Brilliant Color: Painting Vibrant Outdoor Scenes
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (580 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600610587 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Starting with short demos featuring diagrams, color wheels and side-by-side visual comparisons, award-winning artist Julie Gilbert Pollard shows you how to liberate your use of color to capture the lively essence of every landscape. Rather, it's about pushing color to warmer or cooler extremes for stronger contrasts.Julie's signature style blends acrylic underpainting with water-mixable oils to produce striking luminosity in less time and fewer layers than traditional oil painting techniques. In no time, you'll have what it takes to make your colors zing and your paintings glow.. It's not about complex color theory or painstaking attempts to paint exactly what you see. Push Color Beyond the OrdinaryLet go of what you see, and paint what you feel! Brilliant Color reveals a new way of thinking about color, empowering you to push the envelope beyond ordinary realism into bold landscapes full of life and energy.The transformation begins by learning to see color as value. Simply follow along and give it a try. Ten complete step-by-step demonstrations show you how to paint gorgeous landscapes with an inspiring range of settings and seasons.Each in-depth demonstration features foolproof color mixing charts, reference photos, initial sketches, and numbered steps with detailed captions
More of Julie's work can be found at juliegilbertpollard.. About the AuthorJulie Gilbert Pollard paints in oils and watercolors and has taught classes continously since 1985, including at the Scottsdale Artist's School. She has published articles in The Artist's Magazine and Watercolor magazine and was a featured artist in How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Landscapes
"This book is IT." according to nancynjerry. I don't think all of the art classes in the world could have done me more good than this book with regard to my painting. I have listened to more blah, blah, blah from so-called teachers than I care to admit, but this woman can actually teach!From the very opening, this book delivered the goods that it promised. In fact, from the author's introduction I got an idea that was worth the price of the book many times. It was an idea about painting that had been brewing in my mind, but that I was unable to find th. Beautiful Book!!!!! This is a beautiful book with great illustration! At the back of the book she has included line drawings and tells at what enlargement to copy for your paintings. It is very step by step and will most certainly help you succeed in your paintings. I have never worked with oils, but I am going to be taking a beginning oil class. I will then be able to understand and put this book and its techniques to use. I am very pleased with this purchase and would highly recommend this book to others. I would not call it . "A Gift to Us Artists Who Want to Amp-up Our Color" according to Amazon Customer. This book would be worth the price if all you did was look at the gorgeous paintings and their beautiful colors. But the artist/writer of course does more. She explains her methods in detail, then provides 10 detailed demonstrations, specifying the pigments she used for each and also providing narrative on her color thinking.To me, color is the adult sport in art. It's the challenge that awaits you once you gain some skill at drawing, and some understanding of compositional design as well as skill with your
She has published articles in The Artist's Magazine and Watercolor magazine and was a featured artist in How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Landscapes. Julie Gilbert Pollard paints in oils and watercolors and has taught classes continously since 1985, including at the Scottsdale Artist's School. More of Julie's work can b