Spithurst Road, Barcombe, East Sussex, BN8 5EB, UK. Tel: 01273 400606
A very practical and information packed 2 day course that will be useful
whatever subject or medium you work with.
Small classes, maxi8mum of 6 people, in a lovely atmosphere with
fresh coffee, cake, delicious lunch and wine.
All materials and sketchbook are provided. Just bring yourself.
In this course each person will create their own reference sketchbook.
This will remind you about all you have learnt over the 2 days and you
can continue adding to it over the years.
We will use the sketchbook for annotated examples of
mixed colours and colour theory.
What is covered
We will look at and understand
The colour wheel
Primary colours
Secondary colours
Tertiary colours
Cold colours
Warm colours
Colour harmony
Colour discord
Tonal values
Colour contrast and energy
Background colours
Paint quality
Fugitive colours
The effect of different papers; hot pressed and not hot pressed and absorbent
Earth tones
Desaturation of strong colours
Useful mixing colours such as burnt umber
We will learn to mix a range of soft greys and natural tones as well as other colours
such as mauve that can't be bought.
We will understand why colour mixing can fail.
We will look at famous artists and their use of colour and why it works and the purpose
of different colours within a painting.
All materials and sketchbook are provided.
Course Dates
Wednesday - Thursday
January 20th and 21st
Saturday - Sunday
February 20th and 21st
Wednesday - Thursday
April 13th and 14th
Tuesday - Wednesday
July 6th and 7th
To book phone Emma 01273 400606
Joseph Albers
shows us in his book
The Interaction of Colour
that colour is the most relative medium in art
and that how we see it depends on what is around it.
We will look at the practical application of this so that in addition to mixing colours we will learn how to layer them and sit them in context to make them work. Basically building colour confidence.