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Stephen Quiller's Painter’s Guide to Color was written with the painter foremost in mind. However, weavers, textile designers, interior decorators, and commercial artists have all benefited from this award-winning artist's innovative and accessible color theory techniques. Painter's Guide to Color will help you to train your eye to see and use color in exciting ways. Includes the new Quiller updated Color Wheel which can be used by studio and outdoor painters alike.
This art instruction book presents the fool-proof Quiller Wheel system of mixing colors. Learn how to create any color imaginable with his 12 color palette and free yourself from needing to purchase and tow around loads of premixed tube colors. You'll also learn from a historical selection of master painters who have used color in inspiring ways.
Quiller presents a wide range of fundamental color theory concepts, including the value intensity foundation, harmonious and discordant colors, and how to use "grays" to maximum benefit. Plus, he discusses numerous painting techniques, giving tips about how each can be used to maximize color expression. An innovative chapter on the emotional use of color features up to 14 ranges within each of the six major color families, and lists the emotions in subjects that each of these colors can evoke. Includes six value-intensity charts of the primary, secondary, and intermediate colors - an essential concept for thoroughly understanding color.
This soft cover art book contains 144 pages.
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Stephen Quiller's Painter’s Guide to Color was written with the painter foremost in mind. However, weavers, textile designers, interior decorators, and commercial artists have all benefited from this award-winning artist's innovative and accessible color theory techniques. Painter's Guide to Color will help you to train your eye to see and use color in exciting ways. Includes the new Quiller updated Color Wheel which can be used by studio and outdoor painters alike.
This art instruction book presents the fool-proof Quiller Wheel system of mixing colors. Learn how to create any color imaginable with his 12 color palette and free yourself from needing to purchase and tow around loads of premixed tube colors. You'll also learn from a historical selection of master painters who have used color in inspiring ways.
Quiller presents a wide range of fundamental color theory concepts, including the value intensity foundation, harmonious and discordant colors, and how to use "grays" to maximum benefit. Plus, he discusses numerous painting techniques, giving tips about how each can be used to maximize color expression. An innovative chapter on the emotional use of color features up to 14 ranges within each of the six major color families, and lists the emotions in subjects that each of these colors can evoke. Includes six value-intensity charts of the primary, secondary, and intermediate colors - an essential concept for thoroughly understanding color.
This soft cover art book contains 144 pages.
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