1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic Watercolor: Achieve precise color when painting landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more

• A lay-flat spiral binding
• Easily wipeable glossy cardstock pages
• Tabs for quick and easy reference
• Two removable color-mixing grids—one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolor

1. Look in the Color Guidance Index for the subject you want to paint—for example, “Broccoli.”
2. Find the Color Recipe with the subject’s recipe number (“81”) and a photo of the actual paint mixture.
3. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.
4. Mix the color.

• Color theory
• Color value mixing
• Graying color naturally
• Mixing flesh and portrait colors
• Rendering skies and clouds

USING THE COLOR INDEXES

At the end of this book you will find three separate indexes. The Color Guidance Index includes all recipes for the Oil & Acrylic and Watercolor sections. Unless otherwise noted, the recipe number is the same in both the Oil & Acrylic and Watercolor sections. To find the recipe you need, simply look in the indexes for the subject you want to paint (e.g., “Tomato, Red”). Find the subject’s recipe number in the appropriate section. Note that some index entries list page numbers instead of, or in addition to, recipe numbers.

How to Use This Book
Instructions
Color Theory
General Color Mixing for Oil & Acrylic
General Color Mixing for Watercolor
Color Mixing for Portraits
Color Mixing for Landscapes
Color Guidance Index
Color Guidance Index—Portraits
Color Guidance Index—Landscapes
Oil/Acrylic Conversion Chart
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