Color Harmony for Artists

Author: Ana Victoria Calderon
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 1631597728
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
Explore and create expressive palettes and paintings with Color Harmony for Artists. Watercolor author, artist, and teacher Ana Victoria Calderon guides you through choosing, mixing, and using color with watercolor and mixed media to create the most expressive and appealing combinations and effects for a wide range of moods and subjects. You'll explore a variety of subjects and themes, including flowers, foliage, landscapes, skies, cities, figures, art movements, and historical eras. Begin with a quick overview of the basics of color, color mixing, and mixed media. Explore a variety of color and media combinations, including brilliant brights, muted neutrals, high-contrast complements, and special effects. Find inspiration in evocative photos, abundant palettes, and beautiful paintings. With Color Harmony for Artists, every artist, from beginner to advanced, will be inspired to embrace the creative possibilities of color and paint!

Advances in Colour Harmony and Contrast for the Artist

Author: Michael Wilcox
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967962894
Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 424

Book Description
The only complete guide to the selection and preparation of colours which harmonize or contrast. Over 1,000 easy-to-follow colour combinations - all tried and tested. Suitable for all drawing and painting media. Easy to follow layout. Over 400 pages of fully illustrated colour suggestions. The complete guide to colour work. Artists not only need to understand colour relationships, they need to be able to mix and apply those colours. Michael Wilcox shows how.

Color Harmony in your Paintings

Author: Margaret Kessler
Publisher: North Light Books
ISBN: 9781440323928
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Instill more emotion in your paintings through Color Harmony Color is one of the most powerful tools an artist can use to capture a mood or express an emotion. However, it can also be intimidating. In Color Harmony in Your Paintings, artist and teacher Margaret Kessler takes a friendly approach to help you understand and apply the principles of color to greatly improve your work. Through clear, instructive illustrations and painting examples, you'll learn how to use color to create expressive moods, unity, rhythm and eye-catching designs as well as heighten the impact of your paintings. No matter what your skill level, you'll find encouraging guidance for using color in any medium. Kessler also provides many finished works and four oil demos making specific points about color usage. Once you understand color principles and when, where, why and how to apply these ideas, you will have the tools for building color harmony.

Color Harmony

Author: Hideaki Chijiiwa
Publisher: Rockport Pub
ISBN: 9780935603064
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Here is the original comprehensive guide to making successful color choices and color combinations. Including over 1,600 combinations, this little book packs a big punch, solving color questions through photographic and descriptive examples.

The Pocket Complete Color Harmony

Author: Tina Sutton
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1631599208
Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
"Originally published by Rockport Publishers as The Complete Color Harmony, 2004"--Colophon.

Exploring Color

Author: Nita Leland
Publisher: North Light Books
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
How to use and control color in your painting

Color Harmony, 2

Author: Bride M. Whelan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610596510
Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description

Confident Color

Author: Nita Leland
Publisher: North Light Books
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Reviews the history of color theory and systems, addresses the use of elements and principles of color design, looks at seven types of contrast and how to achieve color harmony, explains the split-primary color mixing system and the use of full-spectrum palettes, and includes demonstrations.

The Complete Color Harmony, Pantone Edition

Author: Leatrice Eiseman
Publisher: Quarry Books Editions
ISBN: 1631592963
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 219

Book Description
"The only color guide a designer will ever need. Completely updated with Pantone colors and new text by Leatrice Eiseman, America's Color Guru"--

The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to the Arts

Author: Michel Eugène Chevreul
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 544

Book Description