Colour as a means of limitless self expression, and overcoming preconception about colour in order to release the Fauve within!
The course is designed to take students who have absorbed the principles of tonal painting into colourism. In effect it is the leap from Impressionism to Fauvism and Post Impressionism, from using colour as narrative description to using colour as intimate expression. Although we shall be considering vital formal aspects of painting, especially line, shape and the division of pictorial |
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and highly sensitive discipline of colour. Hugo's revelatory Theory of Palettes, a concise illustration of his observations regarding the palettes of all great painting, will act as a guide into the world of emotionally charged, harmonious colour, with many students of the past claiming it has helped with their painting long after the course has ended. Learn to explore a subject that captivates you, and render it in a palette that tells the world how you really feel about it. |
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