The only COLOR THEORY video series you need as a miniature painter

[@McVilla1N]

One of the best videos I have seen in a long time.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks! Tell your friends!

[@sebastiang.5032]

Da ich sowohl Drucker, als auch Miniaturenmaler bin, gebe ich diesem Video 👍👍

[@NetzHog]

Danke!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Dankeschön!

[@DblIncertion]

I Found your channel from another KZbinr who is a big fan of yours that you took to Italy for a show. I’ve bought 300+ different paints, 3 airbrushes and all accessories, 50+ different synthetic and natural brushes, I’ve looked at airbrushing, dry brushing, wet blending, glazing, a million techniques, and got to a point where I’m like shoot what do I even do everything seems like it’s great (dry brushing looks lame to me tbh but it works), I have spent 150+ hours watching videos and painted 0 times so far…. Your video is helping me get past all the theory and just start doing something for my warhammer collection.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Welcome! Super happy you found your way to my little KZbin corner. I am really happy that this video is helping you. Yes, painting happens only when you paint :) - Keep on happy painting!

[@obroadieswimmer]

Thank you Roman. I can't wait to watch part 2.

[@Megalous]

Hahaha I came over here from Miniac

[@thinkabouthelogic]

THIS. Too much "fire hose"... Roman turns off the water pressure, calms your mind, and lets you finally revert to... painting, without all that fear you have built up.

[@DerComicladen]

Mir ist völlig schleierhaft, wie so ein wertvoller Kurs, geleitet von so einer wertvollen Person, nicht die verdiente Reichweite bekommt. So viel Qualität und Menschlichkeit - deine Videos sind mir ein unbedingtes Vergnügen. Und als Münchner hoffe ich, bald einmal Gelegenheit zum Besuch eines deiner Workshops zu bekommen :) Bleib gesund, danke für deine Arbeit!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Danke Dir vielmals für Dir netten Worte. Ich denke es geht bei KZbin scheinbar nicht nur um Inhalt sondern wohl auch um die Anbetung des Algorithmus, das wiederum ist mir schleierhaft. Dein Kommentar macht das aber alles wieder gut. Dafür mache ich das :) - Danke!

[@wolf-xf6hf]

7:10 small correction but not all factories mix from only primary color a lot of them use pure pigments. Pro acryl for example actually has pure pigment paints like ultramarine and bismuth yellow

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

@@wolf-xf6hf cool, good point and yes, true. More insight in what makes a paint a good paint in the future ;)

[@roopy1]

That grey from colours is mind blowing! 🤯

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: 😇🥳

[@dannyboy5514]

I haven’t finished the video yet but what you said in the beginning really resonated with me. I’ve felt lately that I’m a slave to recipes and my mini painting skills have become stagnate. I’m excited to finish the video but I can already tell it will help me! Thank you!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

I am so happy to hear such. Thank you!

[@Iamevlhmr]

The best teacher in the miniature hobby. Roman is an absolute legend

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Arigato!

[@almost_zab]

Exploring different brands and mediums is so important, btw, highly recommend golden so flat acrylics. Just so versatile. Once you are used to mixing colors you can do so much with so little!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: So very true!

[@deantareach8217]

Which colors do you use from the golden so flat range?

[@almost_zab]

@@deantareach8217 when i first tried them i just got black, white a bright yellow and bright red and ultramaine blue cause i could mix most colors from that. after i was sure i liked them i started to expand my range of colors.

[@daveskelly]

Thanks Roman, probably the most intuitive video on colour theory I've ever seen. Finally, I'm beginning to understand how a colour wheel works.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Really happy it is helpful.

[@marcoooo7324]

Thank you for this series! I'm one of the boys the Scott brought over, and both of you have become two of my favorite miniature painters.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

😀🥰 very happy to hear and welcome

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

Some useful info here, thanks for sharing your knowledge with the world.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: You are welcome!

