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Color Theory & Color Mixing 101 with Theresa Otteson

  • Workshop SLC 153 2100 South South Salt Lake, UT, 84115 United States (map)

Date: Friday, March 12, 2021

Times: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Cost: $100 with no supplies included / $120 with all supplies included

Workshop description

Discover the basics of color theory with artist Theresa Otteson. You will learn why color value and temperature are so important. You'll create a 12-hue color wheel, learn tinting and toning, and how to take the guesswork out of color matching.

This class is perfect for students working in oil, acrylic and watercolor, and also those in any discipline wanting to fine tune their understanding and use of color. Class sizes have been limited to insure social distancing is possible and masks are required when inside the building.  


Supply List 

12 x 12 canvas panel or canvas, panel or Mixed Media notebook to use to paint color swatches in. 

Paint:

  • Cobalt Blue 

  • Napthol Red 

  • Hansa Yellow or Cadmium Lemon Yellow

  • Titanium White 

  • Black 

  • Any other paint colors you have 

Brushes:
2-3 flat brushes around sizes 8 - 12 

Other: 

  • Oderless mineral spirits or turpenoid like Gamblins Gamsol. 

  • Rags

  • Paper towels 

  • Palette 

  • Palette knife

Directions: Before class please enlarge the color wheel below to fit your 12 x 12 canvas and draw it on your canvas, paper, or panel. Leave enough room to allow you to label colors around the outside edge of the wheel.

12 hue wheel handout.jpg
Earlier Event: March 10
Individual Painting in Oil or Acrylic
Later Event: March 16
Beginning Charcoal Figure Drawing