Your paintings will suck until you fix this!

You're wrong if you think if you knew how to mix paint color better your work will look more realistic and I'm going to prove it to you and show you what WILL make your work look amazing!

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[lynnrushton]

I started watching you, at the beginning of my art journey a few years ago. I remember your words ringing in my ears….dark dark, & light light enough……they stuck in my head every time I drew something……best advice ever 🙏 still love watching and learning from you Lisa! X

[Tara_Kunicki]

I have worked on almost every other element of art over the past 2 years. I KNOW I absolutely struggle with value. This video really inspired me to focus on and drill into my mind Value. Great video the brids are adorable!!

[gallagherwitt]

I'm really glad I learned this from you early on when I first started painting (~4 years ago). It's still mind-blowing sometimes how many issues can be solved just by fixing the values. One of the first videos I watched on your channel, you stressed that beginners are often afraid to make their darkest values dark enough, so I got out of that mindset early on, which I think saved me a TON of frustration.

[tangram]

I love it when creators focusing on my hobbies (painting) happen to incorporate my passion (parrots)!

[ebonyknight]

Such a great reminder to focus on value, not colour. I feel that sometimes my values are a bit off...so I'll do this black and white exercise and see how it goes.

[kimbreawhaleywhaley]

Wow very talented I been learning from you for years thank you❤

[ASDTadpole]

This is pure gold advice. That painting is truly amazing. Thank you.

[ArtofJosephFinchum]

I certainly hope it was amicable and that Chicken and French Fry had a peaceful transfer of power. 😂

[GeorgePencilArt]

Great video Lisa! A good reminder of the basics. I just knew the key would be values. But good tips on the details too and where they go.

[pch]

As the saying goes, "tone does the work. colour gets the glory". Also a good idea to check your shadows and perspective. It's surprisingly easy to mess them up.

[egg-]

oh maan i am soo in love with this lady

[soarpurpose]

I love colour but I agree that tone & perspective matter more if wanting a more realistic look.

Easier to see if work from a greyscale reference at first.

[be]

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[korukiwiarts]

Do well said. I paint from my imagination. But first I sketch my ideas down first. Reference photos are useful, especially when I need something to look apart.. Values are very important. And I love your painting

[lynnephelps]

"Color gets all the credit while value does the heavy lifting!" I don't remember where I heard that but it stuck with me all these years!

[starvingartistscollective]

An excellent reminder of your most basic ethos Lisa!! ....and a fantastic painting as usual!! Great to see another entertaining video ....your pets crack me up!! 😁

[wildlifeartjm]

great video - spot on, I agree 100%, too much emphasis on colour, especially with beginner artists.

[Sciguy]

My first thought when they said color would make it look realistic was, "Then how do black and white drawings look realistic?"

[MissIdolize]

You are sooo right! Been painting for decades but I still have issues with values, usually when I paint directly onto a white or lightly toned canvas. And because acrylics tend to dry darker.
Sadly I still have issues with colour mixing too, even after all these years! I get there in the end but boy, I struggle. Don't think I will ever conquer colour!
Anyway, I wanted to say that some of the best results I have had when using acrylics is when I paint a monochromatic image first then colours on top.
I prepare several shades of grey from either Paynes Grey + Tit White or Burnt Umber + Tit White. I edit my reference pic to suit, making it lighter/paler (shade) to allow for darks on top, then I work from that. When complete, the underpainting is basically a full rendition of the image, but in 'black & white' so to speak. Think it's called 'grisaille'. This technique really helps me so I really should stick with it!

[deborahrossi]

Great idea to paint black and white paintings. I need to practice seeing values better. I think this will help!