Color for Painters - A Guide to Traditions and Practice

Al Gury

ISBN 10: 082309930X / ISBN 13: 9780823099306

Edité par Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated, 2010

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Mastering Color- A Practical Approach Adding color to any canvas is both art and science. In fact, it's a discipline that can be explored and learned through the practical application of techniques that Al Gury has developed during his nearly 30 years of teaching at America's first fine arts institution, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Richly illustrated with more than 270 full color images, including masterpieces from the past 500 years of Western painting, this book offers the instruction every painter needs to confidently construct a painting with color. Color for Painters- -Traces the use of color in Western art from the classical world to the present. -Explores the use and properties of various pigments and materials. -Reviews the evolving approaches to color (from tonaltopointillismtothemodernuse of color as psychological expression). -Presents exercises for mixing and using paints. -Offers step-by-step demonstrations of all the basic color genres and techniques. Students, experienced painters, teachers, and anyone who appreciates fine art will treasure this exploration of painting's "wild beast." 2010. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by very minor rubbing to the edges of the wraps. 1.4 Centimeters X 21.6 Centimeters X 25.5 Centimeters.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Color for Painters - A Guide to Traditions and Practice
• Éditeur: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 082309930X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780823099306
• Reliure: Paperback

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Mastering Color: A Practical Approach
 
Adding color to any canvas is both art and science. In fact, it’s a discipline that can be explored and learned through the practical application of techniques that Al Gury has developed during his nearly 30 years of teaching at America’s first fine arts institution, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Richly illustrated with more than 270 full color images, including masterpieces from the past 500 years of Western painting, this book offers the instruction every painter needs to confidently construct a painting with color. Color for Painters:
 
-Traces the use of color in Western art from the classical world to the present. 
-Explores the use and properties of various pigments and materials. 
-Reviews the evolving approaches to color (from tonal to pointillism to the modern use of color as psychological expression). 
-Presents exercises for mixing and using paints. 
-Offers step-by-step demonstrations of all the basic color genres and techniques.
 
Students, experienced painters, teachers, and anyone who appreciates fine art will treasure this exploration of painting’s “wild beast.”

À propos de l?auteur

AL GURY is the chair of the painting department at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and the author of Alla Prima: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Direct Painting. He has exhibited his own work at numerous galleries across the country.