Learning to See Light and Color (All Media) with Master Artist David Schwindt (Thursdays)

Deepen your understanding of light and color and discover how these relationships can transform your artwork. In this course, we'll explore how light transforms color, how color relationships create the illusion of form and space, and how understanding these visual principles can bring greater harmony and expression to your work. We'll discover how a limited palette can sharpen your understanding of color relationships and make mixing more intuitive and expressive. Whether you work with a few carefully chosen pigments or a full range of colors, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how colors interact and how to use them with greater confidence. Most drawing and painting media are welcome. Bring the materials you enjoy using. My materials list is intended for beginners who would like guidance in selecting a simple, limited palette. We'll discuss color choices and materials during the first class, so there's no need to purchase anything new before then.

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An active plein-air painter as well as a studio painter, David Schwindt is known for his landscape paintings of the Southwest. He graduated from Fort Lewis College with a degree in Art and minors in Music and Humanities, studied with watercolor masters, Millard Sheets, Milford Zornes, and others through the New Mexico Watercolor Society where he served as President. He studied oil painting with Wilson Hurley, Zhang Wenxin, Clyde Aspevig and others, and has passed on his knowledge by teaching at the Scottsdale Artists School, Albuquerque Academy, and workshops around the Southwest. He has published articles in The Artist’s Magazine and has been featured in many other art publications. He currently lives in the North Valley of Albuquerque and paints outdoors regularly with old friends and new. www.davidschwindtartist.com