Creating Mood through Colour

Discover how thoughtful colour choices can completely transform the atmosphere and emotional impact of a painting.

Rather than simply copying the colours you see, this workshop will encourage you to use colour with greater purpose. We’ll explore how a limited palette, colour temperature, tonal relationships and carefully chosen neutrals can help you create a particular mood.

You’ll experiment with different colour ideas and see how the same subject can feel calm, joyful, dramatic, mysterious or melancholic depending on the palette you choose. You’ll then use what you’ve discovered to develop a painting with a clear and intentional atmosphere.

This is a practical, exploratory workshop designed to give you more confidence and freedom when making colour decisions.

What you’ll learn

• How colour can change the mood of a painting

• How to create harmonious limited palettes

• How warm and cool colours affect atmosphere

• How neutrals can make selected colours feel more powerful

• How to move beyond copying the colours in a photograph

• How to choose a palette that supports the feeling you want to convey

Who is it for?

This workshop is suitable for beginners and improvers who understand basic colour mixing and would like to make more confident, expressive and personal colour choices.
Nov date: Sat 28th - Sunday 29th

Jan date: Sat 30th - Sun 31st Jan 2027
Time: 10 - 4pm (with an hour lunch)
Location: Studio 3A, Star Brewery Lewes
Suitable for: This workshop is suitable for beginners and improvers.
Fee: £295
Materials: All materials are provided