How To PUNCH Up Color! / You Asked for It! A Subscriber Request!

Want to add some PUNCHED UP COLOR to your painting? Well, this video is for you. Join me in this lesson where I took the time to answer many of my subscribers who have asked how to intensify color in a painting. Sometimes our reference image may be a little dull in color, but that doesn't mean you can't still use it to create a painting full of life and color. You can even veer away from the colors that are in the photo or the real life scene as long as you obey a few important rules. This video will give you those rules and more! It's long, but full of useful information for any artist!
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[@danielleauer8402]

one thing I am learning here following you along is as a beginner do not depend on blending. do not blend, unless you want the special effect. I have ruined two tries, thinking to always blend...not necessary, pressure and the correct color is what it needs. blocking in the under colors are key I do see now. I may learn this yet! thank so for the teaching it is soo helping me and valuable.

[@monetcafe]

danielle auer I can tell by your comment that you have already learned a lot! I have learned over the years that the pastels really blend themselves and other than some initial blending if you want to cover the surface or create an underpainting there is really no need to over blend. It actually muddies the color and the brilliance of the pastels is lost.

[@danielleauer8402]

@@monetcafe thank you, I will also study this color wheel nightly now until it have by rote memory. I love color when it is right and looks like art. you are 100% correct. Thank you so much Susan, be blessed. Dannie

[@ddtravers1]

That video was so helpful!!! Thank you!

[@monetcafe]

Wonderful.... and I have more beginner tutorials comig this week. Stay tuned!

[@irwintatyana9066]

So much inspiration

[@fatoomgierdien2181]

Wow wow WOW!! Much appreciated. THANK YOU for the video.

[@garybemis7177]

Thank you Susan! You are wonderful to enjoy!

[@marmostajo5594]

Wow really great tutorial...thank you Susan

[@HeiderosesPhotograph]

THIS IS FABULOUS...THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS TUTORIAL....:)

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome!!! Makes me happy to know my videos are helping artists :)

[@shelleyhenderson4]

Magical to watch!

[@jeanetta59]

Beautiful! Thanks

[@Carem44]

Beautiful. You are speaking my language. I love bumping up color. Thanx

[@onaghash4111]

So much info and so helpful thank you

[@carolinesmyth127]

Wish I could give two thumbs up. Valuable information here. Thanks so much 🌞

[@jessicagrill9180]

What a wonderful explanation about color! So informative! Art 101 in a succinct way.

[@monetcafe]

Wow, thank you!

[@cityboylego9905]

All your landscape paintings are as beautiful as your smile .

[@denneb-astronomiaearte5994]

I'm gonna watch it over and over again!

[@RANDALLBRIGGS]

Great lesson! Your beautiful painting perfectly illustrates the points you made in the first part of the video.

[@MDEBonzes]

LOVE these tutorials! I'm on a fixed income (poor!) so I really enjoy and appreciate these....my color theory is good, but I'm painting along, so I can learn to loosen up (too many years doing portraits)..and I enjoy your upbeat personality-never dull! Thanks so much!

[@zoedj]

I think I may be your biggest fan. Thank you very much for all your help. You are an incredible artist and I appreciate you. Blessed

[@monetcafe]

zoedj awwww!!! Wow! You just made my night! Bless you and I pray you are enjoying your artistic journeys.

[@natalytaranenko1243]

I'm excited! It's wonderful!!!

[@WaltemirMelo]

that was fabulous!!!!!

[@jillrobbins4488]

You are such an inspiration to me! I am retired and have been away from my painting days for quite a while. I now am going to get out my pastels again and hopefully dive back into painting because of your wonderful online lessons!

[@monetcafe]

Oh that makes me so happy and you are exactly the type of person I make these videos for! I had such a hard time finding free and clear lessons when I first started. So excited for you!!! Happy Painting~~!!

[@tzieg9534]

Great lesson!

[@gullwingstorm857]

Gee you're fabulous, not only a fabulous talent, but a fabulous person as well.

[@monetcafe]

Oh shucks, how sweet!

