Full Description
Learn to express yourself through color while painting on location with the in-depth tips and techniques of Working with Color, the fifth volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series.
Expert watercolorist, illustrator, instructor, and co-founder of Urban Sketchers Montreal Shari Blaukopf shares her essential color tips about color-water ratio, achieving bold color, avoiding muddy washes, painting in layers, and using wet-in-wet techniques.
This essential handbook covers:
supplies and materials
sample color palettes
color mixing
using limited palettes
monochrome sketches
the power of complementary colors
using evocative, expressive color
With a focus on using watercolor with greater confidence and knowledge, the book also delves into pencil and ink and watersoluble pencils.
The instructional text is enhanced with stunning watercolor illustrations by the author and other expert urban sketchers from beautiful locations around the globe. The illustrations include examples of color swatches showing value; mixing; illustrations of complementary, analogous, and neutral color schemes; and sample galleries.
Working with Color is an indispensable guide for on-location artists looking to expand and strengthen their expressive use of color.
Contents
Urban Sketching Handbook: Working with Color
Author: Shari Blaukopf
Keys
Key I — Basics
Tools
Brushes, pens, pencils, ink, palette, paper, paints
Terms
Vocabulary of color: value, hue, saturation, complementary, analogous, triad
Illustration: color wheel
Key II — Pigments and Color mixing
An urban sketchers palette
Choosing colors
Color mixing
Understanding your pigments: Transparency and opacity
Key III — Color and Value
The importance of white
The power of darks
High key sketches
Low key sketches
Atmospheric Perspective
Key IV — Limited Color Palettes
Monochrome (Practice using only one color)
Triads (Limit yourself to the primaries)
Black plus one color (Choose a dark pigment and add an accent color)
Pure color
Key V — Color Schemes
Complementary
Analogous
Split Complementary
Unity through color
Key VI — Neutral Color
Mixing greys
Mixing browns
Galleries
Gallery I — Mood and atmosphere
Gallery II — Expressive color
Gallery III — Light and shadow
Gallery IV — Using a variety of media
