Color Theory Should be Fun

After many years of teaching drawing and painting, I began to notice that many of my students had only a minimal knowledge of color and how to mix colors accurately within their paintings and/or drawings. As a result, I developed a five-week color theory class which offers hands on activities with a fun take on learning how to use color effectively and confidently. Not only will students learn how to mix color beautifully in several mediums, they will also have a better understanding of how color affects every aspect of our lives. Color is everywhere in our world and learning more about color will be a tremendous aid in the pursuit of any future painting class.

Materials List:

Drawing Pad Suggested: DickBlick.com 14” x 17” Size; Item #10314-1048

Acrylic Paint Set: DickBlick.com Item #01637-0129 (Set of 12 Acrylic Paints)

Brushes: DickBlick.com Item #06223-9136 (set of 5 brushes)

Crayola Crayons (set of 24 or larger) AND/OR Colored Pencils

1 small pad of tracing paper (Michael's or Walmart)

1 multi-colored package of quality grade construction paper (Michaels or Amazon.com) As many colors as possible within a packet.

Comfortable Scissors (for cutting paper)

Glue: Elmer's Clear Glue, Aleene's Clear Tacky Glue OR Quality Glue Sticks; (please purchase a glue for use with paper)

Pencil and an ERASER

1 - 12” ruler

Medium size Plastic Container for Water (Mayo jar works well)

1 roll of paper towels

5-8 Large size Paper plates

Should you desire to purchase acrylic paints individually instead of within the set suggested above, I recommend these colors:

(LIQUITEX BASICS paint is fine for our purposes)

Ultramarine Blue; Dioxazine Purple; Permanent Green Deep; Cadmium Yellow Medium; Cadmium Red or Quin Magenta; Phthalo Blue; White; Black