Making Color Sing

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies / Painting / Dobie, Jeanne
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch

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Reprint. Originally published: 1986.
Jacket subtitle: Practical lessons in color and design.
Includes index.
Introduction : Commitment to excellence -- The pure pigment palette : creating with a personal palette -- Mouse power : achieving luminous grays -- Octanic color : mixing powerful color -- Greens, greens, and more greens : facing the challenge of green -- Push-pull with warm and cool : creating distance and atmosphere -- Push-pull and turn : making form appear three-dimensional -- Dark glows : getting the most from darks -- Singing color : making color pulsate -- White glows : refining subtle blushes of white -- The art of not mixing : layering with glazes -- Atmospheric glazes : working with gradated glazes -- A multilayered vision : glazing color creatively -- Error into asset : correcting with glazes -- Ordinary into extraordinary : transforming a painting with glazes -- Color bridges : creating transitions between colors -- Color camouflage : disguising with color choices -- Paint passages : weaving color through space -- Color vibrations : invoking visual tension -- Color as abstract pattern : designing with vibrating color -- Color composition : planning the color design -- Twelve shapes : thinking "shape" -- Shapes plus value plus color : taking an all-encompassing approach -- Unpainted shapes : using the white paper -- Beyond the subject: looking for a relationship -- Distinctive divisions : making shapes dynamic -- Right-on-the-mark values -- A subtle touch : handling a mass of midtones -- The impact of white : planning the white pattern -- The dark partner : designing a dark pattern -- A personalized light : changing the light pattern -- Pattern as subject : making a good design even better -- Conclusion : Unlocking your creativity.

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