An updated, bound-in but conveniently removable color wheel comes with this all-inclusive reference offering the latest word on the latest paint formulations available to serve artists working in any paint medium. Opening with an analysis of the painter's ideal palette and how it is organized with primary, secondary, and intermediate hues, the guide then explores value and intensity, complementary and analogous colors, the ways in which color can be used to evoke moods, express atmospheric conditions, and other essentials relating to color choice and usage. A range of master colorists' work is also included.
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Stephen Quiller, author of the best-sellers Color Choices and Acrylic Painting Techniques, has received international acclaim for his work and is now a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, and Society for Painters in Casein and Acrylic, among others. Stephen lives in Creede, Colorado.
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109 of 116 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
confusing new color mixing book,
By drollere (Sebastopol, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Painter's Guide to Color (Paperback)
this is stephen quiller's sequel to "color choices" with the addition of new information about neutral mixtures (Jean Dobie's "mouse power"), color value and intensity (saturation), color families, "mother color", and the latest version of quiller's color mixing wheel, one of the best available. but i was disappointed. the book suffers from a mechanical approach to color mixing or color families -- in some cases, the text of captions or whole sections is identical, with color keywords repeatedly changed. this edition deletes some of the best chapters in "color choices," such as the chapter on "finding your own vision," adding in its place a bizarre section on "color personalities" (each mixed color is associated with adjectives such as "noble" or "playful"). and quiller recommends a 28-paint (!) palette, which will create more confusion for a painter (especially a beginning painter) than all the mixing instructions can clear away. i suggest you browse this book before you buy it: "color choices" is better overall, and you can order quiller's revised color wheel from him directly, on a plastic card that is more durable than the tear-out version that comes with this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the Most Useful Books I Have,
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Stephen Quiller is one of my favourite painters, and I have found his book on color to be indispensible. His supreme understanding of colour he passes on effortlessly to the reader in an easy to understood manner. His colour wheel, with its many layered variations and how they fit into the whole, is a revelation. Also his own palette and the reasons behind his choices is a must see.
The bonus is the illustrations of his theories, as manifest in his own paintings. Most of which are brilliant. (The only thing is, I lent my copy to a fellow artist and I don't think it's going to come back..)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Even better than Color Choices,
By Gwen Meyer "landscape painter" (Pinetop, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This book does go beyond "Color Choices" in that it is a more extensive review of the importance of value and intensity...great stuff.
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In 1989 my book Color Choices was published. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Quiller Wheel, New Mexico, Fabriano Uno, Quiller Palette, Art Institute of Chicago, Anders Zorn, John Marin, United States, Berthe Morisot, Childe Hassam, Hans Hofmann, Nicolai Fechin, Vincent van Gogh, Abstract Expressionist, Arthur Melville, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, George Luks, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Paul de Vence, Richard Diebenkorn, Barbizon School, Edvard Munch New!
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In 1989 my book Color Choices was published. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Quiller Wheel, New Mexico, Fabriano Uno, Quiller Palette, Art Institute of Chicago, Anders Zorn, John Marin, United States, Berthe Morisot, Childe Hassam, Hans Hofmann, Nicolai Fechin, Vincent van Gogh, Abstract Expressionist, Arthur Melville, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, George Luks, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Paul de Vence, Richard Diebenkorn, Barbizon School, Edvard Munch New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Color Choices Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory by Stephen Quiller on 4 pages
- Claude Monet by National Gallery of Art on page 130, page 131, and page 136
- Group of Seven by National Gallery Of Canada in Front Matter, and page 140
- National Museum of American Art (Postcard Books) by Institute Press Smithsonian on page 136, and page 137
- New Mexico (America Series) by Tanya Lloyd Kyi in Front Matter
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