Oil Painting Palette Set-Up by Paul Cumes

it was hotter than hell the day i made this video and that is why i am shirtless, ok? no big deal.

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A demonstration of how I go about setting up my palette for oil painting..
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When i talk about Monet using black I am only referring to the general method of using green, blue and crimson in order to make chromatic black. Monet did not have thalo green specifically, but it works great as that third color for green. U can substitute other similar colors likewise with the red and blue to make chromatic black as well. Any general ratio of blue red green does it... but for me thalo green, ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson make the darkest, lushest black.
Chromatic black plus white gives you colorful grays that you can adjust with the constituent colors to be warm or cool.
Black out of the tube has its uses, but it is dull compared to black you make with color.

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[soldner234]

what do you think about the non-toxic "hues" as substitutes for the toxic colors?

[paulcumes]

Good question. Hues don't have the same mixability as true pigments. If you want to mix a small number of colors together to get new ones, suggest real pigments instead of hues. Hues tend to get muddy and dull when mixed together. True pigments typically don't.

[Librarygurl]

Call me shallow, but thanks for doing this without a shirt! ;->

[bagoona]

the poor guy needs more space

[fatskateman]

Someone needs to call "Hoarders" about this guys paint collection problem. Nobody could possibly need that many tubes of paint.

[breakfastisgo]

Can you also freeze acrylics?

[insomniacgrace]

Wow! Exceptional works.

[seanbone]

Wow I thought my palette was ugly....thanks for the tips and letting me feel good about jamming all my paints together.

[7yL3rDvrd3n]

Great video! I've been looking around the net for awhile trying to find some type of tutorial about setting up a paint palette.. This really helped me in trying to set up my own palette. Thanks so much!!

[Austinartistsheryl]

Thanks Paul for ur insight ...around here they call me "coma girl" bc I had a serious mind wipe coma. Some things I'm sad to gave lost but standard traditional studies at university I can move past and not regret the loss. Here's to new mind and new approach :)

Austin artist

[nevyn1]

@SHINYamAHA21 there are (since a vew years) water soiluble oil paints with good pigment density.

[eMbry00s]

Hey! Big ups for sharing this. Always awesome to see speed-painters to get a new feel for people's flow, but I always feel like half the effort is missing when I can't see them working their palette. You know, that's one big thing that Bob Ross really got right, may he rest in peace. Keep up the good work!