Oil Painting TIPS and EXERCISE!

I hope you enjoy this video where I lay out my approach to mixing and matching color when painting. This is one of the biggest frustrations for painters, both beginners and experts, and I have found that doing this exercise will make it easier and efficient to get the color you want, every time.
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"Loping Sting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@bastian6173]

The way you are able to switch between humor and professional precise explanation is very unique. You deserve an oscar

[@Clairelyhereforveganburgers]

LOVE that you kept the cat shot in this video!!! thank you so much

[@vikramghone7447]

Scott you are a magician for sure. And I like the way you present., also the way you explain in details, making it very easy to understand. Thank you so much and please keep uploading your tutorials, which are always helpful

[@martas3420]

Fully agree and support!

[@digi_edits]

Amazing. Crazy to think that those limited colours can give you a great ammount of possibilites into the canvas, it´s like magic. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@Bertrandism]

Such a great hack/tip! (the board floating over the canvas) THANKS!

[@crisalidathomassie1811]

Scott, this was a great video and I thank you for the demo on mixing the right colors. I admire you knowledge, your experience and your honesty. Very clear and love your humor. This is a great practice exercise that I will try for sure. Thanks again. Blessings and take care.

[@angelapotts2749]

You are wonderful. So gifted. Love the simplicity in which you teach, very down to earth. Thanks for sharing your work and tips. I’ve learned more in just two of your videos than I have in a year’s worth of other tutorials. THANK YOU❤️

[@Omer_Latif]

Best video ever about hue value chroma issue👍

[@MkoKkj]

❤❤❤ انت معلم قمه في توصيل المعلومه .. انت رسام وفنان واقعي من الاوائل في العالم وانا مدينة لك بمعرفتي الوان البشره الرائعه والسهله ..❤❤❤

[@kjkeating]

This was THE most helpful explanation/demonstration of hue, value, chroma I have ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@Ztandard32]

Thank you for making it so simple. I'll be back in 20 years.

[@martas3420]

I've just fallen in love with your channel and am going to watch all the videos one by one (immediately subscribed after seeing a couple now). You're so talented and supportive of others it's insane! [-> kitty part was a great bonus, too, haha!]

[@JoePoweranotherwineblog]

I watch so many instructional videos every day trying to learn and be inspired. Most fail to provide either useful knowledge or inspiration. But this one? Great stuff once the tears of laughter cleared. I didn't even mind the cat. Thank you for this video. I'll be watching many more, I'm sure.

[@thinkingarchitect9084]

You are an awesome teacher..very detailed..thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise sir.,more power.!

[@ghuntressart669]

Thank you, sir. As always, a great presentation full of very helpful info 🤗.

[@nikkiswenson54]

Thank you so much for your very great teaching, Scott! Very, very good!

[@ingridcarmak4268]

Lear a lot from you Scott ..,thank you so much!👩‍🎨

[@florianahayes3548]

You are a joy to watch, not to mention so talented and a great teacher.

[@MkoKkj]

انا اشكرك جدا جدا على مجهودك الرائع وتعبك وارجو أن تستمر وان تعرض مقاطع لكيفية المزج والتلوين إلى نهاية العمل وشكرا مرة أخرى استاذي الرائع 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@patriciaanderson9461]

Thank you so much for teaching so amazingly! you are truly a Master and so gifted. I am so blessed to be able to learn so much and to be part of the Patreon page.

[@myalicioglu]

Informations are brilliant. Keep teach us Scott. PLEASE

[@astridtermaat3854]

Great video and your cat is so cute 😻

[@larrymarshall9454]

Super video, Scott. Your ability to clearly and concisely present a topic is, well, super :-)

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

Well done, maestro!!!! Brilliantly presented. Bravo!

[@jinarizk1135]

Love love your content, your presentation, and your humor! Maybe I love you all 😅 Love your work and your tutorials ❤❤

[@marilenadalberto5204]

Sei troppo bravo , a spiegare e a fare , grazie

[@MalujemyobrazyArtPit]

You're talented, man, I learned a lot from you. Thank you very much. 👍

[@a.boston160]

OH boy. This video. Great painting advice AND random cat attack. Lol. What an adorable, albeit aggressively curious, studio friend. 😅 Who was that strange visitor?? Also; are you okay after your coffee mixup?? I’m left with so many answers about painting yet now with more questions about your life.

[@pekay4274]

Really good video on mixing colors!

[@johnnyk7480]

Scott, this video is very helpful for oil flesh painting!

[@phinguyen1191]

Love love love 💕💕💕thank you so much, I clicked follow right from the first video I watched, and I really like the way you share it so relaxing to watch you painting 😚

[@mandylwilsonable]

lol..linseed oil drinker... Thank you for sharing your experience in oil painting!

[@alexmaurice8109]

You are a great painter and a funny one .

