Color Mixing Workshop Details

 

 

"The FUN-damentals of Mixing Color "

 

 

Imagine how much more fun painting could be if we knew, without question, we could mix each and every color we needed for a painting!!!

 

One common but laborious way to approach "learning to mix color" is through a hit-and-miss practice.   However, there is a better, more efficient way - through a few carefully selected lessons and exercises, we can actually  begin to learn a sound and systematic approach professional artists use to "find the colors we need." 

Using this process, we find we are making correct color choices more and more frequently;  we subsequently develop the skill (not intuition) to select and mix colors well.  We continue to become more comfortable with the process, so we become faster and more accurate, until we're on "automatic pilot"!

 

It's somewhat like learning to drive a car.   At first, there is so much to consider and remember - all at the same time.  Mixing color can feel like that!   We must consider the relative color/hue, temperature, value, and intensity - as well as how various paints interact with each other as we mix them!

 

Well, the good news is, just as we learned to drive a car, we can learn to mix color!  Each time you parked well, missed hitting the mailbox or drove safely in the rain, your confidence increased, which in turn helped you build your skills. 

This same premise holds true for color mixing....each time we mix a color accurately, we build our confidence as we are building our skills.

 

To that end, there will be a special workshop offered at The Art School to help painting students learn steps to take to more quickly and accurately mix correct colors. 

 

 

"The FUN-damentals of Mixing Color!"

Saturday, December 7, 2013

9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

 

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Complimentary Follow-Up Practice Session

from 12:00 Noon to 1:45 - the same day, at no extra fee!

 

 

Bring those particular paints, paint palettes, clean quality brushes, a small palette knife and other painting supplies, which we normally use in class, with you to the workshop -- plus a large pad of canvas paper for some of the practice exercises. (*See Supply List provided by the front office at time of registration - or download it from the Art School web site.)

 

A specially prepared full color workbook of concepts, examples and exercises as well as additional materials for the day's activities, will be provided by the instructor.  (*As noted in the course catalog, there is a $10 materials fee for each Color Mixing booklet.). 

 

Sure hope you will join us!