Chris Brandley Art/Unlocking Color Secrets Season 2

  • $450

Unlocking Color Secrets Season 2

  • Course
  • 89 Lessons

*Immediate access to all 12 full length painting lessons *Bonus Library full of videos on Skill Boosters, Helpful Hints and Art Tips *Invite to our private community

Contents

Getting Started; *Watch these first!*

You'll find helpful information in this section to help you get set up and ready to dive into the course.

Welcome to Unlocking Color Secrets!
Navigating Through the Course
Setting up your Studio Space
Steps to My Painting Process
How to tell if it's Transparent or Opaque.pdf
Oil Paint Palette Map
Acrylic Paint Palette Map
Acrylic color substitutes for oils
Studio Safety PDF
How to put a Grid on your Reference Photo
Using a Template to Trace
Gessoing a canvas

Unlocking Color Secrets Season 2

Table of Contents
January First Impressions Part 1
January First Impressions Part 2
February Cuppa Cappuccino Part 1
February Cuppa Cappuccino Part 2
February Cubist Cappuccino Bonus Lesson!
March Garden Dancer Part 1
March Garden Dancer Part 2
April Quiet Reflections Part 1
April Quiet Reflections Part 2
April Quiet Reflections Part 3
May King George Part 1
May King George Part 2
June Old Town Assisi Part 1
June Old Town Assisi Part 2
July Sunny Faces Part 1
July Sunny Faces Part 2
August Italian Dahlias part 1
August Italian Dahlias Part 2
September Sunny Meadows Part 1
September Sunny Meadows Part 2
September Sunny Meadows Part 3
September Sunny Meadows Part 4
October Pumpkin Spice Part 1
October Pumpkin Spice Part 2
November Cortona Kitty Part 1
November Cortona Kitty Part 2
December Holiday Reflections Part 1
December Holiday Reflections Part 2
Join Dancing Brushes Painting Community!
Submit a Testimonial

Helpful Hints

Tips and tricks that will help you grow as an artist. This section includes ideas for beginners as well as those wanting to grow your art business.

Principle of Contrast
How to Customize a Frame
How to Frame your Art
Understanding Value: Part 1 Value Check
Understanding Value Part 2: Value Scales
Understanding Value Part 3: Monochromatic Painting
9 Steps to a Successful Painting
Adding to a Dry Oil Painting
Transform your Reference Photo for a Better Painting: Adobe Photoshop
Transform your Reference Photo for a Better Painting: Pics Art App
One Point Perspective
Two Point Perspective
Multi-point perspective
How to Package a Painting to Ship
How to Varnish a Painting
Cleaning Up
How to fix a frayed brush
Cradled edges
Power of Color
Adding Pizazz to a Frame
Copyright
How to make Prints of your Original Paintings
How to Evaluate Your Own Artwork

Skill Boosters

I created this bonus content so that you can focus on some specific skills that will help improve your painting. If you’re already an experienced painter, these exercise will be great for loosening up and going over some fundamentals again.

The Power of Color...watch first!
color wheel.pdf
Making a Color Wheel
How to make a Color Mixing Chart
How to make a Color Layering Chart
My Favorite Color Combinations
Color Temperature
How to Mix Neutrals
Contour Drawing
Blind Contour Drawing
25 Stroke Painting Challenge: Pear
25 Minute Painting Challenge demo
How to get Thick Juicy Brushstrokes
6 tips to Loosen Brushwork
10 Tips to Loosen Paintings
Copying the Masters
Travel Journaling
Transparent Color Challenge; Sunflowers

Feedback Sessions

If you'd like to submit your own painting for feedback that will be shared with the group, fill out the form by clicking the link below. I will choose one or two a month. You may submit a painting from our lessons, or a painting you've done on your own using the style Chris teaches. Please don't submit a painting done under another instructor.

Submit Your Painting for Feedback
Feedback Session: Donny
Feedback Session: Ruth
Feedback Session: Cindy
Feedback; Elizabeth.mp4