Nervous about color? Take heart.
This course will turn you into a confident designer.
Color in weaving can be complicated. Downright capricious, in fact. Sometimes a beautiful palette of yarns will weave into a gorgeous project, and sometimes they’ll weave into mud. The exact same colors!
Mistakes would waste precious time and materials.
So you might feel nervous about choosing colors.
You might limit yourself to familiar palettes or to project recipes, for fear of messing up. Or you might feel so frustrated that you call yourself a “color idiot".
But you don’t need artistic talent to design beautiful work.
You just need to understand how color works.
Color Courage for Weavers will help you understand color, so you can confidently design gorgeous cloth in the hues you love.
What's in the course?
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1
Welcome!
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Welcome to Color Courage for Weavers - Basic (Workshop Edition)
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Navigating through the course
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Once your account is created, come join our discussion forum!
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Once you've logged in, introduce yourself in the discussion forum!
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What is design?
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Introduction: Thoughts about design
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What is design?
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Discussion: How do you see design now? How has your thinking changed?
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The essential properties of color: Hue, value, saturation
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Introduction: Hue
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Hue and the Color Wheel
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Introduction: Value
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Value: Light vs. Dark
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Discussion: Now that you know the importance of a color's value, how do you plan to use value when designing?
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Introduction: Saturation
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Saturation: Bright vs. Dull
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Discussion: What are your favorite palettes? How can you make them more vivid?
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Discussion: After absorbing the material in this chapter, what thoughts are coming up for you around hue, value, and saturation?
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Understanding how colors interact in weaving
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How colors interact in weaving
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Optical Mixing: Small dots of color blend together
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Introduction: Simultaneous Contrast
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Simultaneous Contrast: Contrasting blocks of color
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Discussion: What are your favorite drafts? How do they blend colors?
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Introduction: Color mixing in weaving
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Color mixing in weaving
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Discussion: What else would you like to know about color mixing in weaving?
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Designing with Color
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The four traits that give your project its unique look and feel
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Energy
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Busy-ness
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Visual weight
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Pattern Clarity
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Discussion: Your tastes in design - are they evolving? What would you like to explore?
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Discussion: What else do you think affects the look and feel of a project?
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Discussion: What other thoughts do you have about energy, busy-ness, visual weight, or pattern clarity?
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Designing Your Project
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Designing your project
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Project worksheet
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Evaluating your designs
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Fixing problems and troubleshooting
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Discussion: What changes might you consider making to your design process?
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Discussion: What are your greatest design challenges? How do you plan to approach them now?
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What questions can I answer for you in my LIVE Q&A sessions?
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What questions can I answer for you in our LIVE Q&A Sessions?
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Wrap-up
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Keep the discussion going! Learn and get support from your fellow alumni at warpandweaveforums.com!
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Wrap-up
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Acknowledgments
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More resources on color
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Feedback
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What was your experience in this class? How can I improve this course?
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