Kim Fjordbotten

Kim Fjordbotten

2: What is ColourJot?

ColourJot is a new way of teaching colour mixing without the confusion and complex jargon of traditional colour theory. ColourJot templates and methods are a simple, hands-on approach to help beginners explore and track colour mixing while creating unusual colour…

4: Book Layouts & Designs

Before your start, you will need to decided on the paper or book you will be using for recording your colour-mixing. We recommend using good quality watercolour art books for your colourjotting because the books will open flat and the…

5: Trace the ColourJot Circle

Place, trace, rotate and trace again to create the ColourJot Circle.

Here are quick step-by-step to trace the colour circle side of the ColourJot Template. 1. Position the stencil squarely on the page. Use the top of the stencil to align with the top of the book and the bottom of…

6: Trace the ColourJot Grid

Position, trace, slid over, and trace again to create a 7 H by 9 W grid for ColourJot

The ideal ColourJot arrangement is 7 rows high by 9 columns wide. The template will be traced, repositioned, and traced 3 times to accomplish this layout.  1. Position the stencil squarely on the page. Use the top of the stencil to…

7: Label & Number ColourJot Designs

The key to success, in building a good ColourJot reference book, is having standardized numbering and labeling. During our in-person courses, it was discovered that is was easier to track of the placement of colour mixes when the spaces were…

8: Add Colour to the Circle

Choose any three colours and paint them straight from the tube colour into the appropriate space labeled 1, 7, or 13. These are prime numbers and so this is where we put our prime colours. The key to colour-mixing is…