Quick Tip 326 - Yellow & Blue without Green

[@Deutschebahn]

I love how you take something that seems really hard at first and show systematically and clearly and gently how to understand it and do it. I've been learning so much!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wonderful! I love knowing that these Tips are helpful.

[@Deutschebahn]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction they absolutely are! And I love your kindness, gentleness, patience and sense of humour!

[@daveallen9826]

Once again compliments and neutrals save the day. Thanks for helping with a difficult problem for new painters. By the way, this mornining I was hired to teach next school next year!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Congratulations, Dave!

[@daveallen9826]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction being in my late 60s, it's especially satisfying.

[@deborahapostolou8078]

I just watched your tutorial, and as always, it's incredibly helpful for beginners. Your tutorials are truly the best, simply because they're informative and comprehensible to beginners. Thank you for taking the time to post these wonderful tutorials. Health and happiness!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Deborah. And thanks for watching.

[@heinzerfurt5225]

Your'e simply my best teacher on the whole web, Dianne. Thanks for sharing this.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for that, Detlef!

[@mattwalter5184]

As always, thanks so much for another excellent tip!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure!

[@chrishayman1747]

Amazed at your generosity in sharing such technical in-depth teaching with us. Dianne you are my go to teacher for bedrock basics of art.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I don't mind that at all. Thanks for watching.

[@belindahall5220]

This was very helpful Dianne. Definitely an important issue, and an area of frustration, so thank you for sharing your expertise:) God bless you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@raindog2262]

Great info. It'll help solve a problem i have today with a yellow reflection on a blue lake.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad it helped. Have fun with it.

[@tonysopranosduck416]

Oh my, I didn’t understand that question (actually sounded like a chemistry problem) and you tore it up ….and concisely broke it down for us. Great lesson!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks!

[@thetriplesevens]

This was very helpful. Thank you so much and taking time to help others.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Always a pleasure.

[@chiricuttcomepapt5100]

Value correction. I appreciate very much your emphasis on this matter. Thank you for your great explanations.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

[@triggerfish999]

Hi from the UK. Love your teaching style. Yes, I’ve encountered this problem...and right here is a solution. Thanks!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great! Have fun with it.

[@joanistotler8804]

Pretty darn cool, Dianne - thanks for sharing!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You bet!

[@random3037]

THANK YOU for your teaching 🙏

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@noelhefele]

I'm not sure if you have mentioned this, but I'm curious who some of your best teachers were. I'm so grateful for however I stumbled upon your channel.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for that particular question, Noel. Honestly, and I don't mean this to be smartypants, but my best teachers have been my students who over the decades have asked stimulating questions. Unfortunately, I can't point to one teacher as my forever mentor, but I can say that Professor Torlan, one of my design teachers at UGA in the 1960's, played the largest role is pointing me in the right direction.

[@noelhefele]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction That makes sense! Thank you for the answer

[@lauren5491]

This was so useful, actually looking forward to the next project now thanks 🙏

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great to hear!

[@p.d.1772]

Thank you so much for your help! Greetings from Switzerland :)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're welcome! Greetings back from north Georgia, USA!

[@lynzinenko3721]

Thank you for that tip. Dianne, I notice that you have a lot of paint on your palette. I am very interested in your palette, is it a particular kind? Does it keep the paint fresh? I would be grateful for your advice.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Lyn, I think Quick Tips 115 and 172 will answer your question.

[@ghostincarnate]

can you do the same thing with makeup/face paint? and with a brighter/sort of aqua blue?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You can do this with any subject where there is a gradient. This works because of what color does to color, so as long as you're using the relationship of colors according to their arrangement on a traditional color wheel, it will work. No technique is unique to a subject. (Note: The Munsell wheel will not work because it's not organized with complements opposite each other.)

