Summary
| Category: | Techniques |
| Media: | For All Media |
| Skill Level: | Beginning Level |
| Has Video(s): | Yes |
In this ArtByte, I explain saturation and color mixing in practical terms. You will learn about the importance of gray and how to mix it, as well as how each of our paint colors lean toward other colors. There are three exercises in this ArtByte and four short videos, in additon to many images and helpful instruction.
I marked the level as beginner and the media as oil, but most of what I explain is appropriate for higher levels as well, and just about any medium that uses color.
*FYI, most of the information in this ArtByte is included in my book, "Daily Painting," which is available on Amazon.com.
Reviews
Sat Sep 7, 02019 1:27 PM
"Great little artbyte with some good info. Very well presented and some good tidbits that either I didn't know, or had forgotten to implement. Thanks!"
Mon Jan 22, 02018 6:18 PM
"Carol gives great clear direction and I loved the videos to demonstrate the concepts!"
Tue Feb 2, 02016 9:52 AM
"So very helpful with such simple steps!!! Love the short videos."
Caroline Greene
Fri May 8, 02015 10:48 AM
"I like the way you break things down into simple steps, Carol, so it all becomes understandable. It's finally properly sinking in how essential it is to learn and keep in mind which way the paint colours lean. An absolute bargain, too, for such a lot of useful guidance and information, all delivered in a lovely calm, clear way."
Wed May 6, 02015 4:00 PM
"Another great tutorial on basics. I like the clarity in this Artbyte."
Wed Apr 3, 02013 3:50 PM
"Best $ I spent in a LONG time! Thanks Mme Marine for your generosity in sharing this gold mine of informations. I now have explanations on why some paints mix differently and why it's so hard to get certain colors... I would always get to them eventually but a lot of the time it was by accident and then I would not remember what I did! Now I know and will always know because I've printed all the charts that are set up as work of art on my studio's wall!"
Sat Mar 9, 02013 6:09 PM
"Informative, interesting and fun. Thank you, very, very helpful!"
Kristin Brown
Sat Jan 26, 02013 2:55 PM
"Like most people, I was handed a list of paints in my first class, bought them, and while I've tweaked them somewhat, I've never tried just outright doing without most of them. This was hugely useful in thinking about what's really necessary and what's nice to have on your palette, but not necessarily critical. Well done. :)"
Mon Nov 26, 02012 7:31 PM
"Thank you for putting this together. I learn so much from your videos and would love to attend one of your workshops in person."
Stephanie Revennaugh
Sat Sep 15, 02012 11:09 AM
"Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!"
Fri Aug 24, 02012 9:14 AM
"Carol, this is a wonderfully informative tutorial. I re-learned things I had completely forgotton (I learned much of this back when dirt was invented......). Even better, you gave the most sensible explanation I have ever heard about colors LEANING in one direction or another -- a true AHA moment for me! I'm so inspired to get back to painting after many, many years away from it! Great job!!"
Thu Jul 12, 02012 4:01 PM
"The best information I have heard on color! Just wonderful!
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Jennie De Groot
Thu May 31, 02012 5:25 PM
"Absolute Lightbulb moment for me!!! All that colour theory I had read About( and not understood) made sense( I am a kinetic learner!!!!i had to see you demonstrate itI to understand.duh!) I painted immediately afterwards and it was amazing!!!!! Best money I have spent in ages!!!thank you!!!!
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Wed May 16, 02012 8:45 AM
"Carol
I love this video and have done the exercises. Much info here."
I love this video and have done the exercises. Much info here."
Tue May 1, 02012 12:55 PM
"Clear, concise and great information."
Sun Apr 22, 02012 9:30 AM
"The best thing since sliced bread! This was such an immediate help to me that I used it in a painting I was working on. Actually scraped the part that was wrong off, and reworked it with notes from the ArtByte next to me. The non-color that I had been struggling with is now clear as beautiful grays to be made with just the right hue.
Thanks so much for this Carol! Keep these great ArtBytes coming please, they are so helpful to those of us that have no access to workshops."
Thanks so much for this Carol! Keep these great ArtBytes coming please, they are so helpful to those of us that have no access to workshops."
Anne Sheill
Thu Mar 15, 02012 3:00 PM
"Very helpful! Before, if I were to put into my own words what saturation is, I would have said it is intense color. Problem is I saw brown and other darks as saturated because they seemed intense. Maybe I saw opaque as intense. After following the tutorial, I have no excuse for not understanding that terminology. Thank you for explaining what had never been made clear to me in the past."
Ginny Good
Wed Mar 7, 02012 9:04 PM
"Very informative and clear explanation of how you get your amazing colors! Thank you!"
Kaaren Batten
Sun Mar 4, 02012 10:16 AM
"Thankyou, Carol.
This is a fine example of the KISS principal.... just what I needed and I look forward to more bytes. K"
This is a fine example of the KISS principal.... just what I needed and I look forward to more bytes. K"
Tressa Mills
Sat Mar 3, 02012 8:09 PM
"Yay! I get so confused with colors, but this really helped!"
Thu Mar 1, 02012 11:41 PM
"Excellent color study of the colors on your palette."
Wed Feb 29, 02012 4:37 PM
"Carol, I loved the video and can't wait to move on to the next one! Sooooooo glad you did these and that more will be coming - this was even better than putting out a DVD for sale (which is what I was hoping the surprise was - but this surpassed it). I'm on vacation with my husband (it's a ski trip - he skis and I paint) and I just ran put of canvas boards and thought I was going to be bored stiff for the rest of the trip, so you can imagine how happy I was to see these new tutorials out!!!"
Phyllis Franklin
Wed Feb 29, 02012 4:06 PM
"I really enjoyed this tutorial Carol. Thanks for putting this together for all of us that haven't attended one of your workshops. I found your explainations easy to follow and certainly made understanding saturation and color mixing clearer even though I had heard this many times before. I think this tutorial just made the dots connect. For me, these ArtBytes are like taking a mini workshop and well worth the money spent. I'll certainly look forward to more from you and others."
Wed Feb 29, 02012 2:33 PM
"Again, Carol.. the videos are the best part! I am so glad I watched this. Now I can't wait to mix some magical grays.. red, yellow & blue! :)"