Watercolor alchemy Your guide to mixing beautiful colors
Book - 2024
Elevate your watercolor art with this foolproof guide to mixing stunning colors using just three primary paints! With this approachable handbook, you'll mix the vivid, realistic colors you've been looking for--no more muddy palettes, wasted supplies or premade paints that aren't quite right. Agus Di Stefano, a seasoned watercolor instructor, brings her expert knowledge and relaxed teaching style to 25 curated lessons and exercises that cover.
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- Genres
- Instructional and educational works
- Published
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Salem, MA :
Page Street Publishing Co
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- "Includes 25 painting tutorials!"--Cover.
Includes index. - Physical Description
- 127 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9798890031501
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Getting Started
- Gathering Your Materials
- The MUST-Know about Watercolor
- Rainbow in a Box: Organizing Your Colors by Names and Codes
- Chapter 2. Understanding the Basics of Color
- Decoding Color: What Are Hue, Value and Saturation?
- Painting a Modern and Classic Color Wheel
- Making a Reference Value Table in Black and White
- Creating Your Own Pantones®
- Chapter 3. Foundations of Color Mixing
- Exploring Pigments: A Study in Color Temperature and Trends
- Discovering the Temperature Cosmos
- Chapter 4. My Color Recipes: A Guide to Create Any Hue
- Color Alchemy: How to Build, Lighten and Darken Six Essential Hues
- How to Mix Earth Tones
- Earthly Harmony: Patterns with Vibrant Tones
- Chapter 5. Intuitively Match Any Color by Eye
- My Secrets to Matching Any Color
- Matching Your Skin Tone
- Exploring the Human Palette
- Chapter 6. Discovering Colors in Everyday Life
- Sunset Palette Extraction: Capturing Nature's Colors
- Donut Color Palette Extraction: Painting Sweet Inspirations
- Chapter 7. Bonus Color Mixing Charts
- Essential Color Mixing Charts
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index