Color In and Out of the Garden by Lorene Edwards Forkner

All levels | 3 hours 10 min

Color In and Out of the Garden
Overview01:57
Day 1 - Materials and set-up04:34
Day 2 - Mixing nature's colors05:18
Day 3 - Color layering03:57
Day 4 - First flower: chrysanthemum05:22
Day 5 - Look closer: chrysanthemum08:19
Day 6 - Pink flower: rose08:50
Day 7 - Rocks06:13
Day 8 - Color vocabulary03:47
Day 9 - Red camellia07:59
Day 10 - Orange calendula05:31
Day 11 - Yellow daffodil08:47
Day 12 - Green variegated leaf09:14
Day 13 - Blue borage05:53
Day 14 - Indigo mussel shells09:03
Day 15 - Violet lavender04:53
Day 16 - Color scavenger hunt05:43
Day 17 - Paint the rainbow06:52
Day 18 - Paint your food: radish04:14
Day 19 - Paint a weed: dandelion05:11
Day 20 - Eucalyptus05:34
Day 21 - Paint a tree blossom: apricot06:03
Day 22 - Paint a wildflower: sour grass05:50
Day 23 - Conifer with needles07:10
Day 24 - Kismet color04:08
Day 25 - Oyster shell06:59
Day 26 - Pinecone04:51
Day 27 - Paint a juicy fruit: strawberry06:46
Day 28 - Artifacts of a day07:14
Day 29 - Language of flowers: rosemary05:09
Day 30 - Revist first flower: chrysanthemum05:07
Day 31 - Holding your days: ideas for display04:22

Taught by Lorene Edwards Forkner

Add to Watchlist

Every single day since 2018, writer and gardener Lorene Edwards Forkner has been on continuous quest for natural color. Encouraging you to pick up a brush and pay attention, she shares her personal daily practice of painting a grid in watercolor inspired by collections of natural elements such as flowers, shells, and rocks, as outlined in her beautiful book, Color In and Out of the Garden. Each day this month you will chase color and create gorgeous watercolor studies as you begin to see color more clearly and deeply. Lorene's unique painting process offers a chance to see the ordinary with fresh eyes and look closely with great heart.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Watercolor set with basic colors
Watercolor paper - Lorene cuts hers to 4" x 4" for color studies and 2" x 4" for test swatches
Sketchbook for traveling
Brushes, flat tip and round
Pencil
Cup and white bowl for water
Paper towels
Palette
Botanicals and found objects, such as rocks, shells, etc.

Downloads:

Download Materials List Color_in_and_out_of_the_Garden.pdf

Learn how to:

Paint a gridded color study from a natural element
Mix a variety of colors found in nature from a limited watercolor palette
Explore warm and cool colors
Find inspiration all around you in nature

Member Gallery

Browse members' projects from this class and share your own work! Learn how to take great photos here.

ADD YOUR IMAGE

Class PDF

Download Materials List Color_in_and_out_of_the_Garden.pdf

Transcript

Notes

Your timecode tags and notes for this section

Class Reviews

★★★★★

18 ratings

19 users recommended this class to a friend

Christine Anderson

★★★★★

I found this to be a very relaxing and meditative practice. As the month went on, I also began to notice more subtle variations in color that make nature so satisfying to paint.

2 hours ago