What makes colors stand out? Harmonious? Dissonant? Evoke emotion?
This is an all level color workshop, from beginning to advanced artists who want to continue their understanding and use of color in art making. Each session covers one key concept and participants will have homework exercises to practice the lesson's content. Amy has a Color I workshop, also available as a post-live workshop BUT it is NOT necessary to take it prior to this one.
This workshop is now available as a post-live workshop.
Amy demonstrates every session and paints a demo related to the topic. She paints in oil, but all artists are welcome.
All sessions are recorded and you have ongoing access.
Session 1: Analogous Colors and the Color Wheel.
Session 2: Expanded analogous color scheme + Primary Colors with Transparent + Opaque Hues.
Session 3: Single primary color schemes. Continued exploration of transparent vs opaque colors.
Session 4: Secondary Colors + Developing Expressive Neutrals.
Session 5: Introduction to the full double primary limited palette. Warm vs cool temperatures.
Session 6: Use color to evoke an emotional response. Making paintings that have personal meaning using color to attempt an emotional response.
Amy's demonstrations are in oil but artists in other mediums are encouraged to join. Amy will paint using a limited oil palette and will provide a list of supplies. This palette, if you are new to it, teaches a lot about mixing color and you also don't need to buy too many colors. Feel free to add in your favorites.
If you are a beginning painter, you are welcome to register. All levels are welcome.
FAQs
1) Do I need to have a Zoom account? No. You will receive a link for the live class (you won't use this for the post-live workshop purchase). The "classroom" will open approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the workshop. You can enter and get yourself acclimated, test your video and audio.
2) What happens if I lose connection during the workshop? It's okay, this can happen. Just exit and then use the link to rejoin the workshop. If your connection is really slow, sometimes it helps to power down your computer, wait a few minutes, power up and try again. Sitting closer to your router can also work, should you need to boost the connection.
3) Can I view the class on my phone? This is not the optimum way to see a painting workshop. The best way to see the class is with a desktop, laptop, or tablet.
4) Do I paint while you are painting? This is not very beneficial. Most participants want to engage with Amy's slide talk, discussion, and demo entirely so they can ask her questions. The sessions are recording and you will have lifetime access to them f so you can easily paint along with Amy later.
5) If I miss class can I have a refund? Unfortunately, no. The class is purposefully set up for those who want to attend live or want to attend at their leisure. You have ongoing access to the videos so you will be able to learn and paint at your convenience. On the other hand, If I have to cancel the class for any reason, everyone gets all of their money returned.
6) If I am a live participant with the community access: do I have to post my work? No! This is entirely optional. The community forum is a place to meet other painters, post your work, and continue to learn from one another. On occasion Amy will check in with the forum and post remarks for growth and encouragement.
7) How soon can I access the video? Please give 24 hours for the class to be saved and uploaded to Amy's private YouTube account. You will be sent a link to view the class again at your leisure without time constraint.
8) Is Amy's class private? Yes! Only registered participants attend the classes and have access to the videos. The YouTube channel is private and only paying participants can see them.
Amy reviewed analogous color schemes within the context of a color wheel.
Concepts reviewed:
Primary Colors
Secondary Colors
Tertiary Colors
Analogous Colors, constricted and expanded
Homework: make a color wheel of your choosing and two small paintings using two analogous expanded color schemes.
Amy teaches the principles of complementary colors in painting and completes a long demo using household objects and the colors blue and orange.
In session 4, Amy demonstrates how to make paintings using three primary colors and white. Note that two of the colors should be transparent colors in order to obtain the fullest expansion of hues. She uses the same still life objects for two demos, creating slightly different composition, and paints each one with a different set of primaries.
For homework, participants should make a still life set up with primary colored objects and create two paintings of the same composition, changing primary palettes with each one. For example, Amy used cadmium yellow medium, quinacridone magenta and ultramarine blue for the first demo. In the second she used india yellow, pthalo blue, and cad red medium.
In the fifth session, Amy teaches the versatility of a split double primary palette, as it has maximum flexibility for mixing both saturated colors and neutrals, as well as honing in on the relative temperature of objects.Amy completes a long demo, demonstrating extensive paint mixing and working on a demo that has saturated secondary colors. In addition, she shows participants how to incorporate unmixed secondaries into the same split primary palette.