How to see values... Narrated Tutorial: Values explained and illustrated using pastel pencils

In this video I share my techniques and tips on how to see values or shades using Pastel Pencils. Also I share more information regarding colour mixing, discussing cool and warm colours. The human Eye, according to research on google, sees around 1 million colour tones... so artists need to simplify these into a 9, 7 or 5 value system. I will be discussing my favourite which is the 9 value system. If you find value in this video please subscribe, like and share with you friends... would appreciated the support.
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[@DavePortersArt]

I have quick a few videos on how to mix skin tones, check this one out to find out more on my techniques ~ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYmVpn-gpMqGoq8

[@samreevesartist]

That idea of opening your eyes wider to see more color is brilliant. I had heard of squinting to see more value, but not the other. Thank you!

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad it was helpful Sam! you welcome... thanks for watching🙏

[@samreevesartist]

@@DavePortersArt I just found your channel yesterday and am loving it.

[@KMadvisor]

Tonal values are fundamental, but in a career that has kept my out of my studio more than in, I find time pressures have me rushing to colours. Sometimes this is quite satisfactory for the average viewer, but I see the flaws and am never satisfied. I appreciate your explanation of tones in this video, It would be interesting to compare the usefulness/importance of selecting from the different tonal scale options (e.g. 5, 9?). Your visual aids are great, helping to identify examples within the tonal range. I have set myself an assignment: go through my various media and try to identify the elements you mention. First, tonal range, then, warm/cool variations, then opposites on the colour wheel for use in delineating light and dark instead of relying on the (lazy>) white and black shades. Thank you!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you for taking the time to give great feedback... thrilled the explanation came across well and inspires you to experiment further. Take care and all the very best will your art journey. 😊🙏

[@gordanamudri48]

Great explanations! I would like to see more about edges! Thank you for your effort!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you for the feedback... will sort a video on edges soon. I will add it to my list of videos to do. :-)

[@MsBrushwork]

I love your videos and in depth explanations!

[@lindagalecrocilla9058]

thank you, I appreciate how well you explained values.

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome Linda... thank you for watching 🙂🙏

[@juul7737]

About the value scale …I meant just like the one above your apple in black and white… so that we have an idea of ​​how we can approximately get the values ​​in color… it would help a lot

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for the suggestion Juul.. they are too many variables to do a value scale... what I rely on is to squint my eyes to see the values, open they to see colours. 🙏

[@jnac8857]

I've watched a lot of artist's videos on KZbin and yours is the best by far because of how you connect emotions with creating art instead of just focusing on techniques! That's what makes your channel unique. I hope you get more subscribers soon. Thank you for inspiring me!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for the encouragement Joanna... appreciate the kind words 😊🙏

[@marianalubeno6916]

So much precious information, difficult to understand all at once. I saved the video, I'll need to watch it again and now I'm a subscriber to the channel, thank you very much!

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Mariana... Thank you so much for the feedback... really appreciated. Thanks for subscribing... if you would like more in depth instruction please consider becoming a member to my Patreon Channel. 😊🙏

[@florinpetcu1044]

Thank you for the video!

[@DavePortersArt]

My pleasure! 💕🙏

[@j.d3804]

Wow so good and great instruction

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks so much 😊🙏

[@kellyjohnson8696]

Wonderful, thank you. I always thought of the 9 scale as 3 & 3 & 3. Your way seems to make it easier to keep the light and darks distinctly separate. I hope there is a video on the 4 types of edges, I haven't come across it yet. Thank you again.

[@DavePortersArt]

You are welcome Kelly... values are so important for sure. Ohh... thanks for reminding me to create a video regarding edges. I will also create one for chroma too which is also vital to create realism. 🙏🙂

[@nicoleberoule8688]

Great thank you 👍

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome 🙏

[@choochoochooseyou]

So glad I found your channel, Dave. When you mentioned the complementary colours did you mean mix it in with the primary or place it next to it?

