Quick Tip 328 - No Color Rules

A viewer asks about the rules for mixing colors. Artist/art teacher Dianne Mize breaks it down.

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[BloodNote]

Thank you for making this channel. Your way of teaching is so pleasing, straight to the point and easy to comprehend. ♥

[alkasarin]

Another quick tip which is colour inspiring...you explain well scientifically without rules giving freedom to create for being the best teacher ever with so much sincerity and knowledge.
Love and God bless!

[candacetroystudios]

Color is huge and your tips make it easier to understand. Painting is a life long journey! Thank you Diannne😀

[daliak]

Thank you dear Diannne. You are a great artist and an excellent teacher!

[marieroslind]

Thank you🎨 All information and discussions about colours are important!🌺

[chammikaiser]

What a great teacher you are Dianne. You have such a wonderfully simple and logical way of describing things. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise.

[dbyblair]

I love the no rules with color. Thank you

[lynnesmith]

Thank you Diane for this explanation…it really helps.

[debbiekey]

Thank you, Dianne! Once again you inspire and educate....

[dtaverner]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for putting this all so clearly in one place.

[mikegurney]

Great painting demo, I too come from Ontario but reside in Newfoundland. I bought your Book Mastering Composition and then saw your You Tube channel, nice companions. Thanks for the demo.

[d.s.jackson]

I always enjoy your Quick Tips and could not resist sharing a Tweet for this one on Color Harmony! There's a pin link on my related board on Pinterest too. You're the best!

[bettywildflower]

Hello Diane! Thanks for this video, it's very informative.
I would love to know more about Art Elements and Principles. Thanks in advance ❤️

[belindahall]

Another great video! Thank you Dianne!!

[sue]

This is wonderful information Dianne, thank you. The last example you give, sequence of selection, could you have chosen a different green, or did it have to be the yellow green? Why or why not? Also, would you use the complimentary colors of that green and blue actually in the painting, or just as a color to work with desaturating the blue and green? 👩🏻‍🎨🙂

[trisht]

thank you Diane an excellent clear ! tutorial as ALWAYS. something that has always had me curious watching your videos is the full lush palette laid out. my questions are what is your management ...do you keeping adding fresh on top or you use it so regularly that you can replenish often so not a problem with life span... do you cover/seal when not in use many thanks

[mrsnrub]

Rules and formulas are NOT what I signed up for when I decided to start painting. I think that's why the likes of Van Gogh exite me so much; he applied the fundamentals - sure, but he took them to a whole new level

Obviously I'd NEVER attempt to mimic him, but Van Gogh has always been a beacon of light to me. I would have loved to have met him.

I like to reach a comprise with my work. I'll block in as is, follow what I see up to a point, but I'll take a Monet style approach and break my strokes, move things around, sneak a few extra colours in and play with compliments. (Yellow flower with a purple cast shadow, for instance.) If I paint tight and realistic I just feel depressed about it. It's not art to me.

I feel like formulas are designed to create cults and make money. Even if I respect certain individuals highly (a well known YouTuber with a paint line for one) I would never want to be a carbon copy of them. Seriously, what's the point in that?

As you can probably tell, this has been on my mind for a while. 😂

[CupCakesCreations]

very helpful Dianne! Just purchased a few of your Series lessons. Are these suppose to be completed in numerical order? I would like to purchase more. It seems like I should be taking the color series first? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)

[Meticularius]

7/1/2021 USA Grandpa Bill: Dear Mother Color, thank you ever so much for knowing I have "cousin" colors! I feel so associated now, so social, that I feel I can proceed with better accomplishment. No longer is my heart stiffened by the scientific nomenclature but freed by the relatives of the family. Bless you. Really. That little slip of the tongue, or whatever, really has made me relax some;.

[LoftOfTheUniverse]

To me, Red and cyan feel like a better fit than red and green. What is this relationship if any?