How to MIX colors and SKETCH - Limited palette

[@epiksheep5416]

This is a 18 minute video, with about 4 hours of study material in it. Sketching and blending the white and black to create a zenithal highlight, using primaries alone to make the other colors. creating a color gradient to paint with, Non metallic metal tutorial, thinning and brush control (Yes, I learned I need to thin my paints even more, and I am pressing way to hard to get paint on the model, I am new at this). Excellent video, with tons of amazing info.

[@TomCruiseRisky]

Thats how I feel watching this guy just nonchalantly have the colour wheel combinations in his head. He's good, I will give him that. truly an artist.

[@geertthomas]

jep, watched it for the 4th time, practicing with a small pallet of inks @ moment, in the pipeline professional acrylics (2 sets) and oil paint at the end.... In between some normal Vallejo, Army painter and Scale 75 ;p

[@Tesal22]

Marco: Feel free to use paints you already have. Me: Yes, yes, of course. *adds new paint to shopping cart*

[@depapa701]

We all know this feeling 😂

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂

[@Jampire]

🤣🤣🤣 #guilty

[@ampalacio81]

Neil it!!! Lol I'm buying right now

[@steveisaak4320]

Isn’t it always like that?

[@alexanderhavok3115]

Marco: It only takes about 2 hours to finish such a miniature! Me: "applying zenithal with a brush for the next 5 hours"

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😂😂

[@MentoliptusBanko]

He did the zenithal with a brush in 15min...I need that time even with an airbrush :P

[@druidobianco9734]

Using only black and white he did a better paintjob than 90% of the tabletop gamers

[@ClockworkBananaMoon]

Harsh, but I guess I deserved it.

[@alexs7670]

Yeah, vince ventrulla says a painted is always better than not. I hard disagree. That said, I do think that most people can manage a simple zenithal that looks neat.

[@GoobertownHobbies]

This is soooo good! Both the paintjob and the vid. :-) Love the shot with the mini and the wet palette in frame the whole time!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million buddy 😍😁😍!!! And coming from you this is even more appreciated 😊

[@MnemoticCat90]

I see Goobertown in all my fav mini painters' comments section, so you're in excellent company there :)

[@cmspotts]

LOVE this quote: "If you don't get the right lights and shadows, details can't do much to save your paint job."

[@stingray4567]

Marco continues to smash it. It's criminal that you don't have more views/subs!

[@rrd-tj5id]

spread the word!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million 😍!!! The channel is only 6 months old, don't worry we'll get to the big numbers 😉

[@Gulaschiltis]

I also don't get it. Marco is easily among the best out there, if not the best. At leasthe makes the best tutorials by an order of magnitude. I am watching youtube miniature painting channels for at least 5 years now but I easily learned the most from Marco. The tutorial on using air brushes alone... He just shows the little details and tricks, no one other does (or maybe can :p)

[@sergei5879]

This is It! This is tree words everyone needs so much! This is three words I want to here! "Color mixing Masterclass"

[@j453]

This remains one of my favorite videos you have made Marco. Thank you!👍👍👍👍👍

[@sascha3607]

Marco: Two hours and a handful minutes ... Me: Tho hours and a handful of days for base Color jobs without Mixing blending. You are awesome and your level of skill paired with your humour is always a joy to watch.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😂😂Thanks a million!!!😘

[@fish7598]

Possibly the best painting video + demonstration I've ever seen, absolutely incredible!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😊😁😊😘😘😘

[@77barrj]

Amazing work from a true artist. Artists and those with natural artistic abilities and an eye for creation make these things look so very easy. In reality you can’t teach someone to be artistic. They can get much better from practice and muscle memory, but most likely they will never reach the level of those who are blessed with absurd levels of artistic talent. It’s kind of like telling someone who’s 5’5 to try and be 6’2. It’s just not feasible. You can work your ass off learning new skills and techniques, but you’ll never make the same model look as good as someone who has amazing genetic abilities and an ingrained ability to foresee every final detail in their work before they make a brush stroke. Doesn’t mean that us average people can’t strive to become better painters, just don’t expect to reach the level of someone like this no matter the amount of practice.

