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Colour Theory for Artists

Everything you need to know about working with colour

Author: Ian Goldsmith  

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The essential guide to colour theory and mixing for artists, complete with a comprehensive paint index.

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The essential guide to colour theory and mixing for artists, complete with a comprehensive paint index.

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The essential guide to colour theory and mixing for artists.

Full of beautiful, intricate handpainted colour wheels and practical advice on using and mixing colour, this book is a must-have for any artist working with pigment and paint. Starting from the basics of colour and working up to the complexities of tonality, harmony, opacity and pigment, artist Ian Goldsmith explores and explains all the key elements of colour and what it can do. A comprehensive paint index at the back of the book provides an indispensable reference guide for choosing and purchasing materials that no practising artist should be without.

Including:

- Understanding the colour wheel

- Primaries, secondaries and tertiaries

- Colour temperature

- Hue, value and saturation

- Opacity and transparency

- Materials and pigments

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About the Author

Ian Goldsmith is a British portrait artist. He is the founder of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters group, described as 'a new artists collective redefining portraiture in 2020' by Artists & Illustrators magazine. He began investigating colour theory and mixing in his work several years ago, and posts his trove of hand-painted colour wheels and sheets to his enthusiastic following on Instagram.

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Product Details

Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group | Ilex
Published
7th November 2024
Pages
176
ISBN
9781781579022

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