Color Theory for Artists: A Complete Beginner's Guide (Udemy.com)
Master Color Theory from the ground up, improve your artwork ten-fold! Learn how to give intensity and mood to your Art.
Created by: Patricia Caldeira
Last updated November 2022
What you will learn
- Understand Color and how to use it!
- Create compelling moods and scenes using color.
- Learn about Warm and Cold colors and when to use them.
- Master the Color Wheel to create amazing art.
- Understand Color Harmony and Color Schemes to improve your artistic skills.
How it compares
Against the other 413 rated Udemy courses in Graphic Design on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 21% of them
- Reviews97#313 of 414 by number of reviews
- Length1.6 hoursshorter than 86% of them
- Last updatedNovember 2022earlier than 72% of them
Course Description
Make your artwork stand out by using Color Theory correctly!
What's this Course about?
This Course is all about explaining Color Theory in a very simple, but thorough way! So if you're a complete beginner to color theory or you already know a bit about it, this is the course for you.
We'll be going through all the basics, from the importance of color, the definition of Hue, Saturation, Value, and how to use them in full, all the way to expressing emotion with Color and all the Color Harmonies you need to know about.
Don't worry if you don't understand all those terms right now.
What matters is:
By the end of the course, you'll be able to create better and more expressive Art using Color.
Whether you're a game artist, photographer, designer, programmer or anything similar, you'll get a lot of value with this course by learning Color Theory.
I'm here to Help You
If you have any doubt or need any help, I'm here to clear it up.
I'm a Designer and Artist with over 10 years of experience and I'm ready to answer your questions as soon as possible. There's also a helpful community in the course, so if you need any help I'm sure everyone else is also able to give you a hand!
Remember that if you feel stuck with any definition, one example that you didn't quite understand or something similar, I'm right here to help you out.
So just use the Q&A section, and I'll get back to you right when I'm able.
Clear and Easy to Understand Lessons
Here's what you're getting:
Short and clear videos
Lots of examples
Practical Assignments
There are no long videos with long sentences of definitions straight from Wikipedia here.
I break down every single aspect of Color Theory to make it easier for you understand, along with a lot of helpful examples from pop culture that you may have already seen around!
This will help you better understand everything that I'm talking about without being bored out of your mind while watching text slides one after the other.
Put your Skills to the Test
I'm also including practical Assignments so that you can get your hands on your newly found skills right away.
Put your skills to the test by practicing what you learn. I believe that this is the best way to understand ANY topic, by actually working on it.
I'll reply back to the assignments as soon as possible (normally between 24 and 72 hours) and tell you what went right and what went wrong with the assignment.
I'll go over it as many times as you need so that you can grow your skills!
Here's a taste of what we'll be talking about
Using the Right Color Schemes
Resources for Color Schemes and Palettes
How To Pick Colors For Your Drawings
Color Temperature
Color Harmonies
RGB vs CMYK and when to use each one
Creating Mood in your Art
Expressing Emotion with Color
and more!
Everything that you need to know about Color Theory is right here.
With our 30-Day 100% money back guarantee, there's nothing holding you back from enrolling right now and trying the course!
Enroll now and get started with the Course, I'll see you in the first lecture.
Cheers,
Patricia
Instructor Details
- 4.3 Rating
97 Reviews
Patricia Caldeira
Hello, I'm Patricia! I have a degree in Graphic Design and Multimedia and have been doing Artistic work most of my Life.
I'm a professional artist that loves to teach artists how to draw in a very simple, step-by-step way.
You can expect all your questions answered in my Courses. We take close attention to feedback and strive to teach everyone skills in Drawing and Graphic Design.
In the recent past I've:
- Co-Founded the Don Corgi Art Group;
- Collaborated with Programmers, Game Designers, Musicians, Youtubers, Twitchers and more
- Taught over 20.000 people on different platforms (8.000+ on Udemy alone as time of writing);
Through the years I've learned a lot! So I'm excited to share what I've learned with everyone through Udemy.
Can't wait to see you in the Courses, see you soon.
Patricia
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Reviews
By Mike Riley on 11/3/2022
I found this course to be quite helpful. The instructor does great job of explaining the concepts. In fact I am happy enough that I have signed up for a few other of her courses. If you are in need of learning more about color theory and how to apply it in your art, this course is well worth your time.
By Mazalina Marshall on 7/25/2022
I loved this course! I learned a lot about color schemes and harmonies. The videos are short and engaging. I do wish there were a little bit more assignments- to get more often and more thorough feedback.
By Jennifer K. on 6/3/2022
It is concise and truely a beginner's/ foundational course. There were some good exercieses and bonus info about motivation and drawing ideas/process when you get stuck. I was looking for the next level deeper, so not quite my one stop. Also, this presents with a digital medium, but the basics can be transfered to pigment work.
By Samantha Reagin on 1/2/2022
Very good explanations of colours in relation to digital drawing however, if you're taking this course because you're a painter, I would look for a different one.
By Karen Bosher on 9/8/2021
I do bead weaving and color combinations have always made me sweat. I needed a course that would explain the terminology of color and what to think of when choosing compatible color combinations. This was the perfect course for what I needed. A great intro to color.
By Jason McKinney on 7/19/2021
I think this class was great. It taught me to consider more intently the emotion and temperature of a scene when using color. Also how to use the color wheel, swatches and different color harmonies. I had no idea before this course. I was also given great resources. Thank you Patricia! I very much appreciate taking your course. I now have a lot more to consider the next time I go to choose my colors.
By Dina Azarkman on 6/14/2020
Not what I expected. Talked mostly about digital art, whereas the promo said it would help to make our paintings better. Digital art is not the same as painting on a canvas.
By Ralph Levinson on 5/24/2020
She is a very nice teacher, and what she presents is fine, but this was a bit too basic even for beginner material. Would be a fine course to start with if you are really starting from scratch. I would have suggested, for example: more art examples some subtleties (warm and cool for shadows comes to mind) other optical effects of color combinations and adjacent colors
By Franshesca Quezada Monzón on 1/21/2020
It was a good course, definitly a basic understanding of the use; My favorite part was when the instructor talked about color harmonies, althought something that would've been great to teach should have been color psychlogy.
By Jim McAfee on 5/26/2019
For me, some of this is review from introductory art classes, many decades ago... However; the material is well presented, with clear explanations & easily observed illustrations. I am enjoying this re-introduction immensely!
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