Quick Tip 154 - We Don't Paint Leaves

[@laditraore2711]

Thank you soo much,there are teachers that don't teach so they can keep their "secrets", I've learned so much more in 20 min than in 5 years of art school , I don't know how to express my extreme gratitude Thank you very much

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. I am delighted to share.

[@KittehNow]

I agree

[@alkasarin1073]

The music sets the mood for your amazing quick tips

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Music and painting belong together...

[@rolanda.arriagaarchitect3566]

I always enjoy watching Dianne Mize. Her videos have helped me improve my painting techniques. Thank you Dianne!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome!

[@jocelynerandabel8688]

I learn something new and valuable at every tip I watch and practice it in my paintings. Thanks for the generosity with which you share your life experience. Your free stuff is wonderful also!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's a pleasure.

[@angelicaquiggle2591]

Thank you so much for your videos! I am 43 years old, and trying to learn to paint for the first time in my life, having never had a single art class. The simpleness and clarity of your tips are such a huge help. Your knowledge is invaluable. thank you again!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Enjoy the journey.

[@patriciachianelli7507]

Thankyou for the good advice. I tend to get ahead of myself but will try this method realizing the results will be so much better.

[@GuestUser-jf8uj]

Dianne, I've watched many many fancy digital painting tutorials on KZbin, and THIS is the BEST art channel out of all of them. You make me feel confident that I can paint anything, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wow, thank you!

[@francesdevine8536]

Dianne you are a brilliant teacher! Thank you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Frances! It's fun doing these.

[@mariecaroniaplotkin5268]

awesome lesson again! you're the best teacher!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks! 😃

[@debbielander454]

Everyone of your videos amaze me. You are a really gifted art teacher.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Debbie.

[@derekfernandez7701]

16:45 This summary is so invaluable to me! Thank you so much!! 💙

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Welcome aboard!

[@magoo8386]

Thank you for taking your valuable time to document & share your vast knowledge. You are a veritable force of nature! Again, thank you!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for that, Nancy. It's a delight to share.

[@alkasethi6615]

Now I need to find the brushstroke. Thank you so much Dianne

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@patriciachianelli7507]

Thank you for showing us visuals of leaves and how to paint the look. I appreciate your technique very much.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@bobbysands5385]

Such a VALUABLE lesson! Thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@lindasimmons7983]

I just found your channel! What fantastic information! Thank you for your time and knowledge!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@MOstix13]

I love how you simplify the complex!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@AmyKingPoet]

So good. Great teacher. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're very welcome!

[@ritabeisel7266]

I love the way you teach! I paint in acrylics but find many tips that are useful for me. Thank you for sharing!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are right. So many painting techniques and principles apply to all painting mediums.

[@everawlick9172]

Thank you so much, you have really helped me in many ways. Eve

[@heinzerfurt5225]

Great as usual. Many thanks, Dianne. I'm impressed by your engagement. You never seem to be tired :-)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Creating art gives me energy ☺.

[@dorothyradley9391]

I have learnt something very valuable today from watching your video Dianne. Thank you for explaining how to paint a pile of leaves and how to make general leaf marks with the flat brush. I am very grateful to you. Keeping with leaves for the moment. You ask for tutorials on what we want to know how to do. Please can you show how to use your brush to suggest leaves on trees in the foreground and mid ground please? Thank you very much. xx

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for your suggestion, Dorothy. I'll put this one on the schedule.

[@hougrel9514]

Thank so much for this. It's one one of those things you think you understand and then the penny drops even further. And its not about leaves its about people and how much detail you show at different distances. Clearly the detail is different from a head portrait to a figure at distace in a landscape. You dont paint people either - you just follow the guidelines and advice in this tutorial you observe the abstract pattern that hits your eye and paint what you see. So no leaves, no people, no trees, no sea, no hills, no ... Thank you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Well stated, @Hougrel! Thanks for being a Studio Insider member.

[@carolebentley5697]

Very helpful. I am enjoying your Quick Tip Videos. I like the way you teach!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. So glad you found us.

[@wahresschaff]

Isn't it great how much of what is explained about shape, value, color and texture here, although used on a traditional medium, is of use in digital art as well? Fundamentals just don't change.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes, indeed!

[@mariacoy1482]

Love the way you share. Thank you for your help!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@lechat8736]

Dear Mrs. Mize, thank you so very much for all your Quick Tips. I`m very glad I found this tutorial and your explanation is just wonderful. You are a great teacher ;))) TFS

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Just call me Dianne 😊, and thanks.