[@euanketteringham5003]

Hi just watched your video I can't believe you can paint a model just with 5 paints. I find it hard to painted a model because all the paint you need to paint just one model. The GW tutorials are so regimented in what they do. I love the video and I joy watching it.

[@fabricedevos4273]

Very impressive! I already saw some video of other famous painters saying that painting with only the primary color + black&white is a good exercise indeed.

[@garyburke6156]

every video i watch of yours I start laughing with delight because i'm learning so many new things

[@DaveMcGraw]

I love that this is considered a "homework project." What a great way to think about and approach painting minis. I've got so many unpainted minis (scowls at self in mirror) and as soon as Marco mentions "homework,' I immediately realize that this is how I get more of them painted. Just do the work and experiment and learn. They aren't all going to be masterpieces. Getting that thought process out of my head is so healthy. Sketch, paint, practice, practice, practice. Thank you, Marco!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍

[@andrearovati]

Questo é il miglior video sull'argomento che abbia mai visto. Ho imparato una tonnellata di cose che non vedo l'ora di provare. Magnifico. Punto.

[@kajkun1384]

Zenithal by brush! Different view on NMM! Wow! Thanks for the techniques!

[@aaronjones1752]

I don't know much about minies but I know what I like. I truly enjoy watching your tutorials on painting minies for whatever I get an extreme sense of pleasure and well being.

[@nathanroberts2670]

'Paint with guts' is my new mantra Marco! Thanks so much for your approachable demonstration and tutelage. Your mastery of painting is comparable to your excellent teaching. Bravo!

[@maxschmidt666]

Q: So how many colors do you need? Marco: No.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😂😂😂

[@quietside3734]

You and Vince Venturella are my favourite miniature artists. You both have your own unique styles, and you both produce different, but beautiful work.

[@13Robzilla]

The density of information here is exceeded only by its awesomeness.

[@saltedllama2759]

For those who keep commenting that they can't do it this fast, or the 15 minutes he spent hand-painting zenithal lighting would take 4 hours for them, etc: don't worry about speed. The speed will come with practice. Focus on getting it right for now. Get used to seeing a model in terms of light and shadow, shape, and contrast. Sketch in light and color, smooth out the transitions, and be proud of your work as you get better and better!

[@zekehaf4784]

Fantastic amount of information to work with in this video

[@Ziforigin]

Although there a lot of amazing artist here on youtube (like Banshee), you are possibly the best tutor here. Other artist are either teaching you the same basic techniques, repeating each other word to word, or their level is so high, their painting looks more like some black magic. Marco, you are going in depth in each topic and explain every one of your cool shenanigans. I've started using oil solely because of your videos, while I'd seen a hundred times before other guys using it. Just wanted to thank you and I'm hoping you never run out of cool ideas for this channel.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million man 😍😍😍 from the heart! Really really really appreciated 😘

[@MrBoadini]

I've never quite had as strong a realization of how my painting style is a mechanical conveyor belt to what your style is. It's amazing you can pull such a beautiful result from simple techniques using actual artistic skill!

[@AltarenGalil]

This is some real wizardry at work here, truly magical!

[@travelminipainter]

Love this one too Marco. Watched it 5 or six times this week. I love mini painting, but having recently decided to live in a camping-car all year, I need to seriously reduce my hobby implements, namely paints, so this comes in extremely handy! Thanks again. New lockdown round the corner here in France, so I am hoping to put it to practice a lot over the next couple of weeks. Keep safe, sane and painting mini!

[@aaronreynolds8587]

Your videos are absolutely Stellar... Every single one. You are an incredible teacher, and I am learning so much from your videos. Delighted to follow your channel. Thank you for all you do!

