The best background for creating good values is grey. Less harsh on the eyes and gives your eyes an easy way to see lights and darks even in highly saturated colours.
@zonnedd5692
4 ай бұрын
im glad someone said it. funky colours can make colouring harder. especially if youre not sure what colours you want
@gramplolo7530
4 ай бұрын
I've draw with gray backgrounds simply because it doesn't strain my eyes as much lol, just make sure to check the colors throughout with the background color you're gonna use cause it really does effect how our eyes see the colors.
@rust0.2
4 ай бұрын
Real
@G.E-47
4 ай бұрын
What color should I use if I want to make those type of dark paintings,like the ones with a lot of shadows and it’s in a „dark place“ Like I want it to be cold tones(colors like blue)
@jennahalcomb7359
4 ай бұрын
Yep! And that is why the adobe backgrounds are all grey!
@TheOriginalFayari
4 ай бұрын
I start with 50% plain grey, because I don't want to be influenced by the bg color at all. I want to objectively see how light and how dark the colors I choose actually are. Only after the values are on point do I add a wash to unify the colors.
@asterling4
4 ай бұрын
i'm the opposite. i hate adding washes to unify at the end. it works, sure, but it always feels like a bandaid solution, and it leaves the whole piece too muted and too analogous to be very visually interesting. having a colored background allows me to pick colors wisely from the start, so i don't have to sacrifice strong contrasts and fun color choices, and i still get a unified piece. i don't think it matters how "objectively" light and dark everything is, anyway, because we never see color objectively, we see it relative to what's around it, so designing art with that in mind works just fine.
@allergies9099
3 ай бұрын
@@asterling4i like muted colors
@artrdytdd
3 ай бұрын
@@asterling4Wow. I love the human mind bro. We all think in serious different ways about similar topics.
@TheOriginalFayari
Ай бұрын
@mitsuomits9077 Colors don't always look like they belong together on a painting. An easy way to make them cohesive is to add a very thin wash of one color over the whole piece, just enough to slightly tint everything with that color.
@GoblinGhouls
4 ай бұрын
I like the green the most, but I always like green the most - I'm predictable like that
@ShayanMallick29
4 ай бұрын
no, youre qUiRkY like dat
@Tiger_Lightning_Music
4 ай бұрын
Samee kinda hard not to like green the most when it’s a fave !
@2GoatsInATrenchCoat
4 ай бұрын
you're just like me fr
@2GoatsInATrenchCoat
4 ай бұрын
@@ShayanMallick29 I would say that having a favorite color is perhaps one of the least quirky things you could do 💀
@ShayanMallick29
4 ай бұрын
@@2GoatsInATrenchCoat thats the first sentence that came to me when i read 'im predictable like that'
@thefrogoftheforest
4 ай бұрын
💛⭐️🌙I really like the yellow background one! It’s really pretty! I’m guilty of doing this a lot, I’ll try to push myself to do this a little bit more, but I’ll probably forget sometimes, & it will take me a little bit of time to get used to, Thank you Bekah!⭐️💛🌙 Edit: oh my gosh, thank you so much, this is the most amount of likes I’ve gotten on a comment 😭 thank you 🥹
@bekahart
4 ай бұрын
I’m excited to see what you do!!
@thefrogoftheforest
4 ай бұрын
@@bekahart thank you so much! I’ll probably do something on my channel & post it!
@bekahart
4 ай бұрын
@@thefrogoftheforest let me know when you do! I love seeing people’s progress :)
@thefrogoftheforest
4 ай бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️@@bekahart I probably will really soon, thank you so much, I’ll try doing it soon because I have some free time this weekend & don’t really know what to do lol, I also really want to make some art progress, thank you for being so awesome Bekah!❤️❤️❤️❤️
@y0ur2truly
4 ай бұрын
in some apps, you can adjust the basic background from white to any colour... i set up my clip studio to always load in with a reddish brown colour. i also did the same a few years ago with the mobile version of medibang!
@lilynettogingerback
4 ай бұрын
White paper is all I use… I’m a traditional artist with limited access to expensive supplies but I love learning new stuff if I ever try digital!
