The New Color Mixing Companion: Explore and Create Fresh and Vibrant Color Palettes with Paint, Collage, and Mixed Media--With Templates for Painting Your Own Color Patterns - Couverture souple

Lewis, Josie

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ISBN 10 : 1631595490 ISBN 13 : 9781631595493

Editeur : Quarry Books, 2018

Synopsis

The New Color Mixing Companion is a modern guide to mixing color and creating exciting palettes, with hands-on projects that incorporate inventive techniques.

Uncover new ideas and easy methods of working with color from artist and popular Instagrammer Josie Lewis (@josielewisart), who offers fun lessons that will help you understand color in new ways, opening fresh avenues for your own artwork.

This comprehensive guide begins with an introduction to color that includes the color wheel, basic color terminology, and essential supplies. Starter projects help you get comfortable with color while learning how to work with watercolor, acrylic paint, and collage. Next-level projects take your skills even further, with more innovative techniques.

The book also includes easy-to-use templates with modern geometric layouts that you can use to create your own stunning color patterns. You’ll also discover how to:

• Make gorgeous rainbow effects using a variety of materials and methods.
• Work and play with scraps, shapes and swatches in an array of hues that will help build your color confidence.
• Create beautiful texture in watercolor and acrylic paint using simple supplies and techniques.
• Mix colors to produce shades ranging from calming neutrals to blazing brights.
• Use color effectively to take your imagination to new heights.

Open yourself to incredible creative possibilities with The New Color Mixing Companion!
 

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Artist Josie Lewis, whose Instagram account @josielewisart has more than 450,000 followers, has taught college-level painting, drawing, art appreciation, and two-dimensional design, and also regularly teaches workshops, leads creative retreats, and hosts exhibitions in her Minneapolis studio. She has been featured on DesignSponge, Insider, High Times, and by many other social media influencers. Josie’s work has also been exhibited widely throughout the US and can be found in the collections of many private and public institutions, including Target Corporation, General Mills, University of Arizona at Phoenix and Flagstaff, and University of Minnesota. Her current work, which explores the interaction of material, pattern, repetition, and color, spans many mediums, including sculpture, painting, mixed media, and film. A two-time grant recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board, Josie has a BA from Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and an MFA from the University of Minnesota. Originally from the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, she lives in the Twin Cities. In addition to @josielewisart, you can also find Josie on Instagram at @petrifiedrainbow and @colorcompanion. See more of her work at josielewis.com.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

with Paint, Collage, and Mixed Media--With Templates for Painting Your Own Color Patterns

In The New Color Mixing Companion, artist and popular Instagrammer Josie Lewis (@josielewisart) offers easy lessons and exercises on how to mix color and create exciting palettes.

This comprehensive guide starts with a crash course in essential terminology and visual vocabulary, then shows you how to go beyond the wheel and basic theory with hands-on projects that illustrate and illuminate a variety of color elements and techniques. The materials used―including watercolor and acrylic paints, and found or purchased collage papers―are accessible, inexpensive, and readily available. Plus, this art guide includes easy-to-use templates featured in many of the projects; their modern geometric layouts yield stunning color arrangements.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quarry Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1631595490
• ISBN 13: 9781631595493
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible