Description
Color Harmony in the Landscape: The “Complete” Color Strategy
Mitch Albala, Instructor
Date: Friday, October 13th – Sunday, October 15th, 2023 (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $525
Registration: $25
Materials: N/A
The most effective color solutions in landscape painting do far more than replicate the colors found in the natural world — or in our photos. To capture the qualities of color and light, painters also rely on a color strategy. We typically think of the strategy as only being about the relationships founds on the color wheel, such as analogous, complementary, etc. In fact, a “complete” color strategy involves two other essential aspects of color — relative values and saturation levels. Working from photographs, and through a series of practical exercises, ongoing critiques, and analysis of contemporary colorists, you will learn how all three aspects of the color strategy work together to suggest mood, atmospheric effects, or a particular color of light. This class will also cover:
• color grouping, a practice that helps maintain harmony by organizing colors into a limited number of groups
• how to mix neutral colors and how they can be used to create color harmony
• how to work with saturated colors
• color temperature
• how value affects color identity
• the proper way to work with reference photos
Level: Advanced beginner to intermediate
Required: Masks to be worn throughout workshop (proof of vaccination not required).