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Course curriculum

    1. Course Trailer

    2. Student Orientation Video

    3. Join your community!

    4. Materials

    5. Vocabulary

    1. Mixing a General Palette

    2. Matching Your Palette to Reference

About this course

  • $79.99
  • 7 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

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Learn a lifelong skill for the price of a trip to the art supply store

Course overview

Alyssa Monks shows you how understands color, how she mixes her palette, and how you can match your colors perfectly to your reference photo. A successful painting starts before your paint ever hits the canvas, and Alyssa will set you up to wield your palette like never before. She’ll break down what colors she uses, how to approach different pigments to get what’s best for your piece, and tricks to matching your paints to your reference photo.

  • Understand pigmentation

  • See the relationships between your colors

  • Move from a general palette to a specific palette

  • Learn tricks for perfect color matching

  • Approach your colors with a “beginner’s mind”

  • Learn Alyssa’s keys to the creative process

Instructor

Alyssa Monks

Instructor

Born 1977 in New Jersey, Alyssa began oil painting as a child. She studied at The New School in New York and earned her B.A. from Boston College in 1999. During this time she studied painting at Lorenzo de’ Medici in Florence. She went on to earn her M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art in 2001. She completed an artist in residency at Fullerton College in 2006 and has lectured and taught at universities and institutions worldwide. She continues to offer workshops and mentorships and lectures regularly. Alyssa has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for Painting three times and serves on the New York Academy of Art’s Board of Trustees. She is represented by Forum Gallery in New York City. Alyssa currently lives and paints in Brooklyn, New York.

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