10.30am - 12.30pm
This course takes place every Thursday from 19 September to 28 November 2024 (except 31 October).
The Art of Colour- a ten week course acrylic paint colour mixing course for every skill level
Welcome to a comprehensive 10-week acrylic paint colour mixing course designed for artists of all skill levels. Dive into the vibrant world of pigments and learn fundamental colour theory and techniques to create captivating hues. This course offers a dynamic blend of theory and hands-on practice to unleash your creative potential, from beginners to seasoned artists.
Course Outline
Week 1: Introduction to the Colour Wheel: Understanding primary, secondary, and tertiary colours. How to read a paint tube. Exploring tints, tones, and shades.
Week 2: Monochromatic Painting. Creating depth and interest with a single hue. Techniques for achieving variation in value and intensity.
Week 3: Dimensions of Colour - Value. Introduction to the importance of value in painting. Exercises to practice identifying and mixing different values.
Week 4: Dimensions of Colour - Hue and Temperature. Exploring the variety of hues. Understanding warm and cool colours and their impact.
Week 5: Dimensions of Colour - Chroma and Saturation. Understanding chroma and saturation. Techniques for creating depth of field using colour saturation.
Week 6: Landscape Painting. Applying colour theory to create realistic landscapes. Techniques for mixing colours to depict natural scenes.
Week 7: Colour Schemes. Exploring different colour schemes (complementary, analogous, triadic, etc.). Exercises to create harmony and contrast in your paintings.
Week 8: Signature Colour Palette. Developing your unique colour palette. Experimenting with colours that reflect your personal style.
Week 9: Final Piece with Signature Colour Palette. Starting your final project using your signature colour palette. Applying all the techniques and theories learned.
Week 10: Continuation of Final Piece. Completing your final piece. Refining details and ensuring colour harmony.
By the end of this course, you will have a deep understanding of colour theory and practical skills to mix and apply acrylic paints effectively. Get ready to transform your artistic expression with the power of colour!
About Kim O'Neil
Kim graduated from Central Saint Martins with a BA Hons Fine Art. Her notable tutors included Paul Eachus, Bill Henderson and Nooshin Farnid. She has exhibited in group shows, including exhibiting alongside Maggie Hamblin, Paula Rego and Annie Kevans. Her work has sold to many private collections including Justin King of Sainsburys supermarkets and Robinson of Jigsaw. Kim has had several large solo shows in Central London. Her current paintings feature idiosyncratic paint techniques in the form of sophisticated, multi layered abstracts. They are the response to certain environments and usually made on location, in the dirt, sand and sea. Not the end result of study, but part of an experience; rejoicing in the dirt, using organic resources to make the marks like scratching the paint on with sticks and thwacking paint on the canvas with blades of long grass, immersing a partly dried painting in the billowing waves of the beach surf and allowing the marks in the paint to made by the rain. Previous work has included monumental paintings of fragments of ephemera and documents and defaced, reworked, reimagined diagrams of the make torso.
Kim has 17 years’ experience as an educator, initially teaching A level Art before establishing her own independent art school ‘Paint Modern,’ based in Surrey. In more recent years she has specialised in teaching abstract painting and drawing at the newest incarnation of her private art school. Kim offers both actually and online classes in cutting edge abstract art.
Paint technologist and ambassador for Winsor & Newton and Liquitex since 2008, Kim has lectured and demonstrated on their behalf, so has expert knowledge of their products and their full potential. She has run workshops at London Graphic Centre, Great Art, Cass Art, and Jacksons in association with these brands, to name just a few. She has also lectured at Central Saint Martins UAL in partnership with Winsor & Newton. Art writing has also been another facet of Kim’s career and published work for Liquitex, Winsor and Newton, Ken Bromley, and London Graphic Centre’s blog.