COLOR CRUSH Course for Colored Pencil Artist
Master color in 5 steps to design your perfect color harmony in drawing
Create art that has beautiful color harmonies!
In this crush course you'll learn my super-secret picking the perfect color scheme for every new drawing in seconds. Hint: it's not about the color wheel, although it's helpful to have one.
While this course best applies to colored pencil drawing, every artist who is confused about color will learn my simple strategy picking the right hues to design original pieces of art every time!
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Class Project
"What never ceases to amaze me with Veronica's courses is the amount of information and inspiration she manages to pack into her videos. I don't have the time or inclination to spend hours trying to pick out nuggets from chatty footage, and I really enjoy her non-nonsense style. As a beginner (I took up drawing a few months ago), I just love Veronica's approach. She provides enough details for her students to be able to learn without pulling their hair out while encouraging us to use our brains instead of mindlessly tagging along. This can be quite challenging sometimes since I suppose we all tend to get lazy but I do think it's the only way to learn. I also believe this is how novices get to develop their own style. I was absolutely delighted to learn that a course on color was on the way, and I must say it's lived up to my expectations - and beyond. It's going to take me a long time to take everything in and apply it to my drawing but I'm really excited about it. Can't wait to see what I'll be drawing a few months from now!"
- Francoise F. from France
"I enjoyed the course and it gave me some good ideas. It's a big subject to tackle and I feel you have given people some where to anchor and grow from..."
-Simon C. from England
Your Instructor
Born in Moscow, Veronica Winters, MFA, is a contemporary Russian-American portrait artist, instructor, curator and book author who illuminates the beauty and power of human spirit through her figurative paintings. Symbolic and influenced by classical artistic traditions, Winters’ work serves as a tool—for herself and her viewers alike—to experience the healing potential of painting. In color, figure and symbols, the artist explores a relationship between humanity and higher consciousness, helping people connect with themselves and each other. Winters combines her imagination, realist training and divine guidance creating complex visual stories on canvas. The artist shares the amazing complexity and interconnectedness of the Universe to inspire us towards greater awareness, creating a more loving world.
The artist is nationally recognized for her colored pencil drawing with the publication of the art instruction books titled The Colored Pencil Manual and How to Color Like an Artist by Dover Publications, NY. Veronica’s art and writing has been published in numerous magazines and art books, including Strokes of Genius, Leisure Painter, Colored Pencil Magazine, the Guide Artists, the American Art Collector and the International Artist Magazine. The artist studied art at OSU (BFA), Penn State (MFA) and the Grand Central Academy of Art and the Art Students League in New York. Veronica creates art in her studio located in Naples, Florida. Official website: VeronicasArt.com
Course Curriculum
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StartMy Secret to a perfect color scheme: sources, ideas and inspiration (10:57)
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StartLearn to see and juxtapose warm vs cool colors (7:50)
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StartHow to see color combinations in your references to use them in your art (24:40)
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StartHow to analyze color temperature based on lighting conditions (7:22)
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StartHow to think of color in 3D: the Munsell color system (22:41)
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StartPutting it all together: create color harmony in your drawing (20:49)
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StartBonus: drawing & design (18:52)
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PreviewBonus lecture: Mood board creation (6:05)
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PreviewBonus lecture: surfaces to explore (15:08)