[@christianmadcow3018]

Ich hatte bisher nur einmal das Vergnügen einen Malkurs mit Roman zu Besuchen, aber dort hatte er auch einen die Welt der Farbmischung gezeigt. Ein absoluter Gamechanger! Super dass er dieses Video gemacht hat und allen auf der Welt, diese Philisophie näherbringt. I've only had the pleasure of attending a painting class with Roman once, but there he also showed you the world of color mixing. An absolute gamechanger! Super that he has made this video and brings everyone in the world, this philisophy closer.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Many thanks for the beautiful feedback! 🥰😇

[@squighideimpride7999]

I never had fun with just going by recipes and a lot of colours. So I began looking to finally start with colour theory and mixing colours. Your video is by far the best I came across! Thank you so much!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

I am really happy to hear that. Thank you!

[@simondale2833]

Thank you for this lesson. I started using artist acrylics a year ago and discovered that I love mixing colours, part was freedom and part was getting that little dopamine hit that feeds the attention. But it was all experimental play with no deeper learning. I'm watching this at work and I want to rush home and follow the exercise. Thank you also for the warning about heavy metals. It does not come up anywhere enough in other mini-painting videos around artist acrylics. much appreciated. (As an aside, painting 40k miniatures became a lot more fun when I stopped trying to use the recipes that GW listed on the box and started organically mixing the layers and highlights.)

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: I am very happy about your feedback. Really appreciate your thoughts on it. Yes, there is freedom of painting included in the journey of mixing colors.

[@AdrianKramarzyk]

i have watched it with my daughter as you explained it so much better than i ever could. cheers Roman.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: 🫡😇🥰

[@forgingaheadinart]

Thank you for this video. This explanation of a color wheel and mixing to make it is the best I have ever heard. You did an amazing job, opened my eyes to a whole new world!!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Thank you for your feedback! It is really appreciated!

[@The_Bat]

Best explanation I've seen so far.

[@The_Bat]

As english is not your first language Roman, I let you know that the word, 'Recipe,' is pronounced "Ress - Ip - ee" not Resype. Great content keep it coming please. See you in the next Video.

[@leaschuller3834]

You misunderstood it refers to the long receipt you will have if you buy all the colours needed for recipes. 😉

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Good to know! Thanks a lot!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

😅

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks, happy that the work for the video pays off :)

[@f.s.3197]

John and Scott should recommend this Video in TUP. Best Video for colour theory in minipainting I have seen so far.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Maybe they do. You never know! You can tell them ;)

[@jakew5115]

Thanks to KZbin for recommending this video. It’s exactly the kind of video I was needing for my painting journey. The quality of this video is excellent. That’s so much for making it.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks so much for enjoying it so much. Do not miss part 2 and 3 :)

[@zolniu]

Hi. Great explanation of all the physical processes that take place when mixing paints! I have one tip of my own: I stopped using brushes to mix pain and started usig sylicone brushes (you know - those typically used for sculpting) - I find it much better expirience. With silicone brush you can push the mixed paint back into small ball on the palet and it's much easier to clean the brush for your next mix.

[@matthieukiriyama7219]

Great idea, and I already own some too! I experimented with painting knives (like oil painters do) but found they don't interact well with a wet palette. Much obliged!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks a lot for the feedback! And yes, this is a good tip!

[@organicod2438]

"I wish I had more hands, so I could give this four thumbs up!" - Jick Rames

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: 🥰

[@Weighted-Earmuffs]

I found you from your mini doc on the last light and was inspired to learn more. This was a really interesting project to try and learn. It has really helped me with the idea that less can truly be more as an artist.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

@@Weighted-Earmuffs 🥰🥰😍😍 thank you for taking the time to say this

[@christianhalverson5007]

Thanks Roman, I have needed this sort of inspiration to push myself further.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Very happy to hear!

[@davecolwell725]

I've never learned about that neutral grey before that's awesome! 9 years in mini painting now and I'm still picking up new stuff all the time. Love it! Can't wait to play with that, I feel like making my own desaturated colours is a weakness of mine and so I always turn to the pre-mixed paints for that. I hope this will help me level up for that.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

A pleasure, David. Never thought this could be something for you as I am big fan of your work and like everything you do. Looking forward to see what this grey trick can do to your painting from now on ... Keep on happy painting!