@drby163
4 ай бұрын
You can always set a light wash of paint for a similar effect
@lilynettogingerback
4 ай бұрын
@@drby163 I’ll keep that in mind! 😁
@SpaceCats07
4 ай бұрын
Same
@phoenixjklin
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, depending on what you usually use to colour (unless you work in black and white or grayscale) you could use light washes of your desired paint. I think a light wash of watercolour, because it doesn’t change the texture of the paper in the way thicker paints do. Though using any wash of any kind might limit you to only use thicker paints to colour, instead of watercolour or markers, if that’s your thing. I know that a large percent of oil painters usually give their canvas a light wash of a colour they want their brush to pick up and blend with other colours as they paint. I wish there were more alternatives to work like that with different mediums. :’)
@subratanandy2142
4 ай бұрын
@@drby163 ain't gonna work for watercolor.
@nexus1g
4 ай бұрын
Joke's on you. I only draw Stormtroopers with their pet polar bears in a snowstorm.
@CEO_of_Stutters
2 ай бұрын
use pale slate
@TheHomoSapien37
4 ай бұрын
Yellow reminds me of autumn. And green reminds me of a walk in the forest. All of them were really beautiful though.
@strawbunni6834
4 ай бұрын
Figuring out what colors go together on a white backgroud is the fun part for me. It might take me a little longer but its less limiting. And the satisfaction of getting a good color pallette is worth it imo
@bekahart
4 ай бұрын
Valid!!!
@silverphantomme99
4 ай бұрын
I know. I love a challenge.
@Shazuki
4 ай бұрын
I do the same! Plus I can't afford a lot of paint so I have to be sparing with it, so I can't afford to color the background... I'd love to try sometime, but my braid doesn't work that way. 😅
@penslaandco9111
4 ай бұрын
Even when drawing characters from fandoms who have established colors, I go HARD on color pallettes. I take like 4 different pictures of them and color pick like 30 different shades of each color, then choose my favorite combo 😭. It takes me like an hour and I love it
@emero.a.scythe1786
4 ай бұрын
I generally use a dark grey background! It's partially cause I just don't wanna deal with the eye strain of a white background, but it's also cause I use light desaturated colors for sketching. I didn't realize it could help with color theory, but that makes a lot of sense!
@alicethemadrabbit1842
4 ай бұрын
Omg I realized this the other day. I usually work on black, but i used primer that made the paper more dark gray and it made it so it was close enough to black that it didn't hurt my eyes to work on it and adds automatic shadow, but it was light enough that I could put true black onto it with purpose and have it stand out from the rest of the paper. I immediately thought where can I but dark grey paper when black is hard enough to come by...
@Mads431
4 ай бұрын
Quick question, you have made a LOT of “poison paint” how do you get rid of it and the glass you mix it on safely and without harming the people you collect the garbage? And the tools? I love your videos btw ❤
@bekahart
4 ай бұрын
Great question!! I have a local university that has a hazardous waste disposal system, so I usually take it all there. :)
@bekahart
4 ай бұрын
I sanitize the tools and continue to use them, but only for other toxic substances:)
@Veronicz
4 ай бұрын
Yeah try to find a recycling center near you (or other areas) that accept paint
@abinnohr6497
4 ай бұрын
Only problem is those background colors except the green are so painful to look at. I don't use white, either because it's p a i n xD Mostly a grays and browns user here. Muted colors could work, sure, but those won't have the same effect as shown here.
@delfyinc
4 ай бұрын
Muted colors can absolutely have the same effect! If you choose a butter yellow, you'll still be picking colors that you think look good with the butter yellow. I kind of did this accidentally for a time by cutting out black and white and using natural canvas or paper and burnt umber. I actually made some fairly vibrant pieces, but the colors had to fit within that vanilla bean-ish spectrum and my work looked a lot more cohesive.
@Hello-hello-hello456
4 ай бұрын
You don't have to use such a saturated color, it totally depends on your taste
@cameronjadewallace
4 ай бұрын
Bob Ross was a person that taught me things like this. My dad was someone who painted a lot, and he and I would watch Bob Ross together. Watching him paint on Black or Red was amazing
@silentrobin9234
4 ай бұрын
I always use a neutral gray, it’s both easy on the eyes and it doesn’t influence my color choices much.
