Peter Donahue’s Color for Painters

This course will review the mechanics of how color works, and how to work with color, with painters in mind. Through visual demonstrations and creative exercises with paint, students will develop a grasp of the terms and concepts that underlie a modern, science-based approach to color theory. The principles covered will be relevant to both realist and abstract painters.
6 Classes

Recorded Live Classes

Reference Images

References

Library

Curated Color Diagrams

Homework

6 Assignments

Materials List

Color Filter Slide set: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KVVFUKI
Acrylic medium (I use Liquitex Professional Matte Medium)
Your preferred brushes
Masking tape / low-tack artists tape
Canvas paper: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KNNVJY
Artist Grade Acrylic Paints (I use Liquitex Professional Heavy Body, 2oz bottles):
– Quinacridone Magenta
– Titanium White
– Cadmium Red
Additional paint colors/pigments from your own collection to experiment with.

Instructor's Biography

Peter Donahue is an artist and designer on a mission: to make science-based color theory accessible. His short-form videos on color theory topics have earned him millions of views on social media. Peter’s free color tools and graphics have been adopted by university professors, make-up artists, opticians and other professionals, hobbyists, and students around the world. When he’s not making videos or painting in his studio, Peter teaches art fundamentals and other design classes at Morristown-Beard school in New Jersey. He has delivered keynotes and workshops on color theory for a variety of institutions, including the Inter-Society Color Council, Rhode Island School of Design, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, and Contemporary Arts Memphis. Peter has also done freelance graphic design work and color theory consulting for universities, tech start-ups, fashion brands, and a major crayon manufacturer.

Instructor's Work

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Course Includes

  • 6 Lessons
  • About the instructor

    Peter Donahue

    Peter Donahue is an artist and designer on a mission: to make science-based color theory accessible. His short-form videos on color theory topics have earned him millions of views on social media. When he’s not making videos or painting in his studio, Peter teaches art fundamentals and other design classes...
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