Intuitive Color

Adult Class | This program has been canceled

New Offering! All levels welcome.

4/14/2020-6/16/2020

9:30 AM-12:00 PM EDT on Tue

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$245.00

$220.00

$10.00

$15.00

Explore color combinations that create mood and space in a painting. You will learn color theory including: properties of transparent verses opaque colors, earth pallets, and warm and cool color pallets and new techniques for applying paint. We will look at wide variety of artists work to draw inspiration from. You will work from still lives focusing only on color rather than drawing, the result will be loosely abstract color paintings. Making one painting per week we will focus on a different color theme each class. This class encourages experimentation, giving you the freedom and confidence to try new color combinations and paint applications.

What will you learn in this course
1. Learn warm and cool primary color pallets
2. Different uses of opposite colors
3. How to capture light and shadow using color
4. Color relationships in the context of a composition
5. Learn new paint application techniques

  • Supplies
  • Gamblin Paints/ williamsburg 37ml (may get 1980 to cut down cost)
  • Naphthol Scarlet (Opaque) warm
  • Quinacridone magenta (transparent) cool
  • Indian Yellow (transparent) warm
  • Cad Lemon yellow (Opaque) cool
  • Ultramarine Blue (transparent) warm
  • Cobalt teal (opaque) cool
  • Yellow Ochre (opaque) nutrel
  • Ivory Black (opaque) nutrel
  • Burnt Sienna (Transparent)nutrel
  • Titanium white (opaque) cool
  • Pallet knife (triangular tip with a dip handle)
  • paper pallet
  • 1” Flat synthetic
  • 1/2” Flat synthetic brush
  • 3” soft rubber Potters Rib
  • Canvas Pad 11x14”, yupo paper pad 11x14”, gesso board 12x12”
  • Papper towels/ rags
  • terpinoid or gamsol 12oz
  • Glass container with lid
  • Small neomeglip Gamblin painting medium (optional)
  • Small Galkyd light painting medium (optional)

Lara Cantu-Hertzler is a Philadelphia painter who is inspired by architecture and the figure. She explores themes of urban decay and feminine identity. Lara’s influences include: classical art, dance, photography, abstract expressionism and impressionism. In 2008 Lara graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts graduating with a Certificate in painting. In 2014 Lara received a full fellowship to Vermont Studio Center. Lara’s had solo shows at: Allens Lane Art Center, Abington Art Center, and High Wire Gallery. She’s also exhibited her work at Rittenhouse Square, and Rosenfeld Gallery. Lara has won numerous awards from The Philadelphia Sketch club, and The Philadelphia National Arts Program.