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Color Harmony With Watercolors
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(16 ratings)
134 students

Color Harmony With Watercolors

Make colorful artwork without all the rigid, complex color mixing theories.
Created byRobert Joyner
Last updated 10/2020
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • Three easy to apply color harmony ideas.
  • Learn color mixing basics like saturation, intensity, chroma and values.
  • How to use dominant light and dark palette choices.
  • How to use dominant cool and warm palette choices.
  • How to apply tonal and chromatic palette choices.
  • Simple yet effective color harmony techniques that break away from rigid, color mixing theories.

Course content

5 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 50m total length

  • Overview1:49

    Learn color harmony with watercolors by reviewing materials and color mixing techniques, then explore three harmony ideas demonstrated on a cube and a floral, with templates and a final project.

  • Materials3:11

    Explore watercolor materials, including brushes and pencils, student and premium papers, a deep well palette, and artist-grade paints. It covers masking tape, foam-core backing, water reservoirs, and a hair dryer.

  • Chroma, Saturation & Intensity Basics5:42

    Explains how to control chroma and value in watercolors by adding water, mixing colors like cobalt blue with cobalt turquoise, and creating neutrals and warm or cool grays.

  • Get To Know Your Palette (Colors)5:15

    Create swatches to familiarize yourself with your palette, comparing tonal and chromatic mixes. See how adding water or gray shifts color response and chroma, guiding your harmony.

Requirements

  • Must have basic watercolor painting supplies.

Description

Hi, and welcome to Color Harmony with Watercolors. In this class I will share color harmony tips that will help you create better art! It's a fun class and suited for all levels, so don't be intimidated if you are just starting out, join in and embrace the wonderful world of color.

The focus is color and I will be using florals as my muse. However, these ideas can be used on any subject. Even if you don't like painting flowers I still recommend you check this class out.

The class has four main sections;

Section One: I'll share a short video of the materials I use in the lessons, then I have two more short videos on some of the color mixing techniques used along the way. This should help answer any questions you may have about terminology, colors descriptions and so on.

Section Two; Tonal & Chromatic Color Harmony - This section includes two short videos on how the ideas work and I will paint a simple cube to illustrate the idea. Then I'll paint two quick floral paintings using tonal and chromatic palettes.

Section Three; Dominant Temperatures - As with the previous section I'll paint two simple cubes and then follow up with two floral demonstrations where you will get a great visual for warm and cool dominant palettes.

Section Four; Dominant Values - Again, I'll illustrate the two ideas by painting a few cubes, then I'll paint two florals using a dominant light and a dominant dark palette.

Project Time! Now, it's your turn! There's a recommended project at the end of the demonstrations so you can master these color harmony ideas. Feel free to use the templates furnished in the resources or use your own subjects. You can opt to paint florals or pick any other subject such as a landscape, still life and so on.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner and aspiring watercolorists that want a simple solution for color palettes and ideas.

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