1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor Achieve Precise Color when Painting Landscapes, Portraits, Still Lifes, and More by William F Powell

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248mm x 187mm x 25mm

Pages: 176

The definitive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists.

No more guessing at colors only to end up with a muddy mess and wasted paint! 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor takes the mystery and stress out of color mixing with just the right formula for just about any color.

Designed for use in the studio, this durable book features:

• A lay-flat spiral binding
• Easily wipeable glossy cardstock pages
• Two removable plastic 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:

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

It's that easy! This comprehensive reference also includes foundational instruction on color theory and mixing, covering:

• Color theory
• Color value mixing
• Graying color naturally
• Mixing flesh and portrait colors
• Rendering skies and clouds

Whether you are a beginning or experienced artist, 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor is an essential tool for your workspace.

Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes, and Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic. These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as acetate grids for measuring paint units.