@Imamotherfreakingavocado
Ай бұрын
That pink flashbanged me, it had no right being that bright
@pokeydex
4 ай бұрын
Everything just turned yellow, pink or green tinted tho. That’s not really an outcome I’d want
@Heyu7her3
3 ай бұрын
'Tis true
@berrylly
2 ай бұрын
someone hasn't heard of mother color
@glazzgnom3
3 ай бұрын
What I like to do is create a color palette way before drawing. Putting the colors in one circle together and lableing them makes things easier for me.
@MonsterPrincessLala
4 ай бұрын
You're layering with less than 200% opacity so of course it'll look more cohesive even if you're using the same value
@momothebug
4 ай бұрын
The green one is so lovely!
@tirzahlael
4 ай бұрын
Green is absolutely my fav 😻😻😻 I can't wait to try this tysm!!
@IzikDigitalArt
4 ай бұрын
Yoooo that’s awesome thank you I’m gonna try it on my next piece!
@absynthefaerie
4 ай бұрын
The green gives more of a calming vintage feel
@rmt3589
4 ай бұрын
I use black a lot. Water color & white guash(misspelled) on a black acrylic background.
@MoonStarr1
4 ай бұрын
This made me zone out because the bright colors are so majestic- my adhd can’t take it ❤
@redpandaleader
2 ай бұрын
my personal favorite is grey with a tint of red, but grey with a tint of blue is also very lovely!
@saix_unicorn
4 ай бұрын
i use white background to draw my sketchs and lineart bcs it's easier to focus, also when i don't need to have a colored background bcs i only want to know how a character look and when i desing them, it's easier to have a white background, you don't always need a colored background tbh, whote backgrounds are useful sometimes
@beverleybee1309
2 ай бұрын
I like using an off white to a tan color for portraits. An ecru for landscapes. And a dusty grey for still lifes.
@Relaxin-N-Chillin
4 ай бұрын
*Magically changes the colour of the paper*
@goldmanjenkins4629
4 ай бұрын
Black and white, I enjoy what’s possible within the dimensions of the two anyway
@None_madejustforthis
3 ай бұрын
If your on procreate a overlay of all the colours used of any colour as the over lay and a lower opacity creates the same affect even if its just an illusion of the colours ahem “you choose” fitting together well, I use whites, browns and reds (all colours I struggle with) for one of my main characters and this method actually saved my life (no joke, trust me bro), give it a try it you have the time its amazing ^^❤. also on a unrelated note Im a hypochondriac sadly but but I love the colour matching you do even if it relates directly to poison (ussaly a strong strong no go for me due to the aforementioned uh nature of my existence). your mixture of art and dangerous substances; even listing history and symptoms at times; is one of the few examples I’ve been able to find were I can find it palatable without getting dizzy and anxious after or during it. So I really thank you for that ^^ and I hope you have a good day
@xyg2788
3 ай бұрын
I prefer drawing on a brown/tan paper or background. The color helps so much and makes the color pop
@Xephyr2209
2 ай бұрын
This is why I prefer my toned tan sketchbook, mate! The colours pop so much more than on white paper
@Eochus
4 ай бұрын
I like painting on a grey background, and then coloring it to complement the color palette of the drawing! 😊
@nicestpancake
4 ай бұрын
Whenever I color, I usually use the character's favourite color, since I assign them all colors for personality remembering :)
@rainingwhenidie
3 ай бұрын
I always make my background grey, with a hue to it (usually red). It's so much easier on the eyes and having the slightest amount of color really helps my work.
@Lemoninajar
3 ай бұрын
Going to art school sounds like so much more knowledge of everything I'd like to learn about art, but since I can't, I deeply appreciate these new things I get to learn. I never really understood or tried out the concept of using a non white background. I might just do things differently now.
@jiiuux2
4 ай бұрын
i like green most, typically i use grey, however
@marti_the_arteest
3 ай бұрын
I love using bluish grey on 50% opacity. I live for that stuff
@KaeyaAlberich30
4 ай бұрын
That is way deeper than the reason I colour the background first before drawing 😅 I just find it easier to actually start drawing if I'm not staring at a perfect clean white surface
@mochisprite9779
2 ай бұрын
One of my favorite things to do is gold underpainting. It just makes all the colors pop.
