The Value of Making Color Swatches: A Simple Method To Improve Your Art

The real beauty of painting with traditional media, such as watercolor or gouache, is that they behave in spontaneous and often unpredictable ways. We may like a particular paint color, however we have no 100% guarantee that it will look good or as we imagined on our paper. The gorgeous tubes of watercolors promise a certain color outcome, when in reality the final result doesn't resemble what's on the producer's tube. And gouache paint, for example, can dry out and darken or lighten its color, which sometimes leaves us unhappy with our painting, forcing us to start all over.

Those "happy color accidents" can be fun but they're not always entirely welcome. In this class we will be learning about the value of creating color swatches with the goal of improving our art and ultimately making better, or more interesting, color choices using traditional media.

In this class:

you will explore using different color swatches types
you will learn new hacks to instantly improve your color choices
you will master a SIMPLE method of using cut-out swatches to make better art

Whether you are just starting out with traditional media or consider yourself a well-seasoned artist, I will present a very easy, straightforward and intuitive way of working that will produce vibrant and eye-pleasing illustrations.

Happy swatching!

Wera

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