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Mixing Complementary Colors

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Janet Warner

Drawing + Painting Workshop: Beginner + Intermediate

Develop an understanding of the relationship between color and saturation (the intensity of a color), along with gaining the ability to see a color and mix it. Mixing complementary colors help achieve less saturated colors with more neutral tones compared to just adding black and white.

As students are practicing mixing paint and creating muted colors (strong color identity of the parent hue but are noticeably duller than the hue,) achromatic greys (strong color identity of the parent hue but are noticeably duller than the hue,) and chromatic greys (extremely dulled down colors that still demonstrate a color identity of the parent hue), they can use the colors they mix to create a geometric design. Students can choose to focus on one set of complementary colors or explore multiple pairs.

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Term: Fall 2022

Suggested Ages: 18+

Workshop: Saturday, 1–4 pm, 12/3/2022
1 session: $60.00; Capacity: 15
Supplies:
Canvas:
2-3 pieces of canvas or canvas board for oil paint

Oil Paint: 
Cadmium red medium or Naphthol red
Cadmium yellow
Ultramarine blue
Titanium white
Pallet or pallet paper
Small Pallet knife

Brushes:
2-3 Small to medium sized rectangular brushes (also know as size 4-6 bright brushes) 

Cleaner: 
Small jar of gamsol or other mineral spirit to clean brushes 
Rag or paper towel

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