Colour Mixing Guide: Acrylics

by Julie Collins

Overview

This pocket-sized, practical guide has everything the acrylic artist needs to know about color mixing, from color theory to complementary, warm and cool colors, color tone, using a limited palette, dull and bright colors and local color. There follows an array of essential color mixes using widely available Winsor & Newton colors. Clear, practical and beautifully presented advice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782210559
Publisher:	Search Press(UK)
Publication date:	02/28/2016
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	215,046
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Julie Collins was born in the Isle of Man in 1962. After studying Fine Art at the University of Reading from 1980 to 1984 she has traveled, made art, written and taught. Julie works from her studio in Farnham, Surrey where she explores her passion for painting, drawing and making. She has written the Colour Mixing Index for David & Charles, published 2007 and Artists’ Problem Solver for Collins, published 2003. She has been a freelance writer for The Artist magazine since 1999.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4
Material 6
Colours used in this book 8
Colour 10
Colour tone 20
Using a limited palette 22
Dull and bright colours 26
Local colour 27
Colour mixes 28
Glossary 48