1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor Achieve precise color when painting landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more

by Powell, William F.

• ISBN13: 9781600588969
• ISBN10: 1600588964
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-06-22
• Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing

Summary

1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor is the definitive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists. This user-friendly compendium is color coded for quick-and-easy reference and includes two removable color-mixing grids—one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolor.

Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 1,500 color combinations:

1. Look in the Color Index for the subject you want to paint—for example, "Broccoli."
2. Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("81") and a photo of the actual paint mixture.
3. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.
4. Mix the color.

It's that easy! You’ll also learn about color theory, mixing values, complementary colors, graying color naturally, mixing portrait colors, rendering skies and clouds, and more.

Also available from Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series: Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes.

Author Biography

William F. Powell was an internationally recognized artist and one of America’s foremost colorists. A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Bill studied at the Art Student’s Career School in New York; Harrow Technical College in Harrow, England; and the Louvre Free School of Art in Paris, France. He was professionally involved in fine art, commercial art, and technical illustrations for more than 45 years. His experience as an art instructor included oil, watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil, and pastel—with subjects ranging from landscapes to portraits and wildlife. He also authored a number of art instruction books, including several popular Walter Foster titles. As a renowned master of color, Bill conducted numerous “Color Mixing and Theory” workshops in various cities throughout the U.S. His expertise in color theory also led him to author and illustrate several articles and an educational series of 11 articles entitled “Color in Perspective” for a national art magazine. Additionally, he performed as an art consultant for national space programs and for several artist’s paint manufacturers. Bill’s work also included the creation of background sets for films, model making, animated cartoons, and animated films for computer mockup programs. He produced instructional painting, color mixing, and drawing art videos.

Table of Contents

Before You Begin
Instructions
Color Theory
Color Mixing for Oil & Acrylic
Color Mixing for Watercolor
Color Mixing for Portraits
Color Mixing for Landscapes
Color Index
Color Index—Portraits
Color Index—Landscapes
Oil/Acrylic Conversion Chart
About the Author