Subtitles are on guys. I’ve just put up a community post that explains how to find the auto translate button to translate into other languages. Hope this helps 😁

Also, one other thing I didn’t mention in the video. If you know what you want to colour on a particular element for example a red dragon and then you are stuck for the rest of the page colours, look at these techniques and see which one would work best on your page (all of them will work) 😁

This was a huge help in understanding the color wheel and all the different ways to make it work for you. The samples from your coloring pages helped a lot, and your verbal explanations were spot on. One of the bests vids I have watched, if not the best for me. I have always appreciated your channel, and I am so glad you are still with us, making entertaining and informative videos. Great work!!! You are among my top 5 favorites in the colorist genre here on KZread. 😘

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh 🥹 that was so lovely ☺️ I really appreciate all your support I know you’ve been here with me for a long time and I always love seeing your comments 🤗

This is an EXCELLENT video! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read about color theory, but found it hard to retain. I am largely a visual learner (I bet that applies to a lot of colorists) and the tint, tone, shade demo with the red paint has FINALLY taught me what words alone could not. Thank you for all you do to develop the skills of others. You’re amazing!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you so much Sheila, I appreciate your kind words. I’m so happy to hear that it was easy to understand 🤍

Thankyou so much Karen. I struggle terribly with colour choices. I have grappled with colour theory and color choices forever. You have just made such a difference as I am now understanding why the colors go together. Thank for explaining in a simple to understand way and using your examples too. A real game changer.🤩🤩 Thankyou so much.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Oh Beryl, you’ve made my day! I remember looking into colour theory when I first started colouring, that’s actually when I first bought my colour wheel and I was well and truly confused lol so I’m very glad I was able to explain it well 🤗

Maybe I'll make friends with my colour wheel now!! Very helpful, thank you. 🌸 South Africa. ⛅

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes they do come in handy sometimes. So glad it was helped Jane ❤️

Thank you Thank you thank you!!! I finally understand it! I am so excited.....my being overwhelmed and frustrated is turning to joy again!!!! I am so grateful!!!!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

11 ай бұрын

Oh I love this Beth, so happy to hear this helped you. I bought my colour wheel years ago, took one look at it and put it in the drawer. I had no faith that that little circle could help with art in anyway hahaha then one day it clicked and finally made sense… just took me a while 🤣

Thank you for explaining, and showing with examples.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

4 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome 🤗

Thank you so much for explaining colour theory so well. What blew me away was your explanation of the TINTS, TONES & SHADES, I’ve been colouring for years but never really understood. I’m so looking forward to watching your other videos & hopefully ignite my mojo by getting back to colouring. 😊

@MyColourfulCountryLife

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Michele, I was just the same. Years of colouring before I finally worked out what my colour wheel was for and what it all meant. So happy the video was interesting and I hope you get your mojo back ❤️❤️

Thank you so much. I have such a problem picking colors. This will definitely help 🙂

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Diana, I hope you do find it useful 🤗

Hallo, Thank you very much for the great tip about the automatic language translation. It works....I'm overjoyed because now I can understand the great video even better, thanks.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it helped you Ursula 😁

Excellent. Clear, relevant, practical. Love how you provided examples. Thanks a lot 🙏

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome, glad you liked it ❤️

That was amazing, can’t wait to get started, I’ve had my colour wheel for a long time,but never really understood it.the examples you showed us really brought the wheel to life for me. Thank you again for all the hard work you put into all you do to help us.❤

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was the same, I bought my colour wheel years ago, took one look at it and put it in my drawer 😆 it took me colouring for a while before I realised I was doing these things without knowing. 😁

Wow, all your pages are breath taking!!! Immaculate, beautiful, and just so well done! I can only hope to be a tiny bit as good! Thanks for all the info!!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Ай бұрын

Awww Thank you so very much! 🥰❤️

@aandjdusik

Ай бұрын

@@MyColourfulCountryLife you're more than welcome!!

