Bring Colour Into Your Artwork
Hello! We are Riso and Chris and we are pleased to invite you to join our second course together, this time, a celebration of colour.
In this seven week course, you will learn about colour and how to think about it to find more freedom in your paintings, make effective decisions and express a mood.
During the first three weeks of the course, Riso will be teaching you the theory behind the colour: how to study it, different elements that compose colour and how to use them to your advantage to create different qualities in your paintings.
After that, Chris will take the course from there and help you being more intuitive with colour. You will be exploring your colour tendencies, how to create a mood with colour, and how to do colour explorations of your paintings before settling on a colour palette.
Then, we will have one last class, a show and tell where everyone can participate, share what you did during the course and what you would like to do next. Also a great moment to ask for final questions.
We will be talking about themes such as:
Creating a colour hierarchy
Best practices to study colour
How to push colours to make more vibrant paintings
Creating a mood in your paintings
Working with colour palettes
Using your intuition
Every class will start with a theory presentation and/or a warming up exercise. After that, the teacher will share a painting demo with you, and then you will have time to paint and ask questions.
Every level is welcome and appreciated! However, if you are a beginner, please mix a colour wheel with the three primary colours before starting the course, we will take it from there!
All classes will be recorded and so you have the option of joining us live or watching them later.
GENERAL INFORMATION
APRIL/MAY
Dates
This course will be divided into six Saturday classes, you can join us live or watch them later. (They will be recorded and sent to you all!)
April 15th, 22nd, 29th
May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th
Time
Always from 16:30h to 18:30h (CEST)
Location
Zoom
Costs
We offer two options:
Standard tier €175 (Unlimited spots)
Access to live classes, painting demos, Q&As, and community forum on Discord
Feedback tier €230 (10 spots available/sold out)
Access to the above, plus personal written feedback from teachers, which will be sent to you every Friday.
Private Discord Channel
MATERIALS
You will be able to use the materials you already have at home, however, this is what we will be using:
First three classes:
Riso will be teaching colour theory, to do so she will be using Procreate on an iPad. Alternatively, you can follow the course with gouache, acrylic or oil.
Class four to six:
During the more practical bit of the course, you will work on traditional techniques, these are the materials that Chris will be using:
A selection of 2-3 brushes between the sizes 6-16 – either flat or round-tip
A4 or A3 size heavyweight paper (160gsm minimum) or board x 15 sheets Acrylic paints in the following colours: Ultramarine blue (Optional extra – Prussian blue), Cadmium yellow (Optional extra – Indian yellow hue), Cadmium red and Titanium white. Cyan and Magenta are also good colours to have at hand.
Gesso (to be pre-applied for some lessons)
You can also use gouache, acryla gouache or oils to follow the classes.
ABOUT US
My name is Chris Gambrell,
(@Gambrell_) a mixed-media artist hailing from Bristol, United Kingdom. My work mostly revolves around 2D representations of the figure, portraits, and fashion. My interest lies in mark-making, color, texture, and the economy of all of these things. I maintain the belief that if the work excites you in the process of making it, that will then translate to the viewing audience. My clients have included Vogue, Zara, and Laurence King publishing.
My name is Àngela Sierra, but you might know me by Riso Chan, my artistic name.
I’m an artist and a creative teacher with a passion for colour, my work has been exhibited in China, at the Zhejiang Art Museum and the USA, at the Witte Museum as well as in other Galleries.
I’m an art teacher for Google’s arts program, and I also organize my own courses and private mentorships.
I’m currently working on a very cool project but secret, I will tell you more about it when it releases! What I can say though is that it will be accompanied by an exhibition which I’m preparing now.