[@davecolwell725]

@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART hopefully we can meet some day when I travel to Europe or maybe you will consider coming to Australia some day I would love to spend a week learning from you in personal private tuition.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

I am flattered. Would love to be able to teach you a thing or two. Unfortanetely I will not be in Australia anytime soon due a full schedule and a baby :D

[@Whiteleon13]

I am very thankful for this video, this is something you have to pay for in order to get this knowledge, and you made it for free, thank you

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

@@Whiteleon13 Hey! My pleasure. Hope you enjoy part 2 and 3 too. Part 4 is in the making. I feel free content is the right choice here. Anytime you feel like supporting me there is KZbin Channel membership and Patreon. Thank you!

[@jacobfisher7625]

I am so grateful for this video! I seriously thought the next step for improving my miniature painting was to buy another paint set so I had that "one color." Next step for me is to get some primary colors and work through a color wheel and a mini with them! Thank you sir!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thank you for such a lovely feedback. This is exactly why I have done this video. Enjoy and also enjoy the journey that is ahead of you. It is a different type of painting than what we are often thaught by miniature painting companies.

[@wyrdstoned4824]

Thank you Romey

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

My pleasure!

[@joshyjosh00]

Thank you for making this so friendly. I can’t wait to watch the rest of your videos and continue to learn

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

My pleasure! You are welcome!

[@imyourhuckleberry5133]

what makes me mad the most is that i am in the grand scheme of it all still new to the game. i started back in 2020 during the pandemic and i am now love the hobby of painting... but not understanding how good artist colors are what you can do with it, is that i have a huge collection of colors from vallejo, citadel, scale 75 and more....if i had just settled and bought a set of artist colors and understood more of what i know now about color theory i would have saved so much money but have been better at understanding it all...but such is life, a constant lesson to learn about things...great video!!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Thank you so much for the kind words. Yes, in the beginning we all used to buy everything as we think every new toy makes us better and improve. This is the biggest lie played on us from the miniature industry. Thanks for the kind feedback!

[@julianspeed7322]

Thank you for the lesson I appreciate it! Going to take some time to sit and practice this for a while I think

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Do it! And wait for the second part, the lesson continues over several videos. Thank you for your patience. Editing these takes a while for me :)

[@FungalHorror]

Thanks for such a straightforward technique for learning colour theory/technique. Been working on my understanding of mini color schemes and this is just the kind of practical approach I needed to break through mental barrier.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

@@FungalHorror yesssss ... very happy to hear! Do not miss the other parts 2 and 3 then. 4 is in the making ;)

[@Samwinslol]

Great video! I find another great advantage of using artist paints, compared to miniature paints, is that they don't tend to change colour after drying. I think that the miniature paints with a lot of matte medium etc. are lighter and more opaque when wet, since the matte medium is white when wet before drying clear. I remember always being frustrated when trying to match a colour with miniature paints, being happy with it when it went on, only to have it turn out to be darker once dry. I think you are also right when you say to just use any highly saturated colours - it is easy to spend all day looking up paint brands and pigments, but ultimately the only way to know what you like is to start painting and try it.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Happy that you find it helpful and inspiring. Thanks for your addition to the content with your comment. Really appreciated

[@WernerKellens]

Best theory video I've ever seen, thank you for making this content! I've several artist paints but never really tried using them by applying color theory. I'll follow this series and do my homework. And I will take the challenge to paint one miniature only with the primary colors. But first some learning... A big thank you! 🙏

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Thanks a lot for such a kind feedback!

[@GabisFlyingColours]

Thanks for explaining so nicely the importance of being able to observe and read colours!! To paint what we observe and not what we think we know - it makes all the difference

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: So true! 😇

[@bodorunde]

Really an awesome video. As Roman said, I know the color wheel back from school. Back then my teacher (or myself?) missed the small details you provide - saturation, how to mix a neutral grey, why not blue and red but instead cyan and magenta. All this in a very motivating manner. I'm very eager to see the following videos - there will be more details. I hope also for some more hints about seeing colors. Also I missed some words to Pantone colors - metallic, night glowing and such. Maybe there is a dedicated video to this?

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Planning to have more videos on this and in depth topics in the future. Thank you for your patience and your beautiful feedback! Really appreciated!

