Feb. 1st -22nd 10am-12:30pm

What We Learn

Welcome to the Wonderful world of color! Level up your ability to control color! This class is for those who understand the fundamentals of color mixing and the basics of oil painting and want to push their art to the next level. You should be an intermediate or advanced painter to take this class. The class is divided into four classes or four months of a deep dive into color. In this first part we will learn the about the wonderful world of color. We cover the understanding of the 6 properties of color to control color mixing and to create color mixing strategies. We study the various color wheels to understand and not confuse the 3 working colors wheels artists use today because they all approach color relationships and color mixing differently. We will then focus on various mixing chart philosophies to understand color mixing possibilities for creating color unity. We will further explore and discuss using these charts for creating color structures and harmonies in our paintings. Those who learn to use these concepts will push their paintings to the next level and beyond. You will learn the approaches all professional painters use in their art. I hope to see you in class!

The next 3 parts of the color theory and practice, we continue to explore color schemes and color gamuts, impressionistic color theory and painting approaches and finally we cover color temperature of light and how to capture that temperature in paint. Join me for this wonderful deep dive into color.

*This is an intermediate/advanced color class. It is recommended that you have a year of painting experience before taking this class. If you don’t understand the basics of color mixing, analogous mixing, complementary mixing and the 3 standard color wheels I recommend you take the color mixing class. That will prepare you for this class.*