Hi, I'm Linda.
I created a company called Paint Along.
Check us out at paintalongnyc.com.
We have really fun painting workshops in Nashville
and New York.
Once we learn the basics of color theory we
are on our way to have a successful painting.
You might want by getting a color wheel at
the local craft shop and just study it for
a little bit.
The basic colors on the color wheel are Yellow,
Blue and Red.
Those are your primary colors.
All the other colors come from those basics
colors and you can learn how to mix those
colors together to get your secondary colors
and tertiary colors.
You also need to be aware that the colors
work together in certain ways.
This is called color harmony.
There are different ways that the colors work
together in the harmonies and they have different
names.
If you turn your color wheels over, you will
have a diagram back here that explains all
about the complimentary colors, how they work
together and the triadic colors and the analogies
colors, the monochromatic colors.
So you will get a good explanation of all
this colors on the back of your color wheel
and you will be able to choose your color
and know that your painting is going to work.
So as I was planning my tuner painting I referred
to my color wheel to plan out the colors.
I chose an analogies color scheme starting
with the yellow orange and going all the way
to the blue green.
As you can see I chose five colors that are
right next to each other on the color wheel
and that's a good example to referring to
your color wheel to make a plan for your painting.
