The (Not) Rule of Color Relationships

Nathan Fowkes is back with Part 3 of his (Not)Rules of Art series. In this video, Nathan describes how to get past the complicated color rules and find simple and meaningful relationships of color. Nathan's courses on color design can be found here: www.schoolism.com/online-art-...
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[@welshwaffles6018]

I think Nathan Fowkes should make a very detailed book on all the (not) rules! It has been fantastic getting a deeper understanding on these principles. Thank you Bobby and the team for putting it on You Tube for free.

[@gracieandskip]

He pretty much covers it all in this book. www.amazon.com/Landscapes-Quickly-Beautifully-Watercolor-Gouache/dp/162465049X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=nathan+fowkes&qid=1604510277&s=instant-video&sr=1-1

[@kathyriggs2308]

check out his book on landscape sketching---excellent!

[@lbon5479]

The exercise of just playing around mixing colors and seeing what happens is sooooo good, I'm gonna start doing that!

[@BobbyChiu]

Awesome!! Hope you have fun experimenting with colors! :) ~S

[@WindSwirl]

I just love listening to Nathan's voice. I hope his eye will be okay again, soon!

[@BobbyChiu]

We completely agree - Nathan's voice is incredible soothing and pleasing to listen to! :) ~S

[@chelychee4382]

Nathan has such a lovely personality. His courses are some of my absolute favorites, and I love listening to him talk. So gentle and calming lol

[@BobbyChiu]

Nathan's voice is extremely calming and relaxing to listen to! Makes learning from him even more enjoyable! :) Thanks for watching! ~S

[@BurdHQ]

I remember a lot of these lessons/ideas from Nathan's 30 day workout, it's really helpful! Gave me great things to think about and to also sharpen and review what I already knew! The info is also so neatly organized and easy to understand

[@BobbyChiu]

Wow, that's so wonderful to hear! Glad you've found Nathan's workout so helpful!! :) ~S

[@jamescampbell6728]

That "blue" inside of the more saturated blue looked deadass gray lmao

[@BobbyChiu]

Interesting how colors can appear to "change" like that, right before your eyes! ~S

[@chocolateicecream6995]

This is fantastic! I am currently learning these principles in school(although not at the level you describe). I have always thought that color was a tricky subject because it's all relative. It's really all about the temperature, saturation, and value that makes colors sing together and not necessarily their hue!

[@pakblueman7468]

Two color men Joseph Alber, Johanne Itten classic text. Art, the only place with rules for everything that are best ignored, unless you are doing contract work.

[@christinenorbe8618]

I would love to totally understand this!

[@RohitHela]

This opened up my eyes about how I perceive colors.

[@BobbyChiu]

That's great to hear! Thanks so much for watching! :) ~S

[@ErikaCasab]

Great series, I hope you continue making these :)

[@BobbyChiu]

We're sure Nathan Fowkes will be back with more videos! He has a lot of knowledge to share with everyone! :) ~S

[@windowpictureframe]

Thank you so much for sharing these little videos! They help a lot!

[@BobbyChiu]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you find these videos helpful :) ~S

[@sleyaraze8916]

Thank you

[@BobbyChiu]

Thanks for watching! ~S

[@jasonstock8106]

I'm happy you've grown as a teacher, Nathan! This was very enjoyable and useful. (I was burned by some earlier rather expensive "8 week" courses where 90% of the talk was about how you got your job and how amazing it was)

[@hikariyamamoto8285]

oh my gosh i thought it was only my problem about being not ok with that course! but yeah, now its more informating and nicely constructed information ♥

[@Nediame]

Hikari Yamamoto if you don’t mind me asking, which course was that?

[@georgesakalakis2367]

Really great teacher

[@BobbyChiu]

He sure is!! ~S

[@Amanda-iz6qo]

so helpful! I always struggled with color before and these videos are a great tool. really emphasizes how important color relationship and environment are for how we perceive a color. I particularly love the example with the yellow and purple next to each other. similar values, not super saturated, but the difference in hue makes such a striking effect.

[@BobbyChiu]

Glad it was helpful!

[@BobbyChiu]

Thank you, Amanda! It's great to hear that this video was helpful for you and that Nathan's examples helped to visually demonstrate color relationships and how we perceive color. Thanks for watching😊 ~S

[@EMY.sr.]

Thank You

[@BobbyChiu]

Thank you for watching! ~S

[@jeanling6985]

:))thanks for the tips!!

[@BobbyChiu]

Thank you for watching! :) ~S

[@rasinthadharmapriya7182]

very helpful

[@BobbyChiu]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching! ~S

[@briz3950]

Omg yees cant wait for the step by step demo😭 will you do that digitaly?

[@BobbyChiu]

Yes, Nathan typically uses Photoshop for his demos :) ~S

[@Rishabh_Bahuguna]

6:40 the abstract piece on the lower left looks exactly like an animation video i just watched on KZbin something like "Afternoon Class". Did you studied from that :0

[@luisfelipe1318]

this made me want do stud colors so patient, like we dont have to eat the object

[@silentsnail3728]

8:31 >"I had pretty intresting results in this one" >Zooms into fucking amongus great video btw

[@ethan2163]

I get the idea that our eyes are very sensitive to the way grays interact with each other but aren't some of the values of the colors different from the grays themselves?

[@fransende]

Anywhere I could see more of those abstract paintings? I would love to study more examples :)

[@mk-sh6iy]

Hi, art student here. I was wondering what you mean by terms that artists use, when you called the complementary colors "the simultaneous contrast of colors". To me that sounds like a definition of complementary colors, also all my teachers seem to refer to it as complementary colors. This may just be term preference, I don't know, but I am having a hard time understanding the difference in terms, and how one is more favorable than the other aside from being more descriptive.

[@headfangs]

I can only speak for how I interpreted it. It sounded as if he was making a distinction between "complementary colors" (ie: the hue contrast color wheel-- red & green, orange & blue, purple & yellow) and a more detailed analysis of colors that includes not only hue, but also value and saturation as points of contrast. I think the "simultaneous" in his terminology was to indicate that all of those factors are interacting at the same time, not simply just orange/blue.

[@mk-sh6iy]

@@headfangs I see. That makes a lot of sense. Thank you!

[@Agiranto]

3:59 - oh no, I'm getting those flashbacks about "whats the color of the dress" thingy

[@BobbyChiu]

Oh no!! Haha😆 ~S

[@miscellaneous7777]

The square inside the saturated blue is in a warmer greenish hue so it’s not warmer because the saturation was lowered but because the hue was warmed up

[@hopekelvin1065]

When he said ellllectric Me: OMaiga

[@Phantomyre]

These colors are hurting my eyes.

[@lunarsann5499]

you sound like animaniaks