Basic Color Theory through Oil Pastels

[@ethicsexistentialism4191]

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[@SpiritPhoenixRose]

That was excellent, thank you! So clearly explained and I like how you used Van Gogh works for examples 👏🏻

[@danasterry4]

This is the best explanation of the color wheel I have ever heard! Fantastic job and breaking this down!

[@ranradd]

Thanks. Great idea to use Van Gogh examples throughout. He was a master colorist.

[@charmleneboni]

Clear, easy to follow, and lots of visuals. Perfect!

[@francesca8325]

The first time I understand the color theory. Thank you!

[@sixmercer2504]

Being only a year into getting serious about art, using these kinds of videos to learn since my medical situation limits me from taking any classes, online or otherwise (financially online courses are not within reach), I have to thank you for putting out such wonderful teaching videos because I'm really learning a ton! Color theory I understand is the dreaded black hole (so to speak) I hear everyone groan about. But I know it's so vital to creating art that's palletable. It makes every bit of sense and I do have a color wheel so I think I will need a lot more of these basic videos to really make it sink in. Maybe I will make some diagrams with a sharpie and break out my oil pastels which have had zero use since buying them. I found them to be far too much like crayons, but I do love a lot of art that has come from them so I haven't given up on them yet. Following along to your video with you while making my own color swatches in the diagrams may really help it sink in. I know when I went to nursing school, if I wrote something down once or twice, it was really engrained in my memory. Your videos are such a huge help and you are a fantastic teacher. I may only be doing this for fun but I am taking it seriously and want to learn everything I can to get confident in my skills as an artist one day (hopefully soon since I was 46 when I started a year ago)! I can't thank you enough. 😃

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[@JC-il4or]

Gosh, you straightened out a basic concept for me on intensity vs value. I thought I knew!! Thank you!!

[@vacuator]

More information than I've ever been taught. Very interesting, well presented. So many videos are rushed. However the time spent to fill in the color wheel and intensity diagrams in real time is very refreshing and allows time for the information to absorb. Thanks again.

[@akashmakkar7187]

And it's being done incorrectly in this video. Cyan and Magenta are the primaries in pigments, not red and blue, which is why the color wheel he makes looks like shit when it comes to magenta and cyan. They don't exist in his wheel.

[@boogersvill5516]

Thank you for this free video. This has helped me so much. I also plan to do a math lesson with my students using the color wheel!

[@maankawas5957]

Wonderful video, accessible and informative! I'm enjoying this wonderful course (The Oil Pastel Course)!

[@marilynbalke-lowry282]

This is the best and most clear color theory explanation I have ever seen. And I have seen many of them. I understand it with total clarity now! THANK YOU!!!

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Wow! Thanks Marilyn!

[@akashmakkar7187]

​@@thevirtualinstructor you're misleading people. Cyan and Magenta are the primaries in pigments. Look at your color wheel. Cyan and Magenta don't exist there because they're primaries. What should be Cyan and Magenta look like mud. Subtractive mixing, remember that. Relearn your color wheel as CMY and try again.

[@widjajantidharmowijono2957]

Hi Matt, thank you for this video. I have followed a course for watercolour mixing, but what you teach in your video from the 13th minute on is new to me. I like that you showed us what you mean by using paintings by Van Gogh, one of my favourite painters of all time. I also like your calm voice!

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@sixmercer2504]

I agree about the paintings. By using the paintings done by the same artist all of which are similar, is FAR more helpful that being shown art by different artists which is what we typically see in these teaching videos. They talk about how not using color theory you can "muddy up your colors when mixing", I feel by using a bunch of different artists it's easy to muddy up the examples making it hard to decifer what they're explaining. That was extremely helpful.

[@vitamincalmasmr]

I haven't learned the colour wheel since my school days for my junior cert (16years old ish) I don't know what that is in school terms in your part of the world. So thank you for the refresher. This was excellently explained in great detail. I will re watch and take notes in my art journal. Thank you so much 💚

[@akashmakkar7187]

You need to relearn. This video is incorrect. Cyan and Magenta are the primaries in pigments, not red and blue.

[@nikahadasart3207]

Your tutorials are amazing, videos like these are very specific and detailed. Thank you

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@lisengel2498]

I really love the examples with van Gogh ❤️

[@mihaelaartacademy]

Very good basic color theory Thanks friend ❤

[@fayegray9576]

Now I understand why his paintings are so treasured. Picaso

[@angelica-rs5nb]

i think you like Van Gogh!!!! Thanks a lot! It was very interesting and informative, the Van Gogh examples really helped it through and made it clear.

[@LibrosErrantes]

I'm very familiar with color theory, but I just started using oil pastels. This helped me to understand more how to manage color while using oil pastel :)

[@akashmakkar7187]

It won't. It's been done incorrectly here. Cyan and Magenta are the primaries in pigments.

