Curating Color with Claire Wilson-Oghedo
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Saturday, January 10, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.
Colour palettes are storytelling and form the foundation of my creative practice and in this session we’ll explore how to curate thoughtful, expressive colour palettes inspired by the world around you. Using references from fashion, fine art, and interior design, we’ll explore how designers and artists build colour harmony, contrast, and mood, then translate those ideas into our own watercolour practice.
Through guided exercises, you’ll learn to study runway collections, editorial spreads, interior mood boards, and iconic artworks to identify harmonious colour relationships and transform them into cohesive palette studies. We’ll experiment with essential mixing strategies and swatching paints so that you can start to build your own stories with colour.
Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS:
These guidelines are here to help you gather supplies from home—feel free to use alternate options you love or have on hand!
- Watercolour paints - primary colours plus a black and white are perfect for this session - I’ll be using the CfM Primary Palette.
- Mixing Palette
- Brushes - size 3-5 medium round
- 3H Pencil
- Ruler
- 2 x Cups of Water
- Paper Towel
- Watercolor paper - I’ll be using my fave 140lb Arches cold press watercolour paper blocks but any 140lb/300gms watercolour paper will work (100% cotton preferred)
- Spare sheet of paper to swatch colours
- References Images will be provided
- *optional - washi or artists tape
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Claire Wilson-Oghedo is a fine artist, creative educator, and textile designer living in Brooklyn, NY. Through her work she explores the beauty of the female form, interior spaces & fashion while considering the use of colour, shape and textures. Having spent her career creating fabric designs in the fashion industry, colour palettes are the foundation of her practice.
smudgestudiobk.com / @smudge_studiobk
THINGS TO KNOW
Zoom links are emailed 24 hours prior, and again 15 minutes prior, to the workshop start time. Please check out using the email address to which you’d like the link sent. If you have not received the link within 24 hours of your class, please check your spam folder first, then email friends@caseformaking.com.
Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.
If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.
If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
Thank you so much for taking our workshops!!
