The Color Cure is coming to you - online!
You asked… and it’s happening!
All the content from our 2025 destination retreats will be available in
The Color Cure four week online course!
Including….
Four in-depth presentations on value, saturation, temperature and complements with examples from historical and contemporary art
Eight exercises on color mixing, value grouping, and more
Four painting prompts with demonstrations
Eight Live Calls with Terri and Susan to answer all your questions and get feedback on the exercises and prompts
Bonus videos on color psychology, mounting your works on paper, and additional demos
A private community where you can share your work and support one another
Access to all of this for an entire year
Why Color ?
Over the years, we’ve heard countless artists say, “I struggle with color.”
We understand why. Color isn’t just another element of art—it’s one of the most transformative (and complicated!) While value is essential, it’s not the whole story. All the color components and the principles that shape them have the power to bring clarity, emotion, harmony, and depth to your work.
The truth is: a color is never “right” on its own—it’s only right in context.
The Color Cure was created to give you a practical, hands-on way to understand color so you can move through your painting process with clarity, ease, and confidence—from beginning to end.
Want to learn more?
Join us for our live Q+A call on January 9, 2026 at 10am PST
Here are some details in advance so you can plan ahead!
When & Where?
We’ll start on January 23rd and wrap it up on February 20th, 2026 - online, in the comfort of your own studio! (You’ll have access to the course for an entire year)
What will I need?
We’ll work on sturdy paper with acrylic paint and we’ll provide you with a complete list with plenty of time to gather what you need.
Watch your inbox for an email from us on January 6th when we open enrollment.
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I’m in! What now?
Your Instructors
Mastering a skill isn’t about memorizing facts or learning formulas. It's about understanding why things work and then applying them. During our time together, we’ll be your guides providing presentations, exercises, painting prompts, demos and live calls. Our exercises are guaranteed to strengthen your mastery of color contrasts, allowing you to have total control of your composition. Our painting prompts will provide the experiential learning that sticks and applies to YOUR art.
Susan Melrath
Susan has been a painter for her entire adult life - working as a published illustrator for many years, and a studio artist for the last twenty. She discovered her love of teaching through coaching in the Art2Life Creative Visionary Program. As head coach, she helped thousands of artists find their way to making strong, authentic work. Her greatest love is helping painters understand how to organize the elements in their paintings to make them as strong and compelling as can be. Susan’s work can be seen at Art & Light Gallery in Greenville, SC and Museo Gallery in Langley, WA.
Terri Froelich
Terri Froelich is an abstract painter and photographer in Sausalito, California. Terri worked as a commercial photographer for many years before switching her focus to painting in 2002. She is represented by Julie Nester Gallery (Park City, UT) and Kennedy Contemporary (Newport Beach, CA). Her passion for teaching has helped many artists find solutions in their process and strengthen their work.
Terri and Susan launched ARTfuel in 2023 to help artists utilize the principles and elements of art in their work, offer new perspectives and assist them with their artistic journey through online courses and in-person retreats around the world.
