In this lesson, I will walk you through the steps for mixing the values for Cadmium Yellow Medium’s ten-step value chart. You will place white, value 10, black, value 1, and Cadmium Yellow Medium, value 8, into their spots on the value scale. Like the value scale you mixed on the color wheel, you will “sneak up” on the tints and shades of Cadmium Yellow Medium. You will have a value scale for Cadmium Yellow Medium by the end of this lesson, as shown below.

There are four (4) video parts to this lesson. At the end of the lesson, click on the “Complete and Continue” button at the top right corner or the bottom of the lesson page. Doing so will help the system remember what you have completed and what you have not.

The materials needed for this lesson:

• The primaries' inherent value scale template from the previous lesson
• Cadmium Yellow Medium, 37 ml (Warm Yellow)
• Titanium White, 150 ml
• Ivory Black, 37 ml
• Gamblin Refined Linseed Oil, 4 oz.
• Disposable plastic bathroom cups, NOT PAPER!
• Silicoil Brush Cleaning Tank
• Gamblin Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits, 16.9oz. (Brush cleaning solvent and used to dilute the paint)
• Blick Palette Paper Pad, 12" x 16" (Disposable paper palette) OR Glass Tabletop Palette, 12 x 16, Gray (I use a glass palette)
• Blick Painting Knife, 5/8" x 2 7/8", Traditional, Style 50

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Part 1: Lesson Introduction and Starting to Mix Cadmium Yellow Medium’s Tints & Shades

In part 1, I will quickly introduce the lesson. You will start the Cadmium Yellow Medium value string by placing Cadmium Yellow Medium in its inherent value position on the value scale, value 8. You will also place white, value 10, and black, value 1, to their positions on the value scale. Next, you will start to mix the tint of Cadmium Yellow Medium by mixing white into Cadmium Yellow Medium, making value 9. Since Cadmium Yellow Medium’s inherent value is an 8, there is only one tint to mix for Cadmium Yellow Medium. Then you will start to mix the shades of Cadmium Yellow Medium, values 7, 2, 3, and 6, by adding black to Cadmium Yellow Medium.

Part 2: Continuing to Mix and Adjust Cadmium Yellow Medium’s Shades and Add Oil

In part 2, you will finish mixing Cadmium Yellow Medium’s shades by mixing values 5 and 4. Then you will adjust values 3, 4, and 5 so that the value string makes an equal visual step between the values. Before moving on to the next part of this lesson, you will clean your palette and mix oil into Cadmium Yellow Medium’s value string.

Part 3: Painting Cadmium Yellow Medium Values 10-6 onto the Template

In part 3, you will paint Cadmium Yellow Medium’s value string onto the Primaries Inherent Value Scale Template, starting with values 10, 9, 8, 7, and 6.

Part 4: Painting Cadmium Yellow Medium 5-1 onto the Template

In part 4, you will finish this lesson by painting Cadmium Yellow Medium’s value string onto the Primaries Inherent Value Scale Template, starting with values 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

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I look forward to seeing your progress, and I’ll see you in the next lesson of the course!

-Robert