Color Theory for Creative Practice
✨ NEW WORKSHOP ✨
Hosted by Oregon Art Center
Color can completely change the mood, meaning, and feeling of a piece of art. In this full-day studio workshop, we’ll take the mystery out of color theory and explore simple, practical ways to use color with more confidence. Using watercolor, we’ll learn how colors relate to one another, how they can create harmony or contrast, and how your color choices can help express emotion, atmosphere, and personal style.
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how color works, a set of hand-painted color studies for future reference, and practical tools you can bring into your own creative practice.
Open to all skill levels. Useful for watercolor painters and artists working in any medium.
Sample of my own watercolor art, with the color harmonies and palette identified. This is what you will learn in this workshop!
Learning outcomes:
Get comfortable using the color wheel
Learn the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors
Explore warm and cool colors, and how they shift depending on context
Understand useful color concepts such as hue, value, tint, and shade
Learn common color combinations, including complementary, triadic, and analogous palettes
Mix watercolor paints to create your own color reference palettes
Practice applying color theory to your own artwork
How to Register
Registration for this workshop is through the Oregon Art Center here or at the button below.