Color in Carlisle

I had forgotten how much fun it is to cut colored paper and glue it down. But, the ladies in my Adventures in Color class, in Carlisle, PA helped me remember! Gee, did we have fun!

In this class I encourage table mates to share their materials. This adds to the fun, since everyone is immediately sorting through things and helping one another look for the perfect item.

Doesn’t this look enjoyable? Each student made a workbook using the materials you see here. First, they learned about the color wheel. Then, cool and warm colors.

We had a mid-afternoon “field trip” around the room, with each person showing her favorite page. Several people loved the cool colors.

They include every version of yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, and violet/purple.

They can be pastel and muted.

Or bright. Or dark.

Students were encouraged to show a variety of values and brightness on their pages.

Cool colors can be calming. They tend to recede, so they’re especially good for backgrounds.

And then there are the warm colors.

They include every version of yellow, yellow-orange, orange, red-orange, red, and red-violet.

Warm colors are dramatic and they tend to come forward. They’re especially good for foregrounds.

And then, of course, it gets even more exciting when you start mixing warm and cool colors. I’ll show you examples in my next post.

Ellen Lindner
P.S. I’m so sorry that I didn’t record who made each of these pages! Ladies, if you identify your page, please let me know and I’ll give you credit.