Liz Murphy | Color Confidence

Workshop: Color Confidence

Dates: November 4-8, 2026

Instructor: Liz Murphy

Hours: 9am - 5pm

Level: All

Class Size: 12

Tuition: $1800

Includes: Complimentary lunches and drinks served daily in studio

This five day workshop is a deep, immersive exploration of color as a living, responsive language within your work.

Over the course of the five days, we will move beyond surface color choices and into a more intentional, informed, and intuitive relationship with color. Through guided exercises, demonstrations, and group discussion, artists will explore how color functions

structurally, emotionally, and spatially within a painting.

The workshop is designed to support artists at their individual level. Some may arrive wanting clarity and confidence in color decisions, others looking to break habitual patterns or deepen sensitivity and range. The focus is not on formulas, but on developing discernment, so you can better recognize what your work is asking for and respond with clarity.

By the end of the five days, artists leave with a clearer understanding of how color operates within their work, stronger decision making tools, and a renewed sense of trust in their own visual instincts.

Day 1: The Energy of Color: It’s Meaning and Personal Aesthetic

Day 2: Expanding Color Vocabulary

Day 3: Contrast and Value

Day 4: Palette and Intentional Application

Day 5: Integration

Reviews

Liz had zooming energy that was infectious. - Sissy A

Liz was amazing. She started out with a lot of lecturing about color, design and composition and the importance of practicing in our

journals, so that once we get to the actual canvas, we’ll have tools in our toolbox ready to go. She takes her teaching seriously and

worked her butt off to help each student. She was too notch, and I hope she comes back next year for another workshop. - Susan A

-Outstanding. I learned so much which is going to elivate my art. It was just what I was hoping for. A new direction. Liz gave so

much design knowledge and inspiration from the heart. Thank you Liz! - Pat E

Liz is amazing... not only as an instructor, but as an individual. When you meet her, you can immediately see her beautiful soul .

The workshop was full of golden nuggets from sharing her deep knowledge & understanding of color, composition & design with so

much enthusiasm & endless energy was something to experience. In addition, seeing her beautiful sketchbooks and learning how &

why using them is so important was an invaluable learning experience.. - Robin Roth-Murphy

Without a doubt, Liz Murphy is an incredible artist. She is equally an incredible teacher with a much appreciated depth of

knowledge and experience. Uniquely, she channeled that depth of knowledge and experience into our workshop, generously

investing mind, heart and soul (body, too!) into helping her students. I came away feeling energetic, inspired and free. Can’t wait to

get back to creating in my own studio! - Denise P

Liz’s workshop was truly exceptional! She is dedicated, passionate, and incredibly generous with both her time and expertise. She

created a warm, safe, and inspiring environment where artists could experiment, ask questions, and grow together. I walked away

with a wealth of knowledge, including: 🎨 A stronger understanding of how to prepare before painting 🎨 An excellent and practical

approach to color mixing. Clear, insightful guidance on composition . Strategies for getting “unstuck” when a painting just isn’t

working I left feeling more confident, inspired, and excited to keep painting. Liz is a gifted and fun teacher and amazing artist — I

highly recommend her workshop to anyone looking to elevate their art! - Christine D

Liz is a skilled and inspiring artist and instructor. She was very generous with her time and was attentive to each participant. She put

our needs above her own by skipping lunch and staying late. - Pnina G

Liz gave freely of herself and generously shared all of her “secrets” to making her juicy color palette. Five days of wonder in a

perfect, welcoming space. - Jessica S

Instructor Website

lizmurphystudio.com

Liz Murphy is an Artist & Designer located in Montclair, NJ offering expressive abstract art for sale and commission, and art workshops & retreats.

Instructor Instagram

instagram.com/lizmurphystudio

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