The 'The Color Survival Guide' contains a selection color theories and color principles I use almost every day as an artist. I have chosen the best, most reliable and useful things time after time.
Six (6) chapters will cover distinct principles in detail. Each chapter will include a presentation that explains the background color theory and a demonstration of how I use it in my art.
Table Of Contents:
Chapter 1: Complementary Palette
Reduce your palette to two complementary colors and learn how color moves. You will learn valuable lessons about how colors "cross" from one end of the color wheel onto the other and how important that transition is. These principles can also be applied to more complex palettes.
Chapter 2: Color Temperature: Cold vs. Chapter 2: Color Temperature: Warm vs.
This is the mother of all color theories. You won't be able to create believable or reliable color if you don't understand color temperature. This chapter explains how warm and cool move through photo studies and painted studies.
Chapter 3: Color Temperature: Moving Across The Spectrum
Now that we have mastered the concepts of warm and cool, we will explore more ways nature can move between these extremes. We now have the skills to understand and paint nature accurately, as well as the tools necessary to caricature it to suit our own aesthetics.
Chapter 4: Color Vibrations
We often have to deal with elements that seem to have strong local colors. For example, a red apple. How does nature treat "flat" colours? This chapter will provide you with important models to help you understand how to keep colors interesting and active, while still reading as simple, singular colours.
Chapter 5: Color Palettes
We now have a good understanding of color theory and practice so that we can apply many different palettes. This class started with a simple complement palette. But now we have much more options! We will examine how different palettes can affect the mood of a piece and how to pair certain palettes with specific lighting conditions.
Chapter 6: Study Tips & Ideas
It's one thing to watch a painting class, but it's another to practice good habits so that you can take this information and allow your art to grow over time. This chapter will provide simple tips for daily practice. These methods will make it easy to understand all the theories and ideas presented in class. This chapter is especially helpful for those who are still learning about color theory and need to practice before committing to finished paintings.
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This class is for intermediate artists. This class is for intermediate artists who have some experience in basic shading and drawing. This will give you a solid foundation to start learning, applying, and testing these colors and their applications. Although painting experience is a plus, it is not necessary.
Note: This class does not require any special software, except your preferred digital painting app. The videos will use Adobe Photoshop, but the lessons can be applied to any piece of digital painting software. The color theory itself is fully applicable to traditional media, but the demonstrations are more for digital painters.