[@archiehalward3778]

Genius, will change the way I paint forever

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@spectre.studios]

I can't believe you achieved that incredible sketch in 15mins. Blown away!! Can't believe I've only just learned about your channel.

[@InnuendoOutTheOther]

Guardando i video di Marco capisci la differenza tra un artista e un pittore di miniature

[@peterlageri4177]

That is poetry by brush. I'd wish you lived next door to teach me. Thank you for this video.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Sorry for the late reply, I'm drowning in nappies these days 😅 Thanks a million!!! If you want I do also online lesson 😉 send me an email here [e-mail]

[@AlessioTysonRiosSerra]

I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks!

[@j453]

I'm 6 minutes in and I had to pause. Marco, you are absolutely my favorite you tube miniature painter. This kind of guide/video series is what I have been wanting. I'm an amature sculptor, painting is new to me. But when I was young my folks could only afford these 4 color crayola oil based clay packs. I has red, yellow, blue and green. Any other colors I wanted I had to mix. Those were my "toys" if I wanted a ninja turtle, I mixed the colors and sculpted one, or a Godzilla, or a power ranger lol. Sadly I never had white so yellow was subbed for white, ALOT. Paints don't allways mix the same as the clay did but I'm learning more color theory as I go. Anyway, thank you for your vids 👍❤

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million man 😍!!! I love you story (lol for the yellow 😅)! I talso started mixing because I had only few pots of basic paints 😅😅😅

[@MegaSpektre]

Holy BEEP! I think the first stage in which you apply the first mid tone to the skin is better then any skin i could ever paint! Im certainly going to give this a try. Like you say in the beginning im confined by the GW step by step process! Guess im scared to mix colours, you make it look so easy! So inspirational! Thankyou very much.

[@MegaSpektre]

Also do you do any beginner tutorials on you patreon? Especially around mixing paints

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million to you 😊😊😊!!! Yep, the step by step process is a great thing when you are a beginner and you need to paint your first miniature but soon it becomes a trap with no space for improving. All my videos are free on KZbin! Patreon is a base to support the channel but I want to maintain my content available for everybody. But I do private lessons in person and in streaming 😊

[@LukeSteichen]

I’ve watched this video four or five times now, and I keep learning more each time. Thank you Marco!!!

[@bobdow3847]

Lol... I didn’t know getting home work could be so much fun.... looking forward to giving it a go. Thanks again for a great video and pushing us to the next level.

[@lordtarzan13]

Thank you soo much. A lot of other KZbinrs talk about these tones but never show you how. As I’m preparing for my first paint project, this has been so helpful, as well as your previous video regarding color theory. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. 😄

[@EdAllen]

Great video. I watched some months ago and got the paints and tried them out. Had great fun with this on a Reaper dinosaur.

[@MrStingray075]

A lot of valuable info condensed into an awesome, short tutorial video.

[@afarwiththedawning4495]

*BRAVO* Limits can create beautiful works of art.

[@lordbiscuitthetossable5352]

Oh wow. I think that this is the video that convinced me of value sketching. Take my subscription!

[@paulbergevin3602]

That brings me back to art school.. Thank you for the good reminder.

[@DrMoe.Lester]

That video taught me more than anything else. Thank you Marco.

[@Oliverjcnewman]

Fantastic, superb finished model but the way you broke it down made it feel very achievable. Very enjoyable to watch

[@MetalCrushesRock]

I watched this video when it first came out, and got these paints. I'm finally getting around to using them and am entering a miniature in a local painting competition using this exercise. I love working this way! Thanks!

[@Zectari]

All your videos are packed with so much knowledge it's crazy :D

[@otismilo1qaz]

Thanks Marco your channel is so entertaining and informative.

[@khilias]

as always, you are great marco. keep it up!

[@BarringtonDailey]

These minis really Breathe and Glow!

