Your paintings will suck until you fix this!

[@Lachri]

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[@Tara_Kunicki]

I have worked on almost every other element of art over the past 2 years. I KNOW I absolutely struggle with value. This video really inspired me to focus on and drill into my mind Value. Great video the brids are adorable!!

[@lynnrushton7458]

I started watching you, at the beginning of my art journey a few years ago. I remember your words ringing in my ears….dark dark, & light light enough……they stuck in my head every time I drew something……best advice ever 🙏 still love watching and learning from you Lisa! X

[@Lachri]

YAY! I'm glad that stuck with you instead of all the words I pronounce incorrectly! lol

[@lynnrushton7458]

@@Lachri 😂😂

[@kimbreawhaleywhaley6767]

Wow very talented I been learning from you for years thank you❤

[@Lachri]

Thank you

[@gallagherwitt]

I'm really glad I learned this from you early on when I first started painting (~4 years ago). It's still mind-blowing sometimes how many issues can be solved just by fixing the values. One of the first videos I watched on your channel, you stressed that beginners are often afraid to make their darkest values dark enough, so I got out of that mindset early on, which I think saved me a TON of frustration.

[@Lachri]

Great to hear!

[@misty0708]

Me too.

[@ebonyknight3948]

Such a great reminder to focus on value, not colour. I feel that sometimes my values are a bit off...so I'll do this black and white exercise and see how it goes.

[@Lachri]

YAY! If you post your black and white pieces online please tag me in them! I would love to see how it goes for you! :D

[@ASDTadpole]

This is pure gold advice. That painting is truly amazing. Thank you.

[@Lachri]

Thank you :D

[@egg-13421]

oh maan i am soo in love with this lady

[@GeorgePencilArt]

Great video Lisa! A good reminder of the basics. I just knew the key would be values. But good tips on the details too and where they go.

[@Lachri]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ArtofJosephFinchum]

I certainly hope it was amicable and that Chicken and French Fry had a peaceful transfer of power. 😂

[@Lachri]

Chicken is so oblivious to French Fry even being here. All Chicken cares about these days is his veggies and bird street bistro meals and flirting with my hand. He has earned the title "weirdo" LOL.

[@wildlifeartjm]

great video - spot on , I agree 100%, too much emphasis on colour, especially with beginner artists.

[@Lachri]

Everyone should watch your video talking about this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJyxlZJud9yrqKc

[@pch2230]

As the saying goes, "tone does the work. colour gets the glory". Also a good idea to check your shadows and perspective. It's surprisingly easy to mess them up.

[@tangram1264]

I love it when creators focusing on my hobbies (painting) happen to incorporate my passion (parrots)!

[@Lachri]

What parrots do you live with? I absolutely love these guys! They make life soooo much better (if not a bit messier... and louder haha).

[@tangram1264]

@@Lachri They are the best animal companions! I have two green cheek conures; they're so mischievous! I try to find things they think they're not allowed to do to hide the real naughty stuff from them, LOL. And I'm flirting with a cockatiel at a rescue I visit. He's such a chill little guy and I think he'll be a singer once he gets comfortable.

[@MissIdolize]

You are sooo right! Been painting for decades but I still have issues with values, usually when I paint directly onto a white or lightly toned canvas. And because acrylics tend to dry darker. Sadly I still have issues with colour mixing too, even after all these years! I get there in the end but boy, I struggle. Don't think I will ever conquer colour! Anyway, I wanted to say that some of the best results I have had when using acrylics is when I paint a monochromatic image first then colours on top. I prepare several shades of grey from either Paynes Grey + Tit White or Burnt Umber + Tit White. I edit my reference pic to suit, making it lighter/paler (shade) to allow for darks on top, then I work from that. When complete, the underpainting is basically a full rendition of the image, but in 'black & white' so to speak. Think it's called 'grisaille'. This technique really helps me so I really should stick with it!

[@Lachri]

This is a great method! It's normally how I do oil paintings (it saves time there) and portraits to make them more simple. It's so much easier to tackle a painting when your first layers only worry about values and detail and save the color mixing for your final layers.

[@deborahrossi3818]

Great idea to paint black and white paintings. I need to practice seeing values better. I think this will help!

[@Lachri]

Do it! I think I'm going to paint another black and white painting tonight, it's so enjoyable besides being great practice! :D

[@starvingartistscollective]

An excellent reminder of your most basic ethos Lisa!! ....and a fantastic painting as usual!! Great to see another entertaining video ....your pets crack me up!! 😁

[@Lachri]

Thanks :D

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Great lesson, and i loved this artwork.

