Thanks to everyone watching and commenting, I never thought this video would get so many views. I was very passionate when making this video so please excuse the tone I had, haha! Hope you find it useful. *Materials I Use:* *Open-Acrylics:* amzn.to/1SqVBTB *Canvas Panels:* amzn.to/239e8Yl

@neuvation6607

5 жыл бұрын

thanks sooo fuckin much man, I haven't taken your advise to the full extent as I use (prussian, alizaarin, and phalo green) occasionally, but for the most part, mixing earth tones, greys, chromatic blacks and you name it has really developed me so I just wanted to revisit this video to tell you how grateful I am!! I didn;t even notice your tone being loud btw man, keep it up!

@heathermader2918

5 жыл бұрын

I haven't even read the comments because people are a-holes. lol. But I have to say I never thought you sounded like you had any kind of tone except "PASSIONATE" ! This was a quick, informative, and easy refresher for a newbie or those of us getting back into painting after a 20-year hiatus. Thank you. I'm heading to watch and absorb all your passion. :) :) :)

@quitaw.7722

5 жыл бұрын

Am a beginner. I was so confuse about all the colors but I feel better now about I can make so many colors with those three primary colors red, blue and yellow. Been painting for only one month, just trying to keep it simple, you r correct 50 r even 100 painting with primary colors makes so many colors.

@curtriceennis2924

5 жыл бұрын

Bettye Williams Just have a ponter: Keep painting - you sound like you have a genuine passion for it. 😁

@heinhtet2234

5 жыл бұрын

You are my first acrylic teacher in mixing colours. Thanks a millionnnnn. . .

my comment continues here. I bought myself a color wheel and couldn't get the colors I wanted and with this simple formula I'm getting this once and for all. Thank you so much and God bless you.

I will be using the primary colors and white for the next five years. I just saved a lot of money. Thank you.

The way you demonstrated color mixing in a 15 min video is so direct and to the point. That made it easy for my brain to grasp, thanks for posting!

Wow. Just wow. I paint miniatures and would have loved to have found this when I started 6 months ago. Brilliant tutorial. Thank you!!

I'm not a painter at all. I came here trying to learn more about color mixing, and I'm so glad I did ! I definitely feel like I have a better understanding of how different tints & hues are achieved ! The rest is up to the individual and their preferences, or "eye" ! Thank you very much for creating this video !

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Very well said! 😊

I agree with keeping a simple palette specially if you are a student on a budget. For oil paints however it's a bit more difficult because the colors are made from minerals that often have other colors unlike acrylic which is synthetic more often a pure color. This is why if you dont have good or pure primaries in oil paints you might get muddy colors.

I love this video. You say "Make 50 to 100 paintings before adding more colors!". This should be taught at primary school. In fact, I believe that only primary colors should be allowed at school for the first few years so everybody would be able to REALLY understand the power of these three colors. But like in every subject they bombard us with too many detailed facts, so we lose track of the basic knowledge. Having good and stable basics is the key to be able to build a substantial knowledge in maths, physics, chemistry, geography, history, languages, art etc. Because the school system is like it is many people finish school after so many years of learning and can`t point out a certain country on the map. They can`t even determine historical eras. And this video is a wonderful example of how things should be taught!!! Thank you very much!

@neallockhart2637

6 жыл бұрын

do you really think his neutral colors look good? this is a terrible tutorial

@lechat8736

6 жыл бұрын

Neal Lockhart I learned something of great value to me from this presentation. It`s up to me to get it to his level, maybe come to your conclusion and then maybe take it to the next level. I am thankful for every inspiration I get for free. I`m not trying to become a Master of Mixing Colors. We all have different needs. You obviously are on an advanced level when color-mixing is concerned which I am not. I have mainly been working with pencils, black inks and grey tones.

@Mateusz143

5 жыл бұрын

by making up such arbitrary requirements you kill creativity

@OliviaTatara

4 жыл бұрын

Yes that is so true!

Best Best Best video ever ! I have never written a review nor have I made a comment on anything, until now . I don’t know if you read these but if you do I just wanted to thank you so much for the way you have explained, demonstrated & simplified the color process ! I have been struggling with this whole concept for months! You have made me realize Its not complicated! Not at all !! Not even kinda ! It’s so simple, IF you keep it simple ! I am very new to painting and this is thee BEST and most informative thing I have read / watched. Again, , I just wanted to say thank you for the insight , I am wow’ed !

