmaanand2315]

What a beautiful mess though! I am learning so much! Thanks.❤

[@HelenVanWyk]

Right? She turned that mess into cantaloupes in less than 30 minutes. It’s great to hear you’re learning from Helen’s lessons. Keep watching and I’m sure you’ll learn even more. Thanks for posting; it’s appreciated.

[@sheilahorton6396]

Love how she makes soup.

[@melianna999]

Such a valuable lesson. Thank you.

[@HelenVanWyk]

You're very welcome. Thanks for the comment and support. It's appreciated.

[@carriefoscatodesign]

Love the idea of applying the toned background with just a rag.

[@hermanbooger5431]

I find her painting show and voice very relaxing and comfortable 😊

[@ZZmsz]

She was an amazing Artist !

[@r.taylor7293]

I don't know who this woman is but I want one.....I love the confidence and the ease of knowledge ….she makes me want to paint!

[@BetinaLundkaerJensenartist]

She is brillant!

[@andriswood5434]

Ah ha! At last she said Negative Space instead of background! She really does know her s**t! What a fantastic painter!

[@ZZmsz]

Eternally alive.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Nice to find HVW videos here ... I remember enjoying her lessons on PBS in the 1990's. However, the little "Jeopardy!" song and quiz inserts in this episode threw me off, almost like they were added later. No big deal, really. Thanks for sharing this program on KZbin.

[@leilaaitken4355]

I learnt to paint 20 years ago from Helen’s excellent books. They are still available on Amazon or eBay

[@RS-rb8fr]

I miss her pbs showings in the 90s no art is no longer about the creation it's all about if it comes out so realistic that people paint with a camera now ,to me art is not to be perfect but a slight perfect intention to a shape that speaks that's a painting period

[@jasona.palmer6993]

Art is what it always was. Try not to be upset that humanity realized that art is visual and if you need to read a note to tell you what you are looking at then you failed as an artist to convey the message.Modern art where no talent is required and even shunned has been very detrimental to the souls of humanity.Realism does not look like a camera at all. The artist has their artistic license to arrange the picture anyway they want and put in what they want and leave out what they want.For the composition. I for one have had my life saved by art going back to being representational which was done by the artists not by the establishment but inspite of it. Long live representational art.keeps us going.

[@Cua-tanet]

There are artists like James Gurney and Chris Fornataro who still work like this.

[@melianna999]

I had a good guess.😊

[@karen-mariemondrup4969]

Thank you

[@nazaninlabafian675]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@fredjack2021]

Hi my new friend my name is Elizabeth very beautiful 💘 💘 💘 it and Happy New Year's 2019 God bless

[@cynthia_artistpro]

Need the closed captioning for this video! Can you add them please?

[@HelenVanWyk]

@cynthia_artistpro Thanks for letting us know about the problem with the subtitles. English, French, and Spanish closed captions have been enabled for this video. Thanks again, and enjoy the video.

[@Higgon]

The silhouette is a drawing of Scooby-Doo 😂

[@dubermen]

Not sure about Scooby but I did see a dog in there... good eye. 🐾

[@user-rq3cc2td8r]

I can’t unsee that now 😂

[@nickFullerton-tb7dz]

You can marry the colors but they can't elope...ha ha.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

what a mess

[@HelenVanWyk]

Yes, it might seem that way, but Helen has less than 30 minutes to complete a lesson. Sometimes, there's a trade-off to ensure the essence of the lesson comes through, most often reflected in her commentary as the painting progresses.