[@AdrianvanNunen]

Marco, absolutely outstanding! I love your videos about only using the 3 primary colours - shows how much you can do with a very basic paint library. And the colours are so pure and vibrant - no mudiness like you often get when mixing other paints. It helps that you're a mixing maestro :D You're killing it, man.

[@charlie9ine]

One very good brush

[@OPGuitarandGames]

Such a great video ! So much stuff to go back to from glazing to NMM. Just Wow !!

[@elguapo9133]

How can anyone dislike this video..?..I just found this channel and it's Amazing. Haters gonna hate I guess..but this is A1 quality material.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million man, really from the heart!

[@grimmwald3137]

Combining classic approaches and simultaneously gently rejecting streamlined processes in mini painting - a very good video.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍 Thank you sooooo much!!!

[@bastianniemand7460]

Dude... I've seen what you have done... But still can't believe it. A few month ago i was one of those 3 Step GW painters but was always very unhappy with the result. Nothing wrong to paint straight Duncan... but i felt that there has to be something more. Jumped from Sorastro to you and following your guidelines i sort of replicated my version of untamed beasts and felt like a painting god .... But man, after seeing this... Phew... I understand that i am just an ape with pigments ;D keep up your inspiring work! It really means something to some painters out there

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍 Thanks a million... Really, from the heart! Don't be so hard with yourself 😉 you are on the right track and you'll see an amazing progress in the quality and complexity of your works 😉

[@jonnyunga2945]

Awesome video, oversaturated with content! I loved it. 👍 I am so looking forward to the NMM videos in the future. 😊 Have a nice weekend.

[@daitokuji8327]

Wow Marco. that was eye opening. both the colour mixing and the speed. I am rethinking my approach

[@michaelpayne8102]

Simply amazing, you've taken this down the it's most simplistic level and made it look easy. Truly MASTERCLASS

[@gogotrololo]

Every time i watch your videos, i feel like i become a better artist !! I love your actually super informative videos

[@Jampire]

I'm a good "technical" miniature painter but you've really helped me to practice painting more boldly and with more of an artistic style. I grew up with the GW step by step method and artists like you have helped push me away from it into a more artistic direction. Thank you!

[@madsbojensen1]

Thank you for making this available, dude 👍 And your exuberance is infectious 😊

[@adamoakson3076]

This is your best video yet Marco! I'm excited to try out my homework once my current project is completed. More masterclasses please!

[@jeremiahcaples963]

Amazing piece of art you created. You are extremely talented thanks for sharing.

[@jimmyjohansson7955]

I'm amazed every time I watch your videos and tutorials. Amazing work, and thank you for the great tips you always have!

[@stuartwalters96]

Love how you understand colour theory and execute it so well! I definitely need to learn this

[@briarstingwrf7284]

Great video, per usual. I have some mini crate figures coming. So going to try this. Thanks again for the great lesson.

[@phillipchronister7035]

Wow, just wow. I love it, but now hate my own Chosen Axe! Haha. Thank you for showing how this can be done!

[@Chemclskinz]

Love the new format! Keep 'em coming!

[@kaotictube]

One word, INSPIRED. Thanks for the video.

[@XavierArnau399]

What is this sorcery?!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😍😍😍

[@TomCruiseRisky]

You make everything look soo easy. Bravo. Well Done Mate.

[@WandelnderGeck]

Great Video again! You make this look really easy ;-) Greatings from Germany

[@terrynicholls2975]

A joy to watch, as usual. Love it.

[@bitzbox]

The end result is amazing. I have been wanting to try painting only using 5 colours for while now and it looks like great fun!

[@jchamorrob]

Amazing content. I like how you show the entire process with just the basic colors. At the end of the day having a great variety of colors is just to speed up the process to paint quickly, but still you do this really fast. Thanks for sharing it

[@robertobonetti3391]

No comment... Sono rimasto con la bavetta alla bocca, era viva la Minia.... Sei il maestro per eccellenza

[@jovanniballardo]

As always you are amazing. Thank you for the video

[@meatybtz]

I am floored by this technique. I fully intend to give this a go.

