A free, interactive painting course: colour, perception, materials and the personal project.
A painting course in two units: colour, perception and materials — colour as pigment and as light, contrast and harmony, the meanings of colour, composition and visual weight, perception, supports and grounds, aqueous and oil media, brushes and the pictorial language; and analysis, project and presentation — analysing works, pictorial space, series and systems, creative strategies, the personal project, research, context and exhibiting.
2 unités · 20 leçons · 283 questions d'entraînement · 7 langues · gratuit sur le web et sur Android
Commencer ce cours gratuitementPainting I covers what a painter needs to know about colour and materials, and how to develop and present a body of work. Lessons are short and followed by practice questions with instant feedback.
The first unit covers colour as pigment and as light, simultaneous contrast and harmony, the symbolic and psychological life of colour, form and composition, the principles of visual perception, supports, sizing and grounds, aqueous media, oil and the rule of fat over lean, and brushes and marks. The second unit turns to analysing finished works, pictorial space, working in series, creative strategies, the personal project, meaning, research methods, context, multidisciplinary processes and exhibition.
Toutes les explications des leçons de Painting I sont en lecture libre sur le web. Les questions d'entraînement et les scènes interactives sont dans l'application.
Yes. Painting I is free on Tryals, on the web and on Android.
2 units, 20 lessons and 283 practice questions. It is self-paced: each lesson is short, followed by questions with instant feedback, and your progress is saved across devices.
English, Catalan, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. You can switch language inside the app.
Both. It covers materials and techniques (grounds, water and oil media, fat over lean) alongside colour theory, composition and how to build and present a project.
No. The course starts from how colour works as pigment and as light.