@SchaeferArt

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and thoughts, much appreciated. Glad it was helpful! :)

I feel like a damn 5th grader right now . I literally said “he just made brown” out loud smh

Been painting 30 years. I do not suggest limiting yourself in terms of pigments but finding out what each pigment is good for. Each fills a need. You may not need a certain pigment for the effect you desire, but keep an open mind about which colors you choose and research them for their effects. And 50 paintings? I should be so rich.

@decron10

5 жыл бұрын

Yea that dude is cra2about his theory

@dec23

5 жыл бұрын

Paintings take a long time to complete, so when he said 50 paintings I was like "what....."

@curtriceennis2924

5 жыл бұрын

Alexandra A and Decron, I think he said to do so many of them to make sure you get used to actually mixing the various colors, and, to have you mix *other" shades such as aqua and brown. Plus, I feel like he was just exaggerating on the number of paintings - to try and bring a bit of humor in this video so it would help you to relax when you paint. 😊

@MaggieVlazny

4 жыл бұрын

@@curtriceennis2924 Actually I was wondering how you darken your colors, particularly to get an umber. Do you use black as well as white to darken your colors? LOVED the info, so important for someone who s a determined aspiring artist! I watch other videos where the artists go so fast I can't tell how they got there! Thank you.

@Highlikeheaven89

3 жыл бұрын

@@MaggieVlazny A good way to practice is actually to avoid using black paint at all. Which is super hard for me 😂

you no what , this is the only time I have really understood why we should only start with a limited pallet . you kept it simple and it makes sense more importantly it works , thanks for your help and time , I will be putting this to good use as I never even knew what a neutral was before this amazing .

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome :) Glad it was helpful for you. I think it makes a lot of sense to start simple and then build upon that foundation. Just like a house. And I think super beginners at painting should start with just black and white - kind of like drawing with paint. Then move to the limited palette with color. Have fun!

My daughter loves to paint and she goes to a local paint class that just lets them paint draw and merry which is great but I wanted her to understand the color wheel and mixing colors which i have no clue of!! This is super simple and now we can learn together. She's my Picasso! Thanks for the K.I.S.S method...new subscriber!

I have just started painting in the last 5-6 months, so I am an infant! I just finished watching this video and I really appreciated how easy you made it for me to understand how to mix colors. Very well done...and thanks!!

@SchaeferArt

9 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad it helped :)

This is the first time i have actually seen someone teach from basics. This is very good for beginners. I am going to practice colour mixing everyday before i pick up my brush to paint.

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful

This may be the best video I've ever seen explaining how to mix colors and values with a basic palette. I think I'll give it a try! Color has always been a problem for me, and an area of my work that I'm sort of afraid to work on, because I'm color blind. I have difficulty telling how warm or cool colors, highlights, and shadows are. Greens and purples especially are the bane of my existence.

Excellent tutorial! I mean, EXCELLENT!!!!! Too bad some people are so biased and closed minded! For those moaners and whiners who claim to have been painting for a thousand years and are SO "perfect," what the hell are you doing here anyways, if you are not a beginner?!?!?!?!?! Oh! I forgot! To bash and insult an artist who is MUCH MORE SKILLED THAN YOU!!!!! I detect a whole lot of jealosy here! Mr. Shaefer, thank you SO VERY MUCH for another SUPERB instructional video! You are a true professional! And although you are a highly skilled artist, you remain so humble and you are always kind enough to share your expertise with all your your eager viewers! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was very helpful. After using so many different colors, not knowing really what compliments the other, this has clarified so much. Mahlao

You are an incredible teacher. Went on a course and paid 299 pounds for it. This is by far the best explanation. Thank you

Fantastic Tutorial! You've instantly taken the mystery out of color mixing for me! Not only that, but saving me tons of money by not buying all of those extra tubes of paint! Again, sensational video!

Thank you so very much for simplifying something that I have been struggling with as a senior beginner. I appreciate your comments also about allowing and learning from your mistakes. Basic lessons we teach our children but totally forget ourselves. Saying things in terms that anyone could understand and learn from eg. Start small, don't get bogged to with too many choices of paints and brushes when we haven't learnt how to use the basics. Thank you so much.

as a beginner, the tutorial aspect of this video was very helpful. thank you so much!