[@Ptachu4don]

Wow, My friend show me your channel, I'm 33 old guy. Who wants to start painting my own miniatures, after this movie i know that i must hard learn about colors and all staf around it. Thanks for this type of movies/learnings. Gretings from Poland.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

@@Ptachu4don you are welcome! Enjoy! Thank you for your kind comment

[@maqarzan]

I am this friend 😅

[@indiewargame]

Why do I just find your channel now ? This is awesome, thanks for the great lesson, artist acrylic paint will definitely be my next purchase

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

welcome! Great to hear! Yeah, well I do not pray to the Algorithm gods ...

[@DylanBartle-il9xc]

Thankyou for passing on your knowledge in such an understandable style…i wish I’d found this video years ago. Keep up the good work

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thank you very much! My pleasure!

[@piotrunogi]

Hi. Thanks a lot for this vidéo! I was thinking about it for a while. I'm not youtuber at all but I was thinking about making a video about this subject. The only thing I could say more is that : Most of time, because some pigment have a lack of opacity, paint maker put some charges and white pigments to give more opacity , even in primary color. So I came back to my traditional beaux-arts paints , in that way I manage to have pure primary colors. I use ready-made colors but I adjust most of time with primarys. Instead of greys I used earths (ocre to burst umber with prussian blue to get it darker) so I'm impatient to see howyou use neutral grey. Nice job!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: All you say makes sense. There is so much more on comor theory than the content in this video. I plan many more, but still mighr think I miss a thing or two. Thanks for your feedback!

[@Wijkert]

I especially like the part about the neutral grey being made with other pigments than PW6 and PBk7. E.g. purple/violet and yellow pigments like artist brands sometimes make. Much more interesting tones or at least a great alternative traditional neutral greys.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Absolutely, these are all variations :)

[@someguy2441]

Found you through Miniac’s video. Subscribed. Great content. Thank you!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Glad you found your way! Thanks and welcome!

[@wildstormstudios9955]

So sharing this with my community!!!

[@Seraphim2611]

How have I not seen you before. Excellent video

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Algorythm falls on me

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

*fails

[@DragoonKnight00]

amazing video. i have been using an app to kinda help me with the visual representation of the wheel. Now i think i´m gonna ditch it and actually start trying to get the colors myself. I got a whole better understanding (i think) of this now. And now i will be mixing colors with an intention and a better feel or how to try and achieve the colors i´m seeing.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Lovely to hear! This is what this is all about. Enjoy the next parts :)

[@ericlang7408]

Fantastic introduction to colour theory!! Thank you for this!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Happy to hear! Yay!

[@wurgat]

Thank! This video is great. Starting with with basics. I'm looking forward to the next video :) Can you all so do a video about the Zorn palette?

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Happy you like it! Well, maybe very far in the future I can speak about the Zorn Palette. In the meantime I find this very helpful: gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/07/zorn-palette.html?m=1

[@stephenkilbey2321]

Amazing is all that needs to be said

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thank you!

[@Paranormal-Stupidity]

I really enjoyed this tutorial. You have definitely helped me to understand colour theory, and have helped with my miniature painting. Thank you. I look forward to the next lesson.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Super glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your feedback!

[@yvonvachon5357]

Thank you verry much for this video,can't wait for the next one.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Thank you! It will take a while as editing such beasts is not a one man job, but for me it is :D

[@bottiman3482]

Thanks this Was very useful!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Happy you like it! Thanks!

[@thomasoldfield9158]

Stumbled onto this from Instagram - now I understand why mixing magenta and yellow has been giving me such rich colors! Really enjoying this and learning a lot. Small note, "recipe" breaks normal English pronunciation rules and should be "re-si-pee", not "re-seep" :)

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I will take care of better pronouncation of this word. Sorry, not a native speakee and mistakes are sneaking in.

[@thomasoldfield9158]

@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART Dude, no need to apologize! Thank YOU for the awesome painting content.

[@sawomirtrzewik4859]

awsome i gonna buy all basic paints

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@harrij.9542]

Looking forward to part 2 !

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Soon! I am already doing final editing work!

[@GhostGuitars]

Excellent, and i really liked you explaining the magenta/cyan primaries as well. looking forward to the skin tones

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Can not wait to show you all the next one either. Working on it! Takes a bit of time for the one man army here ;)

[@monnubains6184]

This video was really fantastic. I’m looking forward to the next part!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thank you!

