How to harmonize your colors

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Today I am sharing how I create color when I start my paintings.
From the beginning, I heavily harmonize them. Even though the painting is still very raw and unfinished, the harmonized color makes the work look cohesive.
Check this out.
This practice of creating beautiful colors keeps me excited in the early, and sometimes ugly stages of my art-making. It also makes the colors that are not harmonized stand out. How do you create colors in the early stages of your art? Let us know in the comments!
I hope you have a great day today.
Nicholas
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  • @stephaniefindlay120
    @stephaniefindlay1203 жыл бұрын

    This was the best video on colour I've ever seen. How simple and how effective. Thank you!

  • @nancyburk451
    @nancyburk4512 ай бұрын

    Wonderful demo. I was very enthused and wanted to go right away and make harmony with my new colors.

  • @ginger451
    @ginger4513 жыл бұрын

    This was so helpful! It kind of took the fear of color mixing away! Thank you for sharing!

  • @robinbrewer5073
    @robinbrewer50733 жыл бұрын

    I love learning visually and you are so generous in sharing your experience and I am grateful!!! Ty!

  • @emiliemartin9999
    @emiliemartin99996 ай бұрын

    You are so right and you have shown me a way to to coulors in a much richer way. Thank you so much. My best lesson in coulor is your way to inrich coulor. I´m not so good in english, but I hope you understand the inpact you have had on my way of mixing coulors. Thank you so much for sharing. I love it and I realy enjoy watching yoy paint

  • @adeledallasorr4736
    @adeledallasorr4736 Жыл бұрын

    This is very good reminder that all colours have harmony ! Thanks for a very good demo. All your UTube presentations all derived from your memorry, Your Artists Soul.

  • @CasparisHelena
    @CasparisHelena3 жыл бұрын

    What a precious way of thinking color harmony. It brought me a complete new sense about mixing colors once for a long time I’ve been learning n o t. to mix colors to avoid having them dirty. You Nick, turned it 180 degrees and I would like to thank you for being an amazing teacher and an open heart person for sharing your “secrets”.😘

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    @juelzzander7687

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @oscarangelo9776

    3 жыл бұрын

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    @andresjustus2960

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Juelz Zander Yea, I've been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself :D

  • @maryannvogt9742
    @maryannvogt97425 ай бұрын

    Your talk and demonstration on color has made me understand the whole concept on color better and puts a lot of excitement in the whole process. Love learning from you, thank you.

  • @britagustavsen7357
    @britagustavsen73573 ай бұрын

    It’s so helpful, Thank you!🤩

  • @mountainsno
    @mountainsno Жыл бұрын

    Thank you this is very helpful. Im going to get OFF the computer and give this a try. Awesome.

  • @sparkofinterest81
    @sparkofinterest813 жыл бұрын

    I sure appreciate your process :). Sorry, No Facebook so.I am grateful that you use other platforms to share.

  • @Audion
    @Audion Жыл бұрын

    My friend just watched this and was amazed! Thanks for making these videos. 🖌️🎨🌎

  • @lailaelzeindaher8463
    @lailaelzeindaher84637 ай бұрын

    Beautiful and a mazing bravo 👏

  • @klartistic
    @klartistic3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nick, I love mixing colours and sometimes the colour palette ends up looking just as good, if not better than my painting. I find this form of painting very relaxing. Thank you

  • @susanneengel-schuster
    @susanneengel-schuster3 жыл бұрын

    Thanx from Germany, I learned a lot, so precious!

  • @bonetascholz999
    @bonetascholz9994 ай бұрын

    Thank you for that demonstration it was very interesting to me as I am a beginner

  • @caroletalktings
    @caroletalktings Жыл бұрын

    Watching again in 2023, before the new Art2Life mini course starts. Great inspiration to put into practice.

  • @glenpos
    @glenpos3 жыл бұрын

    I used your method of colour harmony and loved the outcome. The feeling I experienced was harmonious as you mixed the colours.

  • @adrianekelly2966
    @adrianekelly29662 жыл бұрын

    Wow. I’m so delighted as I head for my paints with tea, grateful for one of the loveliest lessons I’ve ever received. I know all this, of course, have done for about five decades…but a fresh presentation by just the right teacher at the perfect moment - wow. I feel a shift in these minutes that leaves me liberated from every past painting. I feel forever changed…happier, like I could never again imagine ‘wasting paint’ or ‘messing up’, ‘ruining’ a piece. Here in central Pennsylvania, on a drizzly Sunday morning, I’m absorbing the energy gifts you’ve so generously shared here. Can’t thank you enough in words. I’m off to spend my day immersed in ‘living color’. Ha, are you old enough to remember that, when our ‘black-and-white’ viewing switched to color, and NBC hit on a way of describing it that had us riveted, glued to the rug on the floor, as close as we could get to The Wonderful World of Disney?