[@greylilyfineart3440]

Excellent explanation of how an artist sees a subject.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@margaretvogel9172]

Thank you so much for sharing, some of the best painting advice I’ve received over the years 😄🌸

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wow! That's big! Thanks.

[@margaretpoint6805]

You are such a wonderful teacher!!!!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Ah, thanks!

[@joycehuang7644]

Thank you for post this, great technics I can learn.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Very welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@sivakamiganesh9977]

Great clarity on painting leaves will practice u r a great teacher tks

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Enjoy practicing. After all, it's the experience itself that is our real teacher.

[@candacetroystudios]

Great demo and explanation of in shadow and what is not in shadow. Interesting to me that you prefer not in shadow rather than in the light. I can understand why you use this comparison. You are a wonderful teacher. I look forward to your tips.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Candace. To my eye there are at least four degrees of visible light, so to look for not-in-shadow makes it easier to see those.

[@stevesidare2493]

Well put. Even as a watercolor painter I found this helpful! Regardless of the media, the principles are always the same.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Now for all other painters to get that point! The medium is just the vehicle that makes a painting happen. Thanks for your comment.

[@deecox8820]

Thank you Dianne! I am a novice, but your instructions make so much sense to me!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@veriteri32]

I can't thank you enough for your generous information. It has really helped in my work.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I am delighted. My pleasure.

[@ArfurFoulkesayckee]

Loved the Tips -thank you - you have cleared the path

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@Heather-xt8xn]

Perfect ! Helped with my assignment in watercolor

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wonderful.

[@irenemcnamara9699]

You are amazing! Its as clear as paint!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thank you so much 😀

[@katrinamcminds8332]

I find your quick tips to be so helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching.

[@kathycrocker3953]

Yes, I have been using value lines on my palette. It does work really well.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great!

[@sailajaallanki4549]

Thank you for teaching how to look at the reference photo and break it down before attempting to paint. Do you have tips for watercolor painting ?! Very much appreciate your teaching style and simplifying a complex object. Thanks again!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes I do! Browse through our Quick Tip titles and you will find a few. I mostly use oils for tips because of the drying time required for watercolor.

[@PLSassociates]

Excellent, detailed tip!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks! 👍

[@Artchick1972]

you are one of my favorite channels to watch. Thank you for all your tips

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Oh thanks. It's a pleasure.

[@carla3410]

I think, (excuse my English wrighting, i am from the Netherlands) it is so clever after so many years of teaching, that some things are not self-evident for beginners.

[@carla3410]

to understand (sorry).

[@janquerbes5196]

Excellent insight into painting leaves,etc..I have saved this👍🏻🇺🇸

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great! Give it a try.

[@IsabelHernandez-ll7tu]

Thanks! I liked your detailed explanation. You are a teacher!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

What a complement! Thanks.

[@GeneArts]

I've learned something, thanks for sharing madam!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure 😊

[@manfarr1974]

I really love all of your tips, they are so helpful!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

So glad you find them helpful. Thanks for watching.

[@lindaburton1633]

I love watching your brushstrokes! Wish I had learned those in grade school instead of so much emphasis on cursive handwriting! 😜

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for your comment, Linda. One of my biggest complaints is how little is taught about using the brush, especially early on.

[@maryanharrell5642]

That was such a helpful video. Thank you so very much.!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@anitathompson5828]

Thank you for your explanations...as this is how I learn...when I understand something, then I am able to do it. Thanks for that!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😊

[@rcami7315]

Excellent instruction. 🙏☺️

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thank you!

[@Danybardawil]

Love your tips such an inspiration thank you 🙏

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome!

[@debidixon5938]

This was very informative. Thank you for sharing, you inspire me greatly for I am a beginner! Your workshop on value was very organized, constructive and a lot of fun. I will be signing up for more.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for plugging the workshops, Deb. It was a pleasure to work with you and I look forward to working with you again.

[@Daihatsu_Hijet]

Thank you Diane once again it is observation Tony...West Hills California USA

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yep, it's the first painting tenet.

[@rosiebeyer4208]

thank you Dianne, this video is so constructive to me since I´m a real beginner, even though I soon will turn 74 years old.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Age doesn't matter at all, not even a little bit. Lousie Hay started a publishing company from scratch when she was 60 years old and it became a multi-million dollar business. What matters is doing it. Our culture's idea about age is a myth. So dive right in, Rosie Beyer!

