Exploring Neutrals and Earth Tones

TOTAL COST: $75
Course Fee: $75
Materials: Student-provided (see Supply Information below)

DATES: MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2024
TIME: 10:00AM - 1:00PM PDT
LEVEL: Beginner to Intermediate
AGE GROUP: Adult (ages 18+)
LOCATION: Building 324, Fort Worden, Port Townsend. 

DESCRIPTION
Thanks to knowledge of the color wheel and a lot of practice making mixing charts, experienced artists can easily mix any color they see or imagine without much effort. This is a fun, no-pressure workshop, perfect for those who attended the June 8 Color Mixing and the Color Wheel workshop, or those who just need a little help overcoming some frustrations when mixing colors, or just artists who need a reason for getting out of your studio while fine tuning their skills around some new friends. Teaching artist Anne Pfeiffer will show you the secrets beyond the color wheel. We will practice color mixing charts and then try to apply what we practiced with a fun color mixing swatch game "in the wild." 

SUPPLY INFORMATION

• Watercolor, gouache, oil, or acrylic paint. Friends can share tubes of paint to save money!
  Do not bring mineral spirits or turpentine with oils because we will be indoors, use only a non-toxic medium and we have soap to clean up. Water miscible oils are fine to use. Bring what you already have. Recommended gouache brands are Winsor Newton Designer series, M. Graham, or Turner. Any brand of watercolor is fine. For acrylics, choose a more pigment rich line like Amsterdam, Golden or Liquitex.
• Bring a warm and cool of the three primaries plus white.
  Different mediums often have different names for the same pigments. Warm yellows lean towards orange, Cadmium Yellow or Cadmium-free yellow or Cadmium Yellow Hue. Cool yellows lean towards green, such as Lemon or Azo. Warm reds are tomato red like Cadmium Red or Pyrol Red.  Cool reds lean towards magenta like Permanent Alizarin Crimson or Quinacridrone Magenta or Quinacridrone Rose. A warm blue is Ultramarine. A cool blue leaning towards green is Pthalo blue, green shade (not Pthalo green). You do not need any tube secondaries or neutrals, but bring them if you have them.
• Appropriate brushes for your medium.
• Your favorite mixing tray or palette, although we have some you can use.
  
• Watercolor paper for watercolor, gouache, or acrylic. A few canvas panels for oil or thicker acrylic.
• A sketchbook/notebook for making some notes.
• Optional: a table top easel.

COURSE DETAILS
After registration, course details are available via the Northwind Art School learning portal, including course syllabus and supply information. Learn more

ABOUT ANNE
Anne Pfeiffer has a graduate degree in painting and decades of experience as a high school art teacher, community college art instructor, and adult and teen workshop instructor. She currently lives in Port Angeles and paints landscapes and still lifes, often plein air, and participates in regional and national exhibitions and events.

See more: courses with Anne
Artist website: Anne Pfeiffer, @annepfeifferartist and @annepfeiffer

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DISCOUNTS
This course is eligible for a 10% member discount at the Supporter level and beyond. Get a membership today!

Don's Pharmacy offers Northwind Art School students a 10% discount on art supplies.

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CANCELLATION POLICY
If Northwind Art has to cancel a course for any reason, all enrolled students will receive a 100% refund (including any materials fee).

Students who withdraw from a course at least seven days prior to its first meeting will receive a 90% refund (less any materials fee).

Students withdrawing fewer than seven days from the first day of class are not eligible for a refund except in the case of illness or injury, in which case they are eligible to receive a 40% refund (less any materials fee).

Please note that 10% of every course’s registration fee is considered to be a non-refundable deposit in cases of withdrawal to cover administrative overhead. All refunds will be applied to the same credit card that was used for enrollment. No credits or transfers will be granted. Please contact registrar@northwindart.org for more information.