The secrets of painting shadows and highlights | MSM 12

Mastering painting shadows and highlights is the key to awesomely realistic and compelling paintings - this is an easy to understand art tutorial which will show you how it’s done! Follow me on Insty: / fieldey and sign-up to my MadSkillz MasterClub newsletter: www.fieldey.com... and get ready to take your art to the next level!
I’ll be giving away my surprising secret trick to painting shadows and highlights easily. I’ll also show you how to mix shadow colours without using black which makes colours muddy.
If you have any ideas for further Mad Skillz Masterclasses, leave a comment below. Also, if you followed this technique and you’re on Instagram I’d love to see the end result so be sure to tag #MadSkillzMasterclass or @fieldey
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My name is Fieldey, I’m a surf, skate and street artist from Australia. I started this channel 5 years ago when I was an unhappy corporate designer yearning to become an artist. Since posting my very first video I’ve been on a crazy journey from teaching myself to paint surfboards and skateboards, to painting large-scale street art murals!
Turning my passion into a full-time career has been a massive learning curve and I want to pass on the skills and knowledge I’ve learned, as well as inspire others who’re just starting out on their creative journeys.
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[@ayyylmaoo1651]

WOW!! this is exactly what I needed to learn!! instead of looking for color combinations for the shadows and highlights, now I can just use this mixture and get better results! Thank you so much for sharing this Fieldey....Cool shirt btw

[@FieldeyTV]

+3rdeye Navigator Glad it helped! Yeah, figuring that out seriously made a huge difference in my art - I use it all the time!

[@paulboone4344]

Thanks for sharing this information....In my opinion, this was one of your most informative videos to date. Awesome, please don't stop making them.

[@gothicfury]

you are amazing and this was really helpful! yes!

[@tribalbabymum]

When you have your masterful tips, could they be on the screen a bit longer, to pause for people to take notes?

[@FieldeyTV]

Thanks for the advice Chandra - I only keep them up quickly to keep the video fairly quick, otherwise people tend to stop watching. It should still be possible to pause and take notes though?

[@jesshasnofilter]

@@FieldeyTV i was able to get it paused and screenshot them, but it took a few tries. Maybe they are just at a weird timestamp? The app tends to go back and forth in multiples of 15 seconds...idk if that has anything to do with anything. But, I have watched this video repeatedly to refresh my memory so i remember to actually put them into practice, and value the tips more every time

[@ranradd]

A brilliant lesson on shading. This has been difficult for me to learn and get right. Great ideas on shadows and highlights. Thing is, I already have the glazing medium you mentioned and zinc white, but this video is extremely helpful. Thanks! Prussian blue and raw umber, gotta try it today. Been using burnt umber, zinc white and glazing medium, but isn't quite right.

[@sunshizzleyou]

Definitely spent the first 2 minutes mesmerized by the t-shirt.

[@FieldeyTV]

😂

[@ramongarcia1641]

Very helpful tips Fieldey! Definitely learned something new!

[@diegocorral7468]

Wow, how am I just now finding these videos? These have been insanely helpful, please keep it up!

[@inktree3673]

thanks so much for such awesome, informative videos! more please! You're a great inspiration! thanks so much!

[@FieldeyTV]

Thank you! Next video up on next Saturday!

[@thearturosbrisbane]

That was excellent!! Thanks👌

[@infinitelove434]

Ohhhhh pretty!! The bord is awesome too! Lol. Just see your chanel yesterday. I'm really enjoying it.

[@FieldeyTV]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!

[@daniellepreyar]

Damn it. Your shirt made me hungry for fruit loops. 😂😩

[@huskendriller5341]

First 30 seconds, awesome you genius!!!!!

[@multiplecuriosity2469]

thank you so much, I did really learn something.

[@johnlebl]

I have some shading black and glazing medium in a Molotov 2mm. It's the way I work with ink and Copic markers too, building up layers of grey.

[@FieldeyTV]

Good tip! I don't tend to mix the black into my colours, but I'll come through at the end and beef up the shadows by glazing black over top.

[@MaloCeeEss]

Thank you for sharing these techniques.

[@eliangomez411]

Thanks for this video:)

[@unrealone1]

Fantastic video!

[@JK-xj2ie]

AMAZING ARTIST WOWWWWWW I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU

[@mikeoldcoach4280]

you're Amazing, Thanks for all the tips......

[@TheRoseReport]

love your shirt!

[@DarkToy18]

Just found your channel a few days ago and it's have been fun to watch your videos. I am a graphic designer as well, but I always had this passion for illustration so I decided to explore new things and try to find some new direction for my ideas. I'm neither good at drawing but as you said, with practice comes success so, yeah... I'll give it a try =) Keep doing what you're doing. Thank you for sharing your techniques and ideas, it's really inspirational! cumpz =]

[@FieldeyTV]

+DarkToy18 Awww thanks for the comment dude! I love getting feedback like this! I don't know that you have to be good at drawing to do illustration, but it's a good skill to work on as it trains your eye and hand connection. If there's anything you're wanting to know in particular just let me know!