[@gullwingstorm857]

@@monetcafe God bless you.

[@soniabrown3067]

Thank you so much for this lesson. This will help me so much in my pastel journey. Your explanation on color, value and temperature is priceless.

[@juliec280]

one of the best instruction art videos I have seen , so informative

[@seapossumsforrest8162]

Great Video! Thank you for going over the color wheel!

[@rhondaporro877]

MY FRIEND YOU ARE AWESOME!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE!! "DO LOVE!" -ALWAYS!!!! BLESSINGS ABOUND!!

[@brendahicks4701]

Fantastic painting great color lesson. Thank you please teach me more😘

[@stefansulay1679]

Beautiful ! Thanks for the lesson. Very helpful 😀

[@lisa1762]

super helpful, and very much appreciated

[@tomicarey9141]

You are a fantastic instructor as well as an artist.

[@mariadagloriasantosdeolive1593]

Lindooooo 💜

[@JK1211a]

Wow a good instructor, :)

[@mele9627]

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing that gold! Beautiful painting too...

[@libbyfuntera8497]

Wonderful watching Susan, thank you so much. Am finally beginning to understand how to use colours. I had my trusty colour wheel handy while you explained how it all works. Your painting was so harmonious-great to watch it come together.

[@samueljaysonfoote]

That was incredibly illuminating to an artist dude such as myself. I will watch this many more times. I've often marveled at how wonderfully women artists seam to have a natural instinct for color and value. This video helped me greatly and will hopefully find it's influence in my future works. A million thanks'

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, Sam. I also find that about women artist… Almost a natural instinct for color. I really appreciate that comment.

[@vickie6228]

This is a great lesson for me. This helps me to understand more about using correct values throughout. And now I know how to use that great color wheel I have. Lol. Thank you very much, Susan! :)

[@monetcafe]

Vickie deCastro oh I'm so happy to hear that!!! As I make these videos I'm always thinking about those it may help!! ❤️💜👍🏻. Truly our color wheel is a great resource!

[@coolcop4986]

You are lovely and thanks for posting this .

[@annatait6577]

I loved the effect of under painting

[@LAR377]

Oh how i wish i had an art buddy like you in my life. You make everything so fun and you explain it so clearly. Your teaching skills and talent are amazing and you are a blessing in every way to those who are tuning in. Thank you for your efforts, sweet lady. It is much appreciated.

[@judyhackett4846]

What a video! Such a wealth of information. That's the only real lesson I've seen on the color wheel. Thank you, Love all the commentaries as you go explaining the reasons for what you're doing.

[@lyndagenet3170]

OH WOW. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. I JUST LOVE ALL THE COLOURS. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND ADVICE. I AM JUST LEARNING. I REALLY LOVE YOUR STYLE

[@monetcafe]

Lynda Genet .... thank you SO much! I am so blessed by your comment.

[@pamhuggett2688]

Really good information, always good to be reminded of values and cool and warm colours in the right places x

[@maldoori238]

Susan you are a star. Thank you for sharing your wonderful skills. I have learned a lot from you and enjoyed watching your video. From Glasgow in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Maysoon

[@monetcafe]

Awwww.... you are so sweet!! So glad you are learning!!!

[@bevann716]

Excellent video. Just what the doctor ordered. Your video had made a lot of things more clear. Thank you

[@jmeetze8]

This is a great lesson, well presented and so helpful and complete. Thank you Susan!

[@hasumatichandra6387]

Thank you for a great video Love all your videos From Fiji Islands

[@adriannepatriciapower3271]

Fantastic explanation !!

[@peterhunt1207]

I have learnt so much from this tutorial and am feeling confidant to start my first piece of art. I thank you much.😊 Tammy Australia

[@Sally1382]

What a great lesson. The most helpful painting tutorial I have ever watched.

[@monetcafe]

Awwwww!!!!! THANKS!!! Happy Painting!

