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Improve Your Paintings: Luminous Watercolor Mixing

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Description Learn skills for mixing watercolors to achieve vibrant hues and luminous neutrals. With professional watercolorist Kateri Ewing as your guide, you’ll kick off class with a lesson on color theory basics, organizing your palette and making a 15-color wheel. Next, discover how to create personalized color charts that will help you match the exact hues you want to achieve. After you’re completely comfortable with primary and secondary color relationships, discover how to create more nuanced color mixes using complementary tertiary hues. Ready to apply your new watercolor mixing skills? Kateri will guide you through a study of a pear using techniques for transferring a line drawing, adding a first glaze and using darker colors to create dimension.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Understanding Successful Watercolor
  • Split Primary System
  • Charts & Color Matching
  • Tertiaries, Neutrals & Greens
  • Project Foundations & Color Study
  • Building Color & Completing the Pear

Taught by

Kateri Ewing

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