Colour Demystified: A complete guide to mixing and using watercolours
With a highly visual approach by an award-winning watercolor artist, give yourself the confidence to experiment with color mixing and use color with confidence!


Unravel the riddles of watercolour palettes and learn how to use colour with confidence!

Julie Collins helps you understand how color works in a highly visual way through the use of color charts accompanied by numerous examples, practical exercises and studies of watercolor paintings, both her own works and those of contemporary artists.

Topics such as granulation, iridescence, transparency and opacity are explained clearly and simply, to encourage you to experiment with colour and be bolder and more creative in your art.

Armed with a clearer understanding of color and how it looks and behaves on paper, you'll be encouraged to be more bold and creative in the use of color in your art.
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Colour Demystified: A complete guide to mixing and using watercolours
With a highly visual approach by an award-winning watercolor artist, give yourself the confidence to experiment with color mixing and use color with confidence!


Unravel the riddles of watercolour palettes and learn how to use colour with confidence!

Julie Collins helps you understand how color works in a highly visual way through the use of color charts accompanied by numerous examples, practical exercises and studies of watercolor paintings, both her own works and those of contemporary artists.

Topics such as granulation, iridescence, transparency and opacity are explained clearly and simply, to encourage you to experiment with colour and be bolder and more creative in your art.

Armed with a clearer understanding of color and how it looks and behaves on paper, you'll be encouraged to be more bold and creative in the use of color in your art.
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Colour Demystified: A complete guide to mixing and using watercolours

Colour Demystified: A complete guide to mixing and using watercolours

by Julie Collins
Colour Demystified: A complete guide to mixing and using watercolours

Colour Demystified: A complete guide to mixing and using watercolours

by Julie Collins

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Overview

With a highly visual approach by an award-winning watercolor artist, give yourself the confidence to experiment with color mixing and use color with confidence!


Unravel the riddles of watercolour palettes and learn how to use colour with confidence!

Julie Collins helps you understand how color works in a highly visual way through the use of color charts accompanied by numerous examples, practical exercises and studies of watercolor paintings, both her own works and those of contemporary artists.

Topics such as granulation, iridescence, transparency and opacity are explained clearly and simply, to encourage you to experiment with colour and be bolder and more creative in your art.

Armed with a clearer understanding of color and how it looks and behaves on paper, you'll be encouraged to be more bold and creative in the use of color in your art.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782217978
Publisher: Search Press
Publication date: 09/07/2021
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 1,042,047
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Julie Collins studied Fine Art at the University of Reading and has been an artist, writer and teacher since then. She has written colour mixing guides and artists' problem-solving books and also writes for The Artist magazine. She works from her studio in Hampshire, UK, where she explores her passion for painting, drawing and crafts.

Julie has won numerous prestigious awards for her watercolour paintings, including, most recently, the award of first prize for Watercolour at the Royal West of England Academy Annual Exhibition 2019. Julie was also elected an associate Member of the Society of Women Artists in August 2019.

Julie is the author of the Colour Mixing Guides in Acrylics, Oils and Watercolour, published by Search Press.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Materials 8

The Language of Colour 14

Pigments Demystified 38

Tone & Value 58

Step-by-step project: Leaf 66

Palettes 72

Step-by-step project: Carte Postale Birds 86

The Interaction of Colour 98

Step-by-step project: Christmas Cactus 104

Modifying Your Colours 112

Step-by-step project: Daina's Teapot 120

Glazing 126

Step-by-step project: Still Life with Tulips 132

Mineral Pigments & Luminescent Watercolours 136

Step-by-step project: Inside, Outside 144

Experimentation & Inspiration 148

Step-by-step project: Trees and Birds 154

Glossary 158

Index 160

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