Mastering Color Temperature: Bringing Your Art to Life

[@MalcolmDewey]

Got any questions? Add them to the comments and I will reply. Your question may even become one of my new videos. 🎉🎉

[@beebee8018]

Thank you Malcolm for this invaluable little reminder of colour temperature that I will keep in my notes. I have six of your courses and have been with you for several years now and still find appreciate your advice. Happy painting ✏️🎨🖍️

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you, I do appreciate your support 😊

[@barbarabrusilow3824]

Another very interesting demo and followvup .thanks Malcolm ❤

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@sandradodson540]

Good one, Malcolm. Thank you.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@natalykenny2069]

This is a great reminder and always on time. It will hopefully help with the pears! Thank you so much, Malcolm!❤

[@kamleshsunak3176]

Thank you so much Malcolm for this demo. I always struggle with color temperature, this demo sure will help. Looking forward to the next valuable tips. Have a great weekend.

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thanks Kamlesh 😊

[@sophiereinecke8659]

Thank you, Malcolm. I learn so much from your excellent videos! Something that amazes me always is the way you do your color mixes and just, always, manage to get the right color. This is my nemesis! I just do not manage this easily, even with all the possible mixes and color charts that I have made!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you Sophie, but your work has grown so much this year. You can be well pleased!

[@Jacksbox11]

I really appreciate you imparting your artistic experience, Malcolm! Blessings from 🇨🇦.

[@MalcolmDewey]

My pleasure!

[@susanfindell6154]

I love this painting 😊

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you Susan

[@christinedoherty7828]

Thank you malcolm

[@rowenapires9787]

Beautiful painting Malcolm… thank you for this video….its not so easy to put colour temperature into practice…

[@MalcolmDewey]

My pleasure 😊

[@growingbrainsjunkine]

Malcom, I just discovered your content as I have started learning about painting! I am saving this super helpful content. Thanks so much!

[@MalcolmDewey]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Piratesjunior]

You are professional color mixer, amazing!😊

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you, glad this helped

[@pascalegallicus9669]

Thank you very much! It's very helpfull😀

[@MalcolmDewey]

You're welcome!

[@jenniferritchie3536]

Hi Malcolm great demo thank you! Question not related to colour temperature, how would you frame this piece done on canvas sheet?

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you. I like using a matte board and framing them behind glass for a modern look. Or you can stick the sheet or primed paper onto a panel. Then frame it the traditional way. Varnish the painting as normal.

[@jenniferritchie3536]

@@MalcolmDewey Thank You! for the info! I recently had an oil done on canvas pad sheet and in fact the framer did a mat and glass! I thought covering oil and acrylic with glass would be problematic … good to hear that it can be done!

[@vesnabreskvar9082]

Thank you for the video,Malcolm! From your lessons and demonstrations I have learned a lot about cool and warm colors and the relationship between them so far,but I still don't use them well when painting. So I'm already looking forward to your new demonstrations on this topic. My question is about shadows: On the cool-coloured surfaces the shadows are cool, and on the warm-coloured ones the shadows are warmer. Is it okay to take the base color of the surface for the shadow and add a complementary color to it?

[@MalcolmDewey]

That could work, but be careful that the complementary color does noy gray the base color too much. Avoid any white paint getting in the mix and that should help. Also if the sun is out then shadow colors should be cool. This can vary a little of course. Just avoid making a shadow look warm - if you know what I mean. Like burnt umber is dark like a shadow but looks too warm.

[@vesnabreskvar9082]

@@MalcolmDewey Thank you very much for the explanation!!❤ Yes,I've remembered that when the sun shines,all the shadows on the white snow are very blue😄

[@anasuya55]

It's a great demo, as usual packed with info. One needs to watch it again and again to reach anywhere near the understanding of color that you have. Just a doubt, is lemon yellow warm compared to the greens of the foreground?

[@MalcolmDewey]

Thank you, yes lemon yellow has more yellow than blue and should look warmer.

[@anasuya55]

Ty

[@Ff-cw8yr]

Hi Malcolm, in the light or warm areas, I see you add lemon yellow ( a cooler yellow). For me I would go straight to the warmer, deeper yellow but I’m guessing even a cool yellow would look warmer next to a warm blue. Am I right in saying this? I’m guessing you chose a lemon yellow to show the effect of atmospheric perspective- I’m confused sorry

[@MalcolmDewey]

Yes lemon yellow will always be warmer than a blue color. You are right that a lemon yellow will recede more than a deep yellow. That will create that bright light effect in the distance without bringing those lights forward too much. I also feel that this scene is a fresh spring time scene, not a very hot summer scene or an autumn scene. Deep yellow can steer the mood to those warmer moods. I wanted the effect of a sunny, bright but not necessarily very hot day. This means that you must consider the emotional and sensory perception of the day and align color to that.

[@Ff-cw8yr]

@@MalcolmDewey thank you for your interesting answer- makes sense!

[@ZaimonBabadilla]

Interesting

[@callmedeno]

Is it just that Rembrandt oils are much buttery-er than say Windsor newton out of the tube, it doesn't seem like you need medium but are so easily able to spread them thinly! Would you agree that painting this way is more difficult with W&N from your experience? I haven't tried Rembrandt yet

[@MalcolmDewey]

Without doubt Rembrandt are very buttery. No medium required unless you are glazing. Winton is much stiffer. W&N artists quality is softer, but Rembrandt more so.

[@katerinachatzinikita9769]

Please Greek???🙂🙂🙂🙂thank you❤❤❤