[@Lachri]

Thank you so much 😀

[@soarpurpose]

I love colour but I agree that tone & perspective matter more if wanting a more realistic look. Easier to see if work from a greyscale reference at first.

[@korukiwiarts]

Do well said. I paint from my imagination. But first I sketch my ideas down first. Reference photos are useful, especially when I need something to look apart.. Values are very important. And I love your painting

[@Lachri]

Thanks! :D

[@silverspringsifayefaye866]

Thank you Lisa! Your videos are so helpful ❤❤

[@Lachri]

Glad you like them!

[@larysacherner312]

This is very helpful, thank you very much!

[@Lachri]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MarcGerritLanger]

Very nice video. You got my subscription 💫

[@Lachri]

Thank you so much for subscribing! I appreciate your support.

[@be6386]

You smart, me subscribe, you master artist, me noob, your leader worthy you teach my follow, me sheep, me learn to be sheep in school, school teach us to be sheep no leader, lead us leader !!! Follow the leader !!

[@Sciguy95]

My first thought when they said color would make it look realistic was, "Then how do black and white drawings look realistic?"

[@georgepoutine6843]

Thank you

[@sandyr3132]

Hi I was wondering do you gesso your watercolor canvas when you are using acrylic paint?

[@scottpitner4298]

Color = hue and Value :)

[@queenria7]

Yay, a new video by Lisa!! (take this YT algorithm!)

[@Lachri]

HAHA!! Yes! Take that algorithm! :P

[@clayfeathers]

First!❤❤thanks Lisa! God bless you and yours and Chicken! 😊

[@Lachri]

Thank you! Chicken says thanks too :D

[@AezlyndWanderin]

Don‘t forget that this trick can also save you money on colored paints because if you use this technique to paint a grisaille or a brunaille first you can just glaze the colors over it and not have to worry about how much white gray or black to add to them.

[@Lachri]

Absolutely!

[@AezlyndWanderin]

@@Lachri if you haven’t already you should do a video showing how; maybe even two videos with the underpainting in one and the glazing demonstration in the other.

[@wudgee]

The word ‘values’ is not a term I’ve heard before in painting, it doesn’t mean much to me, so what I take away is use contrast, detail in the foreground and shading etc which is what you’re taught as a beginner. I’ll watch your other videos, thanks for the video.

[@Lachri]

Contrast is has a very similar meaning. Really we're just talking about having your darks dark enough and lights light enough (and everything in between) to create depth vs expecting color itself to be the thing that would accomplish that :)

[@robsonhenrique3329]

Maravilhoso ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Lachri]

Thank you

[@lynnephelps2370]

"Color gets all the credit while value does the heavy lifting!" I don't remember where I heard that but it stuck with me all these years!

[@Lachri]

HAHA That's exactly right!

[@jtnachos16]

I wouldn't even say it as 'values', but instead simplify it even further into CONTRAST. One of the best artistic exercises one can ever do, is to do paintings/works where you specifically limit your available tools and your colors. THIS helps drive into people how little importance color has as ANYTHING but a provider of contrast, and how little effect the tools actually have on skill level. More refined tools are for time-saving and convenience, not for assessing skill. It's for that same reason you generally want to avoid 'perfect' white and black in your images, even cartoony ones.

[@Lachri]

Yes! Contrast is SO important!! It can take a bland image and turn it into something stunning!

[@Sammyismysidekick]

Chicken Is what I wait for

[@Lachri]

LOL He's the star for sure :D

[@long-termjournal8055]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@peckerdecker]

First time viewer. *Why* do you *need photos* (of a tree) as *a reference to draw from* ? How about using a _real life tree_ And draw from nature?

[@Lachri]

That absolutely an option for many too, but for those of us who paint at night in a studio, we need photos :)

[@johncampbell9120]

I'm glad Bob Ross NEVER SAID OUR PAINTINGS SUCK😊

[@Lachri]

Bob Ross only taught beginners, I'm helping people take their work to the next level :P

[@jenskreibach1509]

The music is in concurrence to your spoken text. It is too loud an unnerving and ruins the good video.

[@Lachri]

Looks like the music is trying to steal the show! I'll have a chat with it and make sure it behaves next time.

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Thank you.