Oh my goodness! What an informative and beautifully presented video! Thank you so much for sharing your time and talents with us!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Elise, glad you enjoyed it 😁❤️

What can I say, another fabulous video!!! I very much appreciate your help in explaining this.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sandy ❤️🥰🤗

Most helpful! Thank you!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jocelyne, you’re welcome 😁

Thank you for this video. It is fun to watch and it gives me insights as to how to use colour wheel which I have but rarely use 😄.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, glad you enjoyed it Ann ❤️

Color theory is always a little boring but very important. Thank you so much for this video. You did an excellent job! I love watching your videos. ❤ I saved this video for future reference. The examples you showed really put it together.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome Michelle! I agree colour theory can be really boring haha

Thank you so much for the time you have taken to explain the colours.I have a colour wheel and never really got the hang of it ,I will now have a better understanding of it. I hope you will carry on doing colour alongs as I love the colours you put together ,I follow all your colour alongs.and try and match your colours when I'm colouring. I am from England.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sylvia, I’m happy to hear it was helpful. I’ll be doing colour alongs for as long as I physically can, don’t worry about that 😁🤗🥰

Fantastic tutorial! And your color wheel is better than mine!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thank you Cynthia and yes it’s pretty fancy 😆❤️

oh I make these simular in my coloring books ... per color work I use another 1, 2 or 3 primary colors and I mixing from them what I need, so it will be never boring and I´ve a lot of fun :D ... yes, also a monochromatic artwork can looking harmonicly, with more or less water. I learn a lot about the pigments that I have and the hole color range between them and sometimes this was surprising for me ... now I can create a springslike artwork without any green if I use a lemon yellow and neutral black O.o autumlike it will be if I use a redish yellow and neutralblack ... I also like the great range between cadmium red light and ultramarine, because you can find here a lot of skintones. all this knowledge from my experiments and color mixing fun is very helpful for my next "artworks" :) now I´m thinking nobody need big palettes to create art near the reality - look at the old masters - anders zorn have used only 4 colors for his awesome art works.

thank you for the tips, someties I don't know what color that I want to use, I rarely use the color wheel, I prefer to find a color palette that I like and use the color

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome 🤗 I don’t use the colour wheel either but I have noticed I use the colour harmonies subconsciously. A lot of palettes follow them too, but I think the colour wheel is helpful for beginners ❤️

your work is gorgeous!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Marg ❤️

Very helpful. Thank you.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome 🤗

Thank you for this video I found it so interesting going to look into the colour picking pencil app

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome Eileen 🤗

Love this video, very helpful thank you 😊

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 🤗

Really helpful! Thanks so much.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome Sandra, glad it was helpful ❤️

Excellent tutorial!!!!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thank you so much 😊

Very helpful, thank you 😊

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😁

Danke!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

HI Christine, thank you so much for the super thanks. I really appreciate your support 🤍🤗

@christinesilzer2348

Жыл бұрын

@@MyColourfulCountryLife You are very welcome, Karen. Actually, the time and effort you put into the coloring world is priceless ... ❤

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥹🤗

Hi - I just have to say that this was the best video or explanation of any type that I have seen on colour theory. I am not new to colouring at all and yet, you had some information that I was not aware of. Great job and thank you for the time and effort.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Oh Ellen 🥹 thank you so very much. Happy that my explanation came across well and easy to understand (can be such a boring topic) ❤️

Thank you for explaining the methods of using the colour wheel. ❤xo

@MyColourfulCountryLife

7 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome Jeanie 🤗

Thank you for making this video Karen. It helps so much to understand how to use colors properly. And you explained so many techniques!!!!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome Beatriz ❤️

Thank you very much for sharing this video! Very interesting and helpful for beginners like me 🤗

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re most welcome 🤗

This video was sort of a life saver for me, as I colour as a form of therapy/mindfulness and also to help with my anxiety and push through it without extra medications. I felt overwhelmed, was rude to myself and even beat myself up over it - but this and your colour palettes, colour theory and the like have given me a huge, new spark; I can't thank you enough. You're so talented, well spoken and seem like a very kind and compassionate human being. Thank you so, so much.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

