Intuitive Color & Light with Orenji
Price range: $300.00 through $800.00
Sign-ups open Monday August 10th at noon ET!
Learn the fundamentals of color & light with Orenji, background artist on Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender! In this new 8-week class, we will first learn the essential components of how light works in order to build a strong and knowledgable foundation. After introducing the fundamentals, an emphasis will be placed on instinctively using the principles we learned in order to create eye-catching paintings and backgrounds.
We’ll Cover:
Week 1. Lighting Fundamentals
Week 2. Observing Colour in Context
Week 3. Depicting Form, Dimensionality & Volume
Week 4. Intertwining Colour and Value
Week 5. Colour Theory & Intuition Part 1: Exploring Lighting
Week 6. Colour Theory & Intuition Part 2: Mastering the Properties of Colour
Week 7. Colour Theory & Intuition Part 3: Motivated Mark-making
Week 8. Pushing Colour & Post-processing Digital Techniques + Final Crit & Industry Advice
Duration: 8 weeks
Date & Time: Sundays at 6:00PM ET starting August 30, 2026
Skill level: All skill levels welcome
Tiers: 12 Critique spots – Receive feedback or spectate without homework feedback
Format: 4-5 hour live class with combination of lectures, demos, and feedback. Recordings will be provided within ~2 days of each class.
Materials: Any digital or traditional mediums. Paintovers will be done digitally.
Description
Orenji is a background artist for animation previously on Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender