John Wellington Color Theory Master Class

Step into the vibrant world of color with our master class led by acclaimed fine artist, John Wellington. Prepare to roll up your sleeves and dive headfirst into a world of experimentation and discovery. Through a series of hands-on exercises, you'll learn to manipulate light, shadow, and pigment to create stunning visual effects that transcend the boundaries of traditional art.
Bio: John Wellington was born on January 8, 1961 in Santa Monica, California. He has lived in France, Italy, and New York City where he currently resides. John received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1983 and his MFA at The New York Academy of Art in 1990.
John Wellington has taught traditional painting techniques at The New York Academy of Art and privately in his atelier for two decades. He also lectures and teaches painting workshops across the county and runs an en plein air workshop in Paris every summer. His paintings have been in numerous exhibitions and art fairs in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and Paris. He has shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and The Arnot Museum in New York. John has painted alongside of the Prince of Wales and is in his private collection as well as other prominent collections in the US, Asia and Europe.
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[@Ellnos_Design_Compnay]

Nice tutorial from Jeff Bezos.

[@JerrysArtarama]

😂😂

[@diygirlriha01]

So im not the only one thinking of it😅

[@maddammaddtatterthefirst4837]

That was good ;)

[@Gage42]

Lmfao

[@Richard-u9d]

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[@victorialeif9266]

What a “ Happy Accident “ to have stumbled upon this tutorial! I will definitely follow John Wellington!

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@isaacelebario5358]

Same here this is a great video! I know color theory very well and still learned today about ivory black and how it’s made

[@peta-janeditchburn5558]

Like you, I just found this video by chance. It's brilliant. I'm only just starting to paint ☺️

[@PeteiImagine]

Picasso said, "we must learn the rules like a pro so we can break them like an artist."

[@JerrysArtarama]

Barbossa said, "The code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules." 😁

[@hurlicane56]

@@JerrysArtarama and @Peteilmagine both excellent quotes! :D

[@NN-fz4pd]

This guy should have a channel of his own, he's great at teaching

[@karenm8952]

absolutely! I subscribed thinking this WAS his channel, but now I see it's JerrysArtarama. I guess I'll stay subscribed, but wish it was Wellington's channel.

[@pjlewisful]

This guy is an example of how attractive confidence is when it comes from knowledge.

[@anitataraki5512]

@@pjlewisful which guy?

[@rickacton7540]

@@anitataraki5512 the man in black...

[@itguymc8552]

"What I love about oil painting is the ability to correct your corrected corrections" couldnt have said it better.

[@JerrysArtarama]

😁

[@amandaburkman940]

I’m sitting here as a self-taught artist, 45yo, and came across this gem! I took one art class in college. The teacher seemed so judgmental, and the students seemed in competition with each other. It wasn’t the kind of environment I wanted to be in, besides, I was majoring in nursing. However, life still brought me down the artist path. Anyway, I enjoyed the lesson and your philosophy. I’m excited to be a new subscriber.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thanks for subscribing! We're so happy you've been able to return to your artistic journey! ♥

[@karenm8952]

wow! I am only 20 minutes in, but had to pause to say "wow", such interesting information regarding the origin and names of these pigments, e.g. Raw Sienna vs. Burnt Sienna! Who knew?? and of course, how interesting about black and how it mixes, and also Lamp Black and Ivory Black name origins. I am totally enthralled. I have always been a bit of a nerd when it comes to the detail facts, so I am loving this. And I am realizing just now, how fabulous the presentation is too! I'm sure another teacher might not come across so interesting. Thank you!! Now eagerly back to the lesson......

[@karenm8952]

P.S. and I don't understand why they would not teach these interesting details in art school??

[@franky3615]

As a parisian, I can assure you are sophisticated John, in spite of your troubles with french. Great video, merci beaucoup !

[@karenm8952]

In all my travels, often less traveled places, the language I needed most was French. Seemed like almost every country, the people all spoke a local language and French.

[@cbbaby2012]

Where can one find more of this man! Would love to have him as an art teacher/mentor.

