Due to a student artist with a serious allergy to certain painting products, we are asking that you refrain from bringing these with you into the classroom.

• Turpinoid Natural by Martin Weber
• Any Krylon product

These Coaster Complements are taught by Suzanne Mikulka, CDA. Suzanne painted her designs on a set of coasters but you might paint placemats for your breakfast table  or a collection of tiny canvases. The canvases would make a real statement bringing happy color to your room.

This is a wonderful opportunity to study color theory and create something you can use at the same time. New painters will get a leg up on their painting knowledge and the more experienced will experience a firming up of what they already know. Suzanne makes learning easy and fun.

Primary Colors are basic and cannot be mixed from any other elements. The three primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. Two primaries can be mixed to get a Secondary Color. The three secondary colors are orange, green, and violet.

Color Complements are color opposites, they are on opposite sides of the color wheel. Can you find the complements on the color wheel? Red is opposite green, orange is opposite blue, etc. This painting program used color complements as they tend to make each other more active, more attractive!

Hint: All colors travel in waves within light. Color Complements have drastically different wavelengths and, consequently, cause some perception problems for a viewer if they are placed close to each other in a work of art. The cones and rods of the eye cannot handle so much information, so we sometimes detect a quivering or optical distortion when two complements are used near each other. Notice the way Suzanne has placed these colors in her design.

GUESTS ARE WELCOME!