The Silent Structure of Color - The Foundations of Color in Painting

Color is one of the most powerful, and most misunderstood, tools in painting. In this course you will learn the fundamental structure behind color: how perception, value, and light shape what we see. Instead of guessing, you will gain a clear framework for making confident color decisions in your painting

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Orientation

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Understanding Light

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The Grammar of Color

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Materials and Setup

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Fundamental Exercises

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Still Life Under-painting

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Create the color scales

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Painting the Still Life in Colors

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Virginia Portrait Painting

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Course Outline

Orientation

Understanding the purpose of the course and the mindset required.

Understanding Light

Before color, artists must understand how light shapes form.

The Grammar of Color

Learning the three dimensions of color and the Munsell system.

Materials and Setup

Everything needed to begin painting with oil.

Fundamental Exercises

Training the eye before complex subjects.

Still Life Project (underpainting)

Learn how to establish structure through under-painting before moving to full color.

Create the color scales

Learn to control value and chroma by building structured color scales.

Still Life Project (Painting the Colors)

Learn how to translate structure into color while maintaining control.

Virginia Portrait Painting

Applying the system to the human figure.