Synopses & Reviews
Follow these 4 simple steps to mix more than 500 color combinations:
STEP ONE Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint—for example, “Lilac, purplish.”
STEP TWO Find the Color Recipe with the subject’s recipe number (“268”) and a photo of the actual paint mixture.
STEP THREE Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.
STEP FOUR Mix the color. It’s that easy!
Also Includes Instruction on Rendering Skies & Clouds, Observing Colors in Nature, Painting Trees and Mountains.
The plastic Color Mixing Grid (included) ensures accurate paint measurements!
Synopsis
Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes features master mixes for an array of landscape colors in oil and acrylic, from skies and clouds to trees and mountains.
This comprehensive artist's reference features a robust index of more than 1,500 landscape subjects that correspond to the featured color mixing swatches. Also included are a plastic color-mixing grid for measuring out paints and a handy conversion chart for finding acrylic equivalents of oil paints and vice versa.
Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 500 color combinations:
- Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint--for example, "Lilac, purplish."
- Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("268") 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
Learn how to create the colors of these and more subjects in oil and acrylic paint: - Numerous varieties of flowers
- Mountains, including their bases, shadows, highlights, and hazes
- Sands, clays, and gravels
- Sea, ocean, surf, foam, and fog
- Skies and clouds at various times of day and night
- Trees, including foliage and trunk colors for numerous broadleaf and coniferous varieties
- Many species of wildlife, animals, and birds
This useful book also discusses
how color is influenced by the time of day, the angle of the sun, and changing seasons, making it a must-have in every oil and acrylic artist's reference library.
Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, 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.
Synopsis
In the latest addition to the Color Mixing Recipes family of books, artist William F. Powell provides instruction on color mixing as it relates to landscape painting in oil and acrylic. Following the format of the other books in the series, Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes offers a robust index of landscape subjects that correspond to the featured color mixing swatches. This useful book also discusses how color is influenced by the time of day, the angle of the sun, and changing seasons, making it a must-have in every oil and acrylic artist's reference library.
About the Author
William F. Powell studied at the Art Student's Career School in New York; Harrow Technical College in Harrow, England; and the Louvre Free School of Art in Paris, France. His work has been represented in major galleries and reproduced in the form of illustrations, prints, and limited-edition collector's plates. He has been professionally involved in fine art, commercial art, and illustration for more than 45 years. His experience as an instructor includes oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, colored pencil, and pastel with subjects ranging from landscapes and seascapes to still life, portraiture, and wildlife. He holds awards for the technical side of his art, which has been used in major space and environmental programs.
Table of Contents
Instructions
Using the Recipes: Skies and Clouds
Trees and Mountains
Color Recipes
Color Guidance Index
About the Author