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Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards's bestseller The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain . Now, much as artists progress from drawing to painting, Edwards moves from black-and-white into color. This much-awaited new guide distills the enormous existing knowledge about color theory into a practical method of working with color to produce harmonious combinations. Using techniques tested and honed in her five-day intensive color workshops, Edwards provides a basic understanding of how to see color, how to use it, and-for those involved in art, painting, or design-how to mix and combine hues. Including more than 125 color images and exercises that move from simple to challenging, this volume explains how to: see what is really there rather than what you "know" in your mind about colored objects perceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one another manipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their opposites balance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait painting understand the psychology of color harmonize color in your surroundings While we recognize and treasure the beautiful use of color, reproducing what we see can be a challenge. Accessibly unweaving color's complexity, this must-have primer is destined to be an instant classic.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-101585422193
ISBN-139781585422197
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309804
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
Number of Pages224 Pages
FormatPaperback
TypeTextbook
AuthorBetty Edwards
SubjectStudy & Teaching, Color Theory, Techniques / Color
Subject AreaArt
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Width7.5 in
Item Length9 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2003-067215
Grade fromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal752
Age Range18-Up
Dewey Edition22
Grade toUp
Target AudienceTrade
Lc Classification NumberNd1488.E35 2004