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

By William F. Powell

Book Overview

The definitive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists.

No more guessing at colors only to end up with a muddy mess and wasted paint 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor takes the mystery and stress out of color mixing with just the right formula for just about any color.

Designed for use in the studio, this durable book features:

A lay-flat spiral bindingEasily wipeable glossy cardstock pagesTwo removable plastic color-mixing grids--one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolor

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

Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint--for example, "Broccoli."Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("81") and a photo of the actual paint mixture.Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.Mix the color.

It's that easy This comprehensive reference also includes foundational instruction on color theory and mixing, covering:

Color theoryColor value mixingGraying color naturallyMixing flesh and portrait colorsRendering skies and clouds

Whether you are a beginning or experienced artist, 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor is an essential tool for your workspace.

Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes, and Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic. These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as acetate grids for measuring paint units.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: B008YFB7L4
• ISBN13: 9781600582837
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great go to for fast mixes and color ideas

This is a great go to for fast mixes for acrylic, and watercolor. Although I'm not an oilist, I'm sure this would be a good resource for those who are. There is a list of colors for each medium suggested for mixing. There's a plastic palette that gives measurements of pre mix to pre mix (pigment and water for watercolor) that is if your one to mix on your palette instead of your watercolor painting (glazing process.) For those who work with acrylics this is a great source. If there's a particular color you have in mind that's not a premixed color, this book will help you make something very close if not right on. If your stuck on figuring out what color to use just go through the pages I'm sure you'll come across exactly what your looking for. Not sure about results for oil. I'm not an oil enthusiast (no disrespect to those who are.) Oils are beautiful. I'm just not an oil painter. Easy to follow mixing directions. Contents include: *How to use the book *Instructions *General color mixing for Oil & Acrylic *General mixing for Watercolor *Color mixing for Portraits *Color mixing for Landscapes *Color Guidance Index *Color Guidance Index - Portraits *Color Guidance Index - Landscapes Oil/Acrylic Conversion Chart About the Author Important note: Paint colors vary somewhat amount brands, and even though extreme care was taken in the production of this book, slight variations in printing may occur. Nevertheless, if you use the color samples as a general guide, follow the recipes, and use accurate measurements, you will achieve great success in mixing beautiful colors. In most cases great reference book to have. Have fun painting!!!