[@Jar0Jess]

I am autistic and I know this is weird but you just helped me understand thousands of conversations and arguments I've had trying to understand what people mean.. I just took a color hue test and apparently my color vision is almost perfect !! Scored 2 and best score is 0. Worst score 8686. I have never felt more relieved because I always knew I felt I understood colors. That I just can't communicate what they mean

[@jillp3761]

Glad you found this out so you feel validated❤

[@JerrysArtarama]

That's incredible! We're so glad you found this meaningful!

[@anitataraki5512]

How is your autism relevant at all?

[@anitataraki5512]

If you weren't a moderator you wouldn't have said that, if I'm wrong, so what. But if I'm right, you're an idiot.

[@michelebommarito2045]

😊

[@tony.kmullinsstudio818]

"I like 'vert noir' because it makes me feel sophisticated." LOL! That's good humor. Outstanding tutorial. :)

[@JerrysArtarama]

Glad you liked it!

[@carolynmacaluso4957]

This was absolutely fascinating I didn't think I could sit through an hour about color but wow did I learn and was never bored! I always thought that black+yellow=green was actually a "mistake" and never even considered the range of possibilities! I want to go back through the video again and take notes. Thank you for sharing your deep knowledge!

[@JerrysArtarama]

Oh thank you for your kind words! We're so glad this is a helpful resource to you!

[@karenm8952]

There is also a TRANSCRIPT these days -- above at the bottom of the notes. Just wanted to be sure you knew this.🥳

[@jeremiahembs5343]

All of the old masters used copious amounts of black. Modern art teachers are insane.

[@timothymarkonis3630]

Not insane, necessarily, but recapitulated the prevailing dogma that they themselves were taught by teachers whose dominant influences were the modernist artists of the 20th century, in which traditional approaches were either not taught or rejected outright.

[@tusk242]

I heard of that often, but I like some of the blacks, for background, but to lighten , or shadows , a darker of that color, OH then I have been doing it Right , Never had to be told WHY "NOT" use black To get the greens I will add Black/mixture to use for back ground green leaves. LEMONS when not Real ripe, look a bit green or when they start to mold, look greenish and gray. Do you talk about HUE COLOR

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thanks for watching!

[@liwi513]

41:41 Freedom to make mistakes... What a great day... discovered John Wellington on 3 July 2024! Thank you.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@rebeccalowe-hodges8162]

The more often I happen upon these art tutorials the more I appreciate that I never went to any art school beyond HS. I have just always always loved the old masters and read about them and their techniques. I could just look at a Vermeer for hours. I AM happy that I happened upon yours today. Serendipity : )

[@ChristiGriffin]

I haven't attended a class yet, but isn't personal instruction helpful?

[@JerrysArtarama]

Great to hear! Thank you for watching!

[@dianaperez5058]

❤😊

[@tangerinetanglefish2229]

WOW, you really started speaking my language when you said, "we use expensive pigments to make black, which is an expensive pigment"! I am about to buy some more paint and am out of black. I was hesitating over whether or not I needed it, but YES, I do. 😃

[@JerrysArtarama]

😁

[@soxnshawls]

Thank you for this! A much needed explanation of a misunderstood concept. AND reference to the work of Albers. What a great way to start the morning!

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed it!

[@freedomprincipal]

I was told in my Art classes that I should never use black. Being a new artist at the age of 46, I didn’t challenge the concept. I was told that black conveys the absence of any color and leaves the painting with a void feeling. Thanks for the liberating knowledge!!

[@rodica69]

I am a digital graphic designer. My painting teacher (since before computer era) taught us using 4 colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Those are also the basic colours used by printing houses (there are also special colors, those have codes and have to be used as a separate printing layer). Long story short: using CMYK can create any colour except neon colours, ofcourse. Black is a must when painting on canvas with these 4 basic colors or creating digital art for print, also using CMYK. A delicate shade of gray, using about 5-8% black (K) has the elegance of silver. Paint just one delicate object or wrte something using a delicate, elegant caligraphy and it will become a genuine visual jewel.