[@robingagan6288]

Wow what a good teacher. I've learned nothing from watching time lapsed videos of someone doing a painting, no matter how good it is

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Robin.

[@alkasethi6615]

Another great tip!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks again!

[@jakascott]

Very informative!..you are a good teacher!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. 😊

[@MyChilepepper]

Very good tutorial. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@delorezaskew610]

Thank you, you have helped so much. I'm your fellow Georgian that asked the question. Delorea

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wonderful. It's especially rewarding to help a fellow Georgian.

[@RanchoZabara]

Your palette is always so clean when you do these tips. I have a couple of questions on that: 1) do you leave the piles of paint around the perimeter overnight or longer? If so do you just add more paint to the drying piles and will they stay moist?Also, do you mix more paint on your palette than the usual 2 or 3 value lines usually shown? i.e. a 'mother' color and then add variations around the edges or do you paint one area of same hue all over the canvas where needed then come back in with other hues needed on a clean palette? I ask because I could not paint or don't paint in such an organized manner and see that it might be helpful and avoid 'graying' colors too much.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Max, I like having my colors visible around the palette arranged according to the spectrum. Those piles are dried accumulations from several years. For each new painting session, I squeeze fresh color on the piles according to those colors I initially decide to use. I set value-color lines just for the mixtures of the overall color scheme I'm using. The value-color lines are just short cuts that for me premix the general values I will need. I always mix according to the colors I see and want to interpret. As a painting progresses, I add what I need to create a richer interpretation of what I see.

[@RanchoZabara]

Thanks so much for your generosity of time to reply. I have often wondered about the paint piles left on the palette. I know they must dry out but thought perhaps you expert painters had some secret 'sauce' you put on to stop the drying.

[@patriciaholmes1579]

I learn something new every time! Thank you🎨

[@mwh82108]

love you grandma!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😊

[@JoseGuzman-qf4tj]

Lol is that really your grandmother she really talented. Hope u learned a lot from her!

[@EsseJD]

Many many thanks once again 🌸

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're welcome 😊

[@Lance2094]

You are one of the best!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😊

[@dawnmarie52]

Thanks.. nice pile of leaves you did...

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

☺

[@a.s.3267]

Excellent! 👏 Thank-you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@gerrychauveau2925]

Dianne would you please show us how to paint tropical water. Thanks ❤️ Gerry 😊

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Gerry, There's so many types of tropical water and so many weather circumstances in which we find tropical water that my suggestion is that you study both color of the water and its variations in the directions of movement that you find in the water. I honestly wouldn't know where to start with a demonstration with so many variations available.

[@alkasarin1073]

Seeing again and still learning

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Woohoo!

[@tobbyw1]

Great lesson, thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@janey2562]

I love what you are saying.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😊

[@alkasarin1073]

So clearly explained..thanks

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are welcome 😊

[@borealiswan2363]

I knew you were going to paint the pile, not the leaves ... 😉 Thanks for another great demo, best, Dominique

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

☺

[@t0raneko]

Thank you Diane! Speaking of leaves, can you do a lesson on painting convincing trees and bushes? I'm especially interested in how to do this on canvases smaller than 8x10, and I feel like my brushes are always too big or too small, never comfortable.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's the same principle as I talked about in the pile of leaves Tip, just different brushstrokes. In a couple of weeks, we'll publish a Quick Tip on brush strokes for leaves. After watching that one, if you still are in question, leave a comment and I'll take it from there. About the right size brush for your smaller canvases, I think chose the biggest brush for the job, then practice ways to maneuver it. A single brush can do multiple things.

[@t0raneko]

Thanks, I'll keep plugging away

[@annmarielopiccolo-carlsen7263]

Do you ever bring the darkest dark into the light areas to create the textures,? Or, would you only use a middle tone dark?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Creating textures requires value contrasts, so having variation in value is necessary to make them work.

[@blackimangel]

God bless you!!!! You are amaaaaaaaziiing!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!💜

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

And thank YOU.

[@linneadoden5597]

Very good instruction

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@kathycrocker3953]

Excellent, thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@d1i9n2a2]

Hi Dianne! 🍁🍁 Thanks so much for all your tips, the info you provide is invaluable! QUESTION : I recently watched your tip about colour schemes (complimentary, analogous etc) which i found really helpful. You explain how to use analogous colours and Ive already applied to 2 paintings and im really happy with the results. Can you explain how to use the, less intuitive, tetrad? Especially the one where the 4 colours are evenly spaced, it seems like they are just random un-harmonious colours.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I'll be happy to. We film these several weeks in advance, so it will be late May before it appears. Stay tuned.

