Monday, August 7, 2017

Color Mixing Demonstration

I will be releasing a series of videos that demonstrate techniques that I reference in my new book, "Abstract Painting: The Elements of Visual Language".  While shooting the videos, we decided to do a number of short chapters on color mixing that could be available at no cost.  This is the first in the series.  I hope you enjoy it!


It is really fun to explore various groups of primary colors this way. It gives you real insight into the potential of specific pigments.

15 comments:

  1. Oh that's great! I will be looking forward to those. I purchased your book and am actually reading every bit of it - no skimmming allowed! :)

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  2. Another great video! Thank you, Jane

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  3. I've started reading your book this weekend. Enjoying it! Thanks for sharing this video.

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  4. Thank you for this video. Just started exploring mixing and this is exactly what I needed to see.

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  5. Hi Jane,
    I have your book by my bed side and read a chapter a night. It is great! Now back to black and white.

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  6. Love this video! And enjoyed your podcast too. I am ordering the book now. Looking forward to the October class!

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  7. Interesting demo, Jane, thank you. I'm curious as to why you really hate the naphthol red medium? We all have our personal preferences, but I'm always interested to know why other artists react positively or negatively to certain pigments/hues.

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    1. Oh, that's funny! Well, Naphthol Red Medium is not really bright, intense, red. It's not quite blood red. It's this sort of in-between thing. Just because I don't like it on its own doesn't mean I don't use it, though. I do have a personal preference for intense, slightly orangey reds, like a good tomato red.

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  8. Dear Jane,
    Not sure this is the correct place to comment, but THANK YOU for the new course I have just bought-Monoprint Collage.
    Its my second of your download courses and your detailed demos are very very helpful.
    I am careening between abstracts and portraits, and my skills are picking up speed and skill thanks to you.
    Brava
    Beverly

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  9. so excited for the videos to go with book!

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  10. Thank you for these videos. I am finding them (the two I've seen so far) very useful. I love your book, but I'll have to admit that, as a very new to art, but getting on in actual years sort of person, I will welcome the companion videos to help me get the most from the book.

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  11. Hi, Jane! Enjoying the new vids. So, I'm wondering, do you keep your color wheel mixtures and label them, so when you are looking to mix a certain color, you can find the recipe? Do you have them all in a binder or something? Also, how do you choose WHICH primaries to put together? By eye and preference, or are there primary color families that work well together? Thanks!

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    1. Great question, Rhonda. The answer is: ABSOLUTELY NOT. I just use my paints a lot and am so accustomed to them that I mix color intuitively. I strongly encourage you to try all kinds of primary trios and mix them this way. You will get very familiar with your colors and develop your own personal preferences and mixtures. It's not a recipe based thing. I never try to exactly duplicate a color, mostly because color mixing is so specific to each specific painting. On the other hand, I've developed my own go-to favorites, so they do tend to show up in my work over and over again.

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  12. Hi Jane. I'm just testing the posting function on this blog. ;)

    Your assistant, Susan!

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