Color Mixing 2: Controlling Expressive Qualities of Colors

Adult Course | Registration opens 8/5/2025 10:00 AM MDT

200 Grant St Denver, CO 80203 United States
202 Atelier
Beginner, Intermediate
10/20/2025-11/24/2025
1:30 PM-4:30 PM MDT on Mon
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$333.00
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Color Mixing 2: Controlling Expressive Qualities of Colors

Adult Course | Registration opens 8/5/2025 10:00 AM MDT

In this second part of my Color Mixing series, you will continue to work on your color mixing skills while you delve deeper into the expressive qualities of hue, value, intensity and temperature. Using a limited palette you will help you develop a foundation for how to think about color mixing.
In this class, color theory will come alive as color expression as you create some quick and simple paintings. You will also learn about how colors affect each other so that you can compose with color freely and meaningfully.

  • The class "Color Mixing 1" is not required but students should be familiar with mixing colors
  • Two painting surfaces, such as canvas paper 8 x 10 or 9 x 12. (As the class progresses, you will need more of these.

    A VERY SIMPLE image to paint from, or even a partial image or an abstract image. You will be painting it many times. It can be someone else's painting, or a simple still life set-up, but don't include any fruit or food.

    Color wheel

    Paints: Unless noted as “optional” this palette of colors is specific and necessary for success in this class.
    Titanium White - No lead based paint. (optional for watercolor)
    A cool yellow – oils: Cadmium Lemon
    acrylic: in Liquitex, Cadmium Yellow Light, in Golden brand: Cadmium Yellow Primrose (preferred)
    A warm yellow - Cadmium Yellow Deep (called Dark in some acrylic brands)
    (Hansa Yellows are not great substitutes because they are not as opaque as the Cadmium colors.)
    An orange – (optional) Cadmium Orange
    A warm red - Cadmium Red Light, Scarlet Lake
    A cool red - Quinacridone Magenta (Alizarin Crimson isn’t cool enough)
    (Some acrylic brands have white added to this, which you DO NOT want, so look on the back of the tube for the list of pigments and if white has been added, look for this in another brand such as Golden.)
    A violet – (optional) Dioxazine Violet (Purple) or Winsor Violet in Winsor & Newton (Cobalt Violet is very weak and quite expensive)
    A cool blue - Ultramarine Blue or French Ultramarine Blue (not the green shade), (the Thalo blues are not cool enough)
    A warm blue - Phthalo Turquoise, Cobalt Turquoise, or Cobalt Teal
    Black – Ivory Black, Mars Black, or Lamp Black

    palette for mixing:
    -Oil painters: 12 x 16 inch paper palette, or glass if you prefer, and a
    12 x 16 inch Palette Seal will be very helpful, Blue lid
    - Acrylic painters: 12 x 16 inch Sta-Wet Palette and Seal will be very useful, be sure to get the one with the Red lid as it has all that you will need
    -Watercolor artists: bring a palette that has large spaces for mixing such a

    palette knife (watercolorists won’t need this)
    brushes
    paper towels
    and other painting supplies

    One of the classes will require some construction or other colored paper, scissors and a glue stick.
Jane Jones

Jones is a Denver native and continues to live near there at the foot of her beloved Rocky Mountains, where the light that she loves is bright and clear, and the seasons, which influence her work, are definite in their character and moods. Studying biology in college taught her the amazing power of living systems, and gardening has shown her what a struggle that can be, and both of those infuse her with awe at the beauty that comes from the earth. Her artistic aesthetic has been shaped by studies in Art History, where she has been influenced by Michelangelo's clarity of composition and communication, and the great illusions of light painted by Johannes Vermeer, although she believes that every artist should be of their own time. Her work has won numerous national awards and can be seen at galleries around the country and at Saks Galleries in Denver. She is the author of Classic Still Life Painting, published by Watson-Guptill. Teaching Philosophy: My job is to help students find their way toward making the paintings they want to be making—to find out where they want to go and help create a plan for that journey. I do short demonstrations and/or presentations each day, but I think that students learn best when they are doing the work. I spend my time working around the room helping each person and working one on one as much as possible. I am a very supportive and encouraging teacher and let the students know that 50% of learning anything is learning how to fix mistakes, and I am there to be their safety net. I encourage them to do things they wouldn't do on their own and to use my experience to their advantage. Her paintings can be seen on her website at www.janejonesartist.com.