[@d1i9n2a2]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction thank you! I'll keep an eye out for it :) Take care, stay safe xx

[@artshahaf3467]

Dear Dianne,thank you so much. Do you do the same technique when painting a tree foliage ?it is just great tip.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes, only the brushstroke varies. In a couple of weeks, we will publish a QT on foliage strokes.

[@KathyBath]

Hi Diane. Thank you for these lovely tips. I am learning watercolour (I have just taken up painting, so never done anything before including any other types of paint). I am wondering how you get the texture into leaf piles in watercolour. In a water environment my leaves turn into blobs :(

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Kathy, in watercolor it's important to establish the values first, either wet in wet or wet in damp. The textures are created wet on dry. Hope this helps. P.S. Use as few strokes as possible. Over-stroking can cause images to turn into blobs.

[@sachinchauhan3244]

Thanks a lot for this great tip. But I am having trouble in understanding the terminator line and halftones .A quick tip on this topic, if possible ,that would so helpful.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

See Quick Tip 140 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZLWqXVmlKeijsk . Also, go to the site and watch the Free Video Lesson (from the menu). AND on March 30, we will be publishing an full length drawing lesson ( $7-download or $10.95 DVD) on Understanding Shadows where I please emphasis on the terminator line.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

P.S. The site's URL is diannemize.com

[@sachinchauhan3244]

Great. Thanks!!:)

[@toysrfun9811]

Excellent lecture as always. Can you please do a video on creating sunrays coming into a dark forest! Thanks in advance.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I'll put that one on our schedule.

[@toysrfun9811]

In the Studio Art Instruction Thanks. Also can you do a lecture on explaining brushes and their use, that would be a much help.

[@hougrel9514]

Brilliant xx

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks!

[@stephenbrunner2543]

You are so casual with you complimentary colors. You just grab some blue to use with orange. I use greens often. I spend so much time developing the right complimentary color, that which in fact turns it to grey. I mean, every shade, tone, etc., of any color has a different complement too yes? But you just go get "blue." Am I to carried away with this? It is frustrating to me and even damaging I think to my enthusiasm but am just hung up on having the right compliment to adjust my core color.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Stephen, there is never just one complementary possibility. Although the exact complement will yield a neutral without bias in either direction, in nature we rarely see a neutral without bias. Any hue that has within a complement will neutralize, and sometimes closer to what we need for the color we want than an exact complement. The important thing is to recognize what to reach for when we need to neutralize. For example, if our eyes are reading the light area of an orange day lily, the complement of that for a shadow area might need to lean towards violet or towards green, depending upon the light and reflective color. My advice is to relax with it and explore possibilities.

[@margaretbutters6181]

so informative thankyou your the best

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks!

[@OilOnCanvasHowIDoIt]

Thanks Ma'am

[@mariedavis7837]

I would like to know how to mix colors properly.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

We have a number of Quick Tips relating to color mixing. Go here -- kzbin.infocommunity -- to find the complete list.

[@evaguarneri8081]

Thank you, for the lesson

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@republica1396]

Exelente tecnica de Dans , 😊

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@natlap1966]

Thank you so much!

[@marynelson1349]

Very helpful thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@annefiorenza6399]

Thank you!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're welcome!

[@CoxJoxSox]

What about the approach of painting all the dark tones first, on both the dark and light side and then adding light? :D

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

From my viewpoint, it's always best to paint dark to light. I like to think of it as in shadow and not in shadow. Once the in shadow structure is set, what's not in shadow falls into place easily.

[@robynboyd9741]

Thankyou. Very helpful 😃

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@joanistotler8804]

Excellent!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

☺

[@graceful6894]

Thank you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You bet.

[@adrianadepalma1045]

How do you paint without using white? My paintings end up being chalky

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

White is one of the most useful colors a painter with oils, acrylics or gouache has, but you are right. When it is used alone to lighten, it can become chalky. What's happening it that white cools the mixture, so if you also add a bit of a warm color back in, you can avoid the chalky mixes.

[@jenniferwhalen9612]

Is this oil or acrylic?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Oils.

[@rachel14rod]

You use oil paint?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

For more of these Quick Tips, yes.

[@flana1609]

I wish I found you sooner!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Now is what counts. Enjoy1

[@yazmoz9863]

God bless you