8 ай бұрын

Oh Caroline, your comment has made my day. I started colouring for similar reasons and I’m still hard on myself (see pink door in my October recap video 😅). The perfectionist in me needs to learn to let go lol I am so very happy that the videos have had an impact and that it’s given you some joy ❤️❤️❤️

@conservedbymeds

8 ай бұрын

@@MyColourfulCountryLife Ah yes, the pink door! 😅 I'm still struggling because I try to layer and blend but end up pushing too hard (I think), same with where to put highlights and shadows. But I'm not into hyperrealism either so I SHOULD cut myself some slack, look at it as a lesson learned as you say. I believe that if I just continue colouring I'll get better without thinking of it. As I've never really coloured ever in my life, only used graphite pencils, so I'm a liiiittle behind. 🤣 Thank you for sharing your colouring, giving tips and tricks and always being kind and understanding. Your response made My day as I just woke up (Swede), I'm so going to binge your videos and colour all Saturday! ❤ I hope you're having a lovely evening/morning! ❤

@MyColourfulCountryLife

8 ай бұрын

Oh that sounds like the perfect Saturday to me! 🤗 Yeah with practice and time we all improve. My colouring is still improving, even if I look back just to this time last year, it’s grown so much. We are all beginners at some point. Just don’t compare the beginning of your journey to someone else’s end. All we can do is look back on our own progression ❤️ Sometimes it’s a matter of learning your colouring style and leaning into it (which also takes time). 🎨 As long as it’s fun and bringing joy that’s all that matters 🥰

@conservedbymeds

8 ай бұрын

@@MyColourfulCountryLife Definitely can't complain, a cup of newly brewed coffee, headphones on, watch your videos and colour in my own little bubble. 😊🤗 That's very true, I find it difficult to not be hard on myself and not compare myself to others who have coloured in a loooong time - but the way you express yourself and speak in your videos makes me feel safe (?) and that it's okay to have no idea of what I'm doing at the moment. 😅❤ I love colouring, though every page takes forever to finish - but that's okay for me! 🥰🎨✨️

@MyColourfulCountryLife

8 ай бұрын

@conservedbymeds if it helps, I just started a colour along today and at the start of filming the first thing I said was I have no idea what I’m doing lol so you’re not alone 😂😂 I’m so happy to hear that you find this a safe space. Also the longer a page takes just means you get to enjoy it for longer and it’s even more gratifying when it’s completed ❤️❤️ I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing Saturday 🤗

Excellent video Karen! Thank you 💖

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Eileen ❤️

Extremely helpful video. I will be using often. I am one of those visual people. Loving your channel. Thank you 🙏

@MyColourfulCountryLife

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, happy it was helpful 🥰

Very helpful! Thank you! ❤

@MyColourfulCountryLife

8 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 🥰

What a great video, thank you!! ❤

@MyColourfulCountryLife

4 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome ☺️

I can look at a page and picture in my head how I want it to look and know what colors go well together, but I get so caught up in what pencils to chose to achieve what I’m going for. I can’t wait so see your next video on choosing pencils! Can you please include how you take one of your color combinations and apply it to an image? For instance, your leaf combination page and apply it to a completely different looking leaf or the flower one? I would find that very helpful. Thanks so much 🙂

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Hi Casey, same thing still happens to me. I’ll know I want blue for something but not what type of blue and I’ll sit and swatch until I’m happy. Then I have to match the other colours lol sometimes it’s work and other times it just happens in my head. Depends on the day 😆 So with the spotlight series on leaves there is a 3 part video using the leaves in magical jungle. The flower combos I did a tutorial using them in I think Worlds of Wonder… or world of flowers. I can’t remember which 😬 but they should be in my tutorial playlist. Is this the kind of thing you’re after?