[@wildstormstudios9955]

you had way too much fun in the snow!!🤪

[@Wild1chevy]

Great lesson.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Happy you enjoyed it!

[@sevencoloredmage8726]

I finally managed to try this lesson out. It was more interesting than I expected. I tried out three of my favorite paint brands (Scale Artist, Kimera, Ak3rd) and while I felt no big drawback with the AK3rd for the wheel, it was really frustrating to create the neutral grey with the hues I had available in the Murakami set.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Great! Thanks for going through the lesson and enjoying it. Part 2 is in preparation.

[@renatosouza9469]

amazing tutorial!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Happy you like it!

[@stephaneschmieszek2833]

Really interesting ! I'll put the series on my painting playlist !

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks! I bet you will enjoy it. Let me know!

[@stephaneschmieszek2833]

@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART Well, I watched the 3 parts, I have some arts acrylics, and I'm lookinf for some models to print. I think it means I'm hooked. Danke Schön for the series !

[@ringodeathstarr9795]

thank you roman

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Thank you!

[@funCortex]

Aweso lesson! Made me think back to one of your beginner-workshops. Now with more experience i understand the power behind this knowlege.... Also nice "bloopers" at the end...."törchiery" made me laugh out loud :D... looking forward to your next video.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Hah! I told you back then ;) Terdiary is a horrible word for a bavarian :D

[@karmaq8462]

Great video , I learned about color theory in a painting class , glad you explained it easier than the professor I had !

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Happy to hear :)

[@DimitriosDenton]

Still waiting for part 2! This has been great!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: will happen. Already recorded and started editing, but too much work in terms of teaching and painting at the moment, so no time for editing. Thank you for your patience!

[@DimitriosDenton]

@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART Just wanted to let you know, since you read this, that you have led me down the road of creating my own colors from pigments, as to get even more pigment power! It has gone great!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

@@DimitriosDenton Roman: Yay! So, so happy to hear! Great!

[@bear0907]

Thank you Roman, very interesting colour theory video.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: 😃😇

[@SteveForteGMR]

Fantasticaly explained and demonstrated

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Superhappy to hear!

[@piotrcthlu]

Thank you mate, quality content

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: 😁🫡👍

[@Katoasapun]

Great one! Cant wait for the next one

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Working on it!

[@gabethefish7585]

Such a great video!!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks!

[@krzysztofmathews738]

This is a great overview. Thank you!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: you are welcome!

[@Maxinkaiser]

thanks!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

No problem!

[@NarcolepticLTD]

Thanks for this one Roman. Gave me a reason to bust out the pallette and paint for a few while I've been in a slump and hampered by time constraints. I ended up using the scale color artist range for this and was pleased with the results. Looking forward to the next parts!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Yay! Happy you enjoyed it!

[@deadminiatures]

cool video, Roman)) and nice to see you)))

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Happy you like it my friend!

[@xid1980x]

Amazing video, I've learnt a lot. I'm looking forward to the next. Thank you.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: You are welcome!

[@hugoandrade9971]

Thank you so much!a treasure info! cheers from Monterrey, México!!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Ypu are welcome

[@SuperDerkanal]

Tolles Video ! Vielen Dank Roman , freu mich über deine regelmässigen Uploads. Meine Miniatur content highlights

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Freut mich sehr zu hören!

[@Wijkert]

I definitely enjoyed you first video, but like you mentioned at the end, I am looking forward to you "putting you foot on the gas". Don't worry about making it to complicated. This medium makes it easy to rewind/re-watch content.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: This is true. I do not worry to make it too complicated, I mainly want to add didactic quality and teaching methods to it to make it a senseful and very useful learning experience. This takes time for me to film and edit. Working on it! Thanks!

[@lucfarly2772]

Another really good video! Thanks Roman!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Happy you enjoyed it!

[@kiemenhund]

Nice one, looking forward to the next videos!

