Foundations, ages 13 and up, colour
Colour
Hue, value and chroma; harmonies; temperature; how colours change each other; colour in light.
- Level
- Easy to advanced
- Lessons
- 9 in 4 units
- Time
- 3.5 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About five weeks
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The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
Understand and use colour: hue, value and chroma; the wheel and harmonies; temperature; how colours change each other; local, light and shadow colour; a limited palette.
How you’ll see the progress
A colour check at the end (value of colours, temperature and harmony), and greyscale checks on the colour pages.
Skills
- Colour
- Value and light
Pictures you’ll make
- Colour Script Project
4 units, 9 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 4 checkpoint
- 3 concept
- 1 draw from life
- 1 project
- Free
Unit 1
Three dimensions of colour
Munsell’s hue, value and chroma, and why value is half of colour.
- 01 Hue, Value and Chroma Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 02 Checkpoint: Three dimensions of colour Checkpoint, 15 min Checkpoint 15 min
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Unit 2
The wheel and harmony
Primaries to tertiaries, and the harmonies that hold a palette together.
- 01 Harmonies Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 02 Checkpoint: The wheel and harmony Checkpoint, 15 min Checkpoint 15 min
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Unit 3
Colour is relative
Albers’s exercises: colours change with their neighbours.
- 01 Temperature Is Relative Concept, 5 min Concept 5 min
- 02 Checkpoint: Colour is relative Checkpoint, 15 min Checkpoint 15 min
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Unit 4
Colour in light
Local, light and shadow colour, colour to a value plan, and a limited palette.
- 01 A Limited-Palette Still Life Draw from life, 60 min Draw from life 60 min
- 02 Colour Script Project, 60 min Project 60 min
- 03 Checkpoint: Colour in light Checkpoint, 15 min Checkpoint 15 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
Colour
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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