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Color Fields: An Exploration in Painting

ART-40451

6 Weeks | Live Online

Learn how to create captivating composition with color! This short workshop is designed for novice artists eager to use color more effectively and master some techniques used by abstract expressionists / color field painters. Topics focus on color mixing, tonal values, color theory, washes and direct painting. In Color Fields An Exploration in Painting, you will paint abstract subject matter with focus on color. Instruction includes demonstrations, hands-on exercises, discussion and critiques.

What You Will Learn:

  • The basic elements of color mixing and paint application.

  • How to create a monochromatic color band.

  • Direct painting application.

  • Transparent and opaque painting techniques.

  • Understand what value means in art.

Quarters Offered: Winter | Live Online
Course Fee: $245
Course Length: 6 weeks
Prerequisite: None
Note: Elective course for Art and the Creative Process professional certificate.

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Course Information

Live Online
2.00 units
$220.00

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Art and the Creative Process

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Section ID:

186144

Class type:

Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

Textbooks:

No textbook required.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 1/14/2025
  • Early Enrollment Discount: $220 ($245 if enrolled after 12/9/2024)
  • Early enrollment advised
  • No visitors permitted

Note:

SCBWI/MOPA/SDMA members can receive our $25 Early Enrollment discount prior to course start date. The max discount a member can receive for one class is $25. It is applied upon course enrollment over the phone or in person with proof of membership. This is a live online course; all class sessions are taught via Zoom. Course materials like the syllabus and handouts are delivered online. Login on your MyExtension account, select My Courses and click the link under LOCATION.

Schedule:

Date Day Start End
1/7/2025 Tue 6:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
1/14/2025 Tue 6:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
1/21/2025 Tue 6:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
1/28/2025 Tue 6:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
2/4/2025 Tue 6:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
2/11/2025 Tue 6:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m.
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Instructor: Kaori Fukuyama

Kaori Fukuyama
Kaori Fukuyama teaches Color Fields: An Exploration in Painting for the Professional Certificate in Art and the Creative Process. She is a multi-disciplinary artist from Japan, who lives and works in San Diego. Her artwork includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, and site-specific installations that explore the interactions of color, light and shadow. Her work has been shown at multiple exhibitions in California and is a part of private collections internationally. She was an Artist-In-Residence at Bread & Salt in 2018, recently completed a large-scale public art installation in North Park, and is a recipient of 2020 San Diego Art Prize.
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