[@justkiddin84]

And yet…masters have used black, lol. And sometimes you want bleak and soulless.

[@RobCoghanable]

He is calming and not full of it mostly.

[@jvkarts]

I have always thought of black as a colour and love seeing how many greens l could mix using black and not blue. I live in Australia therefore our native greens are more towards olive and grey greens. Enjoyed this session. 🙏🏻

[@klauspoetsch1841]

I was in a normal school and our art teacher told us not to use black. We asked the question "why?" and the answer was not too bad, I think. He said, because it doesn`t exist in nature. But we also learned white and black are NO colours, so your explanation of black being a colour (you make a colour choice) is an eye-opener and very helpful.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thank you for watching! We're so glad you found this helpful!

[@susanmahoney7892]

White is absent of colour and black is a mixture of all colours 💁🏼 Cosmetology

[@moniquedavis7604]

I have learned so much here. I just started painted and am very intimidated by oil but one day I will venture into the world of oil. Thanks Mr. Wellington for this lesson.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you found this to be a helpful resource! We wish you well on your future oil journeys! 😁

[@thomasfurlano9106]

this was and is fantastic, I add it with my videos on colors and painting development theory and practices. thank you JWellington.

[@lauralou1695]

Oh my gosh! I could listen to your easy listening tutorials for hrs! Thanks for your tips🤗

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@kentthurston5710]

I learned more from this tutorial than in years of watching others. Highly recommended if you want a logical grounding in color.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you found it helpful!

[@lotuseater7247]

'every choice is right if it works for you'. This is very true regarding teaching and making our own art and a philsophy worth 'subscribing' to. And yet experience and knowledge helps give us more available choices. The tutorial here is very good because it shows us more options. The thing is, I have mixed black and yellow before to produce green, but did not think too much about it beyond intuitiveness. So to have this demonstrated is really helpful, because then you have this new language to apply and choose from.

[@sonseraedesigns7167]

That was an excellent class. Thank you! As someone who went to art school and has been a professional artist for over 40 years, I had no clue that I could mix black with yellow to make dark green. So many instructors telling me to stay away from Black. This was very informative and I’m very grateful that you shared your knowledge with me.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're glad you found it informative! ♥

[@searchingnlearning]

Hey cool! Jerry's Artarama is the best art store in Jacksonville hands down. Also, I agree with the no black!! Glad I found this channel.

[@alanwoolf1478]

How about how to correctly correct your corrected corrections. Jokes aside, this tutorial is informative, unless you are a prima Donna.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thanks!

[@saryanavatishaya2084]

Please consider a watercolour painting - starting with dark is usually not going to work .

[@rrresonance2]

Brilliant! Thank you so much. I'm a new painter and have had so much trouble mixing nice dark yellow-greens

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed & found it helpful!

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

What a fascinating video. Thank you for this analysis of colour, a little of which I have learned from knitting. Kaffe Fasset - Master knitter and colourist.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Oh interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@barbarachappuis766]

Oh my gosh, yes! Kaffe Fasset is amazing, and I have had all his books for years. I was always too intimidated and not a skilled enough knitter to actually knit one of his masterpieces, but his work is such a visual inspiration!

[@katerogers5365]

Yes, Kaffe is a painter originally, and he is very encouraging to us, who knit, to experiment with combining as many colors as possible to expand our seeing. Very like painting.

[@srdjannalis3037]

Perfect lesson, perfect teacher.Thank you. Best regards.

[@JerrysArtarama]

You are welcome!

[@Michelle-oc4ty]

Finally!! Someone who teaches color theory. And learned color theory like I did, and I don't follow the rules of black neither. I like using black and don't apply the rules I learned in art school. 😊

[@JerrysArtarama]

Definitely! We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@sylviabeichert943]

Ive never understood why many artist teachers say not to use black - thanks so much for clearing this up.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you found this helpful!

[@superman00001]

I’m furious with the old masters for not telling us what they should have told us.