[@artbydrbee]

I was just thinking of buying some oil pastels actually!! Perfect timing!! Thank-you for this video - I could really see how they blend and mix to form new colours! Now I'm definitely going to be purchasing some oil pastels! Also, the video editing was beautiful 👍

[@chazham4227]

Thank You, I've learned today.❤️

[@kramstv4124]

wow superb very informative video thank you for the wonderful video keep safe full support to your home

[@poulos801]

This video was extremely helpful. Thank you. :)

[@aynurturker657]

This was so helpful thank you ♥️ The saturation on my acrylic paintings are always so high and i didn't know why until now. I usually mix primary colours and add black and white in them to get the colour i want but they always look a bit too dull. Now i get it 😅

[@polacamedina]

Thanks, thanks! This is what I need becouse I never study art. Of course I have to see it many times.

[@meetkaur1000]

Very informative. thank u.❤

[@akashmakkar7187]

It's incorrect. CMY is the pigment color wheel. Look at the color wheel, cyan and Magenta don't exist even though they should as they do in the color wheel he's showing on the left. Why? Because they're primaries, won't get them by mixing.

[@bluemoon3726]

Thank u verry much this is verry helpful for a begginer like me ❤️❤️

[@ryansylvander5210]

Hi. You have excellent videos. Can you do a video(s) on the following? 1) Casein 2) Notan 3) The difference between good abstract art and bad abstract art

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[@kikolizza]

I found this video very helpful! I have a question however! In oil pastel, do you advise to modify value and intensity via white grey black? I was expecting it to work like paint and you use the complementary color to reach greys :) I'm still learning the medium but I was curious about it!

[@artanupam7358]

Very well explained

[@yogibakshi2375]

Thank's Matt gain alot.👍

[@henriquejanuario881]

great class! thanks for sharing!!! And the live drawings? When will start again?

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Hi Henrique! Thanks for the comments! We'll start back with Gettin' Sketchy on February 2.

[@robertafierro5592]

I hit on an Art Supply Sale. I spent the last of my money on oil crayons and paper..that's what I do with my money now!

[@artbydrbee]

Also, how do you get rid of all those "crumbs" of oil pastel, WITHOUT smearing it all over the artwork? I'm a bit nervous about that part lol.. palette knife maybe?

[@Jchathe]

You can get a very soft brush and swipe lightly across the picture. It’s what I do.

[@thevirtualinstructor]

I use a drafting brush to wipe those little pieces of color away. :)

[@artbydrbee]

@@Jchathe Thank-you so much, I will do that!! 🤗

[@artbydrbee]

@@thevirtualinstructor Thank-you so much, I will do that!! 🤗

[@AF-hb2fj]

Lol ty for asking that bc I was literally trying to figure that out lol, I thought I was pressing too hard!😅

[@zinaart365]

If we have Prussian blue, cobalt blue, salmon or any other color that is not on the color wheel, how do we choose the right colors through color systems to paint the painting?

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[@silverkip2992]

Why RBY and not CMY? You can mix red with magenta and yellow and so on.

[@akashmakkar7187]

Because this dude is wrong and his color wheel looks like mud when it comes to cyan and Magenta.

[@akashmakkar7187]

CMY are the primaries for pigments. Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. Red, green and blue and primaries for light mixing. Additive and subtractive mixing is the difference. Pigments mix in a subtractive fashion. Can literally see this happen in your color wheel that you make. Magenta and cyan look nothing like magenta and cyan in your wheel. Why? Because they're primaries! To anyone reading this, try this wheel with CMY and it'll turn out a lot better than the one this guy makes in the video.

[@donnaturner5857]

This video was fantastic, thank you! I’m just beginning to explore color theory, and your explanation was very clear and simple to understand, better than any other video I’ve seen. Is tone the same as intensity/saturation? Is it best to keep your color pallet in the same tone? Also, I was wondering if you know of a way to train your eye to identify the colors (orange, vs red-orange for example). I ask because I very often see a color differently than others. For example, I got my son a pair of stylish sneakers for Christmas. He and my husband saw them as grey, but to me they were clearly an olive green. It happens to me all the time, so I figure it must be my eyes and the way I perceive color. Any suggestions on how I can train my eye? Thank you!

[@thevirtualinstructor]

Thanks so much Donna! Perhaps you just see a little more color in the world. :)

[@starladawne4719]

Maybe try playing "hue matching" games. There are a lot of free ones on app stores and websites too so you don't have to download anything. If you want to go really intense, find something in your home that has an interesting color. Now grab some paints and try to mix them until you match the color you see.

[@sixmercer2504]

"Saturation refers to how strong or weak a color is (high saturation being strong). Value refers to how light or dark a color is (light having a high value). Tones are created by adding gray to a color, making it duller than the original." (I got this from Google. I hope that helps. It helped me). I agree, maybe you're seeing more color in the world! That was an awesome answer! I'm new to this too. I have an uncle who is color blind. They actually make special glasses for people who have that problem. But that's not me saying you're experiencing that! Just made me think of it. I haven't tried the hue matching games but I will now. That seems like it could really train your brain. So thank you @StarlaDawne for suggesting that! I bet there are a lot of free games that can help teach color theory and make it fun. I am so opposed to computer games and wasting my day getting sucked into playing games for points that I never even thought to look into what might be helpful to my art journey being so new.

[@mikejustice1196]

So monochromatic is now (Mother color)? As in the first painting? What people invent to get a cookie 🍪

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