From the bottom of my heart, thank you! This is really informative and helps to get a good and uncomplicated for a true beginner like myself

Have been painting a long time just for my pleasure. Loved this colour mixing, wished I had seen it years ago. Thank you

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear :) hope the painting goes well

Yeah I don't know what some of these people are talking about as a beginner it feels less overwhelming to simply start off with the basics the base structure and work your way up that's how you learn anything else this shouldn't be any different thank you for putting out this video very helpful :)

Thank you from a 60 year old beginner who knows nothing about colour. Now I do not need to go out and buy loads of different tubes of colour, with time and patience I can learn to make my own colours. My own colours will be part of the fun and enjoyment of the art that I hope to create. Many thanks. Peter

I'm new to painting. And new to color theory and the basics. The color wheel etc. So I am learning how to paint and about colors by watching YT videos. Yours are up there in my favorites. And I have subscribed. I like your style. And I like your artwork. The Landscapes are so natural looking. It's the kind of art I would like to achieve one day. I love nature. I'm currently making color charts and I am surprised at how many colors you can get from mixing only a couple or so colors. And adding white in small increments you get varying shades.

Man, I am way late to this video, and I've just started painting. This is a great demo; clear, concise and quick. Thanks very much!

For the very first time, the colour wheel and the neutrals ALL MADE SENSE TO ME...FINALLY! Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I am literally just starting out in art and I was so confused. The colour theory information was just too intense...some of it made sense but after a while my head started to ache...too much information but not enough simplicity. So once again, thank you so much for your clear information. Finally someone who helped me get it! YAY!

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

No problem! Definitely gotta take it slow and start with the basics and build upon them. Hope it’s going well!

thank you thank you. your tutorial was the answer to my constant struggling with the color wheel and i can't thank you enough. when i added your site to my bookmarks i wrote "KEEPER" to remind me not to ever delete. now will watch the #02 video. again, many thanks for your simplification for people like me.

You have a unique way of teaching without overwhelming. Never stop being you. Fantastic1

Watching your explanation on color theory and mixing neutrals just gave me a 💡moment. I've been painting for about 5 years, mostly mixed media, and I recently decided to get truly acquainted with my watercolors, sticking with various shades of the color wheel, some earth pigments, and a couple of convenience colors. I've been doing nothing but color mixing, no painting, both watercolors and acrylics. I'm going back to basics. One of my biggest struggle areas is working with light and shadows, which requires lots of various neutrals whether using acrylic or watercolor. I somehow get lost and struggle with which primary to add when I've been mixing a particular neutral. But after watching this I "got it" !!!! ( and I've watched many great tutorials here on KZread) I've had milestone "aha" moment. I'm anxious to pull my paints out!!! Thanks for sharing this!!!! 👍🏼🙏🏼

Thank You , I've watch 100 videos, and You just gabe Me the best advice I've gotten yet , Im merging from pencil scetch to acrilic 👍🏼

@SchaeferArt

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thank you Thank you Thank you After many years you are the 1st person to explain this to me so I could understand it 🙏

@SchaeferArt

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video and I appreciate the no bs directive. I’ve worked in digital graphics and printing for 10+ years and I am an idiot when it comes to mixing colors. This is great help.

Great video. Just started painting and this was the best lesson I’ve had. You made it very simple. Thanks!

Awesome video. Just starting out and the color mixing is really difficult, but this is the simplified technique that I needed. Thanks.

Thank you for *all* this information on mixing colors. And, yes this helps A LOT!!! I do appreciate your taking the time to post this video ... It has *really* answered SO many questions for me!!! Thank you, again, and, God Bless You and Yours. 😊

Kiss! Keep it simple stupid! Wonderful video for beginners like myself. Easy to understand very informative and excellent ideas. I will do 50 paintings as recommended for me to thoroughly absorb and understand and for it to become second nature. Thanks ever so much.

Defining moments of painting come from your tutorials. Thank you for your time.

After watching your video, I have a clear understanding of the color wheel and I know this will improve my painting skills. Thank you for your help.

Rookie here, very helpful as I am just beginning to learn...Thanks!

I'm studying how to mix color because I repair leather and imitation leather furniture and the toughest part is matching the color. Thanks, I have four years of art, two of painting, and thought I understood how to mix colors until I needed to make a cream color. I found a video that showed me that it is white, with a little yellow and brown mixed in. Your video shows me how to mix brown if I don't have a brown. Thanks for the refresher!

@SchaeferArt

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear :) Hope it goes well!

