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The biggest obstacle for me is in getting students past symbolic color or what they think the color of something should be. I have found that once I can get them to isolate and identify a color independent of the object it is on then we have the discussion of what is causing that color to appear. The rest is just a matter of mixing according to value, temperature, and intensity. I have not had a problem with oils and pastels. Some of my private students work in acrylic but my main concern with them has been getting them to knock down the intensity.
I will be teaching two classes on color I always start the classes with a demo of painting a simple still life in both oil and pastel. That way I can explain the process and how it applies to both mediums. For acrylics I will have to adjust for value, I'm just not sure how much.
One of my private students is color blind. I used my box of pastels to identify what he could see. It was amazing that once we knew what he had trouble with he could paint. (I did take away his tube of viridian) His first painting is posted on my website under students work as Art's first painting. He is a fearless student.
I have seen your class offerings in Scottsdale and wished I could get down that way.
Thanks for your input Sharon.
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