Easter - 2 Days: Experimenting with Colour - Putney School of Art and Design

Easter – 2 Days: Experimenting with Colour

This practical course is ideal for beginner students with a little drawing experience, for those interested in design and colour, or students who’d like to gain confidence and improve their use of colour in different mediums.

What The Course is About:

This practical course will start with mixing colours and understanding colour relationships. There’ll be a mix of exercises and projects where new materials are introduced, such as colour pencils, mixed media, collage and different paints and some simple printing. For each new project, you’ll have demos, handouts or see examples of artist’s work to inspire you. The course is designed to give you confidence and a good understanding of using colour.

Materials Required:

What to the first session: A3 cartridge paper or sketchpad, sketching pencil 2B, eraser, round synthetic paint brush size medium, plastic or metal palette knife for mixing, large palette or disposable tear off paper palette sheets, acrylic paints: White, black, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue, Cadmium red & Process or permanent Magenta. Please only buy these colours not a set. Available from the school shop. Also bring an apron and a kitchen roll, for cleaning palette knives etc

Previous Experience:

Suitable for complete beginners new to using colour but who have some experience of drawing, or for those who have painted before but would like a refresher or to gain more confidence. Ideal as a follow-on from ‘Learn to Draw’ or Intro to Drawing & Colour courses

End of course:

What will I achieve? You will have a greater understanding of colour relationships and colour mixing. You’ll appreciate colour more and have gained confidence in different ways of using it. You’ll have been introduced to a variety of materials and seen examples of artists using them. You’ll have gained confidence in your abilities mixed media with acrylic, pastel, collage and image transfer.