[@virginiacraig5545]

What a wonderful video! I have made every mistake you mentioned when picking colors! Arrgggh! I am anxious to try a landscape. I am trying to understand why an under painting is necessary, and think it’s beginning to make sense. Is that equal to toned Pastelmat? I’ve wasted many years! So glad you did this incredible video. I’m 79 and learning. Lol

[@seattlesue178]

It's magic how the scene develops in your river painting, it comes to life with the colors you choose! Also, in the color wheel intro, clever use of the recycled tray to hold chalks by color!

[@maldoori238]

Hi Susan this was a great video and yes indeed I am one of those who asked for it and loved it! I like real time videos ! Keep them coming. Please!

[@monetcafe]

Maysoon AlDooriaines .... wonderful! I appreciate your comments and suggestions so much. I think people don't make videos with commentary that often because it's a lot of work! LOL!!! But it's worth it for me if it helps others learn and grow. Blessings!

[@pambutler5437]

Thank you Susan for your perspective on color. This was very helpful in getting away from matching color to reference. It is so much more interesting a result. God bless.

[@Tamedblnde]

Best teaching on the color wheel .Thank you..😘💖

[@belindahall5220]

Lovely!! Lots of great tips, too!!

[@cshula1]

Great, great lesson. Thank you so much!!

[@LesleySatchell]

Stunning painting! Thank you so much for the lesson, so informative and you made it all so much easier to comprehend ❤️

[@mariadagloriasantosdeolive1593]

Muito bom gostei

[@thetuqueque]

I love it.Beautiful and very well explained.

[@TerrieJohnson731]

Illustrative, non impressionistic art does not have to be hyper-realism, which I do not understand as art, but I think that both impressionistic and illustrations are beautiful. Even illustrations leave a good bit for the brain to sort out. Details are in the heart if the artist, and the viewer, just my 2c.

[@Carem44]

Great video. Have been painting for a few years but sometimes it good to have a recap.

[@betsypoti2306]

Thank you for the lovely painting. . . Feeling the urge to buy some new pastels. I love how they come packaged vertically! I’m absorbing all you share. Beautiful painting!

[@cherylginsberg162]

WOW, what a great instructional video to learn how to punch up color. Just what I've been waiting to see. Thanks so much for your videos. Keep them coming.

[@lindasimmons3167]

Really love this lesson! I have trouble seeing warmth/coolness and so thank you.

[@marmostajo5594]

Great!

[@kimrob70]

Hi There, this is an absolutely beautiful painting, I really love the depth and the colours your experience told you to use. Just stunning. Thank you for sharing your talent and painting with us here in the UK too. best wishes. Kim x

[@skipper1615]

Great job, now I really should my color wheel.

[@lindascoleman220]

Excellent tutorial! I have learned so much more to give my paintings that extra punch of color! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!

[@daleshawn1910]

Thank you so much! You answered my questions on temperature and how to use my color wheel. You are fantastic!

[@Morticia147]

I just stumbled accross your channel and love your videos. It's great that you explain so much, I already learnded so much. Hope that you will get much more subscribers, because you're a great teacher.

[@monetcafe]

Morticia147 awwww.... thank you SO much! I have found that I love teaching!!! I would love to get enough subscribers so that I can do this all the time 👍🏻👍🏻🤗🤗💜

[@TerrieJohnson731]

I do not have teratriad on my wheel. I will have to foogle an image or something. I may need to gt the pocket wheel. Made by the same company, the one I have applies basically to watercolor and some info is not here bc it may be N/A. It's an invaluable tool, but another 10 bucks! I will try to see if I can research it out. :) Increasing saturation, great tip! Using photos, let alone imaging tweaks is brand new to me, but my son showed me some basics of Irfanview. Its really clean, powerful, and I am using it most to resize precisely until I get a proportional divider.

[@gloobnord]

Really great lesson. Thanks for the art.

[@cluelesspotterclod]

What a great lesson! I really enjoyed watching you and am gonna dive in with it using my pastels now.

