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The authors provide a visual guide to over 2000 mixes and glaze effects. This easy-to-use directory explains colour theory and demonstrates a range of mixing techniques. Each is shown as a variegated mix straight from the palette as well as with wet-on-wet additions of the paper.
These easy-to-use directories explain color theory by demonstrating a range of color mixing techniques. The 256-page, full-color books feature more than 50 carefully selected colors that, when used with a basic palette, provide artists with more than 2,000 color mixing options! Each combination is shown as a pure mixture straight from the palette, demonstrating endless tint variations.
This book helps artists understand how to mix colours in different mediums and how colour can help to develop their work. Artworks illustrate how to put theory into practice and it is suitable for beginners or professional artists.
Just when you thought there was no hope of ever finding a comprehensive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists, along comes the 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor! This collection of Walter Foster's bestselling Color Mixing Recipes books, including Color Mixing Recipes for Oil and Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, and the most recent addition, Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes. This incredible collection comes in a user-friendly concealed spiral-bound format that is tabbed for quick and easy reference. Aspiring artists will also find two removable color mixing grids--one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolor.
Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor is the definitive color-mixing resource for watercolor artists. With a wide spectrum of paint recipes, each revealing the color proportions and dilution level needed to achieve the featured swatch, this user-friendly book also includes a color-mixing grid that makes measuring simple. Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 450 color combinations: Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint--for example, "Eucalyptus Bark." Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("293") and an example of the actual paint mixture. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color. Mix the color. It's that easy! You'll also learn about color theory, mixingvalues, graying color naturally, mixing portrait colors, and more. Also available from Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series: 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor; Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic; Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits; and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes.
The Winsor & Newton Guide to Colour Mixing Watercolour takes the uncertainty out of colour mixing for artists. Organised around the primary colours, with an additional section on neutrals and flesh tints, the book presents a gallery of precise colour mixes to enable an artist to recreate what is on the page in their palette and on their work of art.Clear, concise outline of the principles of colour mixing using watercolours At-a-glance guide to more than 5,000 hues and shades Complete visual reference to mixing watercolour Inspirational galleries of successful watercolour works using colour mixingBook Contents: Chapter 1 - Tools and Materials, Chapter 2 - Mixing Watercolours, Chapter 3 - Reds and Oranges, Chapter 4 - Yellows and Greens, Chapter 5 - Blues and Purples, Chapter 5 - Neutrals and Flesh Tones,
Learn how to analyze the structure of flowers and break them down into simple shapes; create delightful compositions; mix beautiful flower colors, from delicate pastels to rich and vibrant hues. Over 60,000 copies sold worldwide.
This easy-to-use directory explains colour theory and demonstrates a range of mixing techniques. It features over 50 specially selected colours that, when used together with a basic palette, afford the artist more than 1000 mixing options. Each is shown as a pure mixture straight from the palette as well as with added white to produce a vast number of tint variations. The special colours are also demonstrated as glazes over the 18 standard palette colours, giving another 1000 options. It provides up-to-date information on colour-fast and environmentally-friendly pigments. Inspirational examples show how to use a wide range of colour mixes to great effect.
