The Benefits of a Limited Palette for Oil Painting

In this video I demonstrate the benefits and limitations of my limited palette and give some color-mixing lessons.
You can get the paints I use in the video at genevafineart.com/color

[@sends2aaron]

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[@sends2aaron]

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[@jeanninevandam9419]

Thanks!

[@TheDavedevil619]

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[@jamesthrift6194]

I agree. I’m trying to learn to oil paint and I find him very helpful

[@romanhorak5503]

Painting with a limited pallet has made life easier and my work has taken on a more subtle, natural look.

[@milanoslzla4710]

Ahoj, Romane, pan Carder to ma skvele sestavene. Ta jeho limitovana paleta dava siroke moznosti. Chci si jeho vyber barev tez vyzkouset. Zdravi a pohodu preje Milan.

[@roseb9819]

Me too, I was skeptical at first but it really changes the nature of your painting

[@ronschlorff7089]

You have transformed my computer into an "art school", of the type I've always wanted to take, but could never find!! Thank you so much!

[@robart.costales]

You are an incredible teacher! I took a half year painting course without understanding color theory, and if I had just watched one of your videos, I would have been set. Time to get painting again!

[@koolaidimmunity4032]

I want to thank you for sharing both your painting and teaching talents with us. There are lots of paint mixing and color theory videos out there but yours is the best.

[@dreadnaught3894]

For me. this was 20 minutes well spent - straight forward essential information well presented and easily understood. Thank you very much indeed.

[@eileenneumann9855]

This has been the most brilliant explanation on mixing colours I have ever heard.THANK YOU!

[@timothythomas7222]

The best demonstration and explanation on color mixing I've seen on the web. Great video!

[@headingoutside]

You are such a good teacher! Thank you.

[@Filtersloth]

god damn your videos are good! so much good clear information packed in. I don't normally comment on videos but I just wanted to say that I really appreciate you putting them up.

[@_61514]

To me it is the best youtube channel ever!! Thank you so much for all the videos and great advices. We all appreciate very much! Can't wait to order your Geneva oil colors, hope it will be available internationally very soon :) Greetings from Poland

[@javierrico7542]

You're videos have helped me have more confidence in my values and colors than any time spent at school with all the regular teachings. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@martilewis]

Mark, you always provide encouragement to me with your tutorials. Thanks so much for being such a great teacher

[@metaljoseph]

This was honestly one of the most helpful videos, especially for beginners. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge!

[@ghitano11]

Well explained! I liked the usage of pictures to capture the exact color.

[@KagLuvsInu]

This is great advice for someone who paints from life and wants things to look natural and cohesive. I personally use a limited palette because I struggle with color matching and I feel like it helps when I limit myself.

[@aveviktoria4899]

jest Pan wspaniały. Jedyna osoba chyba na youtube, która tak łatwo potrafi wytłumaczyć zasadę kolorów. Jestem zachwycona Pana umiejętnością przekazywania wiedzy. Będę polecać każdej osobie ten kanał, która jest zainteresowana malarstwem!!

[@SheasBathLab]

Thank you for teaching. You are the best I've seen. All too often what's taught is not comprehensive enough. Thank you for doing this and being so detailed.

[@Max-dd7du]

I watched this years ago now, and it made a marked difference in my work since and I have recommended it to others. Thanks Mr Carder!

[@dericbytes]

Your color mixing advice made me finally understand how to get the colours I wanted. Thanks

[@Leocalamb2]

You just got a new subscriber. Thank you so much for this video. Art supplies are really expensive where I come from, so as a self taught artist, it’s great to know that I can still make beautiful artwork with a limited palette.

[@OwliSketches]

I just LOVE how you explain everything

[@rebeccaa9257]

Color is something I really struggled with and since I’ve been watching your videos, I understand the concept a lot more than before.

[@paulpardee]

Probably the most useful art video I have ever watched

[@donattellod4748]

im a fairly new painter this video taught me a lot and saved me money too :) Just wanted to say thank you

[@vickyweeks8897]

I don't know that I would have ever been confident enough to pick up a brush if not for this guy. Awesome tutorials and very easy to understand. Thank you for your contribution.

[@lucianocortopassi3098]

So good!!!

[@AnnetteKalfon]

Thank you for your classes, I can listen to you for hours.....Bless You!

[@Legotron]

I love your videos, easy to follow, clear and understandable explanations. Saved to playlist.

[@ripintandon]

you are amazing. Thank you for making this video. Nobody ever simplified the color mixing like you.

