Exploring Complementary Colours with Watercolour

Yes, it’s wonderful to receive compliments for our art, but using them is a fantastic way to give our paintings life, vibrancy and harmony. Complements are those colours which lie opposite each other on the colour wheel.

In this class come and explore some of the wonderful effects and properties of complementary colours.

Colour theory is a huge and fascinating subject. Don’t be afraid of it. Together we can explore it in bitesized chunks.

In this class we will discover,

• Which colours are complementary to each other and how to find them.
• How to use them in a simple yet effective way.
• How to make a colour wheel with your own supplies.
• How to mix secondary and tertiary colours.
• What a Tryptic is.