@TheCasey0811

Жыл бұрын

@@MyColourfulCountryLife yes thank you so much! And it’s comforting to know it still happens to you as well. In my head KZread colorists just whip out a picture with no issues lol

So Helpful! Thank you. I'm Newish to adult coloring so this was great. Thanks for all your details!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

10 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome, glad it was helpful for you 🥰 Happy colouring ❤️

Thank you very much for sharing this and explaining , really appreciate it.😊

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome Cindy ❤️

Wow, I’ve subscribed. I am pretty able with monochromatic portraits but colours are a headache for me hence why I’ve started colouring books, to see which colours look good together. Your video is concise, informative and well delivered. I’m definitely going to follow you from now on (that reads a bit weird but I’m sure you understand 😅). Also many thanks for all the links you have given us mere mortals. So delighted to have found your channel 🙏

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you so much, I appreciate it. I’m so happy that you liked the video and hopefully it’s useful ❤️❤️

Awesome information and help. Thanks for taking the time out to explain more on the color wheel and how to pull all the colors together!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re most welcome lora 🤗❤️

That's for a creative Sunday afternoon. Would love to see your color combo 😮book - my eyes to old couldn't see it.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

9 ай бұрын

Colour combo videos are coming soon. Just a PSA though my writing is teeny tiny lol so I’m putting the pencil details on the screen like in my colour alongs 😁

I love your accent! Yes I am from the u.s lol your videos make it very enjoyable to listen and watch. You are an amazing color tech. Thank you for taking the time to explain what your doing it helps tremendously! 😊 Tanya

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Awww thank you so much Tanya 🥹☺️ and you are very welcome 🤗

Thank you 🎉

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome 😁

I absolutely love this video and your breakdown of color theory! Thank you

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Susie ❤️

Very helpful!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Kathryn 😁

I had already seen these techniques, but I love the examples you show. It’s much clearer with such great pages to illustrate what you’re talking about. Thank you very much!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Kirsten 🤗

Brilliant Karen! Thank you. I've watched other videos on this but this one just seemed to make more sense to me with your examples. Love your works, pages and videos. 😃🎨🖼😊

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you Catherine. I remember trying to learn colour theory years ago and I was so confused. So I’m glad I was able to explain it well 😁

Thank you so much for this amazing video. Its lovely to see your examples and here color theory so easily taught. Really enjoyed your video. Ive just recently fot my head around analogous, complimentary, and limited color palettes. I'm hoping to branch into some of the other color options you taught. Thanks for the time you put into creating a great video.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome and happy to hear that I explained it well as colour theory can be so boring lol thank you so much ❤️

This video made it so much more clearer what I already kinda understood. I use my color wheel alot when I’m not sure if two or three colors I want to use go well together. Thank you for this informative video. 😊

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Hi Maria, so happy to hear it was helpful for you ❤️🤗

Brilliant explanations. I thought the visual demos and showing how you had employed those techniques was incredibly helpful. Thank you for creating this video.💜💜💜

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Alisa. So happy it was helpful for you 🥰🤗

First time I have watched a video of yours and very glad I did. I thought I had a reasonable grasp of using colour and theory but I have learnt so much from your well presented video. Seeing the theory actually working on the page will help me to remember what to look for. Looking forward to getting out my colour wheel (which I must confess I haven’t looked at for a long time!) and coloured pencils. Thank you for all the work you put into giving us an invaluable video. I shall be looking out for more😊

Thank you! That was wonderful!!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you lovely 😁🤗

even though i already had an idea of how to pick palettes and use the color wheel, it was very helpful to have it explained from a different perspective. thanks!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Hi Melissa, thank you. Glad you found the video helpful 🤗

Love it love it LOOOOOOOVE IT. As I love all your tutorials and reviews! Every. Single. One! You are super Talented, Karen. Question: where can I find such a wonderful color wheel?? Me wantey! Super Thanks for this video!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Ohh thank you so very much 🥰 so if you go to my Amazon storefront which is linked in the video description you’ll find the colour wheel under art supplies 😁 let me know if you get stuck, it is a pretty cool colour wheel haha

@studioandromedawn4838

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again, Karen! Will do

I've got to get a color wheel 😊

Thank you for this video. I am super new to all of this. It was very helpful!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome, glad it was helpful ❤️

Great video and very helpful. You explain it very clearly and it was not at all boring, lol. Thank you so much!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

YAY! Glad it was helpful ❤️

Thank you so much for this! I learned a lot .