[@brendamorgado562]

You are such a natural :D Susan you have awaken my love for pastels . I mostly have used pastels for portraits, but I long to improve my landscapes in pastels ..I wanted to ask you which set is best to buy and I like to buy the best . I have a set of Unison , Rembrandt, NuPastel sticks , Faber Castell pencils and a couple more pencil brands .I was noticing you use a lot of Ludwigs which set would be best for me doing landscapes , no mater the cost ...thank you , hugs fellow PMP member :D

[@daleshawn1910]

Love these videos. Thank you so much!

[@TerrieJohnson731]

realy great information, Susan! thank you! I use my huge Watercolor Wheel. It's the greatest tool ever. I also use online palette generators now and then. I would be quite lost at times without them, particularly if I wamt to introduce another color I didn't plan aheas for! watched it 2x HUGS!

[@Man-Art-Sag]

Thanks for the course I needed so much :) It's so well explained. I've written the rules and stuff and I'm really looking forward to putting them into practice. thank you so much

[@LavishHim]

Woohoo! Thanx!

[@rosellabeads]

This helped me a lot, thank you

[@msantosart8226]

Wow! What an amazing video! So clearly explained! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! :)

[@foodjazz]

Your work is beautiful! Thanks for the lesson!

[@canadaverydry]

Very useful wheel! I bought one!

[@RT-we9rt]

I am impressed with your pastel paintings and the usefulness of your videos. Although I have experience with graphite drawing, I want to try my hand with color and have been considering using soft pastels. However, I am concerned about the pastel dust and mess because I do not have a studio or isolated area in my apartment. I also have a very inquisitive cat. Thus I thought that maybe I should try pastel pencils (Faber-Castell PITT) or even colored pencils (Faber-Castell Polychromes). What is your opinion on starting with pastel pencils or colored pencils rather than soft pastels? Also, do you think it is better to go with pastel pencils or colored pencils? Thanks for any information you could provide to me.

[@suzannejohnson3335]

very helpful !!!!!

[@TerrieJohnson731]

Can you do a video on "mood" for landscapes? This escapes me also. I will begin researching it soon, but I would love to see you do it. "Setting The Mood" or something. Thank you dear!

[@monetcafe]

TerrieJ DimestoreDivaTV that's a GREAT suggestion!!! I'll definitely do that 👍🏻🤗

[@antoniamarques5652]

TerrieJ DimestoreDivaTV

[@callmedeno]

One thing I have a lot of trouble is with brightness and saturation. I'm finding out if you add white you lose saturation, so it seems the only way to combat that is to instead add a naturally brighter color of a different hue. So say as a blue local value is lit up by sunlight, I would add yellow? or the next warmer color on the color wheel. If you had a pure white man made light, then you would mix white? Is it dependent on the light source, and can it generally be as simple as 'yellow light, add yellow to local color' or 'blue light add white and blue'? Thanks

[@marionwigzell7334]

Awesome lesson Susan, and beautiful painting. Do you use pastel pencils in you work?Thank youMarion

[@monetcafe]

Marion Wigzell I sometimes use pastel pencils, but only for very fine lines. So glad you like the lesson!!!

[@diane3868]

Thanks! I really enjoyed the color theory. That's something I've had problems with, understanding warm and cool colors especially. You made it very easy to understand. :-)

[@veresannamaria4584]

Helpful

[@traces2807]

I just subscribed and oh your work is stunning!! I absolutely love it. I am getting back to my art during lockdown and this just popped up.

[@monetcafe]

Trace S YAY!!! So excited for you! Art has been such a blessing for me during challenging times in life. I have so many videos that can help you get started , and I also have a companion Facebook group “Monet Café Art Group” with over 10,000 artists of every level learning together. Enjoy and have fun!!

[@traces2807]

@@monetcafe Thank you so much! I'm excited too! Where would be a good starting point? I've been away for many years but have past experience in oils/acrylics. Thank you for replying!😊

[@sandylosacco2194]

Susan,I may have missed what tool are you using to blend with? ( The black thing) .Love the value lessons.

[@monetcafe]

Sandy Losacco .... it is a piece of pipe foam insulation. It's basically the stuff you can buy at a hardware store that literally insulates your pipes. You only need a small piece for blending tool, and like I said I've been told that a pool noodle will work the same.

