Sharon Carol Demery

Monday–Friday, 9:30 AM–1 PM
August 10–14
(5 days, 17.5 total hours of instruction)
La Jolla Studio
$250/270 + $20 materials fee paid to instructor

As painters, we need to know basic color theory and color mixing to make our work look vibrant and alive. In this class, we will explore the four basic ideas behind color and the ways we mix and make it all work for successful paintings. We will deal with primary colors, building blocks for all hues; secondary colors, created from two primary colors; and tertiary colors, formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color—as well as hue, value, and color temperature.

Our class will create color studies using the classic color wheel. This is about color and color relationships in our compositions. We will do a color study and then a full painting from that study—for example, making a green color chart, then making a painting in greens, or a color chart in earth tones, then a painting in earth tones.

There are new exercises for painters who have taken this class in the past. Come join us; all levels are welcome. Let’s explore this informative and exciting subject. We are going to have a lot of fun, along with learning, and you will have charts to refer to for years to come.

Materials: Oil or acrylic paint: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, (cool yellow) Cadmium Yellow, (warm yellow) Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red LIGHT, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue Hue (by Winton), Viridian Green, Ivory Black, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Raw Siena, Burnt Siena, Yellow Ochre, Dioxazine Purple, Quinacridone Magenta. 

BRUSHES: Hog hair in flats for oil paintes, sizes #2 #4 #6 #8. Synthetic brushes in flats for acrylics in sizes; #2 #4 #6 #8. 

OTHER: Disposable 12" x 16" paper palette pad, oderless Turpenoid and linseed oil for oil paints, spray bottle for acrylics, two small jars with lids, 2" blade palette knife, (no bigger) paper towels, 12" x 16" canvas pad, soft vine charcoal, sketchbook and pencils, a thin black Sharpie. Four canvas boards, small sizes, 12" x 12", 9" x 12" etc. Colored pencils, Ruler. 

SUGGESTED ITEMS: Two tall canisters, one to hold clean brushes and one to hold used brushes at the easel, Mastersons’s Box with lid to keep paints moist, a 12" x 16" glass palette to put in box making mixing paints clean and easy. 

Please email me at sharoncaroldemery@gmail.com if you have any questions. I am always happy to help. 

Max students: 13

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