Making Color Sing

by Jeanne Dobie

• ISBN13: 9780823029921
• ISBN10: 0823029921
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Summary

Through easy-to-follow exercises, this manual seeks to stimulate new ways tohink about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity andllowing artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Readersre shown how the interplay of complementary hues can trigger vibrations; howhe push and pull of warm and cool colours can create a feeling of space; howo disguise one colour in a scene to accent another; and many more tips.

Author Biography

Jeanne Dobie, a teacher and painter whose work is shown widely and often wins coveted awards, lives in Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(3)
Introduction Commitment to Excellence	8	(2)
The Pure Pigment Palette
Creating with a Personal Palette	10	(4)
Mouse Power
Achieving Luminous Grays	14	(6)
Octanic Color
Mixing Powerful Color	20	(4)
Greens, Greens, and More Greens
Facing the Challenge of Green	24	(6)
Push-Pull With Warm and Cool
Creating Distance and Atmosphere	30	(6)
Push-Pull and Turn
Making Form Appear Three-Dimensional	36	(6)
Dark Glows
Getting the Most from Darks	42	(6)
Singing Color
Making Color Pulsate	48	(4)
White Glows
Refining Subtle Blushes of White	52	(6)
The Art of Not Mixing
Layering with Glazes	58	(6)
Atmospheric Glazes
Working with Gradated Glazes	64	(4)
A Multilayered Vision
Glazing Color Creatively	68	(6)
Error Into Asset
Correcting with Glazes	74	(4)
Ordinary Into Extraordinary
Transforming a Painting with Glazes	78	(4)
Color Bridges
Creating Transitions Between Colors	82	(4)
Color Camouflage
Disguising with Color Choices	86	(4)
Paint Passages
Weaving Color Through Space	90	(4)
Color Vibrations
Invoking Visual Tension	94	(4)
Color As Abstract Pattern
Designing with Vibrating Color	98	(2)
Color Composition
Planning the Color Design	100	(4)
Twelve Shapes
Thinking ``Shape''	104	(6)
Shapes Plus Value Plus Color
Taking an All-Encompassing Approach	110	(4)
Unpainted Shapes
Using the White Paper	114	(6)
Beyond the Subject
Looking for a Relationship	120	(6)
Distinctive Divisions
Making Shapes Dynamic	126	(6)
Right-on-The-Mark Values
Building a Solid Value Foundation	132	(4)
A Subtle Touch
Handling a Mass of Midtones	136	(4)
The Impact of White
Planning the White Pattern	140	(4)
The Dark Partner
Designing a Dark Pattern	144	(4)
A Personalized Light
Changing the Light Pattern	148	(4)
Pattern As Subject
Making a Good Design Even Better	152	(5)
Conclusion Unlocking Your Creativity	157	(1)
Index	158