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Why Every Beginner Should Try Painting with Just 3 Colors

Chris Breier 1,641 3 months ago
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Using 3 colors will help you to learn color mixing and it simplifies your palette. The time stamps are below along with a list of the art supplies that I used. There are more related videos at the bottom. 🖌️ The original painting is available, here's the link to the auction https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1501429 CHAPTERS 00:00 Benefits of a 3 color palette 00:15 Liquitex mixing primary color set 00:29 Setting up the palette 01:02 Keeping acrylics wet on the palette 01:23 Acrylic retarder mediums 02:05 Liquitex Slo-Dri Blending Medium 02:54 Drawing with acrylic markers 03:25 Mixing the colors for the apple 03:45 How to use a color isolator to view colors 07:26 Start painting the apple 08:30 Tip about Toning the canvas-optional 08:47 Painting the red part of the apple 09:56 There's purple in a red apple? 12:27 Painting in the teal background 13:52 Painting the wood table 15:39 Resetting the palette 16:26 Mixing the leaf color 16:46 Painting the chrome metal blade 18:42 Refinements 18:52 Liquitex Slo-Dri Medium glazing demo 20:18 Finishing touches 20:42 Finished Painting 20:53 Thoughts on Modern vs Traditional Pigments 21:10 Related Videos 🎨 MY COLOR MIXING COURSE In my color mixing course I cover the supplies I use and demonstrate the basics of mixing colors. You can use student grade acrylics or professional acrylics. https://chrisb.thinkific.com/courses/color-mixing-course RELATED VIDEOS https://youtu.be/wlaVK1pmq3Y https://youtu.be/1weC7XFsh9o https://youtu.be/A1vcOIlzS1Q https://youtu.be/lMGSvvT-V-k https://youtube.com/shorts/SP7ZbVHx6Gg https://youtu.be/c5lFY8DoZlU https://youtu.be/U3xJasFwWSg 🖌 ART SUPPLIES USED IN THIS VIDEO As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The links that lead to Blick Art Supplies and Golden Maple are affiliate links which means that if you make a purchase I earn a commission 🎨 BASIC ART SUPPLIES & TOOLS Here's an idea list in my Amazon storefront that lists the art supplies that I use in my videos https://www.amazon.com/shop/chrisbreier/list/SSDTPIEBFBAC?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_TJA0RYTJ4S4A4Q8HJVWP. 🎨 LIQUITEX SET OF MIXING PRIMARY COLOR SET https://amzn.to/3YTxTWJ 🎨 LIQUITEX SUPER HEAVY GESSO I like to use this to create subtle brushmark textures on canvas and on panels. You can build up texture and gesso a canvas at the same time. https://amzn.to/3Z8KCpL 🎨 LIQUITEX SLO-DRI BLENDING MEDIUM This medium allows more time for blending, and you can add as much as you want to your paints. https://amzn.to/3UUUHnS 🎨 LIQUITEX SLO-DRI GEL AND FLUID ADDITIVE This retarder is available as a gel and as a fluid. You can add up to 25% to acrylic paints to extend the drying time by up to 40%. The fluid will thin out the paint. Gel: https://amzn.to/4hTfbah Fluid: https://amzn.to/40PKcG0 🎨 GESSOBORDS Gessobords are ready to use so it saves time. They're sealed with Archivaseal and then primed with gesso. They work great for oil painting and other media.. Amazon: https://amzn.to/3T0Qoqx Blick: http://shrsl.com/4f5qn 🎨 GOLDEN MAPLE PAINT BRUSHES I painted the entire painting using only these brushes. They were provided to me by Golden Maple. I like how the detail brushes have a thicker, triangular shaped handle which makes them more comfortable to work with. Other detail brushes have very thin handles. Detail brushes: https://amzn.to/3Zb6qkE Angled brushes: https://amzn.to/3AWKVux https://amzn.to/3Zb6qkE 🎨 GLASS CUTTING BOARD PALETTE I use a glass cutting board as a palette, it has round corners, rubber feet on the bottom so it doesn't slide. It also fits perfectly inside of my Masterson Palette. Here's a video of how I set it up and use it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5lFY8DoZlU Amazon https://amzn.to/49EYPNU Masterson Sta-Wet palette Amazon https://amzn.to/3wgFWCl Blick http://shrsl.com/4f570

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