This is such a great explanation of tonal values, how to plan your work before construction. It has given me the confidence I needed, a clear starting point on my approach for my paintings, thank you.Oliver!
I'm from Germany and my English is not very well, but you explain very good what you do and what's important. I love your work and it's very helpful for my own development. Thank you very much and I hope you will produce more videos.
You’ve taught me more in your series of videos than I have learned in 7 years of struggling with various watercolor lessons! Thank you for your detailed and insightful topics and explanations. 👏👏👏
It may be a tonal “sketch” but it sure reminds me of Ansel Adams work in black & white photography. He too always worked for a full range of values and used the highlights and deep darks to create drama-definitely not easy when all you have to work with are light sensitive films and papers and pans of various chemicals. Thank you so very much for all of these educational videos that you make. It is very helpful to see how all of the information I have been reading actually works in “real life!”
What a great lesson - You are so clear and concise in your explanation and follow up with this perfect demonstration .This better understanding of tonal values will greatly change the way I approach painting. from now on in! Thank you Oliver .
Your tutorials are Fantastic! So glad I discovered you! Other tutorials by different artists totally confused me! Thank you for your teaching. Love your style❤️
Apart from being super helpful, I loved this little painting! Thanks again for sharing your professional knowledge on the importance of tonal values . I have tons more to learn, but with a superb teacher like you I am on the right track. Warm regards from South Africa
Thank you a lot for sharing this video... It also implies : patience, taking time instead of rushing, rushing, rushing on colors... Maybe it can also help people like me who have problems in drawing correctly. Making tonal studies : a precious advice, to me.
Thank you so much for your tutorials. I discovered your channel a couple of days ago and have been working my way through them. Such important, useful information, especially for someone like me just starting with landscape painting. I appreciate that you're left handed too - with all the fun that goes with that when you're trying to paint!😊
Thanks Olli, once again a very clear explanation of why and how to do a tonal sketch. Appreciate the time and effort you put in to your wonderful videos.
I love the way you simplified this. I get so anxious to get my painting started I have rarely done a quick study like this but now see how it really helps. I am going to slow down now and do the work, lol.
Very good tutorial Oliver and well explained, as far as i'm concerned your audible microphone was fine, it didn't distract from what you were getting across. keep up the good work.
You have done it again Oliver. Just what I needed to know. You are teaching me invaluable elements. Thank you. I am astounded that I have attempted to learn this before, but never really understood the importance of the concept. Your teaching is extremely effective.
Very helpful. Thank you. I wonder which are the numbers and brand of brushes you use, including the thinest one. I´ve learnt so much with this video. Thanks a lot again.
Thanks Olli for this. When I attempted, it felt a bit like working in the dark tho. Without a clear photo download and your painting at an angle it was really hard to follow the tonal changes in the cliffs. Would have been really helpful to show us the sketch you made in the beginning or a way to take a photo of either that or the inspiration photo itself. But a great subject that I am trying to work on. A video on your sketch making would also be fabulous. Do you try to organize your values in some way to tie them together into larger shapes or? Thank so much teaching!
just found this video - really helpful. I also watched an introduction to watercolour where you said you were going to do a full series of videos but I can't find them - did you decide not to make any more? Love your painting, they just glow!
Very nice painting of its own! Excellent exercise. I know a little bit on that subject as I use to draw with a pencil, but paint is something a little bit different. Thank you for your explanations.
Vertically is a concept based on ones relativity to the world. To one who slides upon the ground, perhaps horizontal is vertical and vertical is horizontal.
This is so helpful Olly, really useful advice, delivered in a way that is easy to understand, and sympathetic to the beginner or improver. I'm loving your vids! All good wishes to you and yours from another part of Sussex with an interest in the same parts of Dorset 👍😀
I'm so glad I found you, Ollie. Your teaching method is above and beyond anyone else I've found on-line; I have many "aha" moments as I listen to you!! Thank you so very much for sharing such valuable information. I do have a question for you, or whomever out there can clarify for me... Is there a difference between tone and value, or are they the same??
Great tutorial thanks Olly. Interesting to see what you do before you do a painting. Tonal sketch, tonal painting and only then paint. I am learning so much.
Very helpful discussion on values. Thank you so much! It looks like your paper is a block which I use often, but mine still buckles and it looks like yours did not even with a very wet wash. What am I missing?
I'm enjoying your channel and learning a lot. Your video on tonal values is informative. Baring in mind when using colour is more complicated however. Perhaps you could do a video as an example please ☺️.
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442 thank you.lhave made colour cards of all my paint s ranging from intense to medium to pale. am sure this will help me a lot. Being in love with about 60. But definitely appreciate a limited colour scheme. Kind of you to answer clearly. I'm learning much from you.
I am just so impressed with your work and your presentation. I am aged and loving learning water colour from you. I live in Zimbabwe from where it is difficult to send money. How much do your lessons cost please. Thank you Jillian Payne.
It's a future video subject for me, although there's very little to be taught on this subject as it is all about your personal experience and observation of the paint consistency on the palette (unless you want to get bogged down with extensive tonal charts for every colour/mix.)
What a pity! That this important chapter does not have subtitles. I don't understand English, but with the built-in translators on you-tube I would understand. I would have liked to read your explanations and your point of view on this matter. 😞
Hi Ollie, I’ve just found you, (I’m a newbie after inheriting art gear), and am thoroughly enjoying your advice. I wonder if your “over-the-shoulder” camera might look over the left one, as I’m getting a neck ache! 😏😊 Thanks very much. Jayne
It would be great to learn from you how to transfer this tonal value lesson to colour. In my art classes I find too many students can do the tonal value using one colour as you have here, but when it comes to doing the same painting using colours they still get stuck with value.
QUESTION: Hi, Oliver! This was such a well-selected example for your excellent presentation on value. I don't think anyone will ever forget it. My question concerns the values of colors. Color is one of the easier aspects of painting for me, by which I mean that it usually requires relatively less conscious forethought than , for example, composition, and, if the color doesn't go well, I usually know why. Except when it comes to the value of a color.....there, I really do have to think carefully and do lots of comparative testing and, even so, I'm still frequently uncertain. My goal with color is to be as precise as I am with graphite in 9H to 9B ...and to know for sure when I've got it right. It seems like a reasonable goal since we know that there is a scientific answer. In fact, I'd be content with only 10 or 12 levels of value. I''m considered by others to be a relatively loose painter and painting is almost always a joy, regardless of how the painting looks at any given stage, (even the final stage!) so there's no need here for you to tell me to just relax (although I can appreciate why that would be your first reaction 😂). So, my questions to you are: First, how finely do most good painters need to be able, in practice, to categorize the value range of, say, cadmium red? Are 10 levels overkill? Are 3 levels way too few? Is it enough to only be able to compare the value of a color to other colors in the painting? Second, I understand and practice the various ways of removing color from the assessment, through squinting, zero-saturated photos, etc.....but I wonder if there is a means of assessment that doesn't break the rhythm of painting quite as much as these do. Do you know of any strategies that feel less intrusive while painting, but still yield good results? (I frequently do some brief value planning, but I don't pre-plan color itself very much and would prefer to continue to paint that way ....so eventually, I'd like to decide on red in the middle of painting and instinctively reach for the best red and dilute it or mix it perfectly for the value I chose at the very beginning. Third, OK, NOW you can tell me whether I've just gone over the cliff on this subject and should...just relax. These sound like the questions of a crazy person. 😂. Thanks, Oliver!
I tend to stand for most of my painting - certainly the larger washes as it gives me more freedom. I often sit down for detail work. Usually Chopin nocturnes for the piano