[@kathyhoyer4586]

You are an amazing teacher! You compliment Bob Ross who I love... so much to really take in, especially the message of "freedom to make mistakes". Thank you!

[@JerrysArtarama]

Wow, thank you!

[@karenm8952]

and P.S. wow! The word "amateur" and its origins---I had no idea. I am an "amateur astronomer" but have never liked that we are called that because it felt like "childish/unskilled" so never quite understood why we have to be called "amateurs". But now I have a whole new definition! One that I love. I am an amateur astronomer. 🤩

[@andreaschlickbernd4481]

This is so helpful!!! And your sense of humor is hysterical!! 😂 I promise NOT to eat M&M’s right after painting with lead white and Cadmium red. 😅 I really appreciate your approach of sharing methods and the openness to do the styles that work the best for your own art!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!!

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed! 😀

[@irenehynes7536]

I love the name…Wellington vert-noir!

[@kathbeattie5513]

Excellent! Love your communication style. Thanks to John for setting us free. ✴

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@elisafinch1325]

Fantastic Artist, thank you..drawing good,mix color good,finaly, superfantastic...I love it...Elisa from California..

[@JerrysArtarama]

😀

[@sabinpantis4149]

"Black and yellow,black and yelow..."

[@parrishsells0116]

My first class in high school........no black. Had to learn how to mix black using ultramarine blue and burnt umber.

[@JerrysArtarama]

That's a good mix to use!

[@richarddeluca7745]

Very well done. Informative and easy to understand.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thanks so much!

[@jenniferpalmer1189]

I have never taken any art classes but I have painted with acrylics my entire life. He is by far the best teacher I have ever had and I have learned more in this hour than the last 30 yrs ok 40 something lol

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@karenm8952]

I have played with acrylics and different water soluble mediums. And here I am enthralled with this video almost more than tutorials for stuff I actually use! Lol. He's a great teacher! I would take up oil painting if I went to his art school.

[@Airam5000]

You had me at "happy lemon"

[@JerrysArtarama]

😀

[@juliebittinger46]

Fascinating! Thoroughly enjoying learning from you and reflecting.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad!

[@margaretspurling8162]

😢Thank you for "it's just paint" . Thank you for your patient attitude toward painting.

[@phyllisknight1354]

John Wellington is an excellent instructor… He gives you a memory to mentally retrieve as you reach into your thoughts. THANK YOU

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thank you for watching! We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@moniqueponsot9147]

Congratulations on Wellington Green. It's a beauty. Thank you.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Many thanks! It really is!

[@msd5808]

Is black actually dark blue then? How else does it make green with yellow?

[@JerrysArtarama]

@msd5808 black is not a dark blue, but it can act similar to it! Black is its own distinct color that darkens and desaturates anything it is mixed with. When it comes to mixing with yellow, it creates a very dark, desaturated yellow, which to our eyes looks green!

[@msd5808]

@@JerrysArtarama I read that Ivory Black is made from animal bones and Prussian Blue, so maybe that is the answer. (Source: StackExchange Q&A "What are the differences between different black oil paints?", from A. Staffelbach, answered by user Joachim). Also lamp black is described as "bluish black."

[@marypartridge5154]

Brian Rutenberg is good at bringing out colour. I love his paintings but I feel he is stuck and his paintings are looking all the same. Painters that sell all seem to find a gimmick. I paint all the time and I just knock them up. I started watching utube and it made me feel so inadequate. Now all I do is watch utube art stuff and I dont paint. Im amazed how people analyse everything. I have to decide do I want to paint or do I want knowledge. Too much information and collecting too many materials and making fancy art studios can kill your art. I tell a person by their own paintings but I accept there has to be teachers.

