Color secrets
By: [Gabriel Martín Roig, text ; English translation by Michael Brunelle and Jone Laura Brunelle]
Contributors: Brunelle, Michael; Brunelle, Jone Laura
Edition: 1st English ed.
Series: Pocket art guides; Pocket art guides
Publisher: Barron's
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780764164422
Subjects: Color in art; Technique; Painting
Work titles: Secreto de los colores
Description: "For the artist, colors are elements of a language that must be understood and controlled. This book will explain the basic principles of color and instruct you in color's many different applications. The principles spelled out in these pages will erase any doubts or confusions that might be inhibiting your technique as a painter. As you grow more familiar with the fundamental techniques of mixing, applying, and contrasting different colors, you will begin to master the secrets that are used by professional artists to achieve dramatic and truly distinctive effects in their paintings"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Originally published in Spanish as: El secreto de los colores. Barcelona, Spain : Parramón Ediciones, S.A., c2009.
Table of contents: title: Basic information about color; title: Seeing and feeling colors; title: Mixing and painting.