New! Painting Color Contrasts in Watercolor
Adult Course | Registration opens 8/5/2025 10:00 AM MDT
Look at rich purples and blues contrasted against vivid yellow and oranges and you know the right colors in the right spots can do remarkable things. Learn how to think in a new way about how you want your colors to relate to one another to make a painting pop. Work with value contrast, complimentary contrast and saturation to add more meaning to an artwork. Discover how color contrasts can be used as the focal point or to feature stunning colors. Balance will be key when pushing color contrasts so as not to overdo it. Juxtapose color and see why opposites attract! Reference material provided. In addition to working with color schemes for more colorful paintings that hold together, students will understand why certain colors work well together and the different moods that can be created with the right colors.
WEEK 1: Evening with Backlit Building and Trees
WEEK 2: Alpine Village with Fall Colors
WEEK 3: Fall Colors with Magenta Barn
WEEK 4: Deep Sky with Bridge over Stream
- Introductory watercolor experience needed
WATERCOLOR PALETTE WITH LID
WATERCOLOR PAPER OR WATERCOLOR BLOCK (9” x 12” OR LARGER) 140LB COLD PRESS
WATERCOLOR BRUSHES (#6 AND #8 ROUND, 1”- 1 1/2” FLAT)
CADMIUM RED
ALIZARIN CRIMSON
CADMIUM YELLOW
LEMON YELLOW
YELLOW OCHRE
BURNT SIENNA
RAW UMBER
OLIVE GREEN
CERULEAN BLUE
ULTRAMARINE BLUE
COBALT VIOLET
MINERAL VIOLET
WATER CONTAINER
SPRAY BOTTLE
TISSUES WITHOUT LOTION OR PAPER TOWEL
Dennis Pendleton
BFA, Ohio State University Pendleton has been published in The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art and Contemporary Artists of the American West, 5280 Magazine and Watercolor Magazine. He lectures nationally on watercolor history, watercolor techniques and cave paintings, and teaches workshops at various locations. Dennis has gallery representation through Elements 5280 Gallery in Denver and The Fechin Museum in Taos New Mexico. His work is in select collections such as the People's Republic of China, American Embassy in France, Kaiser Permanente in Louisville, Kaiser Permanente in Lone Tree, The Petroleum Club, Cherry Creek Bank, Norwest Bank, and First Bank. As well, his work is the collections of the Columbus Museum of Fine Art, A R Mitchell Museum, and Fine Art Museum at The Ohio State University. Dennis has taught at ASLD for 22 years and teaches workshops in the United States and Europe.