5 Tips To Better Color - Part 1

Are you wondering how to get better color in your work? I have been asked by many of you for help with color. I certainly want my paintings to sparkle with fresh color, and I bet you do as well! This new video shares five tips that you can use right now to improve the color in your work! I'm confident that if you do these five simple things, the brilliance of your paintings will shine through with newfound freshness.

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[jorgemagarinos-ti]

Gracias. Primer proyecto: voy aplicar estos tips 😀😀😀

[marcosandreorlando]

Thank you Alain for those amazing tips

[barbarascott]

Thanks so much for your five tips I think I will have to be more adventurous

[SamanthaJanesCreations]

I’m really enjoying your videos and getting so much from them! Thanks so much for making them and inspiring us all to be fabulous artists 🎉

[trondsi]

You're just about the most helpful painter online. Not sure why I avoided pastels for so long (maybe because of the dust, ha ha). Thanks!

[kenleergierig]

I loved this video, thank you so much.
Do you have a tutorial where you teach us how to use the colorwheel bij making a painting?
I would love to see you work with it thinking out loud 🙂

[johnholldolms]

hey Allen...you do a great job at explaining things for a beginner / intermediate so I can understand

[bartsenders]

Interesting to know. Thanks for your videos

[sylvianblue]

You are so right..."it doesn't have to be perfect!"

[gunnarannaburling]

Thank you so much for your videos! You always offer such incredibly helpful advice and your work is so beautiful! I've been enjoying learning to paint portraits in various mediums and your portraits are incredibly inspiring! Thank you for sharing your talent and skills, it is so appreciated!

[jewelrymkr]

I always thought I was subscribed to your channel but I wasn't. Well thank your for This video. I have been painting for years now and color is something I want to get better at.

[denisegrossman]

I must have missed this very vital lesson. I will try colorwork thumbnail before I tackle an actual piece. Thank you

[RanchoZabara]

Alain..second viewing of one of your videos in 2 days and was inspired to dust some pastel on my large newsprint pad again.  A shame, it turned out so well but will be short lived though each time I use the vibrant colors of pastels I learn more for my oil painting.  Your advice was also hammered into my head by a marvelous artist that I have studied with for several years.  The thumbnails, color sketches and choice of a color scheme is great advice.  BTW..I am sure you are a successful artist but you have another great asset...a voice "made for radio" as an old saying goes.  Without giving up what surely is your first love perhaps you should also explore a commercial use of a great baritone voice.  I have an old actor friend who when TV and movies were no longer plentiful he turned to commercials with his voice and does quite well on that alone.  Won't mention his name because he is well known and was in a long running TV series and many movies (several with John Wayne) but better known now for the distinctive voice.  Really enjoy your great teaching.

[mlunaID]

Very affirming. Thank you! Great communication and hard work represented here. Subscribed!

[ionlyemergeafterdark]

I think that advice is excellent. Thanks much.

[bhavani]

Thankyou so much. Great delivery and information. So helpful

[deeb]

I've subscribed as I noticed you are one of Emma Colbert's favourite artists. Found your tips extremely helpful and can't wait to put them into practice.

[saddlebronze]

I love this Alain! Great review of what you taught in class. I miss studying with you in Southbury. Please come to Arizona!!

[toadian]

Thank you Alain!!! This video was a big help! Going to get my pastels out today.

[wonderingpilgrim]

Thank you for this video. You might not believe this, but I actually just discovered you after looking through some of my old Artist magazines that I saved for inspiration after our kids got older and I'd have more time for art! It was the September 2003 issue, and your work back then was just as captivating!