Quick Tip 290 - Tinting Strength

[@adu2526]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and the experience. I am learning so much from you. Your videos are better than any universities.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome, and thanks.

[@اجنحةالملائكة-ض3ق]

Thank you Dianne 🥰🌷🙏

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome

[@Ravenzpeak]

You always make every video interesting. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure!

[@jondoh587]

I stumbled onto tinting strength when I was trying to mix purple, using ultramarine blue and carmine red hue paint. I didn't understand why I needed about 3x more ultramarine blue than the red. Took quite a bit of googling before I discovered tinting strength. (read: Wished I'd known about this video!) Now I try to keep tinting in mind before I squeeze out the paint from the tube. Saves a lot of time and paint when I already have an idea of the relative proportions I'll need for the desired end result.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Know our materials really makes a difference, doesn't it.

[@roselynbaruch3697]

Very interesting, thanks so much for sharing!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

[@ptaylor4923]

This is a great tip & being somewhat new to art I never would have thought of it. I work mainly with watercolor (& some gouache & casein), but I can see this affecting how I choose color for a painting & I just might add this as an aspect on my color cards along with granulation, staining & transparency. DIANNE YOU'RE THE BEE'S KNEES!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks! The grand thing about color is that it's principles are universal to all media. Only the technical handling of the medium is different.

[@marygraham2155]

Thank You for explaining so well .

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are welcome!

[@jayneweathers]

Interesting. I am learning so much from your tips and trying to do the exercises. My question is...if you are a new/beginner in learning about paint and colors and you cant afford all the many different colors, much less the better paint, can you use just the basic colors to make some of these color that would be in an expensive set? Do you have a quick tip that covers this type of question? Thank you so much for your sharing your time and talent.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Not yet, but I will put that on our filming schedule, but since we film these several weeks in advance, it will be December before it appears. Meanwhile, a good limited palette to begin with is cadmium yellow light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue and titanium white. You can get an amazing range of colors from just these four colors plus white. I do recommend that you at least buy the Gamblin brand because the student grade colors don't have the brilliance that artist grade colors have.

[@therezanicheartes]

Perfeita a explicação 👍

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@iqbalpreetpadam7521]

Thanks mam for sharing knowledge

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's my pleasure

[@giovannisiano574]

If all colors had phtalo strength...I think we would be saving some money! :) Thanks for the valuable lesson!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yep, but then there's ultramarine blue...

[@candacetroystudios]

I’ve known you to use transparent red oxide rather than burnt sienna. can you compare the TRO to BS? My guess is that perhaps the BS leans more towards neutral than TRO. Is this your preference due to the tinting strength, opacity, vs transparent paint? What is the best use for transparent paints. I have zinc white, Windsor Newton Transparent White, Williamsburg and others. Question for Roger.....are you using two cameras, one horizontal, one vertical (for easel)? Did you splice? I am learning how to use a webcam but can only film horizontal? Can you suggest how to film the two surfaces? Thank you both for this video. Great as always!

[@Sauteelive]

Candace Troy Hi Candace, Thank you for watching and subscribing. I typically use 3 Canon professional video cameras while filming these Quick Tips. When the budget allows, I have purchased better cameras as is evident by the quality of video through the years. Everything is shot in a horizontal (landscape) format and then cropped and edited to fit the layout. We originated this format to be able to show the full story and the only problem we have heard is when people are viewing on a small screen. We recommend viewing on a 15” or larger screen to truly appreciate what is being taught.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Candace, we have a Quick Tip about opaques vs. transparents coming up on November 25. Meanwhile, the main reason I prefer TRO to BS is both its transparency and its tinting strength. It's transparency gives it a depth that enables a clear rich dark when mixed with other dark colors, such as Rembrandt Viridian for that deep, rich Sap Green I love so much. BS just won't do that. We also have a tip on the transparency/opaqueness of whites coming up on November 18. Zinc white is the most transparent of Flake, Titanium and Zinc, but the specialty ones your refer to tend to be the most transparent.

[@candacetroystudios]

SauteeLive thank you!

[@candacetroystudios]

In the Studio Art Instruction will watch out for the videos. Thank you.

[@lucysajdak1646]

I am interested in your palette and the colors that you have around it. It looks like it closes over the colors you have around it to keep them fresh.. On my palette, I put out the colors around the edge and mix in the center. It takes me a several days to finish a painting. Each day I end up wasting colors because they don't stay fresh. I paint in oil. I would welcome suggestions about palettes. I learn so much from your tips.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Take a look at Quick Tip 115 where I explain all that.

[@lucysajdak1646]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Thank you so much :)

[@cherylwalrath-duran2996]

Thank you!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're welcome!

[@harrymonk6]

Can i mix 50/50 of linseed oil and mix it with safflower oil and use that as a medium to mix with my oil paint for top layers? Thanks

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Unless you want to do that to retard the drying of the paint, linseed oil alone will suffice. As a foot note, the paint is at its best straight out of the tube.

[@harrymonk6]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction thank you. So if i use senneliar safflower oil based paints i can still make them fatter by just adding refined linseed oil and that will still dry slower that just the out of the tube safflower oil based paint? 👍

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Dianne 🙏....could you do live Q and A session on painting please

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

We're looking into doing just that. Stay tuned!

[@jayneweathers]

Interesting. I am learning so much from your tips and trying to do the exercises. My question is...if you are a new/beginner in learning about paint and colors and you cant afford all the many different colors, much less the better paint, can you use just the basic colors to make some of these color that would be in an expensive set? Do you have a quick tip that covers this type of question? Thank you so much for your sharing your time and talent.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

In the Studio Art Instruction • 1 second ago Not yet, but I will put that on our filming schedule, but since we film these several weeks in advance, it will be December before it appears. Meanwhile, a good limited palette to begin with is cadmium yellow light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue and titanium white. You can get an amazing range of colors from just these four colors plus white. I do recommend that you at least buy the Gamblin brand because the student grade colors don't have the brilliance that artist grade colors have.