Learn to express yourself through color while painting on location with the in-depth tips and techniques of Working with Color, the fifth volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series. Expert watercolorist, illustrator, instructor, and co-founder of Urban Sketchers Montreal Shari Blaukopf shares her essential color tips about color-water ratio, achieving bold color, avoiding muddy washes, painting in layers, and using wet-in-wet techniques.
This essential handbook covers: supplies and materials; sample color palettes; color mixing; using limited palettes; monochrome sketches; the power of complementary colors; using evocative, expressive color
With a focus on using watercolor with greater confidence and knowledge, the book also delves into pencil and ink and water-soluble pencils. The instructional text is enhanced with stunning watercolor illustrations by the author and other expert urban sketchers from beautiful locations around the globe. The illustrations include examples of color swatches showing value; mixing; illustrations of complementary, analogous, and neutral color schemes; and sample galleries. Working with Color is an indispensable guide for on-location artists looking to expand and strengthen their expressive use of color.
By:
Shari Blaukopf
Imprint: Quarry Books
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 7
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781631596803
ISBN 10: 1631596802
Series: Urban Sketching Handbooks
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 April 2019
Recommended Age: From 0 to 99 years
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Urban Sketching Handbook: Working with Color Author: Shari BlaukopfKeys Key I - BasicsTools Brushes, pens, pencils, ink, palette, paper, paintsTerms Vocabulary of color: value, hue, saturation, complementary, analogous, triad Illustration: color wheelKey II - Pigments and Color mixingAn urban sketchers paletteChoosing colorsColor mixingUnderstanding your pigments: Transparency and opacityKey III - Color and ValueThe importance of whiteThe power of darksHigh key sketchesLow key sketchesAtmospheric PerspectiveKey IV - Limited Color PalettesMonochrome (Practice using only one color)Triads (Limit yourself to the primaries)Black plus one color (Choose a dark pigment and add an accent color)Pure color Key V - Color SchemesComplementaryAnalogousSplit ComplementaryUnity through colorKey VI - Neutral ColorMixing greysMixing brownsGalleries Gallery I - Mood and atmosphere Gallery II - Expressive color Gallery III - Light and shadow Gallery IV - Using a variety of media
Shari Blaukopf is a sketcher, watercolor painter, college teacher, and art blogger. A signature member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, she has works in corporate, government, and private collections around the world. Co-founder of Urban Sketchers Montreal, Shari gives workshops throughout Europe and North America, and has taught at Urban Sketchers Symposia as well as through the Urban Sketchers Workshop Program. Shari grew up and still lives in Montreal, where she continues to discover new neighborhoods in her quest to find the most evocative streets and back alleys to sketch. Her online courses can be found at Craftsy.com, and you can follow her sketches at www.shariblaukopf.com, www.blaukopfwatercolours.com, and on Instagram @sharisketcher.
Reviews for The Urban Sketching Handbook Working with Color: Techniques for Using Watercolor and Color Media on the Go
Catch the color of a locale ... Offers practical color advice and essential techniques for on-site sketchers. * Artists Magazine *
