The Urban Sketching Handbook Working with Color

Learn to express yourself through colour while painting on location with the in-depth tips and techniques of Working with Color, the fifth volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series. Expert watercolourist, illustrator, instructor, and co-founder of Urban Sketchers Montreal Shari Blaukopf shares her essential colour tips about colour-water ratio, achieving bold colour, avoiding muddy washes, painting in layers, and using wet-in-wet techniques.

This essential handbook covers: supplies and materials; sample colour palettes; colour mixing; using limited palettes; monochrome sketches; the power of complementary colours; using evocative, expressive colour.

With a focus on using watercolour with greater confidence and knowledge, the book also delves into pencil and ink and water-soluble pencils. The instructional text is enhanced with stunning watercolour illustrations by the author and other expert urban sketchers from beautiful locations around the globe. The illustrations include examples of colour swatches showing value; mixing; illustrations of complementary, analogous, and neutral colour schemes; and sample galleries.

Working with Color is an indispensable guide for on-location artists looking to expand and strengthen their expressive use of colour.