The Artist's Guide to Using Color: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide in Watercolor, Acrylic and Oil

Demonstrates techniques for using color in oil painting, watercolor, and acrylic painting, explaining color terms and concepts

YA-- A useful resource for art classrooms or libraries. Organization and painting techniques for oils, watercolors, and acrylics are discussed with concentration on colors and how they work together. Numerous illustrations extend the concise discussion of such subjects as gradation value, intensity, key, and contrast. Each section includes blocks that highlight the most important points and offer helpful hints. Readers are carried beyond basic technique to the full polish of art. Those who paint for pleasure, as well as serious art students, are offered practical, easy-to-use advice to further their skill. Whether YAs choose to consult one page, one chapter, or the entire text, they can explore theory and explication of successful work.
- Barbara Hawkins, West Potomac High, Fairfax, VA
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