Understanding Colour with Watercolours with Jaclyn

Course Outline

26th October: Painting the Colour Wheel

To start you off Jaclyn will introduce you to the colour wheel and chat through its importance for your paintings. This is a great foundation to start from as it will identify primary, secondary and tertiary colours and how they relate to each other.

02nd November: Monochromatic Painting

Once you have been introduced to the vast array of colours in the colour wheel you will now be shown how to produce paintings by limiting your selection. Monochromatic painting is a very effective way to create shade within your painting by using one base colour and altering the tint and brightness

09th November: Complimentary Colours

For this weeks class Jaclyn will introduce you to complementary colours. These colours sit directly opposite each other on the colour wheel and are used to create contrast and intensity in your paintings when placed beside one another.

16th November: Analogous Colours

This week we focus on creating much calmer paintings. Analogous colours are located adjacent and closer to each other on the colour wheel. When placed beside one another they create a much more calmer and less intense painting.

23rd November: Warm Palette

Identifying warm colours in your palette is an important part of creating the desired outcome with your paintings. Warm colours are associated with sun and fire which are colours such as yellow, red, orange and the different shades of these colours and help create a warmth to you paintings.

30th November: Cool Palette

Like a warm palette identifying cold colours in your palette can create a very different outcome to your paintings. Cold colours are associated with water, night and used alot in nature which are colours such as blue, green and purple and the different shades of these colours and help create a calming, relaxed finish.