@clarawithak5921
4 ай бұрын
Green!! I think it looks autumny or melancholic in a super pretty way. Don't think I have seen "green light" as that before, but it doesn't look unnatural, just pretty 😊
@Fishystyxx
4 ай бұрын
I usually do a grey background, helps colors contrast better
@benjaminacuna8013
Ай бұрын
This is why I like using colored paper for drawing, pinks blues yellows etc
@agnozythehearthead9843
4 ай бұрын
Some time, probably several years ago, I started sketching exclusively on gray background, since I don't do full pieces too often and more character spreadsheets and single poses. It helps me adjust luminosity and contrast
@autumngamble1454
4 ай бұрын
I always do a dark blue because I love that night glow look
@lili9712
Ай бұрын
oh that is interesting!! i always start with pale pink background but i thought i do that because white background is very bright and it hurts my eyes!! 😭 good to know that there is more complex reason for changing the background color, also explains why picking colors on colored background is much easier for me (on white background my brain honestly just stops working)
@angelcoffee1972
4 ай бұрын
Huh, thanks for the tip. :) I usually start off with a white background and change the color at the end. My main goal for coloring digitally is making sure the colors don't look the same when you turn it black+white 😅
@bobjoe3044
4 ай бұрын
I do character designs with a transparent background, but for my comic i do gradient backgrounds and set all my colors, Outlines, and stuff to multiply
@saraouguerd8018
16 күн бұрын
The green 😊
@2goblinsinatrenchcoat
4 ай бұрын
I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING ENDLESSLY FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS!! Thank you so much omg. I’m self-taught when it comes to color theory (I’m still learning the basics) and it can be so challenging to keep myself from overanalyzing my starting point 😭
@bekahart
4 ай бұрын
I’m so glad it helped!! :) Hope your art goes well!!
@archivedchaos00256
4 ай бұрын
something beautiful i noticed is how the 3 colours you used each have a different shade and saturation, and to me it looks like the character has a slightly different expression in each setting, the overall pieces have slightly different tones! yellow looks neutral, pink looks cute and bubbly but also quite harsh /pos from the strong reds, and green looks mute and sad /pos it’s very beautiful how all of that comes just from colouring and lighting, i definitely need to try this technique sometime! also, my favourite is green
@Jellylamps
4 ай бұрын
I like to use grey as a background but a lot of my work is monochromatic
@abroadloverchannel4938
3 ай бұрын
The green‘s the best
@drawingfandome
4 ай бұрын
This is so true! I literally JUST learned in art class today about not using pure white canvas
@LemonDragon5
4 ай бұрын
Yellow! Its so pretty 😍
@atiredprsn
4 ай бұрын
TYSM, I WAS ABT TO START COLORING MY ART 😭
@footlong7980
4 ай бұрын
I think this only works if the brushes you use are the semiluscent types that allow the BG to bleed through somehow. Unless what you meant was- using a coloured BG helps your brain to decide which colors to use when painting the character in the foreground; colours that would harmonize better with the BG color but still convey say, the fairness of the character's skin, etc.
@MagnoliaPixie
3 ай бұрын
That’s a really good way to put it, I had this exact thought process for oil pastel on colored felt paper cause I would adjust the entire color palette based on the color of the felt paper
@ravensnerdworld
4 ай бұрын
Best colours to use are usually mid greys and browns it helps ground your piece and makes it easier on your eyes to see big value differences
@hellbound_psyker
4 ай бұрын
I paint a lot of meat/flesh textures and I use a lot of red, so my go to background color is a desaturated green-grey.
@sophroniel
4 ай бұрын
My great grandmother was an artist and I always wondered as a little girl why I could always see bright pops of cerulean under the portraits. This is why ❤
@alicias6016
4 ай бұрын
The green one is amazing 😻
@kirbztrea4209
4 ай бұрын
i love the green background a lot!
@bangy4269
4 ай бұрын
The green gives me a sence of nostalgia for some reason
@user-lc7rh4wk5f
3 ай бұрын
I really like the green background her hair color looks a lot like mine but I also really love the sweater and outfit and just how it looks in general
@lovedandlanguished
4 ай бұрын
I love the pink one so much 💗
@MoonlitBookworm73
4 ай бұрын
You can also start with a white background, make a new layer, set it at the very top, lower the opacity, and color over the whole drawing with your unifying color. It’ll have the same effect.
