TWELVTY: An Adventure in Color

Throughout 2020 I’m taking another trip around the color wheel, with a year long exploration of color. 12 colors in 12 months.

I’m documenting my journey along the way in my brand new blog: Mixy.Art.Blog – catch up with the story so far with : YELLOW & YELLOW-GREEN.

I’d love for you to join me. TWELVTY is open to everyone, and better yet, it’s free!

"An unequaled experience in the practical application of color."

Cynthia, TWELVTY 2017

TWELVTY 2012

The first year long TWELVTY project: An art journal of 12 colors in 12 months.

TWELVTY 2017

TWELVTY becomes an online class: a guided tour around the color wheel.

TWELVTY 2018

TWELVTY evolves again: to include 3D Mixed Media Color Wheels.

The TWELVTY story

TWELVTY is a year long exploration of the color wheel: 12 colors in 12 months. It’s a deep dive into creativity. It’s an adventure. Twelvty began as a personal project. In 2012 I decided to create an art journal using just one color at a time for a whole year: The 12 colors of the color wheel, one each month. When I was ready to revisit this idea, I adapted the project into an online program. Joined by a group of artists and creatives from around the world, we all created our own variations of a 12 color project.

It was a real joy to share the adventure. I expected this to be a one-off… But TWELVTY had other plans for me. It’s testament to how much fun we had that almost half the students rejoined for a second year full of color. A new version of the program evolved, and inspired by the overstuffed art journals that preceding TWELVTY adventures had borne, this time I adapted the art journaling techniques into a way of creating a 3-d mixed media color wheel.

“Penn has a way of holding space that immediately transports us into a realm of curious joy and vision. Her presence is welcoming and her guidance gentle and inspiring which opens up the free spirited child with and for me felt like coming home in my artist’s skin.”