[@manthasagittarius1]

Listen, Mary. I'm A different kind of artist with a different primary medium (music: I'm both a singer and a woodwind player), but the psychology is the same. There are going to be big swaths of time during your younger life as a developing artist when the focus changes for a time. If you're gifted, and I assumed you are, you started out free with your talent just sort of showing, and playing. Then you started to learn technique, and the free young animal inside got harnessed a little with discipline; but you were still making art, and so much of it was new, that putting on technique felt good, like stretching. Then that free expression with lots of techniques to play with came under a whole new layer of control, for much finer discipline that was going to serve something you didn't have yet: your still young but mature self, with the real emotional depth inside. And this part is hard, because you can see and feel it in the work of others, but it takes technique you need to harness up and master without really expressing yet. Or only a little at a time. It's coming, the day the technique hits the gifted emotional adult artist.

[@JerrysArtarama]

This is great discussion @marypartridge5154 & @manthasagittarius1! Thank you for contributing!

[@ThomasFisherArt]

Action needs to follow knowledge

[@geegstar]

@manthasagittarius1 This is the BEST description of creating on your own I have ever read! Thank you!

[@geegstar]

Mary, "Too much information and collecting too many materials and making fancy art studios can kill your art." I think this is a very possible danger. For me, I collected materials and tools but put away actually working with the medium. When the time came, my hands had forgotten how to translate what my eyes and brain wanted. Quite the shock! I overcame that but 20 years of hiatus caused the muse (if that was what it was) to go have a nap.

[@AndreasAndersson-ve4jx]

The grey-blues you get when using e.g. Simple Carbon black in (i suppose it used to be lead) white oil paint, was used to great effect to enhance The Nordic Light, on furniture and (gilded!) boiserie, during the Swedish Rococo and Gustavian ages. Refined and low key, very elegant. They also did subdued green hues, exactly like that. Very often it was boiserie-like Trompe-l'œil. Sweden was poor on riches, but rich in taste, after loosing The Great Nordic War. There is such an interior at the Röhsska museum in Gothenburg. Various great houses in Skåne/Halland. Drottningholm is more Baroque, more overpowering what i remember. Except the China Pavillion. And it was not yet perfectly finished, like it would become during the 1800:s.

[@Kathysart]

Wow! I’m a figurative artist but you make me want to paint cypress in Wellington Green. Looks like I need to order some in the morning. I LOVED THIS COLOR LESSON. Kinda funny too… I recently had to have 3 cypress removed because their roots were lifting the pavement and invading the plumbing.

[@Mossy_Bark]

Damn didn't know Bezos was into painting this much

[@JerrysArtarama]

🤣🤣

[@JessicaToastma]

What a wholesome guy, this video was a joy to watch!

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@pricklycactusblossom6790]

I so much needed to see an artist using the left hand. ❤

[@JerrysArtarama]

😁

[@anndee4899]

Yes, us left handers will rule the world! LOL

[@michellerichards-clermont4378]

I love teaching colour theory. The colour tint charts begin on day two using a 5-colour pallet, & complimentary mixing charts. These tools help beginners get close to the colour they want to create, and are really great to begin daily practice with. Ohhh the feel of the pallet knife slicing thru a new thick blob of paint, smooshing it into the tempered glass surface. The creamy firmness as you spread it into the canvas (I recommend canvas sheets for easy transport.) I’m going to get me paints out, my dad’s Joseph Albers Colour Theory book and play!

[@sararogers2602]

Now I want to try mixing black with all sorts of colors and see what I get. Fun!

[@JerrysArtarama]

Yes! What a fun color experiment!

[@poochyboi]

Thumbnail had me thinking...what does jeff bezos knoe about color theory

[@anjastracey-pijnappels7332]

Have you ever noticed that umber rises through the toplayer of the colour covering it? After a few years. It can ruin a painting, especially when used in the main subject(s). Thanks for this video.

[@SharleneHorak-ls1ms]

Fabulous teaching John! So much knowledge I feel I gained! Thank you!

[@sydneycopps3046]

going to cosmetology school really makes this easy. bleached hair has to be LOADED with red before it can take on a rich black. without the red it looks empty.

[@timchamberlain5858]

I really enjoyed the history of colors like learning ivory black came from burned ivory or raw sienna came from Sienna Italy.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thanks! We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@XtianApi]

I agree not to start a student with using black but you do need to teach black. I wholeheartedly agree with what you're saying. I have multiple blacks. I have cool blacks warm blacks granulating warm blacks granulating cool blacks..