[@kiemenhund]

Love the outtakes BTW 😂

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

😇😅

[@TylerProvick]

Thanks for making this video. People don't believe me that 1) they were taught this in elementary school and 2) this isn't rocket science. Having them do this helps them understand that they can just play with the paint and see what happens, they don't have to study for a year before they touch a brush. Years ago I wanted a paint that I could airbrush and brush paint, so I tried Golden HIgh Flow. Their literature suggested that their starter 8 pack was designed to be a limited palette - all the colours you needed to paint anything. This got me interested in the idea of mixing everything and maintaining a limited palette. Unfortunately Golden High Flow is super glossy and I just couldn't see what I was doing while I used it. So I went back to Vallejo, trying to apply colour mixing. Except they have so much white and so many pigments in each pot everything quickly goes grey. I lamented that there'd never be a hobby paint which was single pigment and no added white. As if answering my prayers, Kimera announced their new line of paints. Really, they'd been developing it for a while before I had the thought, but I like to think I willed it into existence. I was part of the first pre-order and am on my second box - although now when I run out of a colour I buy a single from the FLGS that stocks Kimera (Ottawa is the hobby mecha of Canada, strangely) so that I always have 1 open bottle and one sealed bottle of each of the 13 original colours. And that's it. That's all I use. Exact colour matching is not as necessary as many believe - I've painted large models where each limb was painted on a separately day from a freshly mixed batch. If you tried really hard you could probably see that the colours are not exactly the same, but only if you know to look, take pictures and pull swatches.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

So very true. Exacxt color matching often is very boring in its outcome and absolutely not necessary. I agree.

[@ClausMllerJensen]

This was SO inspirational.. I am now googling high quality acrylics near me.. I want to try the challenge of painting a group of minis with only base colors. A question though: Why do you still have so many hobby paints, if mixing your own color wheel is so much more flexible and powerful? What value does an expert gain from having that many hobby paints?

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Glad you enjoy it! Enjoy the homework! I bet you will encounter painting freedom. Good question: Well, I do like to pick out a perfect tone for something once in a while, for me it is important to understand the hobby paints I use. And well, honest answer: Lazyness :D

[@redrooster7371]

19:18 these eyes! It's all the devils work! 😁

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

I did not see eyes there! Tried several times at 19:18 :D ... I am getting too old for this!

[@redrooster7371]

@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART the demon under the table. Glowing eyes. Scary.

[@redrooster7371]

I checked again. I still see sone eyes. Looks like a dog under the table. Or it's a funny reflection from your trousers?

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Haha! Now I know what you mean. These are dots of color on my trousers

[@redrooster7371]

@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART 😂😂😂

[@nickcharles5891]

Excellent tutorial

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks

[@solun888]

Great tutorial ! Will you take a bit about the transparency of acrylics paint in the coming tutorial , do we have to use transparent acrylics paint or just mix some medium or water to make them transparent ? This is the best color theory tutorial for me so far ,thanks a lot !!

[@stefan020290]

Normally acrylics are already a bit translucent depending on brand and pigment density and the colour itself. Mix in a bit more water or medium and you should be good to go.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thank you! I will speak about these important matters when they make sense. I start from the basics and color consistancy while painting is something that is not important in the beginning. It gets more important later on, then I will also explain things about it.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

True. All. Thank you!

[@davidsonfamily2930]

Thanks so much for this! I've been working with a limited palate (not quite the primary only -- I def have some bottled raw sienna and burnt umber because mixing good browns has been a challenge for me), but I do sometimes feel like I'm floundering, even though I have a loose grasp of the basics. This clear walkthrough is super helpful and inspiring. Looking forward to the future parts!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Really happy to hear that this video helps you a lot!

[@tokyosundeiru2006]

Made my first neutral grey. It was coming out too dark, then realized my blue is a lot darker than yours!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

@@tokyosundeiru2006 so much learned from this video. Happy to hear!

[@Tryel]

I feel one thing that gets missed consistantly by these types of videos is one of the most important thing about pigments: Transparency. Contrast paints are not just normal paints thinned down, they are made with transparent pigments (when possible) to show the base colour through. Some pigments (reds, yellows etc) are naturally transparent, so in order for them to get good coverage in wargaming paints, they're mixed in with black and whites. This is also why mixing wargame colours can lead to desaturated, or surprising results. It is also why you can't just take any 'normal' paint and make a 'contrast' with it, when thinned enough, all paints feel transparent, but the black and white make it cloudy and defeat the purpose. Artist paints will show an icon for transparency on the bottle, some (like golden) even show a sample of the paint on the bottle.