[@rrd-tj5id]

15 minutes work of sketch!? Your sketch alone looks way better than everything i painted since i started this hobby! Marco, i love your mindset and enthusiasm! If this hobby was an rpg you would be the final boss for sure! :D

[@Derlaid]

What I appreciate about this video and your approach is how you provide people who are still beginners (like me!) different areas in painting to explore with some rough guidelines to make the whole process less overwhelming while emphasizing that there's no one right way to paint a model. I understand better now how to experiment with painting and enjoy the process as much as I do the results! This is especially helpful because I'm on a pretty tight budget, so all I purchased when I got back into the hobby was the primary colours, black and white with a few other paints that survived 15 years of hibernation. I only have a few brushes, and spent the rest of my budget on one good high quality brush along with the means to clean and care for it. Understanding how to "sketch" out a model with a brush is extremely helpful for me as I was struggling to add highlights and shadows that made sense.

[@theclovercross]

this inspired me to go straight out to buy some paints and build some models I had left undone for long.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😍😁 I love this flow of inspiration!!!

[@Mrclark1977]

Your approach is brilliant, thank you for sharing. Breaking out of the step by step will be tough, but you have shown the way! Sincerely, Thank you.

[@innsmouthharbour]

mind blowingly brilliant episode......If I could even get the black and white sketch look on my models I'd retire a happy camper.......F*** me you are brilliant mate

[@PapillonMortel]

This is the exact style I've been trying to find references for. I love the extreme almost metal album cover colors resulting from the black and white value painting creating such distinctly vibrant colors. Seeing you do this with a brush makes me feel way better about the prospects of having an army look the way I want it to without tools that are currently a little out of my price range. Thanks for always breaking things down and explaining well enough that I feel like I can achieve the same results if I really practice!

[@angelocivati33]

Ci sarebbero molte parole da spendere riguardo a questo video....ma ne basta una....Fantastico!!!....molto interessante quello che dici su GW...concordo pienamente!

[@danielnikolich2737]

This was hypnotic to watch. I have this mini unpainted and definetally going to use this tutorial. Thanks for your amazing videos and being a good guy in the hobby community 🤩

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😊😁 Thanks man!!!

[@SmallSoldier]

Great stuff Marco! I use to do this type of sketches while doing illustration back in art school. It was fun, fast and really got you thinking about how light and shadow intermingle with each other. I'll have to give this technique a try again. Thanks for posting this. Cheers!

[@deankhaine8384]

You’re amazing. Mind blown!!

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

😁😊😁

[@daykz69]

Awesome, just amazing!

[@euansmith3699]

That's an amazing paint job.

[@CATAHA986]

Thanks, very informative and nice.

[@Photoshop3000]

Amazing work Marco, I’ll have to practice this technique of painting, the versatility of being able to paint using only 5 colours is impressive.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

Thanks a million buddy 😍!!! Yeah in that limited palette you have a freedom that hundred pots of paint can't give you, and when you know how to control the mixes everything else becomes suuuuuper easy!!!

[@Photoshop3000]

MarcoFrisoniNJM Well I guess it time to bite the bullet and learn more than the bare basics of colour theory.

[@MarcoFrisoniNJM]

@@Photoshop3000 it will change completely your perception of painting 😉

[@ZombieApocalypse09]

Great video! Very informative. Important to remember to have fun and that painting is partly an improvisational process.

[@vinsthecook]

Ecco un altro video istruttivo e illuminante. Ottimo!

[@Ratazana314]

Marco, thank you- great content in your channel! This video packs alot of knowledge in a small, easy to follow format, for every level of painter!

[@ForgesDePhlegethon]

Every week, I have my mindblowing video about minipainting, every week I hate you as much I love your skill. You're amayzing :o I WANT A MASTERCLASS WITH YOU !

[@maxbrandt6]

Excellent work as usual, Marco! I'm impressed with your command of the colors.