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Easy Solutions: Color Mixing : How to Mix the Right Colors for the Subject Every Time : Watercolor

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This is a wonderful book that helps you learn to mix watercolor effectively to achieve stunning results. The artwork used throughout is beautiful and inspirational.

The book is broken into four sections including still lives, landscapes, florals, and wildlife. There are twelve projects in all, three per section and each project is taught by a different watercolor artist. This is a wonderful approach to learning from a variety of methods rather than forcing a single style on the student.

Individual techniques are demonstrated in step-by-step progressions. These including things like shaping objects with color, pouring luminous washes, floating colors on damp paper, and mixing intense or bright colors. The artists' own thoughts and theories behind their techniques are well explained in the text.

There are mini biographies of all the artists in the back with contact information. The emphasis on the color mixing process and the variety of examples makes this a most valuable reference in the watercolor artist's library.

I agree with everything in the above review. I was very impressed with this book that I got from the library, and now want a copy of my own. I liked it because there are different artists works used to demonstrate their different techniques and what colors they use and mix and how they plan their painting, where they start a wash and how they ad to it. Its a great book. I'm a beginner in watercolor. This book stands out from others I've been reading.

Here is the Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION--Color Choices in the Studio
SECTION I--Color Mixing for Still Lifes
Building on Harmonious colors--Daryl Bryant
Balancing Related Colors--Deborah L. Chabrian
Shaping Objects with Color--Denise Lisiecki
SECTION II--Color Mixing for Florals
Maximizing Color Mixtures--Susan Haeadley ban Campen
Getting Colors to work Together--Mary Weinstein
Pouring Luminous Washes--Jean Grastorf

SECTION III--Color Mixing for Landscapes
Emphasizing Color Shapes--Skip Lawrence
Starting With Tonal Washes---Robert Wade
Controlling Color Washes--Roland Golden
SECTION IV--Color Mixing for Wildlife
Detailing with Thin Washes
Floating Colors into Damp Paper
Mixing Intense Bright Colors--Colleen Newport Stevens
COLOR IN THE STUDIO