Color For Painters
360 Online Class | Available
Instruction Medium: All - oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, etc
A comprehensive, practical and hands on examination of the history, theories and practices of color in painting, useful for all aesthetic approaches and experience levels. Weekly painting projects and assignments, video demos by the instructor and in-depth problem solving for color will make this a rich and useful course. The course presents a visual overview of color history in painting and how it has evolved to the present, a survey of the major theories and their practical applications in art making, a hands-on study of the most useful color charts, gradations and mixing strategies, studio exercises implementing the use of color approaches to inform and improve your work. This course is open to all students and all content is applicable to a variety of media.
Contact: algury@comcast.net for questions
Basic materials
Al Gury
We will discuss materials in the first class meeting.
Basic classic palette for oil, acrylic or watercolor and pastel.
• Yellow Ochre
• Raw Umber
• Burnt Sienna
• Ivory Black
• Cadmium Yellow Light
• Cadmium Red Medium
• Permanent Rose
• Ultramarine Blue
• Chromium Oxide Green
• Dioxazine Purple
• Titanium White
Additional optional colors:
Burnt Umber
Mars Violet
Green Earth
Cadmium Orange
Phthalo Blue
Cadmium Green
Cerulean Blue
Zinc white
Lead white
Surfaces:
Gessoed painting surfaces, 8X10-20X16, watercolor and pastel pads of choice.
Basic color surfaces are white, gray, tan. These can be opaque or transparent imprimaturas.
• Containers for oil and thinners or water (Preferably metal or heavy plastic. Not glass because they break)
• Palette for mixing colors (Disposable, wood, metal, etc.)
• Linseed oil for oil paints
• Brushes for oil, watercolor or acrylic. (3-4 well shaped and flexible bristle brushes)
• Paper towels
• View finder for compositional choices
Sketchbook for thumbnail sketches.
Pastel or watercolor paper if needed