[@DavePortersArt]

Grateful for the support... mix them together to dull a colour down or for a natural shadow. 👍

[@trishcusworth4950]

Thank you for explaining tone this is what i struggle with. It has helped me 🙏

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome Trish, thrilled you found the info helpful. Thanks for watching 🙏😊

[@trishcusworth4950]

@@DavePortersArt You sound like you are from Chesterfield uk. Do you do any art workshops. I know you do patron?

[@DavePortersArt]

@@trishcusworth4950 That is really close 🙂 I live near Mansfield Nottinghamshire. I am working on providing a more personal indepth approach with a new platform soon. Dave Porter's Pastel Portrait Accademy. So excited about working towards that. I don't do any live workshops at the moment. 🙏

[@trishcusworth4950]

@@DavePortersArt that's great please keep me updated. I thought it was Mansfield you sound like julie tasker who ran for major of Mansfield in this years election she formed love party.

[@DavePortersArt]

@@trishcusworth4950 I have a bit Yorkshire mix too as my mum was from nr Keighley, West Yorkshire. If you would like to be update about the academy please email me .. [e-mail] and then I will have your email on file. There will be some great introductory offers when I decide to launch. Take care. 🙂🙏

[@rosemarieeaton8122]

Awesome Dave, very easy to follow you and thank you for sharing the amazing tips to help us all improve 👩‍🎨 x

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Rosemarie! so pleased you have enjoyed the videos and find them helpful... thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment... really appreciated :-) x.

[@raygodmanMX]

This was a fantastic lesson. You explained and taught some awesome info. Yes, lesson on edges please, and anything else you are willing to share. I would not have known you were new to KZbin teaching, all is as it should be. Treat us like a student coming to visit the studio.. perfect.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much for your kind words Ray! Will definitely produce a video regarding edges... it is on my list of ones to do. I consider myself always as student... we never stop learning, that is what makes art never boring :-) It feels good to share what I have experience. So pleased you have found value and interest in my videos... thank you. :-)

[@randybenedetto8087]

You are an excellent teacher. Thank you. My first time watching

[@cherryj]

Love your videos and explanations - they actually make sense! I still need a lot of practice in seeing the values and colours but maybe one day....

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much Cherry!... just keep practicing it will come :-)

[@cherryj]

Dave Porters Art Thank you. Never had an art lesson in my life and just picked up a pencil last summer to brighten up my retirement. Now I’m hooked! Can’t get enough tuition and advice. Only started colours in February so have so much to learn.

[@DavePortersArt]

@@cherryj It is a great time to learn with all the online tuition available. wishing you all the very best with your new found joy. :-)

[@user-nm2bb5ci9k]

Thank you very much for your generous sharing of your knowledge. The theory of color is not yet clear to me but at least I am aware of it now.

[@DavePortersArt]

I like to keep things straight forward and uncomplicated. All the best... my pleasure love to share. 🙏🙏

[@juul7737]

Perfect apple by the way👍🤗

[@DavePortersArt]

cheers! :-)

[@2wheels673]

Hello, really enjoying your videos so thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Joana! Thanks for the feedback... so pleased you are finding them interesting. ☺

[@user-xr2gh3mb5l]

The amazon link for the pastelmat does not work. Page is not available. Your videos are awesome!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much for letting me know... I will get around to updating that... thrilled you like the video! 🙏

[@juul7737]

Thank you for your video. Values; this is more important then how do I draw a.... I trie to find my values in photoshop or app before drawing, or try to make a posterize..... But, If the cold and warm colors would have names....for instance from Faber Castell pit pastels, witch reds, yellows, blues and earth tones would that be then? Greetings from the Netherlands 😉👍

[@DavePortersArt]

Values are so important for realism. All I can give you is the colours that I would use for Oil Painting. If you google these you will get the colour... Cold Red... Alizarin Crimson. Warm Red... cadmium Red. cold Blue... Prussian Blue. Warm blue... Ultramarine Blue. cold yellow... Cadmium lemon. Warm yellow Cadmium yellow earth colours, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre. You can match these colours to your pencils. All the best :-)

[@McKennaMiller0131]