[@celiptak]

This was so helpful, especially demystifying the color wheel!! How do you know when to stop and the painting is finished? It looked finished to me many times, lol! It's beautiful!!

[@monetcafe]

Tina Liptak thank you so much and I'm glad the video helped. Yes, you have mentioned a very common challenge with artists… When to stop! I often look back on my videos and wish I had stopped sooner. It's often good to walk away and take a break before working too long and hard on a piece.

[@jenniferlacovara9190]

Still having hard time with value and temperature . What kind of "exercise can I do to gain more understanding . My painting still remain to be dull and flat . Thank you

[@monetcafe]

Hi Jennifer, I find that value placement is often what gives the painting life. Marla Baggetta is one of my favorite artists and she is a wonderful teacher. Here is a great little lesson that might help you with value. I often find that painting in black and white is a good exercise to learn how to place values to make your painting pop. I'll try to make some more videos to help with color temperature. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnywhayaf9ilgq8

[@gabrielafirkowska7941]

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[@seapossumsforrest8162]

Do you mix the different kinds of pastels in your storage? I have noticed that there are tons of 'pastel' organizers but when I watch you and other really talented pastel artists they have piles of pastels all mixed together by color. I have been wanting to use the water color pastels and the Derwent inktense I am afraid of mixing them into the same stash. Do they all 'wash' with water or all with alcohol?

[@monetcafe]

Hi Syd, most serious pastel artists do arrange their pastels according to color and value, but that doesn't mean we don't still have some sets (from the manufacturer) still in tact. Focusing on value is so important with good artwork and having them arranged together with the value/color system is really helpful. I have found that all of my soft pastel varieties work with water or alcohol. I can't wait to get someDerwent inktense and try them. If you haven't joined our FB group you should. There are so many pastel artists (of every level) all sharing and helping each other. It's called, Monet Cafe' Art Group, and you do have to ask to join. When you answer the questions, just say that you heard about the group from me on this channel. Happy Painting!

[@seapossumsforrest8162]

I got some of the Derwent inktense pencils. Marvelous...color. I have not used water with them yet. But soon. I will check out Facebook. Thank you for all your work. I have watched several of your videos and You are a great teacher. Thank you!

[@karenhinson9582]

Do you always use an underpainting?

[@yvonnesims8765]

I love the layers of color, I am still a little awkward with changing colors.

[@ronimalic1439]

Hello Susan! I have been thinking about you every day and wondering how things went for you during Irma? Was it as bad as you expected or were you one of the lucky ones?

[@monetcafe]

Hi Roni... Unfortunately, we suffered a lot of damage. Our home was flooded with over 3 ft of water and we also had the roof of a house blow off and land on our travel trailer and vehicles. Praise the Lord, we are all safe though. I was able to get many of my art supplies out of my studio, but sadly I won't be able to paint or make videos for awhile. I do believe though that we will be able to secure living arrangements in the next few months and I hope to start making videos again. Lord willing

[@jamlott]

I hope all is well with you and understand your pain Katrina kicked our buts about 11 years ago and the coast will never be the same.i feel sorry for anyone going threw this. I love your videos and was curious do you know a artist teaching pastels in Mississippi gulf coast.

[@lindamclean8809]

It's very nice. But not so much of a misty morning look?

[@monetcafe]

Thanks Linda... I sometimes stray from the original photo and don't always represent it as it appears exactly. Maybe I'll try it again with more of the "misty" look because I like that too. Happy Painting

[@lindamclean8809]

Great instruction..by the way there is only one r in sparingly

[@monetcafe]

Thanks sweetheart. I do my best, but sometimes I have to create these videos in a pinch. I wish I could have an editor review them before I post, but I know my audience is forgiving :)

[@joannfletcher3193]

How do you join your patreon club?

[@monetcafe]

Hi Joann, you can simply go to www.patreon.com/susanjenkins The sign-up process is pretty easy. Just let me know if you need any help. And bless you for considering to become a patron of mine.