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Color Theory and Color Mixing
19 students
Color Theory and Color Mixing
Color Theory, Color temperature, Hue, Saturation and Value, Limited Palettes
Created byMichael Clark
Last updated 5/2023
English
What you'll learn
- Importance of Color Wheels and how to create one
- How to differentiate Hue, Saturation and Color
- Importance of Color Temperature
- How to create color swatches of different color palettes
- What a limited palette is and why you should try using them
- Putting it all together with a still life painting
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Course content
10 sections • 11 lectures • 3h 55m total length
Requirements
- Some basic experience with painting (acrylic or oil)
- Painting surface (canvas, wood panel or similar surface)
- 2-4 paintbrushes of various sizes
- A palette knife will help with color mixing but is not required
- I recommend the following paints in the list below, but there are alternatives. You should at least have a darker cooler version and a lighter warmer version of each color.
- Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Ivory Black, Titanium White
Description
In the context of visual art, color theory is the relationship between colors and the impacts certain color combinations have on a painting. Color theory is fundamental to painting whether you are a realist painter or an abstract one. The importance of understanding color theory goes beyond simply knowing how to mix two colors together. When you understand the relationship between colors your paintings will be more appealing to the eye and evoke different emotions from the viewer depending on the color combinations you use.
This course is set up for any painting experience level. Even the absolute beginner can follow along.
In this course you will learn:
The importance of color wheels and how to make them
What a limited palette is, how to create color swatches and the importance of practicing them
The difference between hue, saturation and value and why they are important to a successful painting
How color temperature plays a role in your paintings
How to apply all these techniques with two final project demonstrations that you can set up at home
This course is taught using oil paints but can be done using acrylic paints as well, which every you are more comfortable with.
Who this course is for:
- Immediate painters who want to learn more about color mixing and how colors interact. Painters that want to take their paintings to the next level by learning how to incorporate harmonious colors.
- Beginning painters that want to learn the basics of color theory.