Understanding Color- An Essential Key to Fantastic Paintings
Awesome color should help support your artwork, not stand in the way. A basic understanding of color, the whys and hows of color mixing, paint qualities, and color harmonies is essential in creating your best paintings.
This class is designed for painters using an opaque medium, such as acrylic, gouache, or oil.
Color Exercises
Hands on learning! A variety of color exercises bring home the knowledge learned, connecting your brain to your brush.
Color Wheels and Harmonies
Learn the basics of the color wheels and how to create color harmony in your paintings.
Painting Examples of Palettes
Practical color knowledge and how to apply it to your needs for your paintings.
Example Curriculum
- Triadic Color Wheel
- Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Colors
- The Myth of "Primary" Colors
- Munsell Color Wheel
- Analogous Colors
- Complementary Colors
- Split Complementary and Other Color Harmonies
- What about Black and White?
- Tints, Shades, and Tones
- Creating Paint Squares for Deeper Understanding
- Magenta: The Magical Unicorn of the Color Wheel
Your Artist Instructor
I remember pouring over color books, trying to get better at painting. Over the years, teaching other painters, I have discovered that many artists, even the ones that were not self-taught, have some basic holes in their color education. This course is made for you. To gain a basic understanding of color, to save you YEARS of experimenting on your own, reduce the frustration and increase your joy of painting!
