The book The Oil Painter's Color Handbook by Todd Casey offers a modern and accessible foundation in color theory and advanced techniques for oil painters of all skill levels. It structures the subject of color into practical knowledge that painters can apply in practice. It analyzes color in terms of light, value, pigments, mixing strategies, palette arrangement, and painting techniques.
Each thematic section is explained clearly and concisely, accompanied by captions, diagrams, and completed artworks. By the end of the book, the reader will have a clear understanding of how realist painters and illustrators have used color throughout history.
A guide following the bestseller The Art of Still Life, the The Oil Painter’s Color Handbook begins with an in-depth study of the use of color in art history. Casey structures the process of understanding color into easily digestible lessons, richly illustrated with historical and contemporary paintings, allowing the reader to learn progressively and incorporate more complex ideas.
Through clear instructions, step-by-step demonstrations, and challenging exercises, readers will learn to apply these techniques and concepts to their own painting, seeking the balance between science and emotional intuition in creating art.
This informative and visually dynamic book is accessible and appealing to artists, art students, and art teachers, to serious amateurs and hobbyists. Pages: 320, Year of Publication: 0927, Dimensions: 22.9x22.9cm.
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Monacelli Press
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Release Date
- 19/10/2022
- Publication Date
- 2022
- Award
- -
- Dimensions
- 28.6x23.5 cm
- Art Albums
- Yes
- Subjects
- Painting - Drawing, Theory & History of Art
- ISBN-13
- 9781580935883
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