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so glad it was helpful 😁🤗

Your video was so helpful! I usually don't understand color theory when presented but you explained so well😍Thank you

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Cindy ❤️ thank you 🤗

Very interesting. Will work on lightening my focal point. Great video💖

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Cheryl 🤗

That Acorn is so beautiful ❤

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

This was awesome 👌

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Diann 🥰

Thank you

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome Terry 🤗

Very good lesson,,!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Melody ❤️

@RealMelodyBlue

Жыл бұрын

@@MyColourfulCountryLife you're welcome ❣️

Excellent video

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Cheryl 🤗

Haha the only thing I know about color theorie is complementairy colors 😛 For all the rest I use color palettes. In this video there were some interesting tips like creating a vocal point with the background. Thank you!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha yeah that one seems to be the one everyone knows about 😁 glad you found the video interesting ❤️

amazing

@MyColourfulCountryLife

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

Thank you so very much for sharing. I found this very informative and an excellent resource to refer back to often. I have a quick question: When choosing a color palette, do you first think of one color you would like to use, and then go from there? Or do you look at palettes collectively? Just asking out of curiosity because this seems to be where I start to keep from being overwhelmed while looking at palettes.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Ooh ok, I think I might have pinned my comment at the top regarding just this haha. So if you do come up with a colour for a particular element then you can look at all these techniques and maybe write down the options using each of the techniques and pick which one will work best. For a simple page you might want to just use complimentary colours. For a busier page you might want to use tetradic colours to give yourself more option. Then with the chosen colour you can make multiple combos within similar colour families 😁 Hope that helps Shelly 🤗

I have a question. Do you use black, grey and white when colouring with pencils to get shades, tints and tones? I get how to do it with paint (just by mixing), but with pencils I find it way harder. How do you do that? Thanks for all your videos and I love your style!❤ All the best from the Netherlands

@MyColourfulCountryLife

8 ай бұрын

I definitely do it with white. But I find prismas which I usually use, have a great colour range that I don’t have to try to mix any, the work has been done in the creation. I also don’t use black that often to create shadows in a colour combo. For a green leaf for example I’ll use a dark blue or a grey-brown to create the depth rather than adding black. I hope that helps 😁

Just this week i purchased color pencils snd several coloring books. Do u put a glaze over your art pages? They look so vibrant and beautiful. Love ur video.

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. No I don’t, I do use a matte workable fixative to stop colours smudging but it doesn’t change the look of the finished page 🤗

Thank you so much, Karen! I really struggle with this issue! PS: Is the red Kraaken a color along or did you do that one before you started filming?

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome. The red Kraken I coloured before I had my channel back in December 2019 so unfortunately no colour along ❤️

Does anyone know which color wheel she’s using? It’s not the same one on her lists and I really love that specific one!

@MyColourfulCountryLife

11 ай бұрын

Hi Katherine, I bought mine so many years ago, I think i bought if from Craft Online here in Australia. Not sure if it’s still sold, I couldn’t find the same one so I tried to add a similar version on my list 😊

What did you use to color the page in 28:00 it’s looks great!!💗

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was black widow pencils and gelly roll stardust pens 😁

Bravo pour cette mine de conseils notamment pour les mariages de couleurs. Dommage ne pas avoir la traduction de vos vidéos en français .

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

I have subtitles on, I’m not sure why they aren’t translating. I’ll go check 😁

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Ok so I just put up a community post on how to auto-translate. Let me know if it still doesn’t work 🤗

@iagomaeva6691

Жыл бұрын

Merci Karen ! J'ai résolu le problème de traduction. La roue chromatique n'a plus de secret pour moi. 😉

@MyColourfulCountryLife

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it worked and happy it was helpful after all ❤️

*promosm*