I just stumbled upon your channel. And Im very glad I did. Very very useful information. But I am soooo very confused on color theory for portraits and specifically your technique. You talk about using secondary colors for shadows. I can't find anything on this technique. Maybe im not googling it properly but I would really like for you to go in depth on it. How exactly it seems so easy to use primary colors and secondary colored shadows. And how you view them in skin. Maybe you could make a video going really in depth about it and demo three different types of skin tones and how you see that in reference photos as well. Or if you could send a link my way on this technique and how you discovered it that would be great too

[@DavePortersArt]

So pleased you did... thrilled yiu found it useful. Thanks for you suggestion I will add this to my list of things to do. please look at my most recent videos on selective parts as I slow the footage down in parts and give realtime video. I will be launching a patreaon account soon with indepth tutorial so keep a look out for that. Happy Drawing and panting 😊🙏

[@bettyboop425]

Would like to see more videos like this - maybe a little slower. Really inspiring.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks Sharon, I'm adding more real-time in my videos now, still have to limit this to keep the length down. Will be offering a Patreon page soon where I can produce long videos with more detail.

[@bizzy423]

I dont understand the tone values on the strip are in black and white but we are drawing in color. Shouldnt the chart be in color cause I dont know which color is a midtone and which is a lightest dark or darkest light? The effort is greatly appreciated though.

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi there... put it this way... if you where drawing in graphite pencil B/w drawing from a coloured image you would work out what the colour tones would be in grey tones (or values) so you can draw it correctly. It is just in reverse you compare the colour to the value chart and decide that it is that shade or value tone of colour. Please check out in my channel 'How to draw a Nose' as I give the number reference on the reference image im working from. Hope that helps. Take care 🙏🙏

[@juul7737]

I don’t see how you use the value scale. I put my reference in black and white and then in posterize in 3 or more levels to see the values better. With only squinting my eyes, I can not see the values enough. Is it possible to go in dept with this? I think more people have this problem. And then when is it warm in a value, and when is it warmer? I’m sorry for al my questions the last days, but I want to understand it.

[@DavePortersArt]

It just takes time I would suggest keep persevering and it will become clear. 🙏🙏

[@dgibrilmonarque9769]

Very interesting video! If I understand, in your videos, you use only pastel pencils, no pastel sticks?

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you think so... Yes, correct only pastel pencils 🙏

[@wesleyashworth5061]

Is that ‘King Arthur’ in the painting behind you?

[@DavePortersArt]

It is Odin... Father of Thor. 😀

[@juul7737]

Warm and cold colors...with the 7 pencils you have? I can not visualize it good ....how does this look. In a color valuescale off 9 ?

[@DavePortersArt]

It's hard to put in words. Will sort a video out about this subject at some point. But for now... when you see the warm red it feels warm... if you look at a Allizian crimson Red it feels cold. So this applies to the other colours. 🙏

[@melkmb]

You can think of it like this: if you look at red on a color wheel, in one direction it goes to orange, yellow, green. in the other direction it goes to your fuchsia, purple, blue. Every red pencil or paint you have will have a different temperature when you compare them. If you compare the Allizarin Crimson and Cadmium Red, the Allizarin Crimson will lean more towards the purple, blue direction and therefore feel cooler than the Cadmium Red that leans more toward the orange, yellow direction. This is because they aren’t pure pigments. So just like you mix paints, they mix pencil pigments so they add more of a blue to a red to get the Alizarin red and more of a yellow to get the Cadmium. This is true for all factory made pigments. So for your greens, they will lean more towards yellow or more towards blue. It takes practice and maybe swatching all your pencils or paints to see which way they lean towards. Hope this makes sense. I’m new to art and color theory but I’ve been doing a lot of reading up on it. If you want to really understand it better, I suggest searching for some watercolor videos on KZbin on how to mix colors that don’t look muddy. That’s how it clicked for me. If you want I can send you the exact video that really helped me understand it. I would have to find where I shared it on one of my Facebook art groups.

[@DavePortersArt]

@@melkmb beautifully put Melissa... Thank you ☺🙏

[@darrensurff8554]

You need sort the camera angle out bud its very distracting seeing your head bobbing about ,😢😢😢i couldnt finish watching 😢😢