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1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor

Achieve precise color when painting landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more
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1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor by William F. Powell is a practical guide offering a comprehensive collection of colour mixing recipes designed for artists working with oil, acrylic, and watercolour mediums. This book provides clear instructions for achieving specific shades, making it an invaluable resource for artists looking to perfect their colour mixing techniques.
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You might enjoy this book if you love experimenting with a rich palette of colours in painting and wish to master the art of colour mixing across different mediums. With its comprehensive recipes, it's perfect for both beginners and seasoned artists looking to refine their technique in oils, acrylics, and watercolours.

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1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor is a comprehensive colour-mixing resource for painters of all skill levels.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor is the definitive colour-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolour artists. This user-friendly compendium is colour coded for quick-and-easy reference and includes two removable colour-mixing grids—one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolour.

Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 1,500 colour combinations:

  • Look in the Colour Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint—for example, "Broccoli."
  • Find the Colour Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("81") and a photo of the actual paint mixture.
  • Use the Colour Mixing Grid to measure each paint colour.
  • Mix the colour. It's that easy!

You'll also learn about colour theory, mixing values, complementary colours, greying colour naturally, mixing portrait colours, rendering skies and clouds, and more.

Also available from Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series: Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781600588969

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 June 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing

Edition: Revised Edition

Illustration: 800 color images + 2 acetate grids

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

About the Author

William F. Powell was an internationally recognised artist and one of America's foremost colourists. A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Bill studied at the Art Student's Career School in New York; Harrow Technical College in Harrow, England; and the Louvre Free School of Art in Paris, France. He was professionally involved in fine art, commercial art, and technical illustrations for more than 45 years. His experience as an art instructor included oil, watercolour, acrylic, coloured pencil, and pastel-with subjects ranging from landscapes to portraits and wildlife. He also authored a number of art instruction books, including several popular Walter Foster titles. As a renowned master of colour, Bill conducted numerous "Color Mixing and Theory" workshops in various cities throughout the U.S. His expertise in colour theory also led him to author and illustrate several articles and an educational series of 11 articles entitled "Color in Perspective" for a national art magazine. Additionally, he performed as an art consultant for national space programs and for several artist's paint manufacturers. Bill's work also included the creation of background sets for films, model making, animated cartoons, and animated films for computer mock-up programs. He produced instructional painting, colour mixing, and drawing art videos.

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