[@johnmagee5010]

Fantastic tutorial. So helpful! Glad I found you!!!

[@FieldeyTV]

Hi John! Glad it was helpful! Feel free to share my channel with anyone you know who'll like it :)

[@johnmagee5010]

Fieldey TV: Art & Tutorials Will do!!!

[@Danman4u2]

Awesome tips; I am considering to get several uni posca markers and experiment with them. I usually use mixed media and acrylic, and I am intrigued by what I have seen in your extremely helpful videos. Good on you I think one says in Australia, yes? Keep 'em rolling!

[@bandtana3129]

the tips were very helpful thank you

[@MachupicchuchannelOficial]

I love your art, thanks from Perú.

[@lordakima999]

wow your videos are so awesome !!!

[@ziggyindigo64]

awesomevid

[@AngelaJonesPoetryStoriesArt]

Very helpful, thank you

[@uskybear]

Your top is making me hungry!

[@matthewmiller5514]

Awesome tips, thanks! You've inspired me to make some art of my own...right after I go out and buy some cereal...for some reason I'm craving fruit loops right now....lol

[@FieldeyTV]

+Matthew Miller Delicious high fructose breakfast/dessert

[@stephaniesumpter4802]

can you do a video an what materials you use...paint, mediums, clear coat etc. i'm trying new things out and going to start painting boards

[@FieldeyTV]

I pretty much just use acrylics for skateboards and graffiti paints for surfboards - there's a whole bunch of vids where I talk about the materials :)

[@donmarquis08]

so we can paint a solid color down first and then proceed to add shadows and highlights afterwards?

[@roosterbasquiat9258]

Shirt is dope asf 👌🔥

[@LolaCampbell-rv9xe]

How can I do the glazing technique with oils?

[@popparocket7487]

Appreciate this video

[@legendhasitstudio]

Beautiful art , ur also gorgeous too , nice video , very informative

[@raiss4679]

I work with digital art, and although i found the logic of highlights in your video applicable, i still dont understand the actual difference between direct light and highlight. As of now, i only know that highlights are concentrated points within your light family side of the object and not in the shadows. But what I still dont know, is how they move when the viewer moves. Ik that highlights move at a ratio between the light source and the viewer, but i dont exactly know what that angle is.

[@kaviarsanghani7332]

What is the complementary color of brown? I’ve been struggling with a painting

[@MHS_ART]

Will Michael’s carry those color of paints?? And that transparent white?

[@paulculwell9062]

i really liked this bit of information , short cuts to shading , a guaranteed provision to application . do you mind if i use this methodology .

[@FieldeyTV]

Of course! It's there for you to use.

[@LoneStarRocker]

You are great!

[@AllGrowing]

Hi Fieldey, I forgot to ask: What type of supports do you recommend for acrylic? Cotton/linen canvas or boards of some kind? Thanks!

[@nedcramdon1306]

Wata? What's that? Joking. I'm going to try all those things especially the warmer 3D effect. Thanks for helping me.

[@marienacraig0393]

any tricks for drawing a full body ( all poses )????

[@FieldeyTV]

+Mariena Chandler Hmm... I'll put it on the list and have a think ;)

[@marienacraig0393]

Okay, that would be great :)

[@batmanmontano1]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SHOW HOW YOU DID THAT BOARD!!!!!! IT'S AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! #Respect

[@FieldeyTV]

I'm really regretting not having filmed that board! If someone is crazy enough to give me a wall to paint this on, I'll film it and show you how it was done ;)

[@batmanmontano1]

They'd be crazy if they didn't let you! Your work is absolutely amazing and inspiring. Thank you very much.

[@karinaleef1580]

Fantastic! I learn from every tutorial you do. so can I use my clear glaze medium and a warm white instead of the liquitex product? cheers Karina

[@FieldeyTV]

+Karina Leef You sure can! What's the warm white? I'd be interested in trying it out!

[@karinaleef1580]

+Fieldey TV: Art & Tutorials I've been using th Jo Sonja range of Matt fluid acrylics. Theres a warm white colour in the range. Thanks, dont forget the nose tutorial 😉👃

[@AllGrowing]

Awesome videos, thank you! I haven't got much experience with glazing mediums. When do you use it? With the first layers of paint or maybe some of the later layers - or just in special cases?

[@FieldeyTV]

Thanks dude! I don't tend to use it in the earliest stages as I put the paint on quite thick. I use it when I want a thin transparent layer of paint or I want to change the colour or keep the paint wet a bit longer. This video shows you a bit more how I use it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWLRiHuNj5llqtE&lc=z12gvpzykkrfdxtae04chh1qilbezfx5uas In regards to the supports, I like a really flat canvas so I pretty much always use Masonite board.

[@AllGrowing]

Ok, thanks!

[@peterwade1234]

Hey mate can you use the glazing medium with molotow paint and posca or do you use something else. wanna tag a photo of skateboard deck that im currently doing to your instrgam page. been using your techniques and have lernt alot.

