Color Theory — 4 Sessions Bundle (Virtual, Mondays, 6-8pm)
Color Theory — 4 Sessions Bundle (Virtual, Mondays, 6-8pm)
A series of 12 week* virtual, Mondays, 6-8pm, classes for artists from all levels that are interested in deepening their understanding of color relationships through a series of lectures, demos, and exercises, including the exploration of the use of colour in visual culture, such as films, paintings, illustration, games, and more. Each week, for 7 weeks, we will focus on one color, exploring visual culture examples that utilize that color as a dominant, limited palette. The remaining weeks will cover different color schemes, their meaning, and how you can use them. This is a great class for beginners, there are no prerequisites and is applicable for artists of all disciplines interested in deepening their understanding of colour and learning how to apply colour theory to their practice. All skill levels are welcome you do not need to know how to draw or paint to be able to practice the exercises.Please see the full description below.
*This listing is for the 4 week class bundle. You can sign up for the full 12 week course or for individual classes as well. It is open to all levels who want to try new techniques. Skills gained through this class will support your own personal work and practice, including developing your color perception and visual compositions.
Please read the full description below and review the dates and materials list.
“Color Theory” is a 12 week course open to all levels, but particularly focused for beginners and those that have some experience but want to try new techniques for their own personal work and practice. Through lectures, demos, and exercises, we will explore basic concepts of color theory, color mixing, and tonal composition.
We will cover the following:
Examples of strong colour palettes in visual culture from multiple disciplines, e.g film, illustration, painting, games, and more.
How to choose, experiment with, and mix your own color palette—understanding how to apply color theory to still life or plein air practice .
Experimenting with color relationships by creating your own color charts, gamut (the entire group of possible colors for a given painting), and color wheels.
This class is centered in a non-intimidating educational environment in which mistakes and learning from our mistakes are not only welcomed but strongly encouraged. Together we will analyze visual artistic examples and learn how to utilize, exploit, and fix mistakes in order to make more intentional, meaningful, and confident painting decisions.
Further suggested exercises, resources, and references on painting will be provided to ensure continued explorations in your practice.
Virtual
Via Google Meets—a link will be sent to you a few days prior to the class.
Dates
MAY, JUNE & JULY
12 Weeks, every Monday, 6pm - 8pm, 2 hours each class
Class dates:
May 5th, May 12th, May 26th, and June 2nd 2025
please note that there is no class on May 19th and June 2nd is the replacement class
June 9th, June 16th June 23rd, and June 30th 2025
July 7th, July 14th, July 21st, and July 28th, 2025
Tuition:
$240 for all 12 sessions
$94 for all 4 sessions
$25 per individual sessions
Price does not include materials, painting supplies should be acquired by participants.
Materials
I will be demonstrating with gouache, below is the full materials list. Please note that appropriate substitutions and/or using your existing art supplies is welcomed and encouraged.
Acrylic gouache (e.g. Holbein, Turner Design, Liquitex) set x 1
or
Acrylic gouache: yellow, red, blue, green, black, and white x 1 each
Stay wet palette x 1
Brush set x 1
Watercolor pad or any wet media sketchbook x 1
Pencils
Container to hold water for cleaning brushes x 1
Paper towel or rag to wipe brushes
A painting journal—any sketchbook or notebook will do
Please review class policies here.
Examples of Student Works
Credit of artworks, listed in alphabetical order:
Sarah Aranha, Rhys Castro, Emily Crawford, Flora Shum
