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| Making Color Sing | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeanne Dobie
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (46 reviews)
Sales Rank: 195585
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0823029921
Dewey Decimal Number: 701
EAN: 9780823029921
ASIN: 0823029921
Publication Date: April 15, 2000
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Product Description
Through clear, illuminating exercises, this best-selling book stimulates new ways to think about color, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allow artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Readers are shown how the interplay of complementary hues can trigger vibrations; how the push and pull of warm and cool colors can create a feeling of space; how to disguise one color in a scene to accent another; and many more tidbits of colorful advice.
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 Insights + Inspiration November 21, 2008
Especially helpful for a frustrated watercolorist like me whose work never quite succeeds. Dobie lives up to the promise of the title with well-chosen color explanations and interesting exercise options. Her suggestions for how to strengthen a design gave me a whole new understanding of why many of my pre-Dobie watercolors were so disappointing. This is probably not a book for the complete beginner, although clearly written and with illustrations that do, in fact, sing.
Making Color Sing September 2, 2008
Very easy to read, useful information. I haven't finished reading the book, but I have already applied a lot of the suggestions to my own painting and improved them tremendously. She even suggests a good way to lay out your pallet that makes it easier to find the color you are searching for. I love how she uses a limited pallet and still gets all of the colors necessary to create beautiful paintings. This should be helpful to any watercolor artist, or even painters in other media.
singing along with paint March 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i learned of the book making color sing in an art workshop. It is not a new publication, however 'still in print' and it gives many processes for use of color that i feel any artist would profit by having a copy for reference..and achieving special effects. great guide book. one for the 'watercolorist's personal library'
Great information in this book December 31, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Making Color Sing
I am new to the medium of watercolors and have found this book to be very helpful. The author keeps the selection of colors to a minimum in order to keep your costs down but also helping you to learn the aspects of what each color can do. This is a book that I feel I can really learn and become a better artist.
Making Color Sing November 25, 2007
"Into" watercolor? If so, this is a 'must have' reference that will not stay on a shelf, but be nearby your painting/study area as a useful tool in mixing and painting with watercolors. Not only is it written in clear and precise language and well illustrated with examples from the author as well as other artists, but it also is chock full of practical, valuable information on pigments, color theory, application techniques, and tips and hints for problem solving in case of unexpected consequences. I found this book easily readable and useful to both decorative artists and fine artists, experienced or beginner. It covers both the why, the what with, and the how to of watercolor application and much of the theory is applicable to other media as well. Even the non-painter will look at works of art with new eyes after reading this interesting and informative text.
Making Color Sing
Making Color Sing
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