Quick Tip 82 - Mixed Greens

[@Trac3r.]

This was an absolute pleasure to watch and of course learn. You truly are great 🙏 thank you Ma’am thank you very much fantastic lessons.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

[@kheminlowe6195]

Diane , you are not only aged artist you are an excellent teacher, your passion for painting shows in your teaching. You talk slowly and clearly ( unusual today) and I love your southern accent, thank you diane I have learned a lot from you. Khemin 🌹

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wow, thank you!

[@NahimaSarmiento]

@kheminlowe6195 That old lady thing sounded very offensive.

[@beverlycampbell4557]

Love your quick tips Dianne! As someone new to this painting world, I am so appreciative of learning ways of understanding some of the mysteries. It's so fun!

[@myrnalandersartist]

I just love your videos, you teach so well and it's just comforting listening to you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Myrna.

[@cindyennes4815]

As always Diane I learn so much from you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I'm so glad! Thanks for watching.

[@mariakapatos9545]

Thank you so much Dianne for sharing your knowledge with us, in so simplifying Mixing colours.😉

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@m998hmmwv7]

Thank you. Green has always been a challenge for me. I appreciate your video. Thank you very much for posting ❤

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Green is a challenge for a lot of artists. I'm delighted this one is helpful.

[@Argyll9846]

When it comes to colour Dianne Mize is my go to expert. Mixing greens is full of hot tips for mixing.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thank you, Nicolas!

[@gerardc4588]

Very nice examples on how to use the Viridian color to make greens for landscaoes, thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun with it.

[@sunorthcott6641]

Brilliant videos and a pleasure to watch, thank you for all of your knowledge and helpful explanations!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. It's a pleasure to share.

[@maureencumpson5665]

THANKS i Have always mixed my greens using blue and yellow. dont have a green on my palette but have trouble getting a nice moss green, think I will try the Rembrandt viridian

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

There are several types of moss greens, Search for what the colors do on the color wheel, Maureen.

[@simaabed3932]

I wish I watched you earlier I bought Gamblin paints I guess you favorite Rembrandt. I enlighten watching your videos and lean a log from it . Thanks you very much .

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Sima, I favor whatever brand gives me the characteristics that work best for me. The Rembrandt brand of Viridian, Transparent Oxide Red, Cadmium Yellow Deep and Light Yellow Ochre is my favorite brand of those colors. But I favor the Gamblin brand of Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, Permanent Alizarin, Cadmium Red Light and several others. I always advise students to use the brand that works best for them.

[@cazscot8397]

Thank you Dianne - Wonderful greens and a lilac as the finale - will certainly have a go in those areas. Caz

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Have fun!

[@yeshonestly4268]

Thank you. You make it so very easy for us. 👍🏻

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@davidraleigh4118]

Thank you that was a very informative video!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aca2410]

Great video. You always put out a massive amount of paint. Do you find that you waste a lot or do you transfer to some kind of saver device

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

See Quick Tip 172.

[@DineseBeckert]

I have not yet begun to watch, I just know this is exactly what I need! I am working on still life, a HUGE slice of pineapple: SKIN OY...I need the greens!!! BLESS YOU!!! Since starting my oil painting exploration, the best part is that I have REMBRANDT VIRIDIAN!! As an encaustic wax artist, the Rembrandt collection of oil paints is my go to for coloring the bees wax/damar resin. Worth every penny! Rubin red? DON'T GET ME STARTED! The Prussian purple? MAKES A GREAT BLACK!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Keep having fun with this!

[@NatanEstivalletPaintings]

Very nice tip! One thing I'd like to point out: W&N Artists' Viridian; Maimeri and Daler Rowney also produce good viridians.

[@garimabakshi]

Your pallete has oil paints in sequence that's amazing. And I think it's not possible to add back the paint left to tube back. When I keep my paint like this the upper surface of it dry. How do you protect it? Or doest it happen with you too?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I like having all my colors around me while I'm painting. That probably comes from being also a watercolor painter. Anyway, when setting up my palette, my habit has always been to place the colors around the palette's edges according to the color wheel. From there, I pull the colors I need. When a painting requires several days' work, at the end of a work session, I give the wet paint a slight spritz of a poppyseed oil/gamsol mix, then lay plastic wrap over it and seal out air pockets. After a painting is finished, I leave on the palette's edges paint all that is left over, so what you see is an accumulation of year's of leftover paint. To begin a new painting session, I squeeze out fresh paint on top of that which is dry.

[@BG-ot7id]

In the Studio Art Ins

[@myrnaluswenson4354]

I cover my paints with wax paper and they stay soft. If too mush paint is lifted when I remove the wax paper the next day, I scrape it off and add it back to the palette. Many people cover with Saran Wrap.

[@swmient]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction I cover it with waxed paper. If it's very hot out, I use 2 layers. Works great.

[@d.ave.g5456]

thank you for your video. I am just starting in oil and was trying to make a decision on using phthalo blue or viridian as my choice to mix my greens on my pallet. you offered absolution in my decision yesterday to stay with viridian in my decision. i think its sometimes ironic how we find reassurance with our decisions. thank you again.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for sharing that, David. I'm convinced that when we're on the right path, the things we need appear at just the right time. Enjoy exploring the options Rembrandt Viridian has for mixing greens.

[@bayouboyarts]

What about some brand/hue recommendations for those of us using acrylics? I can't use oils anymore.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Dwight, I don't use acrylics so it would be pretentious of me to make any recommendations about them, but the color mixing concepts work the same in acrylics as in oils.

[@bayouboyarts]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thanks. I've been having a problem finding a PG18 Viridian in acrylic. I went to the Rembrandt site and found the pigment number to help me search otherwise. BTW, I thoroughly enjoy your videos. The other day I busted up laughing when you said "Today we're doing grass. No, not that kind of grass."

[@candacetroystudios]

I was taught to mix my own black if I want to use for grays. I see with your method and paint choice the colors used will offer more transparency. Am I correct?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes, but only to the degree that the tube colors themselves are transparent. The Rembrandt Viridian I'm using in this Quick Tip, unlike most viridians, is totally transparent. And by the way, when mixed with Alizarin, it makes a beautiful cool, transparent black. The same black also can be mixed with Thalo Green and Alizarin.

[@t.a.ireland6188]

Thanks Dianne. Very useful tip. Can I ask how do you keep your paints on the side of the palette from drying out?

[@milanniaciao9854]

Watch her other vids...she has a video on this...

[@OilOnCanvasHowIDoIt]

Thanks Ma'am

[@marlan6431]

Why not Phthalo green? Wouldn’t the color mixtures be similar?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Maria, I avoid Phthalo green because its tinting strength is so powerful, plus sometimes it tends to bleed to the top of colors it is mixed into. Instead, I use the Rembrandt brand of Viridian that has the hue very close to that of phthalo green, has the rich, dark value and the transparency.

[@james6401]

What's the number of the ingredient in this green? Thanks

[@marc-artwork]

Many thanks ;-)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@veaudor]

Green AND Red (Aliz & Verid) make Purple!! Who knew??? Thanks for ALL the tips in your video!

[@kheminlowe6195]

That’s a misprint it starts not only are you a good artist khemin 🌹

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Not to fret.