I really like this video. It takes primaries and mixing to the very basic level. I have been told about neutrals (I'm a new painter) but it was all gobbledygook so having a visual made it all fall into place. Thank you

Excellent video. I've been painting for many years and you certainly presented this well.

This is the best color theory video I have seen. Thank you for creating it.....Doug Farrell

Thank you so much.. never knew I can create such a wide range of colour combos with just Primary colours... Thank you 🙏👍🏼

This was so helpful. Thanks for explaining the versatility of Primary Colours in a very simple way

This video is making way more sense than my 4 years of art school. Or maybe I just lack practice

This is SO helpful for beginners!! Thank you so much. I feel more confident mixing colors after watching your video!

Best color mixing tutorial out there..some reason I always get it with your explanation..like the one and two point perspective..I read books over and over and my brain just couldn't get it..I requested for you to do a video on it and thanks for that..I got it...thanks Brandon for all that you do.

Thankyou so much a clear and unfussy way to understand colour mixing. I needed this . looking forward to any other videos .

@SchaeferArt

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video. Very educational and easy to understand. You have a unique way if presenting information in a "matter-of-fact' style. I am smeone with no art background, who desperately wants to try painting, but I haven't lifted a brush because I don't hae a clue what to d with it or how to even start. I'll definitely watch more of your videos to help me figure it out. Thanks and great job!

@SchaeferArt

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped you in some way :) Any questions moving forward, just let me know. Hope your journey goes well!

Thank you. I needed this!

Very nice demonstration.Logical and easy to follow.

Thank you. I’m new at this and have bought every color out there. I find it very frustrating as a new painter with all the colors. This makes so much more sense. I’ve been trying to mix all these other colors together to make colors and getting mud.

This video was very helpful! I have been painting 4years with oils ! I want to also paint with acrylics! Wished i had this teaching when iI first started! Thanks again!

I am so glad you did a video on this. I am just starting out and this opened my eyes greatly. Thanks.

this is such an useful video.. Awesome.. thanks for sharing...

Thank you for taking the time to explain how to use the primary colors and how to mix. I’m just starting to paint and I will definitely try using only the primary colors it makes sense. Thank you!

I always hear painters talk about being careful or you'll make mud. Didn't really understand how to avoid that issue. But now I do. Thanks!

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear :) It's simpler than you think.

Im gonna go paint some olives. Or maybe eat some... (Thank you for this, some three years later)

Hey Brandon you're pretty good at this teaching stuff. Wish I had teachers in grade school with your mindset. Thank you.

As a beginner I appreciate your perspective on color, the power is in the sharing. Thanks.

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you understand.

All your videos are so helpful for improving my painting. Thanks!!

Thank you so much for this excellent lesson. I am 72 and have just started and this really helps a lot. 😊

Very simple! I can tell your videos are going to be very helpful to me. I've just started painting again and I get so eager to just start, but I've realized I need to slow down and learn the basics. Keep making videos! :)

This was great!!! Just what I needed!! Thanks for taking the time to help us.

This is just like the triad of photography, different balances of exposure/ISO/F-stop create an infinite amount of possibilities.

yes burnt umber and french ultra make a good black

I get mixed up with colour value , and neutrals so this is very helpfull for me many thanks for taking the time to demonstrate this it will improve my own work now .

I have been watching many videos, but I keep coming back to yours. Thanks!

Informative and straightforward, though it is worth mentioning that the choice of primary hues is important too. As there are no pure primaries in pigment, I use two each of the primaries, each with a bias towards the other two primaries ...so looking on the colour wheel, Ultramarine, for example, has a red bias and Cerulean has a yellow bias...Cadmium Red = yellow bias, Alizarin Crimson = blue bias and Cadmium yellow = red bias and Lemon yellow = blue bias. And so depending on whether a brighter or a muted neutral is required, the more appropriate primaries can be selected from the outset. i.e. Alizarin crimson and Lemon yellow produces a muted orange, on account of the two pigments having a bias towards blue, which, being the complimentary of orange, would naturally help produce a muted orange. And so with that muted orange mixed, more blue could be added to further neutralise it. By using six primaries and white, a greater range of potential hues can be mixed. But on the subject of this tutorial coming across as being preachy and making uncomfortable viewing...a joke right? Honestly, some people need to get out more. Here's an idea...how about parking all childish insecurities at the door and concentrating on the subject in hand? As my dear old mum used to say, "If you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all." A decent watch.

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Well said and I agree completely!