@samiscool676
4 ай бұрын
I use an off white or a beige background because I usually my drawings look like sketchs
@commentbot9510
4 ай бұрын
This is such a good tip thank you!! I also need to stop drawing on white because it gives me eye strain. Hopefully this will help me remember to change the color next time
@quryil
4 ай бұрын
I like the pink but with this sketch the green is my fave
@ms.reeree1960
3 ай бұрын
She's like the ultimate art teacher😮😊
@KewlKat626
4 ай бұрын
I usually start with a dark muted red canvas! I noticed it helps with my colors a lot and my sketches turn out better because of less eye strain!
@thiskid990
4 ай бұрын
I also love it because you can see your saturated background colors peek through. It looks so lovely on traditional paintings as well.
@Sami_Artss
4 ай бұрын
I like using grey! Its easy on the eyes
@Fleta_Maughner
4 ай бұрын
I do this a lot in traditional watercolour, really helps with picking out colours that would work.
@LadyKronk120
4 ай бұрын
The green background really helped the red outlines pop!
@wadejohnson4468
4 ай бұрын
As a digital artist I normally just make the background a transparent background as I use mood boards and stuff alike for coloring
@felixsfriendthatgavehimthe2108
4 ай бұрын
Rusty yellow and gross obnoxious light green are my favorite colors to do this with.
@KarolinaPetursdottir
3 ай бұрын
The green background came out beautifully
@jjvmxs
4 ай бұрын
i was just needing this. i always knew not to draw on white but i never knew what color to put down first!
@tiffanyr9975
2 ай бұрын
I love starting with a color! Also love Gangster Paradise playing in the background
@tontulu420
3 ай бұрын
Ooooo I drew a picture of a snail and I used colors that I knew would 100% make a major change when I inverted the color.
@gnoot50
2 ай бұрын
i like the green one!! thanks for the art tip! :D
@artrdytdd
3 ай бұрын
I like green and yellow!!
@user-bg9wd4lk2v
4 ай бұрын
I love the one with the green background 💚
@Jinsei_0.0_
3 ай бұрын
Green looked like my favorite
@AngelaSmith_1970
4 ай бұрын
Purple and pink and black background is my favorite 😎🙏🏽
@rindrr
4 ай бұрын
I use a tan-lighter brown on all my pieces! It’s super nice on the eyes and also just looks really cozy 🍁
@jellywateridk803
4 ай бұрын
I usually like to draw with beige backgrounds, but now I might try bright backgrounds for some fun!
@starrnanigans6402
3 ай бұрын
I was taught by my professors to use a neutral medium gray, so that’s what I usually stick to. But I can see the appeal in starting with a color!
@aribright2390
3 ай бұрын
It feels more natural. If you notice there’s hardly an environment with pure white light. I love to travel and I also noticed how much the landscape colors and weather dominate perspective. For example the deserts glow golden but even one desert from another would have a different hue.
@medicaoctavia8002
2 ай бұрын
I’d like to see that with a pastel violet!
@AB_Artz14
4 ай бұрын
Great idea ! I’m going to mix all my paints with an undertone colour to unify them now !
@erendiranigarcia8326
2 ай бұрын
What I usually do is use grey because I struggle with getting lights and darks right, and then just color the whole figure with the main color I want to base the palette around and then color the rest on top of that
@potatofries9056
4 ай бұрын
Green and yellow look pretty! Green being my favorite. Love those fall/autumn vibes
@satohime
4 ай бұрын
i always use a dark grey background with slight green tint, it's perfect bc i usually find myself otherwise making skin tones too red but if the background is red then i can tell if it seems too contrasting
@kristinayoungbbb9539
4 ай бұрын
I really like the green because it goes whith it and it's really pretty
@jakthesac5175
4 ай бұрын
I’m a grey background supremacist, but I low key love the muted yellow and wanna try it sometime
@ladycavalier
4 ай бұрын
FRICK THAT ART IS SO BEAUTIFUL
@cgh000
4 ай бұрын
Interesting tip! I usually start my digital pieces with a neutral grey. Never thought abt it this way before, but definitely going to try it!
@onehalfmoon
3 ай бұрын
That's why I work with a neutral grey/warm grey/light yellow or cool toned pinks
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