
In this lecture, students will be introduced to the color wheel, the basis of color theory for artists. They will learn the main hues, and how artists use the color wheel to select pleasing color schemes.
In this lecture, students will be introduced to new painting vocabulary: tints, tones, and shades.
Students will add the primary colors to their color wheels.
Students will add the secondary colors to their color wheels.
Students will add the tertiary colors to their color wheels.
Unveiling the finished color wheel.
Students will set up their color charts and label the different areas.
Students will add the main hues to their color chart.
Students will create tints, tones, and shades with warm colors.
Students will create tints, tones, and shades with cool colors.
Unveiling the finished color chart.
Students will get set up to paint their first painting, the "Tree of Many Colors," and they will learn what colors to prep on their palate or palate paper for the background step.
Students will create the top half of the background of their painting.
Students will create the bottom-half of their backgrounds.
After their backgrounds have dried, students will learn how to mix brown and then create the main shape of their tree.
Students will create tints and tones of brown shades and add them to their trees.
Students will create shadows on their tree with a dark shade of brownish-black.
After their branches and trunk have dried, students will begin to add vibrant colors to their treetops.
Students will add more colors to their treetops and put the finishing highlights on their paintings.
Are you a complete beginner to acrylic painting but have always wanted to give it a try? Well then start here! Color theory is one of the most fundamental skills that a painter can have in their artistic arsenal.
I have been teaching acrylic painting to beginners for over 10 years, and have taken over 20 years of art instruction privately and academically. I’ve had many, many students tell me that they felt like they needed to understand how to mix colors better in order to both follow along with painting tutorials, as well as create art on their own. Many of my students express a passion or aptitude for drawing, or understand what it is that they want to paint, but colors remain elusive and they can’t quite meet the gap between what they imagine and what ends up on the canvas.
I designed this course for my beginning students who want to learn how to create paintings on their own, but don't yet know how to mix the correct shades, tints, tones, and shades. This course is great practice and great fundamentals for artists of any age wanting to get their feet wet in the art world.
This course also includes a full-length painting tutorial, the "Tree of Many Colors," which is a great first-time painting for artists, and a great way to apply the color skills learned in the previous lectures and projects. The projects and the painting tutorial are designed for the artist to paint along and create their own colors and art and learn by doing.
So c'mon, what are you waiting for? Let's get creative!