Color Mixing Workshop

Saturday, April 4 – Sunday, April 5, 2020 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Deb Shaw's Studio, Newport Beach (Note: address and directions will be sent to all registered workshop participants.)

Cost BAGSC Members: $150 both days, or $75 for Saturday or Sunday Non-Members: $200 both days, or $100 for Saturday or Sunday

Maximum Registration Sorry! The Color Mixing Workshop is full. Please click here to request having your name added to the waiting list. We will let you know as soon as any spots become available.

No refunds after March 21, 2020 To register: Register and pay online using the button below! Please review the payment and refund policy in the right column on the "Classes" page. Prefer to register by check? Contact the BAGSC Education Chair by clicking here.

Please bring your lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided.

Questions about the Workshop? Contact the BAGSC Education Chair.

Workshop Description

This fun, no-stress, pop-up workshop covers color mixing and theory for all levels—beginners through advanced. Come for both days or one day only (your choice). Choose watercolor or colored pencils. Learn about:

• The hidden values in color.
• Where colors fall on the color wheel, and how that affects mixing.
• Transparency, lightfastness, granulation.
• Basic color theories and changing color through the ages (how did Van Gogh get those sad violets?).
• Color mixing and painting methods.
• How to avoid mixing mud, AND how to (purposefully) mix mud, shadows and other nasty colors.
• Mixing beyond the basics, including the ultimate color mixing exercise.

A few of the subjects for each day include:

Day 1: Saturday, April 4

• Additive vs. subtractive color in brief (why you can’t match a color from your screen or digital device)
• Mother Nature doesn’t waste pigment; how to find the colors
• Complimentary colors and why they’re so important
• The six-color palettes (LOTS of them—not just one!)
• Mixing colors and convenient colors
• Mixing grays
• Creating references
• The Ultimate Color Mixing Exercise (review and take home)

Day 2: Sunday, April 5

• Different ways to mix colorPhysical mixing Layering (so many ways to layer!) Optical mixing Glazing Combinations
• Getting dark darks
• Mixing shadow colors
• Mixing browns
• The Ultimate Color Mixing Exercise (review and take home)

Everyone will receive copies of all handouts for both days.