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Homework Template Blank

For your homework, you will need your painting gear and a painting surface appropriate to your medium. It is important that you approach your homework study as just that–a study exercise. YOU ARE NOT MAKING A PAINTING, but you are doing a practice exercise that is studying methods for controlling DEGREES of emphasis. For this …

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How To Use the Color Wheel

In this short video, Dianne explains what color does to color. She shows us how we can identify colors we see according to how they appear within the traditional color wheel.

Composing with Visual Paths

For your course work, you will need your painting gear and a painting surface appropriate to your medium. It is important that you approach your course work as a study exercise. YOU ARE NOT MAKING A PAINTING, but you are doing a practice exercise that is studying methods for composing with visual paths. For this …

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Concept Lesson: Warm and Cool Colors Explained

This concept lesson is also the first video lesson for the course, Working with Warm and Cool Colors. If after watching the lesson and taking the quiz, should you decided you’d also like to pursue the rest of the course, the price of this lesson will be deducted.

Color Schemes and How They Work

This concept lesson was created as the first lesson for the course, Using Color Schemes. If you choose to take the course after doing the concept lesson, when you purchase it, use the coupon code 35off at checkout to get the cost of this concept lesson deducted for you final. Enjoy your concept lesson!

Determining Placement of Images

This course will teach you how to place images in your paintings for the best composition for what you are expressing. The course includes four video lessons followed by an opportunity to email Dianne with any questions you might have about it. The lessons will guide you through doing your own study for practicing principles …

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Working with Warm and Cool Colors

This course will teach why we call colors warm or cool, how we can distinguish whether a color is warm or cool, and how we can control warm and cool colors in our paintings.

Homework: Using Color Contrast

For your homework, you will need your painting gear and a painting surface appropriate to your medium. It is important that you approach your homework study as just that–a study exercise. YOU ARE NOT MAKING A PAINTING, but you are doing a practice exercise that is studying methods for using color schemes. For this reason, …

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Homework: Notan Encore Workshop

For your homework, you will need your painting gear and a painting surface appropriate to your medium. It is important that you approach your homework study as just that–a study exercise. YOU ARE NOT MAKING A PAINTING, but you are doing a practice exercise that is studying methods for using color schemes. For this reason, …

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Creating Luminosity

This course will teach you the four major skills for creating luminosity in your paintings.

Cracking the Color Code

This course will teach you the skill of identifying and mixing any color you see or want to create.

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