colour mixing recipes oil and acrylic

By (author) William F. Powell
Format Paperback | 48 pages
Dimensions 156 x 241 x 7.62mm | 195.04g
Publication date 22 Jun 2021

The definitive color-mixing resource for oil and acrylic artists, Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic includes color mixing charts that list each color needed to create a combination and painting instructions in a handy, portable size. Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 450 color combinations: Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint--for example, "Sunflower Yellow."Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("8") and a photo of the actual paint mixture.Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.Mix the color. It's that easy! You'll also learn about color theory, color value mixing, complementary colors, graying color naturally, and mixingportrait colors. Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes. These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as two acetate grids for measuring paint units.