Color is an essential means of painting: every color has properties and energies that, if we can feel them, deepen our perception and the use of the painterly means. Goethe already said "We have life in the colored reflection".
In this workshop we want to get to know the quality and effect of the individual colors, trace them and gain experience in dealing with them in order to find a form painterly. The point is to experience the depth and the spectrum of a color: in the individual color with its facets and in the harmony of the colors (individual color, neighboring colors, complementary contrasts, triads). Different painting techniques can be used (watercolor, pastel, acrylic ...)
In addition to the practical artistic work, we focus on examples from art history / contemporary art, but illustrative material is also used from poetry, advertising and everyday life. Catalogs are also available as illustrative material. These images can also serve as inspiration.
You can work freely or with the desired task.
The work is accompanied by individual and group discussions as well as joint work viewing / analysis.
This workshop is suitable for both beginners and advanced learners alike, the support is provided individually, based on the development of your own approach. Continuation work is possible.
.. "I thought I'd try this and see what happens. I wanted to see what the paint would do, how the brushes would work. That was the first Step. I was just playing around. I really didn't have anything to paint; I just figured out how the paint worked, thick and thin colors, the brushes, surfaces ... "Robert Ryman
