Quick Tip 114 - Viridian Spring

[@judithjansen58]

I love mixing, thanks for the QT Viridian Green !

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@mischabe3]

I LOVE your tutorial videos. Thank you Dianne ❣️ They are very educational.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@luzaguzman6306]

Mixing!! That is one of the reasons why I love your videos.

[@اجنحةالملائكة-ض3ق]

Thank you so much for explaining the secrets of mixing colours in such beautiful simple way .. Very helpful 😊

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure. Actually, there should be no secret to it.

[@carolebentley5697]

I usually mix my own greens, using Veridian and I also use sap green so now I know how to mix my own sap green! Thank you once again for the tips. I am learning so much!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😊

[@simaabed3932]

You are my most favorite teaching to watch , thank you 🙏

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

THANKS!

[@sovena75]

I'm following you since one week... from France. I'm learning so much from you ! Love the tips on mixing colors and every other tips ! thank you so much ! You are a wonderful teacher ! Thanks !!! :-)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thank you, So Woodstone. It's a pleasure to do these.

[@Gringle_]

I really appreciate all of the videos you make. Phthalo green has changed my life to be honest. It mixes with Dioxazine purple to make a nice blue. I don't even put blues or yellows on my palette. Quinacridone magenta is a fantastic pigment, by the way.

[@southerngirlsrock2799]

Mixing my colors, even tho I’m not very good at it but I am determined to accomplish color mixing, but I have a very good feeling I’m going to get better by watching your tutorials miss Dianne, thank you for all that you do to help us beginners!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Looking back on all the Quick Tips I've done regarding color, if you take them one by one and practice the heck out of each, you will be able to mix color with total confidence.

[@PeterChorao]

both of course (8:08 caption question) ...unless you mean grinding my own paint no then tubes of course but if you mean straight from the tube is less often for me mixed paint is used to produce the majority of the color range in my paintings. Thanks, i enjoy your videos.

[@belindahall5220]

Love this! Thank you !

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome!

[@karenhoward303]

so interesting, this is one educated, interesting lady. I both use out of the tube and mix my own, depending on what I am working on.

[@borealiswan2363]

Really interesting, I think you just convinced me to give Viridian another chance. Usually I mix my own, you get more control and you learn more about the possibilities of colour combinations, but I also use some tube greens to save time like cad green which I always modify. Thanks for great insight !

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Go for it.

[@gigistrus490]

I like to mix my own colors. That's part of the fun!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's my favorite part of the fun.

[@shahzadqurashi7728]

Amazing teacher

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for that!

[@craigwelch2176]

Hi Diane thx for the tip .re the 1 hour instructional videos on your website.i couldn't find the one you mentioned for viridian green can you point me in the right direction .I saw you have approx 36 lesson categories on that site.cheers

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Craig, I use variations of Viridian in a number of those lessons. Stroll through those that deal with color and read the descriptions.

[@robinbrennan4561]

This was great Thanks!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@jaimehernandelgadoquintero4539]

Gracias

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure doing these.

[@danv1061]

Why would Rembrandt viridian be different than another green if the same pigment is used?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I don't have the answer to that. The viridian pigment is PG18 which is actually hydrated chromium oxide green. Perhaps is the method Rembrandt uses to process the pigment, making it dark and transparent whereas other viridians are closer to middle value and either opaque or semi-opaque, depending upon the maker.

[@danv1061]

Thanks for responding Dianne.

[@simaabed3932]

Would you please show how to make Cool Grayish green blue color for trees landscaping 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎨

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

A quick tip to answer this and other colors regarding temperature will be coming out in September.

[@simaabed3932]

I like to mix and premixed tube ☝️

[@gaelhillyardcreative]

I have a 40 year old tube of Cotman viridian watercolour that a neighbour gave to me and it is just as you describe, whereas modern viridians do seem to be less vibrant.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My goodness! It's rare that a tube of watercolor would stay soft that long.

[@gaelhillyardcreative]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction It isn't terribly soft, but it's still workable; I don't use it often as it has sentimental value, and I have had it for 20 years and I look after my paints; it's been in a sealed box so I suspect that had something to do with it.

[@paulwhite760]

I dont have any viridians I was thinking , so I thought I'd take your tip and go with it. I went to the art shop , grabbed the trans redox and the green but when I got home I discovered the green was actually phthalo turquoise , dammit. Somebody put it back in the wrong place. Anyway, they are both transparent so I thought , might as well try em out. Whoa surprise , surprise...I was able to mix an olive drab , olive , a very dark green-black like perylene , sepia ,burnt umber , a dk b/sienna , raw sienna , a celadon green( add white ) and...a green that looked like viridian- phthalo green...which means the RT transp redox must be a pretty good complement to the blue component in the turquoise. Blimey coulda been one of those bobross happy accidents. I will definitely get that bloody viridian next time. But I got to thinking...what about other greens and bluegreens with red oranges !? ...so prussian , caribbean blue ( OH pb16 ) and the RT ultramarine green pg24 might be worth a shot. Perhaps even the manganese blue from OH pb33 and also the darker cerulean blue pb36. Cheers Dianne.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wonderful discovery, Paul. All those bluish-greens and greenish-blues are wonderful complements to Transparent Oxide Red which is actually in the orange range. What you discovered proves that it's a good idea to be able to identify tube colors according to their HUE. Keep going...…..

[@coralgurney9760]

I prefer, by far to mix my own colours:)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's more fun, too!

[@P-A-X-]

I think also Michael Harding makes a very good viridian, just how it looks, I never tried it. Some one have tried it? I ask because I cannot buy Rembrandt brand where I live, but I could buy a M.H.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I'm not familiar with Michael Harding's viridian, but the color samples illustrated online look very much like the Rembrandt. The quality I enjoy with the Rembrandt is its total transparency and darkness in value. I think without trying it that the Harding would work.

[@nazaninlabafian675]

😳😳😳👌👌👌😍😍😍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹🌹🌹

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

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[@janetgeist8505]

I prefer tube paints. I’m not experienced enough to mix powdered paint colors nor do I want to learn or spend money on something else. (Answered from questioned asked).

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Then, that's the way to go.