  • @marieafram1528
    @marieafram15282 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for explaining in a calm and easy manner. . I listen to you from time to time according to my time and circumstances.

  • @babbsromero3471
    @babbsromero3471 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nicholas, this was one of the best color combinations videos I’ve seen! Helped me tremendously!

  • @artofvchannel9430
    @artofvchannel94303 жыл бұрын

    Great... Big​ thanks​ again

  • @allisonjames2923
    @allisonjames29232 жыл бұрын

    I love that you took all the colour “rules” & smothered them in paint 🎨

  • @user-hj6bp5sw3x
    @user-hj6bp5sw3x3 ай бұрын

    Fabulous! So soft and cohesive like a symphony.

  • @thunderriser
    @thunderriser2 жыл бұрын

    I like how playful this is, and how you take pleasure in each color you create! It might seem obvious but I'd like to add one thing. In order for this to work well, the used colors have to have the same color temperature, which means either all cool or all the warm, like in this demo. The blue is ultramarine which is warm, and also the yellow is really deep and warm, as is the light red. The light blue is cool because it leans towards green, but this doesn't really matter because it is very light and almost like a white. Sometimes a cool color mixed with a warm one creates a nice new color, but more often it results in the colors becoming muddy and rather dull.

  • @sharonputman3633
    @sharonputman36333 жыл бұрын

    Wow Nick that was brilliant mini lesson! Thank you for sharing 😊

  • @Kayfeathers
    @Kayfeathers3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nick, super helpful especially when you added the unrelated red! Love it

  • @carolinecollins4012
    @carolinecollins4012 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. Hadn't thought of this before.

  • @barbaraoconnell2208
    @barbaraoconnell22082 жыл бұрын

    I love this.

  • @artofvchannel9430
    @artofvchannel94308 ай бұрын

    I love it, thanks so much..

  • @emmiejackson7554
    @emmiejackson75542 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Nick --- I just came across this video and it inspired me so much since I have been struggling with color harmony! Best wishes!!

  • @CS-pu4ti
    @CS-pu4ti Жыл бұрын

    What a valuable lesson on color! Thank you so much Nick!!!🙏🏽

  • @deborahhoch2662
    @deborahhoch26623 жыл бұрын

    Luscious

  • @DuckyEggwood
    @DuckyEggwood Жыл бұрын

    so cool

  • @maureenknight3863
    @maureenknight38633 ай бұрын

    brilliant ty

  • @jocelyneblanchard5948
    @jocelyneblanchard59483 жыл бұрын

    Great to see!!! Thanks!!!

  • @juliebabb3365
    @juliebabb33652 жыл бұрын

    what w wonderfully simple way to harmonize a palette

  • @sherrillpearson7140
    @sherrillpearson71402 жыл бұрын

    Huge game changer for me. Can't wait to use this info.

  • @michaelbone5177
    @michaelbone51773 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I totally do this too! Always get excited when the tube color fits the scheme well later on

  • @fatimagrocki386
    @fatimagrocki3863 жыл бұрын

    Love this! Thank you Nick!

  • @mai-brittsevel9121
    @mai-brittsevel91213 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nick for sharing and sending out so much inspiration both here and in CVP2021 🙏🏼

  • @fcruz2012
    @fcruz20122 жыл бұрын

    How amazing! It's so exciting! Thanks!

  • @joykumar7332
    @joykumar73322 жыл бұрын

    Great information...

  • @mirtaxiomelyssandin2001
    @mirtaxiomelyssandin20013 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great content on this video blog about colour and colour combination.

  • @daveanderson8776
    @daveanderson87762 жыл бұрын

    Wow! This something I’ve been going to do for a while and keep forgetting. Experimental painting is exploring ideas color,composition and tonalities. Love it ,thanks for sharing

  • @deborahwolff5651
    @deborahwolff5651 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. I love the feeling of mixing colors! It's interesting how you can mix tints and shades while using harmony

  • @dianesorota838
    @dianesorota8385 ай бұрын

    Fabulous demonstration.Thanks much.

  • @ArtFlyer01
    @ArtFlyer013 жыл бұрын

    Excellently helpful as ever, we never stop learning, thank you.

  • @glenpos
    @glenpos2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Nick. I have used harmonious colours and love the feeling it evokes in me. 💜💙

  • @artofvchannel9430
    @artofvchannel94303 жыл бұрын

    Love​ ​it​ thanks​ so​ much

  • @arlenealbanese8764
    @arlenealbanese87643 жыл бұрын

    Nick I appreciate these videos. I get so much out of watching u mix your paints. I feel I am learning about saturated vs non. It makes so much sense now. Now I have to practice. Thank u.

