How to Match Any Color with Oil Paint

“If it’s hard to tell, that’s close enough’

“Even if you don’t know what you’re doin’, you can still get there” Words to live by.

And this is the only thing I needed to learn at art school and was never taught. Your free video just surpassed my $30k college tuition. Thanks a million.

Notes I have written down so far... at 14:30 •VALUE should be your first priority! •BLUE and BROWN will DARKEN a color. •YELLOW and WHITE will LIGHTEN a color. • If something looks GREY it really means it looks more BLUE. • If somenthing looks BROWN it really means it looks more REDish or ORANGE.

When you are just so talented that even when you're trying to fail, you match the color of the example...

Notes: - Use blue to darken cool colours and brown to darken warm colours - Focus on value first then the colour - using the opposing colour to neutralize and tone down a colour - use white to lighten cool colours and yellow for warm colours

When i read the comments i feel like we all can be friends and talk abt art and wowo sounds exciting lol

I watched so many color theories and every time got confused. This gentleman cleared all my hurdles. What a simple and peacful lesson. God bless you sir. With love and regards,

I literally was like; absolutely not. Blue, yellow and red make an ugly brown colour. Because that’s what they teach me in school. I never knew how to mix a grey without black and this is literally such an eye opener to what I learned. Thank god you and the internet exist

He intentionally tries to mess up on the first color... deliberately grabs some of everything to try and make a hodgepodge... and almost nails the color right on. Awesome. It's like watching a Wayne Gretzky hockey tutorial "Don't worry about doing too much to begin with. We're just going to skate a round a little bit, have some fun, and then just try to touch the puck with our stick..." tap Scores game winning goal Humor and awe aside, your color mixing examples and clear approach have been astoundingly helpful to watch and learn from, thank you!

I'm only halfway through this and it's one of the most concise, helpful lessons I've ever had

They say that if you don't know how to explain something simply, then you don't understand the subject. You explain this so simply, and you have such a deep knowledge for color. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach people, especially at a beginning level.

I have never been a painter. I'm not currently looking to become a painter. Why did I watch this? It's so fascinating to watch someone who is a great teacher who you can also tell is passionate about what they are teaching. If I ever do want to take up oil panting I know exactly what videos to come back to.

It's like the clouds opened and now I can see.  Very clear description.  I will make this a habit until it becomes natural. Thank you!

I studied art in college. We spent a ton of time mixing colors...like two entire semesters were color mixing projects. We all got really good at it pretty quickly. I paint sets for my local school plays each year. I use interior, flat house paint and only get red, blue, yellow, white, and black. I paint all the sets with only those 4 colors. I can mix any color I need, just like what we see happening in this video. If anyone is painting a set and you want to use house paint from the local hardware store, you have to ask them to "mix" you up a custom gallon of individual pigments...that requires them to override the paint machines. If you just pull a red on the paint chip wall, it already has several colors mixed into it. So if you mix a red and a blue from the paint chip wall, you never know what you will end up with. You have to start with pure colors of paint with only one pigment in each. I really confused the employees at the store the first time I made this request. They are all used to me now and are pros at giving me what I need. This is also helpful info in you want to paint large, interior murals.

Some things i learned about color theory is if you want to have a cohesive painting and have color harmony, then: 1.never use black or white to change a color's tone,(unless youre going for a certain look) 2. Every premade paint color (thats straight from the tube) has a temperature, ie: warm, cool or neutral. Even black and white. For example Mars black is slightly warm and Zinc white is cool. 3. Objects in the background of a painting look more hazy so adding a bit of a light gray to your colors will help with that. It will dull the saturation. 4. If you want certain colors to pop, paint them next to their opposite on the color wheel. 5.

This is probably the best color mixing tutorial I've ever seen ... you're a great teacher man

You are a terrific teacher....thank you so much! I have been taking workshops, attending demos and taking classes for 12 years and believe me when I say, I got more out of this ½ hour tutorial than all the others combined.

Your content is incredible! I read entire books about color theory and your 30 min video taught more than any of them! Thank you Mark :)

I started to watch thinking “oh here we go another painting demo...” but was absolutely riveted...and watched 2, back to back..such clear and straightforward teaching, gorgeous to watch the shiny colours transforming under the brush...will definitely be returning to these when I start painting again! Thank you so much for these tutorials- and as someone said, no annoying, distracting background music!!!!