Download or read book Color Wheels for the Artist written by Thunder Bay Press and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn the interactive color wheels to instantly see the results of mixing different colors ; learn the basics of color mixing in acrylics and watercolor, how to get the effect you are looking for, and how to use them in your compositions ; discover the materials and equipment that artists use most often and with greatest success ;work through the projects to learn the basic techniques of working in acrylics and watercolors; grow in confidence as you paint so that you produce exciting and successful art every time.
Download or read book Everyday Watercolor written by Jenna Rainey and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary paint-every-day watercolor guide that explores foundational strokes and patterns and then builds new skills upon the foundations over the course of 30 days to create finished pieces. This beautifully illustrated and inspiring guided watercolor-a-day book is perfect for beginning watercolor artists, artists who want to improve their watercolor skills, and visual creatives. From strokes to shapes, this book covers the basics and helps painters gain confidence in themselves along with inspiration to develop their own style over the course of 30 days. Featuring colorful contemporary art from Mon Voir design agency founder and Instagram trendsetter Jenna Rainey, this book's fresh perspective paints watercolor in a whole new light.
Download or read book Color Choices written by Stephen Quiller and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned artist and best selling author Stephen Quiller shows readers how to discover their own personal "color sense" in Color Choices, a book that offers readers a fresh perspective on perfecting their own color styles. With the help of his own "Quiller Wheel," a special foldout wheel featuring 68 precisely placed colors, the author shows artists how they can develop their own unique color blends. First, Quiller demonstrates how to use the wheel to interpret color relationships and mix colors more clearly. Then he explains, step by step, how to develop five structured color schemes, apply underlays and overlays, and use color in striking, unusual ways. This book will bring out every artist's unique sense of color whether he or she works in oil, watercolor, acrylics, gouache, or casein.
Download or read book Color Combinations Practice Book 73 Color Wheels More Than 800 Colors written by Artsy Betsy and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★ To Preview Layouts, check the back cover of the book ★ With this book, you will have fun trying and testing your art supplies and creating some exceptional personalized themes and color combinations based on new inspirations, moods, images... You can mention each theme you created with its page number in the customizable table content, which will keep you more organized and makes it easy to find when you need it. TIP: Even the paper of this book is a premium quality, and thick enough, it's better to place a piece of cardboard paper under the page while coloring to prevent any eventual unwanted bleed through and indents. Color Wheels: ◆ Don't let the color wheel intimidate you, start playing with fun color combinations and practice more the color theory with 73 color wheels and 12 color boxes each. ◆ The color wheel is a chart representing the relationships between colors. It will serve you in many purposes as an artist, and you can use it to identify colors to mix and match and choose colors that go well together. ◆ It will help you identify harmonious color combinations and develop the appropriate color scheme.
Download or read book Art at the Speed of Life written by Pam Carriker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Need high-energy inspiration when your life gets crazy and your art keeps getting pushed to the back burner? Offering terrific mixed-media art projects, as well as tips for getting organized and inspired, Art at the Speed of Life is a treasure chest of ideas for the artist whose creative goals sometimes get stymied by the frantic pace of modern life. Author and mixed-media artist Pam Carriker proves that art and life can coexist peacefully, productively, and happily. Making things every day can be a joyful reality instead of just wishful thinking. Each chapter in Art at the Speed of Life includes both essays and project ideas from a variety of contributors, including Suzi Blu, Lisa Bebi, Christy Hydeck, Paulette Insall, Cate Calacous Prato. The projects are inspiring, yet easy to complete on a tight schedule, and include techniques such as assemblage, image transfer, and collage. A bonus seven-day journal project helps you track your work as you go. With a unique combination of time management tips and advice, inspiring essays, and projects designed to fit into busy schedules, Art at the Speed of Life will help you live your dream of making art every day.
Download or read book Botanical Mandalas written by Louise Gale and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconnect to Mother Earth and recharge your creativity by combining the healing energy of nature with the meditative process of drawing and painting mandalas. Explore Botanical Mandalas and watch your artistic expression flourish! Full of inspiration for reconnecting with natures beauty to inspire you to create expressive mandala artworks. Includes drawing, painting and mixed-media projects to find endless inspiration for your own botanical mandala journey.
Download or read book Color Theory for the Makeup Artist written by Katie Middleton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color Theory for the Make-up Artist: Understanding Color and Light for Beauty and Special Effects analyzes and explains traditional color theory for fine artists and shows how to apply it directly toward make-up applications Make-up artists control color the same way a painter does. They choose color palettes, match colors, blend new colors, and create designs on a canvas that is always changing. Some colors cancel others, some balance each other, and some oppose other colors. However, painters seldom have to consider inconsistencies in how their art will be lit and where it will be displayed the way that a make-up artists does. This book teaches how to mix any color using just red, yellow, blue, and white. It discusses the reason for variations in skin colors and undertones, and how to identify and match these using make-up, while choosing flattering colors for the eyes, lips, and cheeks. Colors found inside the body are explained for special effects make-up, like why we bruise, bleed, or appear sick, and ideas and techniques are also described for painting prosthetics. The book also explains how lighting affects color on film, television, theater, and photography sets, and how to properly light a workspace for successful applications. Whether you are a professional or a beginner, you will never stop learning. There will always be new products, techniques, and fashions – this book provides guidance and inspiration to keep practicing, creating, and honing your skills.
