Learn the core concepts and techniques for mixing any color your palette needs with Beginning Color Mixing.
Perfect for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate artists, this guide's concept- and technique-driven approach makes this challenging subject approachable for artists of any skill level.
Loaded with techniques on how to use and create color for vivid artwork, Beginning Color Mixing explains every key aspect of color mixing. You’ll learn about basic color theory, hue and saturation, value, temperature, and color relationships and discover how to wield color to create mood and atmosphere.
Each key concept is clearly explained, allowing you to master the core techniques and put them into practice immediately, whether you’re working in oil, acrylic, or watercolor. Featuring plenty of step-by-step exercises, expert instruction, and inspiring artwork illustrating the techniques,this is a resource no painter’s library should be without.
The Portfolio series covers essential art techniques, core concepts, and media with an approach and format that’s perfect for aspiring, beginning, and intermediate artists.
Also available from the series:Beginning Acrylic, Beginning Drawing, Beginning Watercolor, Beginning Pastel, Beginning Colored Pencil, Beginning Color Mixing, Expressive Painting, Beginning Pen & Ink, and Beginning Composition.
Author(s): Kimberly Adams
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 128
INTRODUCTION
GETTING STARTED
SETTING UP A WORKSPACE
PAINTING TOOLS & MATERIALS
BASIC PAINTING TECHNIQUES
COLOR THEORY
UNDERSTANDING COLOR
THE COLOR WHEEL
COLOR SCHEMES
PAINTING WITH COLOR
COLOR PLACEMENT
LEARNING YOUR PALETTE
REDS
PINKS
ORANGES
YELLOWS
GREENS
BLUES
PURPLES
NEUTRALS: USING & CREATING BROWNS
PAINTING IN BLACK & WHITE
PAINTING FROM LIFE
LIGHTHOUSE
COLORFUL CLOUDS
WARM COLOR SCHEME: ASPENS IN AUTUMN
COOL COLOR SCHEME: THROUGH THE TREES
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
CLOSING THOUGHTS
ABOUT THE ARTIST