Summer School - Mixing & Painting with Colour for Beginners

Summer School – Mixing & Painting with Colour for Beginners

On this one-day ‘taster’ course you will be introduced to using colour and mixing colours for painting or design.

What The Course is About:

A practical introduction to using colour and mixing colours for painting or design. With tutor demos and exercises to help improve your colour mixing and painting. This course is for you if: • You’ve done some drawing and want to learn to paint • You are interested in design and want to explore colour • You’d like your art to have more depth and balance

Materials Required:

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.

Previous Experience:

Suitable for 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

End of course:

What will I achieve? You will have a greater understanding of colour relationships & paint mixing. You'll have experimented with different brush marks and blending colour. You’ll have created work, appreciate colour more and have gained confidence in your abilities and had fun!