[@uploads87]

Thank you very much for providing your profound knowledge here on youtube! This is going to boost my development in understanding colour matching quite significantly!

[@kkuugglleesskkooeerr]

In addition to all the other positive comments which I agree with - thank you very much for not using background music!

[@felipetejeda7545]

I just started painting and have been completely lost, this is sooooo helpful! Thank you!!

[@NickyAspey]

I'm just starting with painting and your classes are helping me a lot! Easy to understand and well explained, thank you!

[@paintingpete741]

One of the best explanations of mixing colors I've ever seen. Can't wait to go and apply it to my too bright paintings. ;)

[@eldiablo4131]

So much knowledge you provide for free...thanks for your instruction. Procrastination...is for me the hardest subject to deal with, when it comes to start painting..I'm the laziest man in the world..!!! when it comes to clean up time...I find it harder than actually painting..!! Friends tell me that I'm a 'a natural' about my paintings, but deep down, I know I'm missing 'something' so I have to take some classes..thanks for allowing me to comment.

[@nickthombley675]

WOW!!!!! Incredible how easy Your explanation is to understand!

[@GittaBro]

Thank you, Mark! As always I have learned so much!

[@MrTripletts]

Thank you...excellent video on mixing so many questions answered. :D

[@jeffa6780]

I'm your newest FAN! Very exciting color solutions using a simple approach. Love it.

[@pianistasurrealista]

Very tutorial on the use of primary colors, I am learning to master the handling, the use and the way to apply color, you learn a lot by watching your videos. Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Genius! Quality content, you just saved me a shed load of money and months of faffing about with the wrong paints. I feel like I'm ready now to forge ahead with confidence with the two paintings I've got planned!

[@dottiburke40]

Thank you for this video. You have made color mixing so much easier!

[@joannavandeneijnden5437]

When making color steps do you just add white once you have the right base color?

[@syedasoulathamdany9424]

The most useful demo I have ever watch!!!!! Thank u

[@Psypomp]

I love that you use a laminated reference photo so you can check your colors. I use my laptop to view photos in full screen, but it's not the same, and I suspect the luminosity of the screen affects the tones.

[@teriperson363]

Thank you ! I am SO glad you cover this video !!

[@Bildi7v]

Thank you so much for your videos, I am only starting in painting but they all make so much sense to me and are incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@plummetplum]

Damn I've just bought a load of paints, wish I had heard this first. Enjoying your channel thank you.

[@wishccr]

I’m getting back to oil painting after a long hiatus. I took some lessons from a local amateur artist and came away very frustrated. I had so many colors on my palette that I was confused and my paintings looked garish. After watching the videos about using a limited palette and following the steps to create the value steps for a painting, my painting improved immediately. The colors look more natural, and it was much more fun to lay the colors down on the canvas. Thank you, Mr. Carder.

[@bplatz829]

+P Tremblay You have to first understand the limited pallete before you can even attempt to understand the expanded pallete.

[@danielashbeck7638]

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[@LeyLey41]

Absolutely outstanding instruction! Thank you!

[@CYON4D]

A very valuable demonstration, thank you for sharing the knowledge.

[@rfos1978]

Excellent explanation and demonstration. Thank you!

[@robertjurgens2082]

wow thank you I'm a new artist and bought many different color tubes you made it so simple to understand mixing colors.

[@shaindarkart5412]

thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, its so on point! ......you leave no room for error.

[@careytaylornoble8613]

OMG this video is a revelation - I have been trying to "deconstruct" my acrylic paintings...from the beginning. My favorite painter is John Singer Sargent. And I live close by to the most amazing painting of his....Fumee d'amber gris...at The Clark. I am so crazy about your videos! New to this website...but it might be saving me as an artist. I've been floundering around for months. Thank you again!

[@willdixon9525]

Thanks for sharing this video with us, very helpful.

[@whatever6255]

First time trying oil painting and i really enjoyed it due to your amazing videos ^^ ! Thank you very much !

[@TRACYxBEAKER]

Thank you for this absolutely wonderful and helpful video, I feel enlightened!

[@DrawMixPaint]

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[@paulabendall]

Wonderfully understadable

[@pepegallardo4584]

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[@dawnasharelle]

do you tone down with white?

[@lallope]

+aintnobodygottimefadat white or complementing color(opposite color) to neutralize the intensity of the color

[@williamgrant6029]

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[@alpha1arts795]

I love The Limited palette approach great work. Thanks.

