1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor

1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor: Achieve precise color when painting landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more

Just when you thought there was no hope of ever finding a comprehensive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists, along comes the 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor! 

This collection of Walter Foster's bestselling Color Mixing Recipes books, including Color Mixing Recipes for Oil and Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, and the most recent addition, Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes.

This incredible collection comes in a user-friendly concealed spiral-bound format that is tabbed for quick and easy reference. Aspiring artists will also find two removable color mixing grids--one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolor.

Series: Color Mixing Recipes

Spiral-bound: 176 pages

Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing; Spi edition (August 1, 2012)

Language: English

Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1 x 9.9 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

From the Back Cover

Follow these 4 simple steps to mix more than 1,500 color combinations:

STEP ONE  Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint for example, “Broccoli.”

STEP TWO  Find the Color Recipe with the subject’s recipe number (“81”) and a photo of the actual paint mixture.

STEP THREE  Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.

STEP FOUR  Mix the color. It’s that easy!

Also Includes Instruction in Color Theory, Color Value Mixing, Graying Color Naturally, Mixing Flesh and Portrait Colors, Rendering Skies and Clouds.

The plastic Color Mixing Grids (included) ensure accurate paint measurements!

About the Author

William F. Powell studied at the Art Student's Career School in New York; Harrow Technical College in Harrow, England; and the Louvre Free School of Art in Paris, France. His work has been represented in major galleries and reproduced in the form of illustrations, prints, and limited-edition collector's plates. He has been professionally involved in fine art, commercial art, and illustration for more than 45 years. His experience as an instructor includes oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, colored pencil, and pastel with subjects ranging from landscapes and seascapes to still life, portraiture, and wildlife. He holds awards for the technical side of his art, which has been used in major space and environmental programs.