Color Is Everything: Master the Use of Color in Oils, Acrylics or Watercolors

For beginners to advanced artists who have been struggling with color, this remarkable new book explains and illustrates how to understand color theory and master the use of color. Written in cooperation with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Color Wheel Company, Color Is Everything is a must-read for any painter, art teacher or craft enthusiast who wants to capture color harmony in every painting, regardless of style or medium. It is written in a concise yet conversational manner and very easy to follow. Author/artist Dan Bartges sums it up best: This book is designed with one purpose in mind: to show painters exactly how to master color. As a result, you will gain greater confidence, you will paint better pictures, and you will have a lot more fun painting.

The unusually high-quality book features more than 100 full-color illustrations, photographs and paintings by the author. Further, it clearly explains what great artists know about color that most painters don t and demonstrates with master works by famous artists such as Degas, Picasso, de Kooning, Sisley, Goya, Sargent and others.

A full-time artist since 1996, Dan Bartges is a recognized expert on color theory, lecturing at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D. C., the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and other venues. His oil paintings and watercolors have been acquired by many private collectors and several Fortune 500 companies including Marriott, Lockheed Martin and Media General. Fine-art reproductions of his paintings have been featured in retail stores from Smith & Hawken to WalMart. Bartges and his family live in Virginia, and he enjoys tennis, bicycling and classic movies when not painting. He holds BA and MA degrees.