Brandon, I love the way you teach. I bought m

Thank you for sharing! This really helped me understand why my colors were so off when I painted with colors straight out of the tube in a painting

This was a very good video in explaining what neutral colors are and how to mix them. I like the way you went over and over the same thing to drum it in which really helped. I played the video at 1.5 speed and that worked well!

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful 😊

GREAT ADVICE!!!! I am brand new to painting and will definitely take your advice! Thank you!!

@SchaeferArt

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I did not understand why I could not get mixing colors. I thought I was dumb, and couldn't understand why I couldn't get this, and also shadows. I am a beginner, painting for a year now and I still have difficulty. On top of that I get scared that I'm going to mess up my canvas. Lord I just want to get this, and paint beautiful pictures. And how come I can't think of my own ideas? I must say though I have learned more from KZread than I ever did in college. You guys on KZread are so good at what you do. Thanks for sharing.

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Hope it goes well 😊 have fun.

I wish i listen to you the first time I saw this video, then i would learn how this works, instead of strugling with all kind of other colortubes. I see that very clearly now :) I will start again :) I cant draw and hardly paint, but still learning the mystery of painting :) You have many times give me insperation. The best place i can be is in a gallery of paintings, as i was in Berlin on holiday in mai :) Keep up the good job, you are marvelous !

Genial and simple color mixing tutorial. Thank you!...and Peace to you too!

Oh my goddd. . . . You taught me so clearly. . . Thanks a million

I've been struggling and searching how to make color charts with acrylics....this is fantastic....I have been making it all so difficult....thank you for breaking it down to how simple it really is....nice job.....I am a beginner :)

A WONDERFUL tutorial. This beginner says Thank you.

Thank you so much this was amazing!! :D :D I had no idea you could have such control over the lower colours that you make and have an increadibly diversed palate :) Outstanding. Thank you for posting ^_^ :) :) xxx

Excellent. Wish I had seen this years ago. Great technique always comes from fundamentals.

@SchaeferArt

8 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Rapp Very true! Glad it was helpful to you.

This is awesome bc I always worried I would spend big bucks buying all these colors but now I can paint with just a few colors. Helpful

Thank you very much! Such a great simplified explanation of Colour Theory. Super helpful.

This is the only video I learnt something new from.

Thank you, this was very helpful. This is my first year painting!

I’m experienced with all the colors now but when I started I didn’t know crap and I was overwhelmed by all of the tubes that were in my kit for my painting class in college and I messed up on all of our master studies because I did not know how to mix and what to mix. So I’m glad this is here. This is a good video and I’m definitely going to make 50 paintings with this palette

I'm a beginning painter. I used to be involved in more "active" arts, such as theatre, etc. Now, disabled, I am limited. I'm attacking drawing and painting. Your videos are so helpful.

@SchaeferArt

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that, but I hope you find drawing and painting fun :) Enjoy it!

Thank you for your video. I am just starting out, still to paint anything I've just bought some acrylic paints, luckily I have red blue and yellow and a few others, so I have the primaries.

Excellent video!!! I'm total beginner and I love this instructional video!!! Thank you!!!

I'm a hairstylist full-time obviously I play with hair color but I do painting on the side and these basic has been a great video ever...thank you

I think having a good grasp, leading towards an expert understanding of colour theory is excellent and the way to start. I think everyone needs to do the scholastic as well as the artistic. The best reason for buying premade colours is not to ignore 5 years of punishment but to make it easier and to give the painter a consistent reliable result.

Wow that was really worth watching ... You are really a good teacher.. You really simplified this in a good way.. thanks a lot

@SchaeferArt

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Yeah... I needed to see this... The rusts, the browns, the moss colours... Thank you.. 🎨

Thank you so much! This really helped me understand a solid, simple concept. I'm just starting my painting journey and was getting overwhelmed with different palletes.

@SchaeferArt

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Keep it simple with a limited pallet. Tutorial was very well explained. Thank you. Subscribed :)

I am a grandmother who entertains an elementary grandchild. Her art teacher (third grade) doesn't go this far. I bought some washable paints made by crayola and we ran out of yellow and brown. We are painting a turkey and needed brown. You helped me SO MUCH! I bought a new set of ten colors and didn't check the contents. No brown. So, we are now going to make our own brown. Just know how much you just encouraged me! This indeed may make a turning point in enjoying painting for her.

@SchaeferArt

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear 😊 have fun with it.