Download or read book Blue and Yellow Don t Make Green written by Michael Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 200 years the world has accepted that red, yellow and blue - the artists primaries - give new colours when mised. And for more than 200 years artists have been struggling to mix colours on this basis. In this exciting new book, Michael Wilcox offers a total reassessment of the principles underlying colour mixing. It is the first major break-away from the traditional and limited concepts that have caused painters and others who work with colour so many problems. Back Cover.
Download or read book Colour written by David Hornung and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demystifying its subject for professionals and students alike, this title inspires confidence in colour's application to graphic design, illustration, painting, textile art, and textile design.
Download or read book Complete Color Charts for My Arts Color Swatches Themes Color Wheels Image Inspired Color Palettes written by Artsy Betsy and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★ To Preview Layouts, check the back cover of the book ★ With this book, you will have fun trying and testing your art supplies and creating some exceptional personalized themes and color combinations based on new inspirations, moods, images... You can mention each theme you created with its page number in the customizable table content, which will keep you more organized and makes it easy to find when you need it. TIP: Even the paper of this book is a premium quality, and thick enough, it's better to place a piece of cardboard paper under the page while coloring to prevent any eventual unwanted bleed through and indents. In this book, we have three different creative ways to swatch colors: Color Swatches Themes: ◆ Swatch out your markers, colored pencils and gel pens with these 48 colors blank boxes per page, perfect for any art sets. ◆ You can create your color themes based on your design style, your art supplies, different hues of each color and combinations, there is a blank page for each swatch page that allows you to test and try colors before referencing them in boxes or you can also take some free notes and do some sketches... ◆ These 1920 blank color boxes (48 boxes/page x 40 pages) are the perfect way to see the color quality of your art tools.. Color Wheels: ◆ Don't let the color wheel intimidate you, start playing with fun color combinations and practice more the color theory with 20 color wheels and 12 color boxes each. ◆ The color wheel is a chart representing the relationships between colors. It will serve you in many purposes as an artist, and you can use it to identify colors to mix and match and choose colors that go well together. ◆ It will help you identify harmonious color combinations and develop the appropriate color scheme. Image Inspired Color Palettes: ◆ If you love to find coloring inspirations in beautiful photos and images, this part is perfect for you! ◆ Nothing inspires more than an amazing picture, these color palettes will give you ideas and inspire unique astonishing color combinations that you may not have thought of otherwise. ◆ This part will enable you to catalog those combinations and apply them to your art.
Download or read book Mixing Greens written by Michael Wilcox and published by Northlight. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colour Notes series is aimed at the keen amateur artist struggling, as always, to mix and use colour. A series of paintings and studies is shown with full guidance given to mixing and applying the colours used. Following very extensive research the subjects have been carefully chosen to answer the most commonly expressed questions. The artist will collect the books in order to cover the wide range of subjects tackled.
Download or read book The Natural System of Colours etc written by Moses Harris and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Color written by Nita Leland and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to use and control color in your painting
Download or read book Special Subjects Basic Color Theory written by Walter Foster Creative Team and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to use color effectively and become a well-rounded artist with this easy-to-follow guide. A perfect resource for new artists and art hobbyists, Basic Color Theory demonstrates the color wheel at work and covers all the essentials, including complementary, primary, secondary, and tertiary colors; hue, saturation, and value; color mood, temperature, and schemes; and how to create a color chart. Each concept is clearly explained in easy-to-comprehend language so beginning artists can put their newfound knowledge to immediate use. Also included are step-by-step tutorials, as well as techniques for basic color mixing in different mediums. Designed for beginners, the How to Draw and Paint series offers an easy-to-follow guide that introduces artists to basic tools and materials and includes simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Basic Color Theory allows artists to widen the scope of their abilities, demonstrating how to create color and value charts, basic color mixing techniques, and a comprehensive approach to understanding color relationships.
Download or read book Painter s Guide to Color written by Stephen Quiller and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally-known painter, teacher and author Stephen Quiller shares his consummate knowledge of mixing vibrant hues. Painters, commercial artists, designers and decorators have studied with this master color theorist for decades. A must for beginners as well as professionals seeking to make their work truly reflect their creative expression.
Download or read book Color Harmony in your Paintings written by Margaret Kessler and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2012-07-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Fiber Artist s Guide to Color Design written by Heather Thomas and published by Landauer Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the language of color--to the principles of design--to examples of fabulous fiber art creations and 12 workshop lessons, each is spectacularly presented in this exciting, new book developed to help you become a better artist."--P. [4] of cover.