[@jeremiahembs5343]

Another way it can be done is to apply the blue first and let it dry. Then paint white where the yellow will go and let dry. And then glaze the a yellow on top of the white avoiding the blue areas. Yellow ochre would work for this. Lighter color glazes don't show very much over darker colors so that's a way it can be done. You can also mix white into your yellow instead and apply it opaquely, but with oil it might want to blend a bit either as a scumble or blended gradient. With acrylics or gouche it would be easier.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

One thing that makes painting intriguing is the many approaches to that can get similar results.

[@candacetroystudios]

Great advice as always!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Candace.

[@debidixon5938]

wonderful! so interesting! how does cobalt violet compare in hue to quinacridone violet and doxazine purple?

[@GalleryBry]

Cobalt will be more opaque because it is an earth based pigment and the other modern organic pigments you mentioned will be more transparent. Was that helpful at all?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Debi, the hues, the tinting strength and the opacity vary among them. Quinacridone violet is a transparent red-violet with moderate tinting strength, Dioxazine purple is a deep, dark transparent violet with very strong tinting strength, and Cobalt violet is a slightly opaque, similar in hue but perhaps slightly redder to dioxazine, very weak tinting strength violet.

[@debidixon5938]

thanks, perfect!@@IntheStudioArtInstruction

[@muhlenstedt]

Excuse me here, nothing to do with art...i love the foto of the adorable dog , could you tell me if he or she is a maltese. I am planning to get one soon.Thank you very much!

[@debidixon5938]

@@muhlenstedt she is a cock-a-poo... the sweetest dog ever.

[@stephenfularz7573]

Good painting imformation.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@makennashuter6606]

Thank you, Dianne. :)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@sandyhough3901]

Thank you for another great tip.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Always a pleasure.

[@AstaMuratti]

thank you so much, it is a wonderful revelation! i always wondered how it could be done. could the same technique be used in watercolor? pastel? or different mediums would require different approach?

[@lauraisnotfine]

if you control your wash carefully, I don't see why it wouldn't work with watercolor. As long as the edges of the yellow and blue don't touch directly, it should be fine

[@AstaMuratti]

@@lauraisnotfine thank you, i should try it, i wonder if it could be possible to do wet in wet in one go or paper should be dry before applying any more colors

[@lauraisnotfine]

@@AstaMuratti I think wet in wet will work as long as the paper is only a bit wet, meaning only the edges of the colors blend. If it’s so wet the paint blooms, I think it’ll be hard to keep the colors separate enough

[@AstaMuratti]

@@lauraisnotfine yes, it seems to be it - we need to control the wetness of the paper well and be accurate with the application, thank you, i will try to find the best combination

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes! How color works is the same regardless of the medium. Only the way we handle it is different.

[@claudeduda3607]

Encore merci à vous 👍👌

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Always a pleasure!

[@mimisart]

Really informative!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@bonniehay]

Brilliant!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@hanzal743]

Thanks, that is really helpful

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@DebzZi]

Thanks for that tip. Would one use the same principles for water colours?

[@omnesilere]

Yes, for all mediums.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes, absolutely. The only difference is technical, i.e. the paper is your white.

[@mrsnrub9780]

I kinda' wish you were peering over my shoulder in London the other day. St Martin-in-the Fields gave me a jolly good hiding last Saturday. I think it's the first time a group of inanimate objects got the better of me. I'm DEFINITELY overthinking 'the things' and not losing myself in the values. I'll win the war though. I'm building up for when I'm in Amsterdam next. That's the BIG one for me. It's my dream to nail that.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I hope you are doing a lot of squinting.

[@mrsnrub9780]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Not nearly enough. I could have stared a hole in those pillars.

[@conceptualtruth]

Thank you! I needed this! :)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@mindjob]

I painted the top painting in oils. The photo is on google

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes. The photo came from pixabay.com

[@jayashreeshenoy1166]

Beautiful! I kindly request you to please make a video on how to create conceptual paintings...how to convert our thoughts/ emotions into visual art?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

That one will be tricky, but I'll give it a go. Watch for it in late September.

[@ruthmoore1448]

Does this work with Acrylics ?

[@ruthmoore1448]

Just read the answer down below. Thanks

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great!