today our weekly tip is a quick book recommendation.
Of course you got to take into consideration that oppinions on artistic books differ from person to person. You have to make your own conclusions and decisions.
The left book by Betty Edwards was recommended to me by Donal and it is quite the good read with tasks you can fullfill to understand more about color theory. The one to the right gives you tons of color recipes on different topics. If you like working with recipes this is a good book for you!
My recommendation is to buy these books used. They are much cheaper and it doesn't matter if you have a splat of paint or a note by another artist in it. The opposite: It can be really inspiring :)
Keep on happy painting!
Roman
color was a fun book! recommend!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy own favourite is Blue and Yellow Don't make Green by Michael Wilcox.
ReplyDeleteTony
Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice. I am working through the book color by Betty Edwards right now. It´s amazing!
ReplyDeleteIn the book on page 37, she recommends to start with the primary colors, secondary colors:
- Cadmium yellow pale
- Cadmium orange
- Cadmium red medium
- Alizarin crimson
- Cobalt violet
- Ultramarine blue
- Permanent blue
I wonder what are the equivalent colors of our miniature paint palettes? I usually paint with Vallejo Model and Game color. What kind of paints would you recommend as the primary and secondary colors to mix all other possible hues?
btw: I will attend your Beginners Class in march - hopefully this bit of color theory gives me a great point to further deepen my knowledge in your class :)
Cheers
Manuel