Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors
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Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards's bestseller The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain . Now, much as artists progress from drawing to painting, Edwards moves from black-and-white into color. This much-awaited new guide distills the enormous existing knowledge about color theory into a practical method of working with color to produce harmonious combinations. Using techniques tested and honed in her five-day intensive color workshops, Edwards provides a basic understanding of how to see color, how to use it, and-for those involved in art, painting, or design-how to mix and combine hues. Including more than 125 color images and exercises that move from simple to challenging, this volume explains how to: see what is really there rather than what you "know" in your mind about colored objects perceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one another manipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their opposites balance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait painting understand the psychology of color harmonize color in your surroundings While we recognize and treasure the beautiful use of color, reproducing what we see can be a challenge. Accessibly unweaving color's complexity, this must-have primer is destined to be an instant classic. Review: Buy it. - Good book for beginners. It is not a waste as knowledge is knowledge. You will know about colour mixing more. Review: Worth of money - Worth fully
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,069 Reviews |
A**A
Buy it.
Good book for beginners. It is not a waste as knowledge is knowledge. You will know about colour mixing more.
R**V
Worth of money
Worth fully
R**I
Five Stars
bought for my son and he is learning from it every day
D**J
Five Stars
a very detailed book covering a lot of aspects of colouring an artwork
N**M
Don't miss it!
If you are starting to understand color in painting, then don't miss out on this book, it is a good starting point! Betty Edwards is a good teacher, who really understand the problems her students face when starting out!
S**E
Five Stars
V.useful
S**N
Five Stars
highly informative and useful book
S**A
Waste of money....
Don't buy
S**Y
Good reference book for any artist.
I need this book. The book arrived in good condition, and the price was good.
M**.
Excellent Reference book
Love this book, it is my GO-TO for helping teach people to make their own personal color palette for any media.
F**U
Ce livre est un classique
Reçu dans les temps. Le livre est un classique.
C**A
Muy útil
Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors es un libro muy interesante que ofrece ejercicios prácticos y muy útiles para entender cómo mezclar colores de manera efectiva. Los conceptos están muy bien explicados y las actividades te ayudan a mejorar tus habilidades en la creación de paletas de colores. Es perfecto tanto para principiantes como para artistas más experimentados que quieren perfeccionar su técnica. Me ha resultado muy valioso, sobre todo porque te enseña no solo a mezclar colores, sino a comprender la teoría detrás de ellos. ¡Lo recomiendo totalmente!
R**S
Color at last!
I read my first book by Dr. Edwards -"Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"- in 1994, when living in U.S.A. Since then the book has been always a few inches from my hand. I really enjoyed reading the book, as well as doing the pertinent excercises. In doing so, I gained a first hand experience in drawing what I was seeing. In a few words, an excellent piece of work. In fact, not long time ago I bought the "New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" and "Drawing on the Artist Within". On the other hand, and since I love color, I was always missing a good book dealing with this important issue. Well, here it is! One of the best books I've ever read regarding this complex subject. Well written, richly illustrated, brightly colored, the kind of book you know at once was done by an expert. The book drives you along a smooth path of learning, going from simple excercises to more complex works -e.g. armonizing whole paintings-. The book is really impressive regarding the color insight you gain by reading and doing the excercises. I think it would be useful both for beginners and professionals as well. Simply said, a jewel worth getting as soon as possible! After reading and working with three of her books, I think the only one Dr. Edwards had yet to write -hopefully- is a book dealing with drawing and painting imaginary subjects. Maybe a major issue at present but who knows, maybe sometime in the future ...
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