[@catalinahonsowetz3009]

Thank you for the class! I loved it! I love art and have been working on it mostly learning on my own. Color has been the place where I struggle but your class helped me so much! You inspire me to go play tomorrow! Thank you very much! I look forward to learning more from you!

[@JerrysArtarama]

You are so welcome! Happy creating! 😀

[@elisafinch1325]

I been at the University in Santa Maria ,to learn art..the teacher say ,will buy in the store all what you need, I did, when I camback she say 'starded "I said how?.she say mixi the color con oil and star ,people maked horror of paint..she say was beautiful...if I say the true,I could be out of the clase..I did go to the city,buy a books,tape, and starded...that was my learn...teacher are there to supervise paint,no teach nothing,...them with the time I learn for my self be a painter, Thank you , Elisa Finch..I love your class..Master....

[@cinef1la]

@elisafinch1325 Teacher are there not to teach nothing? Just to supervise? Supervise what? Well I don’t agree - if “teacher” are no there to teach why it’s a school or university? If is only to supervise, well… Perhaps is more useful to connect some friends and start a free atelier where to work and teach one with others

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you stuck with it!

[@fatimalizade]

I have learned so much from you. This video is so helpful, thank you so much Mr. Wellington!🙏

[@JerrysArtarama]

Happy to hear that! Cheers!

[@jessicamorales2555]

The best video on color theory I have seen. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@JerrysArtarama]

You are so welcome!

[@anettedouglasdotter]

Thank you so much for this brilliant tutorial! ❤ I learned a lot - and you are so inspiring! 😊 Lucky ones, that have you as a teacher at art school! ✨️🙏 Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thank you so much!

[@ObsessedwithZelda2]

So funny, the reason ‘not’ to use black is different in digital art compared to traditional it seems. I wasn’t thinking about the different mediums, so when it was explained it caught me a little off guard it’s not the answer I’m used to. (Mixing digitally I think I’d anticipate an unpleasant brown from black and yellow, but I can’t be sure without double checking. Some programs try to mimic traditional mixing now, but I can’t adjust to it)

[@MaluFelipe-f9g]

Very informative and encouraging class, thank you. I love that new color.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thank you so much! We're glad you enjoyed!

[@honeylishiss]

this is such a great tutorial. GEN X FOREVER! i love this guy. funny, nostalgic and very informative. i learned so much and i've been an artist for a long time. no formal training, so this was really helpful. thank you!!

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thank you for your kind words! We're so glad you enjoyed it!

[@pedinurse1]

OMG so I do watercolor but this was still so helpful. And John thereARE trees in NYC, in Central Park, LOL but I know what you mean

[@JerrysArtarama]

😂

[@JustinaFaber]

Come to Michigan, we have tons of trees and beautiful scenery for practicing trees. Thanks for the great video.

[@debhalld9794]

🎨 I use the term "play" a lot in painting. It has bothered some artistic people around me. To me, it means experimenting with an open mind and heart. It's a most joyous time and learning time for me 🎨

[@artmarina-q9n]

Theyre tons of youtubers arguin about dont use black and its just... wow so much hate with the black, glad to see a different point of view here on youtube.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@misterbonzoid5623]

There are a few well-known simple reasons not to use 'black'. And then you see John Singer Sargent portraits...

[@bldgmaker]

Lol, Johnny Quest... what about Speed Racer?! Or even more significant, Star Blazers!... an artist's dream, no doubt... remember the blue man?

[@JerrysArtarama]

Bringing back so many memories!

[@CarolynsArtAdventures]

Interesting. What I was told (in the context of watercolors) was that black was a flat color and if you mixed it from other colors you would get a much richer effect.

[@PaulRansonArt]

I'm very much a self taught artist - making mistakes and searching for answers as I went along. Your insight and knowledge will help me elivate my art from acceptable to a new level of understanding. Thank you so much for this tutorial John - Paul 😃😃😎😎

[@JerrysArtarama]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for checking it out!

