Color Theory & Color Mixing - Acrylic Masterclass

Mix colors with confidence, let go of frustration & bring that color confidence into your art practice!

What you'll learn

Learn what is a color wheel and how to create it from scratch without a stencil.

How to solve the muddy mix problem and learn to paint a split primary color wheel.

Why the Color Wheel is an essential tool for artists and how it is used to create great art.

What are the 3 building blocks of color and how knowing these properties will help us paint better.

What is color temperature and why it is imp to understand color temperature as artists.

5 common types of Color Schemes and why is it essential to plan colors before starting a new painting.

Requirements

No experience necessary, just a curious mind to expand your knowledge on Color Theory, and some basic art supplies like a sketchbook, paint brush & acrylic colors.

Description

Have u ever tried mixing your paints and felt frustrated trying to mix the right color?Do you struggle with 'muddy' colors and want to feel more confident when creating the color mixtures you need?Are you having trouble telling whether the paint colors are Warm or Cool?Are you spending too much money buying all different paint tubes to create your art?You know what you want, but you don't know how to get there.It's time to change that!Not understanding color or its theory, can quickly take us out of the flow and leave us feeling frustrated.The good news is that color doesn't have to be complicated.This color theory course will give you a strong foundation in color while also giving you the confidence to try new things!As Artists we must understand what color is, to know how to use it properly in our paintings.This course covers all the basics of the Color Theory and the Color Wheel which will help you build a solid foundation and will help you make progress as an artist faster!We will understand what is a color wheel and how to create it from scratch without a stencil.Why the Color Wheel is an essential tool for artists and how it is used to create great art.And how I like to create an extended color wheel that helps me create and see 72 colors or more out of just 3 colors.With a basic understanding of the color wheel and a few hours of mixing practice, you'll be amazed at how quickly your color skills grow.Inside the course, I share my biggest takeaway from the color wheel along with tips for muting down or desaturating colors in 3 different ways, and how knowing the value contrasts of colors help us in painting better!One of the most confusing topics to learn about when we r just getting started in our painting journey is color temperature. Color temperature is one of the key things to understand inside this big umbrella of color theory. Understanding this will prevent us from creating muddy mixes while mixing colors and help us understand the relationship between colors.To solve the muddy mix problem we will learn to paint a split primary color wheel from scratch, which is an incredibly powerful exercise, even for more advanced artists.Finally, we will understand the 5 common types of Color Schemes - monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic & tetradic and why is it essential to plan colors before starting a new painting.Are u ready to learn all these cool color concepts? This class is a mixture of theoretical lectures as well as practical exercises covering all the must-know information and also provides hands-on exercises for you to try on your own. So go ahead and enroll in the course and I'll see u inside the class.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome!

Lecture 2 How to approach this course to get the maximum benefit

Section 2: DAY 1 - COLOR & COLOR WHEEL

Lecture 3 Welcome to Day 1

Lecture 4 What is Color?

Lecture 5 What is Color Theory & What is a Color Wheel?

Lecture 6 How to create a color wheel (Primary Colors)

Lecture 7 How to create a color wheel (Secondary Colors)

Lecture 8 How to create a color wheel (Tertiary Colors)

Lecture 9 What are Primary, Secondary & Tertiary colors?

Lecture 10 How to read a store bought color wheel?

Lecture 11 Project for Day 1

Lecture 12 Summary of Day 1

Section 3: DAY 2 - COLOR PROPERTIES

Lecture 13 Welcome to Day 2

Lecture 14 What are the 3 Color Properties?

Lecture 15 How to create Tint-Tone-Shade color chart

Lecture 16 How to create value charts

Lecture 17 Understanding Values: Monochromatic Painting 1 - Blue Ridge Mountains

Lecture 18 Understanding Values: Monochromatic Painting 2 - Beach Cliff

Lecture 19 Understanding Saturation: Saturated vs unsaturated painting demo: Part 1

Lecture 20 Understanding Saturation: Saturated vs unsaturated painting demo: Part 2

Lecture 21 Day 2 Project

Lecture 22 Summary of Day 2

Lecture 23 Extra: Value chart study - Orange

Lecture 24 Extra: Value chart study - Cadmium Red

Lecture 25 Extra: Value chart study - Teal Blue

Section 4: DAY 3 - COLOR TEMPERATURE

Lecture 26 Welcome to Day 3

Lecture 27 The color wheel and the relationship of warm and cool colors

Lecture 28 Relative Color temperature

Lecture 29 How to avoid muddy mixes in our paintings?

Lecture 30 Secondary Color mixing charts (Green, Purple & Orange)

Lecture 31 What is a Split Primary Color Wheel?

Lecture 32 How to create & fill the split primary color Wheel?

Lecture 33 Day 3 Project

Lecture 34 Summary of Day 3

Section 5: DAY 4 - COLOR SCHEMES

Lecture 35 Welcome to Day 4

Lecture 36 What is Complementary Color Scheme?

Lecture 37 Why complimentary colors are so important in paintings?

Lecture 38 Color mixing with complementary colors

Lecture 39 What is Monochromatic Color Scheme?

Lecture 40 Color mixing with monochromatic colors

Lecture 41 Why desaturating with complementary colors creates better artworks?

Lecture 42 What is Analogous Color Scheme?

Lecture 43 Color mixing with analogous colors

Lecture 44 Extended Analogous Color Scheme & color mixing

Lecture 45 What is Triadic Color Scheme?

Lecture 46 Color mixing with triadic colors

Lecture 47 What is Tetradic Color Scheme?

Lecture 48 Color mixing with tetrad colors

Lecture 49 Extra: How to create the transparent markers

This color theory course can be followed by anyone and everyone who is interested in knowing more about colors.