[@amalthomas60]

Love you too 💞😘😘😘 Thanks 😊

[@meerabakshi2676]

Hi there! I am crazy for portrait painting and have worked on several portraits, by commission or for my own family members. I still want to learn more and more to bring depth in my work I keep on watching various artists' videos too. I came across your video just yesterday and found interesting that you work very much like David Gray, but your method with regards to palette is totally different. I liked the idea of keeping the color mixing area close to what we are going to paint, mix the shade of the color before actully applying on canvas. In Hindu culure we have one entity that is very famous for having thousnad od GURUs, Guru Dattatreya. What that means is each and existing thing on the earth has soemthing unique that we can learn from it. I find it true in the sense of learning art techniques from so many artists, (thanks to digital platform, youtube and internet ) is possible for me. Thanks so much for your videos. I have subscribed your channel just now. wishing you all the best.

[@meerabakshi2676]

And I loved the kitten also joining the session!

[@rebel_squad8025]

That’s the video I really wanted to see tysm 🙏

[@jeffkopseng2569]

Scott, this was a really good video on color mixing.

[@cristinafernandez2169]

Thank you very much indeed: this is just what I needed. Amazing work and great explanation

[@leacruz7311]

Thank you, very helpful video.

[@bendekesrvig309]

This is so helpful ! I am new to this, and your explanation is so clear and understanding. I wil follow your work. And i see that i have a lots of materials to dive into. 👍👍🙂

[@shahzadqurashi7728]

Best lesson!

[@ihspan6892]

Subscribed for the cat!

[@rahanme7906]

I cant thank u enough. U helping me so much❤

[@janet4900]

Thank you for this tutorial. I've seen some artists use green to "knock down" the chroma in flesh tones, but I see you use raw umber. I was wondering if you have any issues with sinking in and how you deal with that. I want to adopt the same colors that you use, but I'm afraid of those sinking umbers. P.S. You're work is wonderful. I hope you make a million dollars; you certainly deserve it !

[@fluxlx6451]

I have the sinking in problem too.. is it to do with using a medium or solvent to thin the paint? Scott says he doesn't really use one...

[@janet4900]

@@fluxlx6451 It's certain pigments that do it, especially Raw umber. It has to do with how well the pigment absorbs oil. Sinking in happens after it dries, and the pigment separates from the oil, leaving it dry and chalky looking, without that "shiny wet oil" look.

[@fluxlx6451]

@@janet4900 Do you know what would cause the paints to change colour as they dry? I have having this problem a lot recently.. the skin tones look good when freshly painting but the next day the orange or red pigments seem to have dominated or eaten the white paint 😕.. could this be due to using an oil medium or thinner?

[@janet4900]

@@fluxlx6451 It could definitely happen if the paint is thinned too much with medium or thinner. Also, make sure to use titanium white rather than zinc white, because zinc white is more transparent. Most tubes have the pigment listed. Titanium is PW6 and Zinc is PW4

[@fluxlx6451]

@@janet4900 thank you 🙏I'm using titanium and then tried a lead white too but as it's so thick and hard to spread I thought thinning it out was the right thing to do. I'll stop that immediately! 😅

[@dickbudig6693]

I really enjoy your videos . . . educational, and yet another method of the effectiveness of a limited palette.

[@GONZALEZ1974]

Thanks

[@Hamstimusprime]

this was such an amazing demo! thank you

[@cristinafernandez2169]

Great knowledge and great artist!!

[@James-sv2cs]

You are a wonderful man, thank you

[@chrisemery8110]

Amazing

[@fluxlx6451]

07:15 ❤😆 Scott you are hilarious! Are you related to the actress Mae Whitman? you're so alike Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us I bought one of your video tutorials two years ago and it's still helping me today.

[@DutchCreekRanch1]

Thanks!

[@jorgedangelo3331]

Buenas! excelente! gracias por enseñar! lo mejor!

[@alq8i79]

Just ,,,, thank you ❤❤❤❤

[@arturoramos93]

Por favor subtitulado en español.👍👍👍

[@dorinases]

Love the video thank you!

[@hercaselis1367]

Gracias

[@josemorga491]

Excelencia al máximo te admiro.

[@danielabigotta7027]

My God! I'm Italian and understand nothing! Ciao, great artist!

[@deniserothwell6325]

Many times I have put my brushes into my coffee and drank the turps!

[@michaelattia9834]

I wish I could paint as well as you.

[@YunusArts]

So beautifullllllllllll video shearing ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stephenspiteri_zunkus]

Do you dip the brush in a solvent or oil prior to picking up color before you mix it?

[@drewgarcia9823]

Wow

[@marilenadalberto5204]

Che bella lezione, grazie Mi piacerebbe ascoltarla in italiano..😊

[@LaoZi2023]

I would like to see the whole painting.

