Realistic Skin Tones with Just 4 colours!?!? The Zorn Palette - Colour Mixing Demonstration

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[Gandalfthefluff]

Your accent switches from aggressively American to aggressively Aussie to aggressively kiwi every few words, it’s fascinating!

[truecuckoo]

Great walkthrough! I think one of the best things with the Zorn/ limited palette is that it’s fairly easy to remember, and to see how you mixed the colours, when needing to go back to a certain colour and mix it again.

[tutaart]

they always told us not to use black with painting. it’s insane how much can we learn from youtube thank you so much

[reginaldwinsor]

Looking at your videos, I realize how little I know. Your analysis of tones on the color chart you demonstrated is not difficult to comprehend but difficult to recreate. I love painting but realized it in my twilight years.

[kathleenhutter]

Thank you Andrew you have taken some of the mystery, and fear out of tackling a portrait! Watching you go through the process of experimenting with creating the colors you wanted, was also super helpful! I like the idea of having a separate piece of canvas to test the colors. Amazing, thank you, you're the best!

[Expressionistix]

The trick is using the right black. Some blacks are warm (ivory black) and some are colder (mars black).

[sherbear]

Lovely and very useful! Funny story! About three years ago, my painting teacher introduced us to the Zorn palette. I had never heard of him but looked up his bio. About three months later, I was with friends visiting Asheville, NC for Thanksgiving. We went to the Biltmore Estate and in the Tapestry room I came face to face with a Zorn original. At first, it reminded me of a Renoir so I asked the docent. She said, "No, that is Anders Zorn who was famous for his 4-color palette!" haha. It was quite a coincidence! Vanderbilt had purchased this painting at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

[duststorm]

Phenomenal video! For someone who is new to painting, I couldn't believe how well such a simple palette could be applied!

[filledemartel]

I took a portrait class where we learned the masters used only yellow ocher, venetian red, ivory black and white. Amazing, we were able to make all the colors from those four, even an earthy blue, though not a pure blue.

[alocin]

Thank you Andrew. I am not a painer. I draw pencil sketches by my own. I have been watching portrait painting for few weeks and got your channel popped up in YT recommendations. I was amazed. For a moment I thought you were touching the face of a real, living, person with your brushe but then it turned out to be your mastery of painting of a portrait. I love watching breath-taking every moment of your video. Thank you so much and I really appreciate you for sharing your knowledge. Keep up the good sharing. I will definitely visit your webpage and learn some more. I liked your video, your style, and your simplicity. Thank you.

[brendadavies]

Andrew I am so excited that you have made this video available. I had lost my enthusiasm at the moment due to ill health but I now can’t wait to get going again. Thank you xxx

[malcolmkirk]

Color and color mixing is what it is. I've always mixed allot on the canvas. Your brush work, however, is absolutely great! You patience is incredible, especially with your larger landscape works! Good tips for attitude on sticking with it.

[BJBreukelman]

I always look forward to your content. There's new takeaways every time. I appreciate you!

[africo]

Amazing as always, I think I'll just give up painting and look at Andrew paint 😊

[gouravdutta]

The subtle Value of the eye lid is just mind blowing!!

[Fsuholley]

You are a very gifted teacher. Glad to get a color refresher from you.

[andrearamsel]

A wonderful demonstration of the Zorn Palette, Andrew! Thanks for sharing!

[jillibbotson]

Andrew, I really love watching your portrait videos. I especially like the different styles of brushes that you use. I haven't seen the sharp, angled brush that you use in your portrait paintings. I particularly like your technique of applying tiny little dots of paint on the finishing touches which is something that you do so well. I will use that technique when I do my next portrait painting! I want to watch more and more of your videos.

[beatlesfanvickie]

Excellent instruction Andrew, with different techniques to satisfy anyone's method! I learned to paint over the grisaille with opaque paints, not transparent, which was also very instructional to follow form. Somehow I missed knowing about the Zorn Palette but you have demonstrated versatility in extremely limited palette techniques. I'm reminded the old masters had to mix their own colors themselves, so they didn't have all the variety we take for granted, but they knew how to paint! It is very educational to learn one's craft intensely this way before expanding into new areas. Well done Andrew!

[XanBos]

I’ve seen this palette many times before, but have yet to try it. You used the colors quite effectively! A great painting, and such an inspiration to want to actually try this limit color range!