Color Harmony in Your Paintings

Color Harmony in Your Paintings

Readers will enjoy lots of colourful charts and eye-catching examples that make this a highly accessible, encouraging guide for artists of all skill levels working in any medium, although the author's primary medium is oils. Author Margaret Kessler takes a friendly approach to learning and applying the principles of colour. Colour sketches, step-by-step demonstrations and tips throughout give an immediate understanding of every colour concept. It includes information on materials, paints, choosing a palette, local colour, values, dominant colour, colour temperature and finishing touches. Subjects include landscapes, seascapes, people and flowers. It features: four oil-painting demonstrations; many examples of finished works; clear, instructive illustrations and painting examples that teach how to use colour to create expressive moods; encouraging guidance for using colour in any medium; and, specific tips about colour usage. Margaret Kessler has been teaching painting for nearly 40 years since she began painting as a hobby in 1972. Since then, she's judged art shows, conducted international oil-painting workshops and authored two books.