Color Theory Made Easy: A New Approach to Color Theory and How to Apply it to Mixing Paints
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0823007545 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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A member of the American Watercolor Society, he teaches watercolor at the Flint Institute of Arts. Jim Ames is a graphic designer, illustrator, and watercolorist. He lives in Flint, Michigan.
A member of the American Watercolor Society, he teaches watercolor at the Flint Institute of Arts. . About the AuthorJim Ames is a graphic designer, illustrator, and watercolorist. He lives in Flint, Michigan
Excellent book making the CMY theory of color very easy Elizabeth Brandon Excellent book making the CMY theory of color very easy to understand. I find the colors are cleaner and more brilliant. The bookseller sent the book very quickly and in great condition.. used, but still great great purchase, i would buy from this vendor again!. It is what is says This book says it is color theory made easy. It is and the authors views on the way we view color were surprising and very interesting to me. The explanations are clear and he is not afraid to make definite recommendations. I now have a clear understan
Most artists have been taught that red, blue, and yellow are the primary colors—hues that cannot be created from any combination of other colors. However, as a result of years of study, author and artist Jim Ames has concluded that the true primary colors are cyan (a greenish blue), magenta (a violet red), and a yellow that does not learn toward either cyan or magenta.In Color Theory Made Easy, Ames explains the importance of these three colors as the basis for all our thinking about color. Now, Color Theory Made Easy presents an alternative approach that cuts through the tangle of established but contradictory concepts that gives artists a universal theory that really applies to their work. Chapter 2 builds on this with a survey of the pigment colors artists actually use. Traditional color theory can be confusing to artists, especially when they try to use inaccurate color wheels as guides to mixing their colors. The final chapter explores color mixing principles based on cyan, magenta, and yellow, and applies these principles through a series of watercolor demonstrations.In this illuminating book, Jim Ames has broken new ground and given us a workable color theory that is both simple and indispensab