The Art and Practice of Color

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DO YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT COLOR AND PAINT?

A PAINTING COURSE FOCUSED ON COLOR

The Art and Practice of Color  is a 9 hours Video Course focused on Color Theory and its Applications for painters. For oil, acrylic or gouache, it covers all the artistic dimensions of color : color wheels, pigments, palette, mixing strategies, color composition and harmony etc.

Unlike others, this program doesn’t present Color as an abstract concept, but in its relationship with Paint and Pigments. This course will let you explore Color Theory and discover a unique Color System designed for Painters. But Color Theory would be sterile if it could not be implemented in the daily practice of the painter. Color theory is put in practice in actual mixing, painting and compositions. That’s the idea of this course: theory and practice have to be consubstantial.

Price : €84.90 (+tax and fees)


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WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

  • Beginners, intermediate or advanced painters.
  • Hobbyists looking for a new approach to color and harmony.
  • Atelier students looking for a coherent color system with a strong focus on pigments and  painting techniques.
  • Painters working primarily with oil, acrylic, gouache, casein etc.

* The course doesn’t focus on specific details about each medium, all the demonstrations are made with oil paint, but the knowledge is transposable to all opaque painting techniques.

WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THE COURSE

TOTAL TIME : 9 hours 21 min

Part 1 : Color Theory – This part is dedicated to color theory, in so far as it applies to painting. This part makes complex knowledge easy to understand. Florent reviews the most prevalent color systems for artists, their advantages and disadvantages and explains how he came up with his own model, specifically designed for painters.

Part 2 : Paint and Pigments – Because color can’t be conceived as an abstract notion, this part reviews 70 of the most frequently used pigments. It covers their properties and discusses how to use them practically. This part will give you all the knowledge you need to become a master of your palette and explore the palettes of ten old masters.

Part 3 : Mixing Strategies – Discover how a coherent theory and accurate techniques can help you mix exactly the color you need. Understand how to use the properties of your pigments to play with colors like a musician plays with notes and chords. – Color Composition – Explore an innovative and practical compositional system to harmonize colors in your painting. Learn the fundamental principles of composition and analyze examples from the greatest masters of the past: Raphael, Titian, Dürer, Velazquez, Courbet, Degas and many more…

Part 4 – Demonstration #1 : How to Paint Realistic Colors ? With a 2 hour still life demonstration, this part explains how to use color theory to paint realistically and get perfectly accurate colors. If your goal is to paint realistically, this demonstration will give you a structured method to reach it by understanding how color interacts with surfaces and textures.

Part 5 – Demonstration #2 : How to transform colors to fit in the composition of your choice? In this second demonstration, a simple landscape is transformed to create a unique chromatic atmosphere. Color theory isn’t just about realism but also about allowing the artist’s fantasy to express itself through color. This part will also cover some key elements of landscape painting like atmospheric colors, aerial perspective, reflections and refraction, vegetation etc.

Part 6 – Demonstration #3 : How to turn a simple black and white drawing into a painting using only theory and imagination? In this final and last demonstration, we start with a charcoal drawing and put color theory to the ultimate test : can it assist to create colors from imagination? With this 2 hour nightscape portrait, you will see how to paint human colors and how to articulate color and light to paint breathtaking atmospheric scenes.

+ COLOR WHEELS AND RESOURCES FOR PAINTERS


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BONUS : THE COMPLEMENTARY POSTER

If you want to have the color wheels on the wall of your studio, you can get the complementary poster separately :


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Information about the course:

This program is only available as a downloadable mp4 file, it can also be streamed and watched online with no download. No DVD version. The course can be watched on Ipad, Iphones and tablets with the Gumroad App, but most smartphones don’t have enough disk space to allow the videos to be downloaded.

It is recommended to download the course on your computer.

        • Format (container) : mp4

        • Codec : H.264

        • Chapters available

        • English subtitles

The mp4 format is compatible with all media players on modern computers, tablets and cell phones. The codec used is H.264, which is also a standard for modern HD videos. If you can’t read the videos on your computer, you can download the VLC media player by following this link : Download VLC media player

For practical reasons, this 9 hour program is divided into six videos :

      • Video 1/6 – duration 1 hour 14 min (HD 1080p) – 564 Mo

      • Video 2/6  – duration 57 min (HD 1080p) – 610 Mo

      • Video 3/6 – duration 1 hour 15 min (HD 1080p) – 611 Mo

      • Video 4/6 – duration 2 hours 11 min (HD 1080p) – 933 Mo

      • Video 5/6 – duration 1 hour 45 min (HD 1080p) – 796 Mo

      • Video 6/6 – duration 1 hour 59 min (HD 1080p) – 883 Go

        Total duration : 9 hours 21 minutes

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Total space required : 4.397 Go

FAQ

        • Y a-t-il une version française ? (Is there a french version ?)

Pas pour le moment, il n’y a pas encore de version française mais elle viendra probablement en fin d’année 2021.

        • Is there going to be a DVD ?

No, there won’t be any DVD version of this program. This reduces cost and makes the entire program more affordable than it would be if the production and shipping costs of physical copies had to be included.

        • Is it ok to burn this program on a DVD to watch it on a DVD player ?

For private use only, you are allowed to burn this program on a DVD as long as you own a legal copy of the original video. However, you are not allowed to reproduce it, share it or sell it.

        • Is the Poster included in the course ?

No, the poster including all the color wheels of the course is sold separately, because it has to be printed and shipped separately. Logistically, it was impossible to create a package with the digital course and a physical product for worldwide shipping. If you want to get the poster, you can find it here.

        • Can I play the videos on a tablet or a smart phone ?

You can either download the files on your computer first and transfer them on your phone or tablet by using the built-in system of your device.

The videos of the course can also be streamed and watched online without downloading.

The other solution to enjoy this content on your mobile device is to use the Gumroad Library App and access your videos from the app. More info about the app here : Gumroad library app

        • Are there subtitles ?

All the videos of the main program have subtitles, the demonstrations are not subtitled. To turn the subtitles on, in VLC, go to > Video > Add Subtitles track > Caption_Video01.

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