Juliane Rae Mueller - Color Presentation at AC Art Association 2/2/09

Juliane Rae is a member of the AC Art Association, an interior designer, a teacher and an artist. She has taught at a lot of places including the Milwaukee Art Museum, MATC and Australia. She also gives private art lessons.

She is currently exhibiting at the Griffin Gallery http://www.griffingalleryfineartllc.com/ , Anderson Art Center? http://www.andersonartscenter.com/ and Alfons Gallery? http://www.sssf.org/gallery/ .

I looked for her on the web and I only found the following: http://www.livinglakecountry.com/SussexSun/Story.aspx?id=727677 and http://uwmpost.com/article/50/19/908-Post-Magazine-recommends .

She is extremely knowledgeable and her presentation was a lot of fun and packed with information. She mentioned that she does "morning pages" per Julia Cameron's book, "The Artists Way" http://www.theartistsway.com/ and a collage each morning. She showed us her 11x14 sketch book of collages where she puts down her ideas. I really like the idea of doing a daily collage. She cuts out color samples from magazines, etc. sorts them by color and stores them in clean, unused pizza hut boxes for easy access.

There is a lot to learn about color. She mentioned the color wheel which she makes using triangles and showed us color charts she made in various media. Talked about Hue, (tints & shades), Value, Chroma, Temperature. Showed how to pick compatible colors using color wheel. Talked about light sources, color mixing, composition of various paints and pigment characteristics. She also gave us a bibliography of books that she has found helpful.

Some online resources that I found regarding color:

• Basic color theory: http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html
• Liquitex (Acrylic) color charts: http://www.liquitex.com/resources/colorcharts.cfm
• Utrecht Color Aid Design Accessories: http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_products.cfm?classID=1717&subclassID=171710&brandname=Color%20Aid
• Online color mixing palette: http://painting.about.com/library/blpaint/blcolormixingpalette1.htm
• Color Inspirations from the Masters of Painting: http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/20/color-inspiration-from-the-masters-of-painting/
• Gamblin Oils Color palettes: http://www.gamblincolors.com/oil.painting.techniques/palettes.html