New York Academy of Art

Learn how color theory evolved throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The instructor will cover a handful of the movements that have shaped art history and how we perceive color today. Each week, students will apply color lessons from a specific period to create their own paintings. We will analyze historical color schemes and use them as a jumping off point to create still lives, botanical paintings, and portraits. Topics will include, Fauvism, Spiritual abstraction, expressionism, and more. The course will culminate in a final independent project in which students apply a color scheme from a modernist movement to a subject of their choice.