This past weekend i was teaching up at Rocky Mountain Memories in beautiful Estes Park. If you have never been to Estes, it is so worth the trip to this incredible mountain town. In the summertime, it is teeming with tourist since it sits right next to the Rocky Mountaint National Park. While i have spent time in Estes & the national park, this weekend i was in Cheryl's quaint store (it has so much character) teaching all about Color & Design Theory.
The first day was all about Color. Although Color is part of Design Elements, it deserves a day of its own because there is so much information involved in Color Theory. We spent the day talking all about colors, their relationships, and created a custom color wheel to not only help understand colors but also mixing.
it was a good but as they said "tedious" day, mixing does take some time especially when you have to fill out all the papers i gave them. Even though they had to work hard, they really enjoyed the class and they felt like they learned a lot. i am all about filling their heads with good knowledge that will really help in all their arts.
Along with all the knowledge i was feeding them, i had many examples with me to help them visual the color relationships. I love my version of a Mondrian style painting using my Ceiling Tile stencil.
The next day was Design Theory, teaching all about Design Elements and Principles of Design and how it applies to their art of choice. i admit that i completely love teaching these kinds of classes. i really enjoy seeing the light bulbs buzzing brightly above their heads when things click.
They also had a chance to dig through and play with some of my new stencils. We finished the day by talking about some of their pieces they wanted to fix. Armed with their new knowledge, i loved the way they dissected their designs. They thought about what they liked, what they didn't like, and how to rescue pieces.
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