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In the 25th anniversary edition of Making Color Sing, Jeanne Dobie teaches you new ways to think about color and make it work for you, through 31 clear, easy-to-follow exercises. No color exists in isolation; colors are always interacting with one another. As this nationally recognized author explains, understanding color relationships is the key to successful painting. Do you know how to use the push and pull of warm and cool colors to create a feeling of space? Can you generate exciting vibrations through the interplay of complements? Have you ever considered disguising one color in a scene to accent another color? All these possibilities—and more—are discussed and clarified with illustrations. The lessons on color lead into another essential painting consideration: composition and design. Painting is much more than copying what you see. It involves finding a structure that allows you to organize and thus communicate your impressions and reactions. Dobie encourages artists to experiment with different arrangements of shapes and values to build a dynamic foundation in their paintings. This manual stimulates new ways to think about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allow artists to express themselves with paint.

Through clear, illuminating exercises, this best-selling book stimulates new ways to think about color, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allow artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Readers are shown how the interplay of complementary hues can trigger vibrations; how the push and pull of warm and cool colors can create a feeling of space; how to disguise one color in a scene to accent another; and many more tidbits of colorful advice.

Imagine an art school with over 15 popular watercolorists teaching, and you've envisioned a comprehensive 400-page anthology of watercolor instruction from leading authors. This resource covers essential tools and materials, followed by color palettes, mixing, and applied color theory. It presents a full range of painting techniques, including brushwork fundamentals, washes, wet-in-wet, drybrushing, masking, pouring, scratching, and glazing, along with methods for creating textures like tree bark and grass. Unconventional techniques such as painting with sand, collaging, and monoprinting are also explored. Various artists share insights on effectively working with value, form, light, and shadow, as well as achieving strong design and composition, including basics of perspective. The book features sections on specific subjects with detailed step-by-step sequences, some based on photographs and sketches, while others focus on plein air painting and live models. Demonstrations include landscapes, figures, and flowers, with lessons targeting specific techniques or artistic principles, such as “Underpainting to Capture a Certain Time of Day.” Overall, this anthology offers exceptional breadth and variety in teaching and painting styles, making it an invaluable resource for watercolor instruction.