[@NanciFranceVaz_artist]

Great video Scott! Although I am advanced, I always learn a new trick from you. What brushes are you using. Your edges are so blended. I do have smooshing brush and pointed rounds by Rosemary. I find lately they are depositing allot of hairs…shedding

[@gregory6488]

Is that a laminating floor board that 's being used as a pallet??

[@frankguy9772]

Are you mixing and matching colors from a printed photo or a monitor, i would love to master calor matching from a Tablet!

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

Do you use permanent alizarin or the original stuff? First note is never having a plastic cup of water near my painting place. I am use plastic cups for turpentine, but actually i confused the two with white spirit once holy shit (i think linseed oil is possibly technically quite edible? You can eat linseed)

[@MkoKkj]

عندي رجاء من حضرتك .. ارجوك استاذي أن تصور مقطع كامل من بداية للنهايه لرسم شخصيه ، امنيتي أن تقوم بالتلوين ومزج الالوان بدون تقطيع .. ❤❤❤❤ وذلك ل

[@LaoZi2023]

I have a question for you. Did you paint the whole 'Monkey Painting' with the zorn palette?

[@patriciozazzini3182]

what is the red you are using?Allizarin crimson?

[@greennature1045]

wow

[@minipainter2]

I had a “geeze, really?” moment listening and watching; admiring her beautiful face and changes in value to create it. Here’s the moment: “keeping in your mind…” I have in my mind, “ oh, she needs highlighter in that shadowy part”. When I was a makeup artist, it was my job to get rid of shadows/discolorations - especially on the forehead as it curves toward the eyes - I realized I quit painting portraits because I couldn’t keep the modeling of the structure. I know the bones well, so I’d paint the structure and then subconsciously add correcting makeup. Geeze. Really? Btw, the squinting thing works because you (and I mean especially you men) have eyelashes. Us older women don’t have any anymore (mascara can’t help what isn’t there) so squinting just pushes the wrinkles around - good for a comedy effect, not so much for a painting aid. That was another “geeze” moment.

[@JM-uy6mj]

Hi, Scott. Your work is awesome. I will like to know what colors are in your pallet?

[@filmvfx-nikocgart2166]

You are very good teacher .. but why are there no subtitles under your videos? I would like to understand better in my language .. a greeting from Italy.

[@pradipnd23you]

Superb

[@jessicajustinetabah400]

"I just drank linseed oil" *liked*

[@mariaconsueloaraya3178]

Please!!! Subtitles in spanish…. You are amazing

[@akunkun9772]

On Canvas or linen..?? 🤔

[@amalthomas60]

I Am Indian and looking for this correct work thanks

[@hamid_55reza]

سلام استاد امکان این هست که برای کلیپهای آموزشی یوتوب زیر نویس فارسی قرار بدهید ممنون🙏

[@kathyerineroseartdiary]

You are so talented and freaking funny 😅 #crush

[@allenvoss7977]

What brand of Alizarin crimson is best?

[@んまんま-d8y]

Is he drawing without looking at the material? He is very good. Can someone please tell me?

[@RalloR]

At least it wasn't turpentine brother 🤣

[@artstudio.69]

Great job sir I slute you,❤️❤️

[@edgaraugustosernagomez6379]

Please place the option of subtitles in Spanish in the videos. Thank you

[@40bdg]

Very helpful. Your paintings are beautiful! Can I ask what brushes you use?

[@Jkw211]

He uses special magic brushes that none of us can buy

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

Cheap ass synthetic taklon. Can confirm are best (or some other synthetic) I really hate natural hair and tbh they won't last forever.

[@reginaldforthright805]

What else can I use instead of raw/burnt umber? The reason I don’t want to use it is because it’s extremely toxic. (Not as much as cadmium of course but there are other yellow, red and orange pigments, whereas there seems to be nothing similar to umber.)

[@melindawolfUS]

Gamblin figured out how to make safe cadnium pigments, they won't absorb in your body unless you eat them ;) I really like that their priorities include both quality and safety

[@johnwest4097]

Raw umber isn't toxic. (Neither is cadmium in this non-soluble form).

[@reginaldforthright805]

@@johnwest4097 it has manganese in it

[@guerreroassassin]

😎👍

[@MIB-j]

8:44

[@SnkobArts]

High chroma: That's Jewel Tones, for all you interior designer Karens, Brendas, and Susans out there.

[@nelsonmendes1376]

👏👏👏🎨👍

[@filippamarotta8798]

Peccato che non capisco nulla di inglese,sarebbe stato interessante seguire i tuoi consigli…grazie comunque buona giornata

[@aydakoprulu1404]

🙏👏👏👏👏…….

[@Victoria-gs6ht]

Don't to much talk plz,just paint perfectly 👍👍❤️

[@adolfodelgado9361]

Linseed oil pure is no bad for humans, but the one we used for painting probably they add quemicals not good for humans consumption and have lead, well if I were you I go to the doctor

[@pollyester6627]

Hey, that chromo is too catmatically cute!