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by: Betty Edwards See Larger Image List Price: $17.95 Amazon.com's Price: $11.67 You Save: $6.28 (35%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 752 EAN: 9781585422197 ISBN: 1585422193 Label: Tarcher Manufacturer: Tarcher Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: September 23, 2004 Publisher: Tarcher Release Date: September 23, 2004 Sales Rank: 12646 Studio: Tarcher Related Items: The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook: Guided Practice in the Five Basic Skills of Drawing Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know about Mixing Pigments in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Soft Pastel, Pencil, and Ink see more Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 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. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - basic, easy to understand, beginning artists' instruction I found Betty Edwards book on colors helpful and useful. For me it it unraveled the essential codes of finding/establishing colors harmony in a painting. It represented a the next step after Johannes Ittens 'The elements of color'. I use Bettys methodology to teach color to children/teenagers and amateur students in painting. The exercizes are a good way to explore how colors change when mixing with each other. The chapter on color symbols was too brief for me. The 3 to 4 steps ... Read More Rating: - great information for all painters I used some of the exercises for my students and had great results, learning the language of paint and getting to the results we wanted quicker. Rating: - colour mixing Color by Betty Edwards: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors Very good book for a beginner and quite useful to the more serious. Arrived within 8 days of placing my order and i used standard delivery. Superb. This book is a natural progression from Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain by the same author. It's a shame that it's only available in the USA. Lived up to my expectations. Rating: - wallpaper paintings and recycled color theory this is a disappointing book, for three reasons. first, edwards simply recycles the mummified "color theory" dogma inherited from the 19th century (primary colors, complementary color contrast, and the "mud" definition of subdued tones); worse, she merely parrots it secondhand, in dribs and drabs and without understanding what she is saying. second, the "scientific" statements about color are dilettantish, superficial and in many specifics factually wrong. finally, the practical guidance is devoid ... Read More Rating: - ALL ABOUT COLOUR Hi, This book explains everything about colour. Most important thing is it teaches you to identify and match colour with value. Entire colour wheel is simplified so one can easily remember it. This is best book of Colour I have ever read. see more

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