[@deaconseptember2002]

Glad I found your video on making green with Black and Yellow. I am about to start an oil painting of a bridge in Besalu, Spain from a photo I too. There is a lot of greenery in the picture and I plan to paint the greens using this formula in various tones. Thanks.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Oh we'd love to see the final product! Tag us @jerrysartarama on any social media platform!

[@nelidagarcia7412]

Love that your background is black, your shirt is in black and you are talking about "black" paint. :)

[@JerrysArtarama]

😀

[@Pneumostome]

I've known John for something more than forty years (eeeek!) but never seen him teach before now. I just have to say that damn, he's good! This is a GREAT video!

[@JerrysArtarama]

Oh wow, thanks so much for your kind words! 😁

[@kyststudio-epicartadventure]

Don’t put your shadow on a sunny edge, lol, without a good reason, like the next tree casting a shadow on it.

[@homafattahi4073]

How inspirational! A BIG THANKS!!!

[@JerrysArtarama]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@crosseagle19]

Outstanding! How do you clean your brush so quick when going from one color to another?

[@davidcrompton6324]

thanks for this lesson on black, I was indeed taught to avoid black and appreciate this tutorial. It opens up a new pallet.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you found it helpful!

[@michelleschaefer9545]

What an honor to have a paint color named after yourself!

[@onward-truth]

What a great teacher you are! I'm a painting instructor also and I've just been so refreshed by your Master Class- Thank you for the new things I learned too!

[@JerrysArtarama]

You are so welcome!

[@davidsierra6682]

You are an excellent teacher. Thank you for your lesson and for your insights on color. Very informative!

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@emebrillhart9819]

Thats so sad, no trees...I think you find so much peace and beauty in trees.

[@cindyoverall8139]

Another view to consider.. . If you are studying the Dutch still life, lemons( symbols of sobriety), depending on the type of light.. window or candle or natural lights.. the colors are dependent on that difference. Willem Kalf was the master of the lemon. So true about the next object. And about greens.. Good lesson. Personally I never use burnt sienna nor ultramarine blue. Both are, to me not dependable. Venetian red mixed with pthalo blue is very strong and versatile as a brown or any dark. Pthalo blue can be mixed for any blue, unlike ultramarine blue which is really a hue. My black is 1/3 Prussian blue, 1/3 alizarin crimson, 1/3 lamp black. Ivory black is cheap and cracks later. You have a very solid knowledge of colors and philosophy. So refreshing! Thank you. PS after you put down a thicker area, try blotting it with Scott’s toilet paper. It gives a great finish especially for the varnish later. Lead white is no more. Not since the 70’s. Thank God. I wish I knew you. I live in Ky and I don’t have any masters to discuss true art with.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@sylviabeichert943]

Speaking of gouache - do you have any videos on using that medium?

[@JerrysArtarama]

You can check out our gouache videos here! www.youtube.com/@JerrysArtarama/search?query=gouache

[@NANETcitizen]

Please go to the Forrest. Smell the fresh crisp air and paint what you see. 😍

[@birchlover3377]

Impasto - one of my favourite examples is Red Maple by AY Jackson (Group of Seven) where the layers of blue and white literally look like frothy rapids 💙Not noticeable in a book, but when you see it at the National Gallery of Canada, it is stunning. Thanks for your interesting tutorial, I'm just getting into gingerly producing my own art after decades of museum hopping.

[@JerrysArtarama]

We're so glad you enjoyed!

[@jo6253]

„Never use black“ *Comic book artists have left the chat*

[@JerrysArtarama]

😂😂😂

[@joeywilson7198]

Growing up I was in every art class available. Even in high school I took every art class available even getting into advanced art that you had to be selected to. After HS I even attended the now defunct Art Institute of Dallas for 2 years. All that to say I’ve learned more in just over an hour from you than every art class I’ve ever taken. Thank you. I can’t wait to watch all of your posts.

[@JerrysArtarama]

Oh wow, thanks for your kind words! We're so glad you learned from this video!