Author: Collins, Julie

Color: Multicolor

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 160

Release Date: 06-06-2023

Details: Product Description Make great color choices and mixes in watercolor, oils and acrylics with master artists Julie Collins. Discover how to make successful color mixing choices in watercolour, acrylics and oils. This is a clear, comprehensive guide to colour mixing in the three most popular mediums: watercolour, oils and acrylics. The portable, pocket-sized companion introduces simple colour theory and a colour wheel, with a template provided so that readers can paint their own. The Colour Mixing Companion provides a vital step towards understanding the intricacies and workings of colour in the three mediums. There is vividly illustrated guidance on complementary, warm and cool colours, tone, using a limited palette, dull and bright colours and factoring in local colour, followed by an array of essential colour mixes using widely available paints. The Colour Mixing Companion is a beautifully presented and practical guide to understanding and mixing colours; artists from beginners to more experienced painters will find this a handy, comprehensive guide. About the Author Julie Collins studied Fine Art at the University of Reading and has been an artist, writer and teacher since then. She has written a number of colour mixing guides and artists' problem-solving books and also writes for The Artist magazine. She works from her studio in Hampshire, UK, where she explores her passion for painting, drawing and crafts. Julie has won numerous prestigious awards for her watercolour paintings, including, most recently, the award of first prize for Watercolour at the Royal West of England Academy Annual Exhibition 2019. Julie was also elected an associate Member of the Society of Women Artists in August 2019. The three Colour Mixing Guides that comprise this book have sold over 37.5k copies overall. Julie is also the author of Colour Demystified, published by Search Press in 2021, which has sold over 6,700 copies to date.

EAN: 9781800920897

Languages: English