Color for painters
Subtitle: a guide to traditions and practice
By: Al Gury.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780823099306
Subjects: Color in art; Color (Philosophy); Painting -- Technique
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Overview : the history of color; title: Colors, palettes & materials.The story of pigment; title: Select palettes; title: Basic palette colors and arrangement; title: The effect of mediums and varnish on color; title: Color permanence; title: Color and brushes; title: Transparency, translucency, and opacity; title: Tinting strength; title: White; title: Vehicles for pigment; title: Paint life expectancy; title: Basic concepts : organizing the experience of color. Open vs. closed form; title: Color and grounds; title: Underpainting for color; title: Subtractive vs. additive color; title: Fat over lean and the development of layers; title: Identifying observed color; title: Color and atmospheric perspective; title: Color temperature and spatial relationships; title: Conceptual vs. observational color; title: Color and composition; title: Color harmony; title: Color myths and misunderstandings; title: Aesthetic approaches to color. Tonal color; title: Monochrome color; title: Polychrome color; title: Impressionism; title: Postimpressionism; title: Pointillism : color as an abstract process; title: Expressionism; title: Abstraction; title: Modern color as psychological expression; title: Color exercises : identifying & understanding color. Color tint test; title: Color wheels; title: Mixing neutrals; title: Mixing tints and shades; title: Color contrast; title: Copying color; title: Color and disability; title: The evolution of teaching color; title: Painting demonstrations : major methods & practices. Northern Renaissance (sixteenth century); title: Seventeenth-century tonal painting; title: Grisaille and glazing; title: Direct sketch; title: Impressionism; title: Pointillism; title: Expressionism and abstraction.