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Zoltan Szabo's Color-by-Color Guide to Watercolor [Paperback]

Zoltan Szabo (Author)
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February 15, 2002
This easy-to-use reference guide is a must-have for artists of all skill levels. In it, they'll learn the keys to choosing the right color every time and solving a wide variety of color-mixing dilemmas. The special qualities and uses of most standard colors are also discussed individually.

Analogous, complementary and triadic sample palettes are provided, each with two step-by-step demonstrations. A color system dial is also included to demonstrate colors mixed with neutrals, tints and other common combinations.



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Zoltan Szabo is an accomplished artist and teacher whose work appears in the Smithsonian and a number of other prestigious galleries. He has published nine books, including Zoltan Szabo's Watercolor Techniques. He lives in Matthews, North Carolina.

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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: North Light Books (February 15, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1581802978
  • ISBN-13: 978-1581802979
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,118,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great as in showing 'how Szabo does it.', January 24, 2003
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This book cannot replace the Michael Wilcox's Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green in terms of basic completeness, clarity, and universal applicability. It's more of an idiosyncratic look at how one artist makes use of his paint choices. You will come away seeing how Szabo does it, but its applicability in a *general" way is severely limited. That being said, the book is a great instruction book. Every painting (one every 2 pages) has step by step instruction and the ideas he has for using only 5 pigments max per painting are excellent.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It is a book you return to again and again!, December 24, 1998
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In learning the characteristics of watercolor, this is a book I return to again and again. The author has classified each basic color as to its' transparency, its' complement, and executes a painting with that palette, and much more!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative About Pigments & Colors, October 16, 2002
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I have the hard cover edition. This is an excellent color book for learning and reviewing watercolor pigments & paints. This book illistrates how to use these pigments and paints in various watercolor works of art. The properties of each color are thoroughly explained with printed samples of the color and the complementary color shown. Also the other colors that work well with each pigment are shown, along with a sample of a successful work of art containing these colors. I'm very glad to add this to my library of watercolor books.
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To complete step-by-step demonstrations in this book, I selected the following colors from my favorite brands to complement my personal needs in watercolor, as well as to demonstrate how compatible different brands can be. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
soft slant brush, slant bristle brush, aquarelle brush, spectral color wheel, varied dominance, medium tonal value, small rigger, most other brands, light tonal value, true transparent, dark mix, darker washes, shade value, staining color, reference photo, wet color, analogous colors, key color, negative shapes, darker value
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Permanent Violet Bluish, Blockx Green, Daniel Smith, Quinacridone Rose, Cobalt Teal Blue, French Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Green, Cadmium Red Orange, Cyanine Blue, Gamboge Yellow, Gold Ochre, Green Gold, Permanent Yellow Lemon, Cobalt Green, Payne's Gray, Phthalo Green, Scarlet Lake, Hooker's Green, Quinacridone Red, Raw Sienna, Brown Madder, Cobalt Blue, Ivory Black, Manganese Blue
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