Secrets of Color Harmony - Art Workshop - ART & PAINTING WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, LESSONS

The Secrets of Color Harmony

Learn how to create beautiful color harmony in your paintings • with Karen Lynn Ingalls
Coming in Autumn 2024 — dates to be announced

Clockwise from Upper Left: "Tree on the Ridge" • "Just-Spring" • "Three Trees in the Vineyard, Knights Valley II" • "Nina Reading" • "Breakfast al Fresco I" • All paintings © Karen Lynn Ingalls

Do you wish you could get your colors to work — and play — together better in your artwork?

Sometimes colors just don't behave, and it can be a frustrating struggle when they don’t. How do you change that?

Color Harmony art workshop, painting workshop on color, art workshop with Karen Lynn Ingalls

Left to Right: "Spring Blossoms in My Neighborhood" • "A Dog with Mustard" • "Calistoga Mustard, Yellow Rose Ranch" • All paintings © Karen Lynn Ingalls

In this workshop, you will discover and apply foolproof secrets — fourteen specific, surefire methods you can use to create beautiful, harmonious color in your paintings.

You'll test each method, putting it into practice, so you'll see and experience the results firsthand.

Autumn Celebration II • 36' x 48" • acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

You will also explore:

color wheels (three kinds),
complementary colors,
and color mixing,
and you'll practice what you've learned.

Then you will experiment with different color palettes, using acrylic paints, so you can compare and contrast the results of making different color choices.

The Colors of Dawn • acrylics on canvas • 16" x 20" • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

Next, you will discover:

how to introduce new colors into your work and ensure they all play well together,
how to recognize and work with warm and cool colors,
and more.

We'll do all this with friendly, versatile, water-soluble acrylic paints — but what you learn will be applicable to other media as well.

Vineyard Tree • 36" x 48" • acrylics on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

You'll also learn more about:

how and why colors work with — or against — each other,
how and why the same color can appear to change,
and how to use that knowledge to create more harmonious paintings.

It's color theory, but simplified and made practical— so that you can easily apply what you learn in your own paintings, no matter what is your style or subject matter.

Over the course of the weekend, you will create your own book of examples that you can use as an invaluable color reference later. And you will receive Karen's mini-book on The Secrets of Color Harmony, as a resource.

Taming those uncooperative colors really isn’t as hard as it may seem, once you know these secrets and have a chance to put them into practice.

From Left to Right: "Dusk in the Vineyards" • "Country Road" • "Dusk Near Diamond Mountain" • all paintings © Karen Lynn Ingalls

The Secrets of Color Harmony

Dates to be announced — Autumn 2024

Where: Online, live on Zoom

How much: $245

Materials you'll need: (See materials list for more specifics)
Paints (the demonstrations will be in acrylics, but you're welcome to use oils, watercolors, or gouache, since you're working at home)
Watercolor paper
Paintbrushes
Palettes for color mixing (waxy-coated paper plates work well)
Your mini-book on The Secrets of Color Harmony

For more information, call Karen Lynn Ingalls at (707) 332-7400.