[@Samwinslol]

Great point, and I think that sometimes people conflate "opaque" with "high quality" in the miniature world, even though many of the most beautiful pigments are transparent, and you can get some incredible fidelity using transparent paint layers. Dmitry Fesechko has a video where he lines his palette with opaque pigments on the left and transparent pigments on the right, which I think is a great way to keep track of your paint transparency.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: This is a very good point. You are absolutely right, I agree, but there is a didactic reason why I did not yet speak about it so far. Check the next parts. I will speak about it when it makes sense, at least in my eyes. Thank you for your feedback. Really appreciated.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Agreed. In full.

[@leonardodosvinci4130]

@@Samwinslol Yeah man, Dimitri got me working with oils in the first place, his tutorials are well worth a watch regardless of how you paint. Hes up there with Roman in my estimations.

[@SteveForteGMR]

One step at a time. If someone is new to colour theory and paint mixing, adding information about pigment transparency or even pigment colour bias is just an overload waiting to happen. Think of things like this as a meal with many courses to gradually ingest rather than a single course, fast food meal that gets devoured in one go.

[@davidhorak8161]

Best!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thx!

[@Rogelio_007]

This is excellent

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@Rogelio_007]

100% Was like being in art class with a favourite Jr. High school teacher. Well done Roman 🙂@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART

[@Streetsam]

Great!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks!

[@leonardodosvinci4130]

I use artist oils so I wasnt expecting this to be useful but it was excellent, very informative when you use grown up paints with proper designations. Thanks Roman.

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Yes, of course you can use this knowledge and transport it easily to other color Mediums...

[@selektorkjulu]

Das die artist colours kein wasser auf der pallette vertragen, mich wunderts immer warum das so schnell trocknet. Tolles video!

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Ist ja naturbedingt und nicht nur bei Artist Colors: Wasser verdunstet, auch bei Hobby Paints, wenn sie verdünnt auf der Nasspalette liegen...

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Danke, freut mich wenn es gefällt

[@matthewgrove9704]

Very good information. I was curious who makes that orc figure at the start of the video?

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thanks! Happy you like it! The Orc is a Blood Bowl Orc from Games Workshop, converted with some bits. You can see some of the conversion work in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGm4f4Crobl0p7M

[@lenoxbig4471]

Super Video, vielen Dank

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: Sehr gerne!

[@eliecastonguay]

Very cool theory🙂

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: 😇🥰

[@eliecastonguay]

@@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART My pleasure! You are a great artist 🙂 ! I am curious, do you listen to podcasts 🎙when you are creating?

[@clement3996]

Hello, I watched your videos about painting with primary colors. This technique pleases me and so I took advantage of your pots to have quality references. I bought Primacryl paint tubes, but I can’t paint my figures properly. I use a wet palette, and a Raphael Stradivarius brush. What do you think is bothering me? The dilution of the paint does not behave properly, either with water or medium. Does it require a particular technique? Is it reserved for experienced painters? Thank you and I wish you a merry christmas :).

[@ForgottenStreams]

Thank you for this lesson, will do the homework! Which paint brand and pigment do you use for the cyan?

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Thank you! You are very welcome! Well, go for a bright blue, I often find a very okish tone in cobalt tourquoise, but you will see if they differ a bit, it does not matter for your homework.

[@Felix-ef7iq]

Hi Roman, thank you for the video. Quite a few new things I learned. I also got a question: you are a big fan of the Schmincke acrylic paints. When checking out their website I couldn't quite figure out what the difference between their primacryl, acadamy and college range is (besides the price). Can you - as an expert and highly skilled model painter - elaborate on that? What are they good for and what are their differnces? Regards, Felix

[@ROMANLAPPATMINIATUREART]

Roman: thanks for your comment. The differrence is in the price and in the quality of the pigment in the paint. The college ones are often used for Kids in school to Experiment. The Academy ones are often used with a bit more skill as they allow more painting techniques and mixing. The Primeacryl are the peak of paint quality that you can get and are ofte used for professional work.