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Exploring Color Coloring Book

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I recommend Nita Leland's Coloring Book for leaning colors and keeping a record. Before I've done color exercises here and there but never could keep up with the different pieces of paper; the book provides a record that's always available. Just finished the Split Primary page and found it very helpful. I think these exercises will help my painting. This book can be a compainion workbook to Leland's "Exploring Color" but it also stands on it's own.

I have several books on color theory in watercolor and allrecommend that you do exercises to practice choosing apallette.

This book is cleverly printed on 140 lb watercolor paper,a very useful weight as it won't buckle very much when wetted... Someof Handprint's pallettes are those of other well known watercolorists,so this is a good place to visit if you buy this book.

The bookhas exercises on each page; so put in extra sheets of 140 poundwatercolor paper along side for any other pallettes you try out or foryour own developments. If you do pastel, acrylic or colored pencil,this book works just as well.

This truly is a hands-on colouring book, which makes it fun. What a great idea for a publication ! Very innovative. Following the colour theory practical exercises helps to reinforce what is read about colour mixing and theory. It begins with a colour wheel exercise and carries on from there. This book is a partner to Nita Leland's, " Exploring Color", Revised Edition, which also has colour exercises to complete in it. The colouring book is just extra practice for the absolute beginner, in order to reinforce what she is teaching about. And, that would be me.

This watercolour paper practice book is not required for the other, but as I mentioned, helps to reinforce and is fun. The 140 lb. paper that the whole book is comprised of produces authentic colours. And, there are also several blank 140 lb. paper sheets included, for extra practice. I would certainly recommend this book for absolute beginners, by itself or accompanied by her "Exploring Color" book. They are both stand-alone, however. Very useful for learning colour mixing theory at the beginning stages of using watercolours. Also, provides an excellent resource to refer back to, especially since you have done it yourself.