  • @mariaroca5762
    @mariaroca57622 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I love that is intuitive and spontaneous .

  • @grazynaurbanek6802
    @grazynaurbanek68023 жыл бұрын

    I loved your video about harmonizing colors. Thank you for sharing your process with us.

  • @veena747
    @veena7472 жыл бұрын

    This is a super useful demo and teaching video. Thank you very much for sharing.

  • @cristinamallol5413
    @cristinamallol54133 жыл бұрын

    I learned harmony from you Tks Nice seeing you again

  • @belindaroca4577
    @belindaroca45773 жыл бұрын

    Thx Nick.. ur an awesome teacher.. will definitely try it😊

  • @simpleartofhealing286
    @simpleartofhealing2865 ай бұрын

    cool. Thanks!

  • @hughferguson5393
    @hughferguson53933 жыл бұрын

    REALLY ENJOYED THIS,,,CAN'T WAIT TO DO SOME,,,,THANKS, NICK!

  • @bonniegarson80
    @bonniegarson803 жыл бұрын

    Very cool👍

  • @brandythompson6544
    @brandythompson65443 жыл бұрын

    Yes--- this is how I mix my colors, too!! Super fun to create new color and play, play, play!!

  • @nicolabishop996
    @nicolabishop996 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for all that you share. It's very helpful.

  • @janekizner3678
    @janekizner36783 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing this technique. I’ve been afraid to mix different colors expecting a yucky result, and yet I love the harmony of vibrant colors. I’m going to experiment with this way of creating color. Now I’m excited.

  • @Tawadeb
    @Tawadeb3 ай бұрын

    Helpful thanks

  • @judyhyland682
    @judyhyland6822 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos

  • @nozhaomar198
    @nozhaomar1982 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 🌹🌹

  • @monicastella9149
    @monicastella91492 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I learned some more about color and it was inspiring.

  • @monicastella9149
    @monicastella91493 жыл бұрын

    Thank you again!

  • @yokemelissant9098
    @yokemelissant90982 жыл бұрын

    Very good lesson. I learned so much

  • @tonyandrea7613
    @tonyandrea76133 жыл бұрын

    I like this video. It helps.

  • @duriduri2823
    @duriduri28233 жыл бұрын

    Very good.thanks

  • @harpreetsingh2005
    @harpreetsingh20053 жыл бұрын

    Yes i sometimnes watch ur stuff...and well this video is really nice and informativ

  • @vanessa1474
    @vanessa14743 жыл бұрын

    I love mixing colours but after I’ve mixed & used, how do I ensure that when I mix the next lot that it will be the same? I’ll forget which colours I used & how much of each I used. This question plagues me ☺️

  • @monaolofsson3555
    @monaolofsson35553 жыл бұрын

    Thank You,

  • @donnaschafer2565
    @donnaschafer25653 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Very interesting and affective way to harmonize a painting. In paintings like this how do you bring in a focal point and not muddy up or over do a painting?

  • @Abi_ness_art
    @Abi_ness_art2 жыл бұрын

    That red just raised my eye brow......

  • @boxerdogmum583
    @boxerdogmum5836 ай бұрын

    Aha!

  • @dianneloftstaylor
    @dianneloftstaylor3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Nick. Please tell me what you are using fir your palette - wet sponge and paper?

  • @vickyrafael1
    @vickyrafael12 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nick. A question, on what do you put your paint? It seems sort of wet?

  • @joannavandeneijnden5437
    @joannavandeneijnden54373 жыл бұрын

    Love the info but how does vocal point work?

  • @sonchenpatton8268
    @sonchenpatton82683 жыл бұрын

    How do you deal with mixing like this if you have a larger painting? Even the 12 x 12’s?

  • @robfuzz
    @robfuzz2 жыл бұрын

    what kind of acrylics do you use? Soft body? Fluid?

  • @jeanneshamji7852
    @jeanneshamji7852 Жыл бұрын

    Can this technique be used with watercolor?

  • @cliffdariff74
    @cliffdariff745 ай бұрын

    Does anyone know what acrylic brand Nick uses for his large commissions and paintings?

  • @robfuzz
    @robfuzz Жыл бұрын

    At what point does it become mud?

  • @randirosanikolajsen6372
    @randirosanikolajsen63722 жыл бұрын

    Do I understand it right... You don't need ALL the colors in every single colormix? Just some of them? They will harmonise anyway, even though they just share some colors? And one more... The pure color I put on the painting to stand out, could it be a totally different one? Or should it be one of the colors already used?

  • @daledanby6831
    @daledanby68312 жыл бұрын

    How does it not turn to mud?

  • @frappedelimon4351
    @frappedelimon4351 Жыл бұрын

    That's not pure red nor that second color looks blue 😳😳

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