[@kassyabriola8910]

holy crap ur awesome...i have always struggled mixing colours together with water and knew it had to be easier. i hate when i do that and have to do several coats because it thins out.thanks for thise tips.. now i can experiment :)

[@FieldeyTV]

+Kassy Abriola Hey Kass! Oh yeah, when I discovered glazing medium it changed my life! Hope everything is good with you ;)

[@moondogmcblackfoot]

Appropriate shirt for the topic.

[@MHS_ART]

You can add highlights when the paint is dry?

[@FieldeyTV]

Yep!

[@chrisallen6362]

Dope shirt

[@lucashenkel9244]

do you have the process of that anatomical gut longboad. like a speedpaint of it?

[@FieldeyTV]

I so wish I filmed it! Unfortunately I didn't film it :(

[@khadteb6208]

Very really really cool thank you a lot . Tell me how we can repair a mestake ?thank you a lot

[@FieldeyTV]

Pretty much if you're using paint, you can just paint over it until you're happy with it again. Good luck!

[@ploterka8408]

Your art is freaking awesome ! I have a question though , do you recommend any markers for drawing on paper ? I'm using normal "school" markers but finding one with lighter tones is pain in the arse :( Sorry for my english and greetings from Poland :D

[@FieldeyTV]

+ploterka Thanks for the comment! I used to use Copic markers when I was at design school - they were so good but $$$

[@andyhowden7655]

Dont know about everyone else but I'm struggling with shadow shade n highlights in a lot of references like blue hair the high lights are a turquoise colour and the shadows are a cooler blue. And Red the highights are orange/yellow and the shadows are darker cooler red?

[@FieldeyTV]

That's it - you have to try and paint what you see rather than what you think you see if you know what I mean. You could try opening your reference in a photo editor and taking a colour sample with the eye-dropper tool, then make a square of that colour so you can match your paint against it and you don't get thrown by the rest of the image.

[@andyhowden7655]

@@FieldeyTV Thanks Fieldy I'll do some experimenting with digital colour swatches from images and see where it takes me! X

[@travelingwiththetide]

Hi! I love your videos! Do you use the same techniques when painting on surfboards? Or does this only work on canvas?

[@daveeglaus6598]

Ur shirt is so cool

[@mattm00ey]

Wow. I wasted too long at college. Your videos shouldav been on the curriculum and you should be rich. Thanks so much!

[@FieldeyTV]

Thanks buddy!

[@sikabo3376]

Great video :)) tfs

[@lukeedwards8018]

Could you achieve the same effect as the transparent mixing white without having to buy the actual thing

[@FieldeyTV]

Yep - you'd mix normal with with glazing medium to thin it out.

[@Ok-dn2cs]

What is the name of the art style like on your skateboard?

[@FieldeyTV]

I don't know exactly - maybe a cross between realism and old-school tattoo?

[@Ok-dn2cs]

@@FieldeyTV thanks

[@Darlene5541]

How would I shade a blue rose Fieldey?

[@FieldeyTV]

You could add some dark purple to the blue to make the shadow colour, or the technique I talk about here would work well too!

[@Darlene5541]

Ok thank you! Your work is awesome!!

[@chopsticktherapy5952]

Thank you so much for the demo! This is so helpful and I'm on my way to finish a painting with confidence! On a different note, that Aussie accent made me home sick...

[@FieldeyTV]

That's so good to hear! Where do you live?

[@andyhowden7655]

When I mix blue and orange (for blue shadows) it just makes a shockingly horrible green colour!? 😓

[@FieldeyTV]

Ok, it could be the shade of blue and orange you're using, so try experimenting with different blues mixed with different oranges and then the next problem could be the amount of orange - just use a tiny amount - it won't make the blue "black" but it'll be useful for toning down the intensity of the blue.

[@andyhowden7655]

@@FieldeyTV thanks I'll experiment with these tips! Your a star! x

[@bassanteid3548]

Where and how did you learning these methosd?

[@FieldeyTV]

I learnt about using prussian blue and brown as a shadow colour from an older artist friend when I was a kid, but I stumbled on the idea of mixing it with glazing medium and applying it over top myself.

[@jahman8041]

nice shirt

[@rastamagna]

@1:57 click like button

[@poetryjones7946]

1:32

[@komando-fd4op]

👍👍🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️

[@fishisnotfishfish2267]

I'm hungery for knowledge miss \(> []

[@fishisnotfishfish2267]

or maybe I'm just hungery because of the fruit loop shirt .___.

[@msmarinakis]

Absolutely dig your deliciously looking fruit loop T... Pause first ...Need cereal. 😋

[@FieldeyTV]

Hahaha! Thank you!!

[@pygmalion8952]

hhiyah

[@hmax1591]

You need to update this video to actually show people the effects of the completed work. That really didn't help at all. and if you are going to put something for people to read, leave it on the screen for people to actually read and not have to stop the video.

[@FieldeyTV]

Thanks H Max, but when this video came out KZbin penalised longer videos so I had to find ways to keep them short and snappy. If you press the spacebar on your computer or hit "pause" you can actually read it right from your screen - imagine! You need to stop leaving snotty comments and go make your own 'better' videos.