Stan and Marshall break down how to learn color by combining theory and practice without getting stuck in rules. They explain hue, value, and saturation, share stories about their own color frustrations, and outline exercises like using limited palettes, plein air painting, and master studies. You’ll learn why repetition, observation, and balancing intuition with knowledge are key to developing your color sense over time.
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TeResA Bolen
1mo
This episode was a lot of fun! Love color - huge fan of James Gurney's book. Those little palettes @Marshall Vandruff brought look like great fun! Awesome idea! Great tip about using a touchstone Master painting when trying to do a color portrait from a BW reference for us newbies, Stan! I used that idea when I did this portrait of my mother from a very old, soft, sepia photo last summer. It's done in Talens Cobra Artist quality Water-Mixable oils, CMYK+White palette. I LOVE these paints! and their tech advisors are rock stars!

@cameos
2mo
Really love the episode! Thank you :)
I have a question about the beautiful painting behind Marshall: who is the artist? I would love to see it fully and research the artist; I feel the wind blowing and the waves crashing when I look at it.

@daniellee
3mo
"Swallowing colors of the sounds I hear. Am I just a crazy guy? You bet"
Ozzy Osborne, Flying High Again.
RIP Ozzy
ANX804U
3mo
This works so I am beginner and I realized I was good with black and white in acrylics and wanted to shift to colours and directly shifted to actual colours which was so overwhelming and confusing. I usually used cadmium red, cadmium yellow and ultramarine blue with white but that makes everything so much confusing that bright yellow never worked with anything. But after listening to your advise I shifted my palette to only one colour with black and white so I think purpose of whole exercise was to work with only one colour saturation, and how to blend colours with value so I used burnt seinna with cadmium red (a little) and white, black and grey. It drastically improved my self potrait I did few weeks ago. So thanks, I will not ask for critique or anything considering you guies only posted this podcast to help learn colours but I will just put a reference how good of a change it was. (One with mixed background is done after and one with all done background was done prior) thanks guies.
Carlos Pérez
3mo
I’m baffled by how skilled Stan is . Respect.
I’m also thankful this platform exist so we can learn from different parts of the globe
ANX804U
3mo
ummmm... you guies said something i understood barely anything, guesss time to watch again....
Amy
3mo
This was a wonderful episode, great content and advice on how to learn color. I needed this!
Vera Robson
3mo
This is very good. This morning I tried painting en plein air with only black and white paint. I always get a bit overwhelmed when painting with oil, and limiting the palette is a great route to improve my painting skills in an organised and consistent way.
@casinoriggs
3mo
Marshall looks like a sea captain with the beanie, fitting background!
hobodios
3mo
i havent even caught up to season 4 but im so glad theres a new episode
Janelle Hatherly
3mo
Yay!! It's about time.🤗🥰

Dermot
3mo
Thanks for the Draftsmen on Colour.
What do you think about the book by Michael Wilcox:
Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green
(Or How to Mix The Colour You Really Want - Every Time) ?
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3mo
It's got good teaching in it, and I first learned about the two-primary system from that book.
My biggest criticism is the title, which I assume is meant to shock us into involvement. It probably would not have sold as well if it were more accurately titled: Blue and Yellow Make Green (but not always).
Perhaps we'll apply this wisdom to our coming Perspective Lesson titles:
Straight Lines Do Not Exist!
Stop Looking and Just Draw!
Stop Drawing and Just Look!
Everything You Perceive is Wrong!
Your Eyes Do Not See Green, Yellow, Blue, or anything else — It's All in Your Brain!
Maybe...
But yes, informative book.
Juice
3mo
Marshall with beanie looks like he would be a skater. 🛹

Hans Heide Nørløv
3mo
Wow a 2 hour episode?!
that’s more than I could ask for👍🙏
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