[@beyzag1373]

wonderful information, I'm so happy to learn that right now 😍

[@user-zk3md8hk4q]

This is a very good lesson. Thank you! 👍🏼

[@shiellouisstark2310]

Really like you demo on mixing colors thanks.

[@stevieb5008]

thanks for the gift of these wonderful videos.

[@rendylanso5735]

Thank you for you for showing me this video,I will practice it

[@darmb]

Great stuff, just what I needed to start painting.

[@0ff_13lvck4]

I was a painting major in college and let me say, in the 3 years (I dropped out because I was running out of money as I was paying cash, and I didn't feel like I was learning enough to justify taking out loans) I spent learning oils and watercolor I never got to learn anything like this. I didn't have any successful paintings, but since I've been watching your instruction things are a lot clearer for me on how to obtain a sense of believable color and value. Thanks so much for your clear and straightforward approach.

[@linzipage859]

Thank you so much for explaining this - so helpful!

[@beverleychristiansen8121]

Thank you so much. You have taken away the fear i have always had of how to figure out to make a color!

[@prettyespi4853]

very helpful video, thank you so much

[@nicoribas]

Very, very good tutorials. Thank you very much.

[@gwynethboone9143]

Thank you for this! Very insightful and helpful

[@ricardocsc]

Thank You! Really helpful for someone that just started painting, like me!

[@Beobout6]

Thank you Mark. This very helpful. 👏👏

[@lisaferrell8934]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I needed it.

[@paulinebody4880]

Thanks a lot! I love your courses

[@vartanarakelian4643]

Thank you for sharing your years of experience

[@rofete]

Thanks for the video, it was a great help. Very good tips to create colors.

[@allenvoss7977]

I love using this plus cool primary’s. This gives me a split complement palette of warm and cool colors. Way more versatile .

[@leelashlee4505]

Mark, thank you for your wonderful & free videos! I am fairly new to painting (3 years) and have watched lots of videos. You are by far the most helpful and down to earth. Plus you show us how to make items for our own studio!! Amazing. I can't find the video on how to make the brush holder. Please let me know so I can make one. Thank you for all you do! Lee

[@DrawMixPaint]

Lee Lashlee I do talk about the brush holder in Episode 6 of my Q&A show (kzbin.info/www/bejne/in_PiGhmYst8Y80) but I haven't made a video about how to build one yet. I will probably do that soon, and I am also getting ready to release a Geneva brush holder that is even better than the one I currently use.

[@annfoster1980]

Wow moment. What an excellent video.

[@musatopkaya7450]

Very very useful tutorial. I really appreciate! Thank you so much!!!

[@Dr10Jeeps]

As always, your videos are informative and fascinating. Thank you. (And as a Canadian, I too look forward to when you can ship Geneva paints to Canada).

[@svllal.cornelivs2443]

This is a great KZbin lesson, youre a great teacher

[@livelongandprosper70]

your videos are Brilliant, a great help to a Lot of people ..Thank you !

[@marycaciamasser3814]

So simply explained. Thank you.

[@alpha1arts795]

Great approach. Thanks.

[@phyllissamprone132]

Excellent teacher ❤

[@SuperFrasman]

Excellent presentation.......thank you.

[@adnanjam]

wow can't believe I am getting this quality education for free! Really appreciate it and very good way of explaining with examples. Thanks

[@AriesArtist8]

I'm glad I found this video...I've been doing a limited pallet..made things much easier

[@AlysiasArtStudio]

Thank you! Wonderful information

[@naranbeck7243]

Thanks for the clear tutorial.

[@JeanEmar3]

Thank you!You are a great masters also for teaching.

[@laug6237]

Thank you so much for your knowledge!

[@nategrady]

This is such a great video, thank you!

[@danthompson1m]

I think your art is a pretty good argument for a limited palette. But I've been reading several authors who advocate a split primary system - warm and cool primaries for a total of six, plus white and umbers and siennas to dampen the hues. The main argument seems to be that this prevents "muddyness" - by mixing the appropriate shifted primary to make secondary and tertiary colors (as well as balanced primaries). My question is - how might we get colors that are too muddy, and how can this be avoided, when working with a limited palette?

[@40markava]

I have your Geneva paints, I cant wait to try them. It will be a new experience due to the difference of the premixed medium.

[@charlainventado]

Thank you so much for this, it was really helpful!

[@calvancandy8384]

Excellent information thank you.

[@DomingoFreire]

Thank you a lot for your explanation... !!!