This class is designed for new artists (or experienced ones!) who just can't quite understand why they are always mixing mud. I'll take you through some rebellious ideas that overturn what you may have learned in elementary school, and we'll learn why red and blue don't always make purple.

This class is geared towards artists using traditional media, but I'll be doing some demos in the fantastic, free painting program Krita. It's my hope that I can also help digital artists understand color theory, and with digital demos we can really dive deep into what's going on as we layer and build color. At the end of the class I'm going to show you demonstrations using acrylic and watercolor paint and show you how your choice of palette can affect the colors you can mix.

In this class we'll study how pigments mix, and understand the fundamental rebellious idea of the course: if you mix two pigments, you are always taking away light from a painting or drawing. You can never add light! This one principle helps us to explain a lot of why we keep mixing mud, and it gives us a way to avoid it.

The goal of the class is to get you familiar with how pigments mix, and then to get you to explore your own colors so that you can start building your personal palette.

I hope you'll join me!

Madison Medland

Software Engineer

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