The Color Mixing Masterclass

Great video. Another tip - if you use a warm blue (ultramarine) and a warm red, as demonstrated here, you will get a desaturated purple, because the warm red has yellow in it, so you have all 3 primaries in the purple, making it desaturated. If you want a vivid purple, use a warm blue (it leans to red) and a cool red (like Quin magenta, which leans to blue and has little yellow) and you will get a vivid purple. Same color theory applies to creating greens and oranges.

I am 82 years old, and just starting to try my hand at painting. I am leaning toward abstract painting, and have been watching a lot of videos. I have been admiring the colours people are using, and did not understand how to get such beautiful colours. I thank you for this video. I am now going to sit and try my hand at mixing these colours and see which ones I like best. I do hope you are a teacher ad you make a wonderful teacher. Thanks again.

I have been a college professor for almost 34 years. I know good teaching when I see it and WOW are you good! No fluff, no garbage filler chatter.... just to-the-point information. I appreciate that so much! Now, as far as the content goes? Such good stuff! You explained temperature and saturation in ways that I've never heard before and I really learned something new here. I'll have to watch this one a few more times before I really "learn" it, but that's okay! Thank you for a great video! :face-blue-smiling:

WOW, I am sitting here absolutely stunned, what an amazing tutorial, thank you, I will watch it over and over. You have a wonderful gift for teaching and your voice is so patient, kind and easy to follow. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia.

Thank you so much for this!!!! I'm entering year five of sobriety and I'm making art again and I'm starting over and boy is the world beautiful when your spirit is healthy! What a joy to have such a phenomenal teacher!!

I watch a good amount of instructional video which is the huge gift of You Tube in my opinion. I learned so much from this class. You are a terrific teacher.

You just blew my mind with peanut butter! Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been struggling with this EXACT subject. Understanding the color wheel is WAY different than just looking at it. Your patient thorough explanation is the BEST thing I've ever seen on YouTube. I can't wait to watch it again ☺️💜👣

Wonderful instruction. Clear, detailed and easy to translate. I can get lost in my love of color until my painting turns to mud. Your discipline in explaining the palette unlocks the mystery. Most instructors talk about mixing color but usually while painting a model or subject. This devoted video to just mixing color is the best instruction I have seen.

OMG THANK YOU!!!! This was the single BEST clear, concise, and helpful color lesson I have ever had!! I WISH I had had anyone teach me this, in this way, previously. Now I actually understand both the values and tints, and their practical applications. THANK YOU!!!

I've been known for "paint pouring" on my channel. With pouring, the challenge was always to keep the colors vivid. So while I understood that red & green or purple and yellow often make mud when they mix - I had no need to go beyond that. Now I've moved from pouring to brush painting - Ive been really frustrated I couldn't get the colors I saw in my head. I want more muted and neutral/natural tones in my abstract florals, and I wanted them to look less vibrant. This tutorial was fantastic. Your voice is calming, soothing and you are informative with a light-hearted delivery that made an hour go by in a JIFFY :) As a fellow content creator, I KNOW how much work goes into these videos and I totally appreciate you taking the time to create it. THANK YOU!

I have mixed colors in the past and wondered why my results were so different from the instructor's. Now I know. I may never learn it all, but you certainly are opening my eyes to this world of art. I can only say kudos to you all who can incorporate all of this knowledge into such beautiful work. I humbly bow to you.

As a complete colour newbie.. I would just like to say THANK YOU for this video! I was so stunned that black isn't used to darken a colour - all the times I've done so in the past, I've been so perplexed as to why my colours turn out so awful looking. But it's what I was taught when I was younger. I've learnt so much from this video, it was truly eye opening!

Excellent video! NO drawn-out beginnings - thanks for that! A good pace for someone trying to grasp these concepts. I appreciate the show-and-tell happening at the same time. Thank you for helping me to understand what I am aiming for in mixing and where to go with the colours to achieve what I'm aiming for. Very clear. Repeating what another professor said - you are doing great in teaching this! Keep up the good work!

Love how you not only give a tutorial but also talk about other stuff such as posture!

Firstly, wow, this is the best tutorial I’ve seen, thank you! Secondly, you have a radio voice, easy on the ears 😉😁

I loved this mixing class. The first one, out of several I have already watched, made any sense to me. Thank you for taking the time to help us.

I am 69 years old and have only been painting a couple of years and this video has explained so much. You are a patient and knowledgeable teacher. Thanks so much for sharing. I will finally be able to make my own color wheel. All of the comments were also helpful.

Wow am I happy to have found this or what? So informative, wonderfully present & conversational w/o the typical loud, busy or chirpy "YouTube personality" bit. THIS is is fantastic. Thank you!!!!

I just woke up this morning after watching this video last night. I had a wonderful vivid dream with lots of beautiful flowers. Thank you.

This artist is an excellent teacher,really thorough in language terms,hue, color temperature, watching is so important…