Painting: Advanced Colour Studies

Colour by accident is luck. Colour by intention is a skill.

About This Course

Explore advanced colour theory and mixing techniques. Learn to create sophisticated colour palettes, understand colour relationships, and develop your unique approach to colour in painting. This course builds on foundational painting skills to help you master the expressive and technical aspects of working with colour.

What You'll Create

  • A series of colour study paintings exploring different palettes.
  • Colour mixing charts and reference materials.
  • A final painting demonstrating advanced colour techniques.
  • A personal colour theory workbook.

Course Details

Age Range
12-14
Term
Term 1
Schedule
Thursdays, 6:30pm
Duration
10 weeks
Price
$480
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What You'll Learn

  • You'll mix colour with intention, not by accident.
  • You'll learn how warm and cool colours push and pull a viewer's eye.
  • You'll build a painting around one dominant colour, on purpose.
  • You'll push past your first safe choice into something riskier.
  • You'll critique a finished painting, yours and someone else's.

The Support You'll Get

You won't be handed the answer. You'll be shown how to find it.

Your practitioner has spent years making their own work, and their own mistakes. In the studio they work alongside you: asking the right questions, pointing out options you hadn't seen, helping you push through the moment you get stuck. The ideas stay yours. The decisions stay yours. They're there so you're never finding the way through alone.

Week by Week

Week 1: Colour theory fundamentals and advanced mixing techniques

Week 2: Understanding colour temperature and its emotional impact

Week 3: Creating sophisticated colour palettes

Week 4: Exploring colour relationships and harmonies

Week 5: Working with limited palettes

Week 6: Colour and light interaction

Week 7: Developing your personal colour voice

Week 8: Final project: Complete painting using advanced colour techniques

Week 9: Refinement and finishing touches

Week 10: Exhibition preparation and presentation

Every course ends with an exhibition

Celebrate what you created with the people and our community. Every term concludes with a presentation or exhibition of your work: a chance to share your process, your ideas, and what you've made.

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