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Title: Painter's Guide to Color by Stephen Quiller ISBN: 0-8230-3913-7 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Advanced technical knowledge for painters
Comment: I believe that beginners or even intermediate painters might fail to understand the importance of the information in "Painter's Guide to Color " by Steven Quiller. That's the reason I am writing-- to place some addtional information here to help people make an informed decision. The information about color intensity and saturation is rarely present in books for painters. I've only found it to date in old books, or a few really solid technical sources. What Mr. Quiller does in this book, is provide intermediate painters with the next step forward, and it is a BIG step forward-- understanding how to work with intensity and saturation is very complex. It provides the intermediate painter the means to "see" and make far more sophisticated choices. However, in this book, besides the complexity of saturation, and intensity, is a really good explanation of the use and importance of grays. It has been said that the "pros" judge other painters on their ability to understand and master the full range of grays with sensitivity and depth. This technical ability is what can launch a painter into the "pro" category. Mr. Quiller gives in-depth information about this subject. The extensive palette is not meant for a beginner, although if they studied his books well, it would take them much farther much faster. The intermediate student will find his palette and this information the next logical step forward. He doesn't suggest that every color is used in every painting. This palette and its organization presents logically and methodically, the extensive range of choice in pigmented color, and their WORKING relationships to each other. It is designed also to allow the artist to maintain consistency when using different brands and types of mediums. With it the painter can see the full relationships, (not easy) and possibilities of the pigmented colors, not the optical colors that are usually referred to for beginners. Mr. Quiller recommends and uses fairly restrained, minimal palettes in his work. The Quiller wheel, once learned and used well, opens up a world of highly complex and beautiful possibilities. But it presents it in an organized accessible fashion. It then becomes easier to use a minimum of pigments to create an extraordinary range of colors and maintain the unity of a painting at the same time. Mr. Quiller does an admirable job of providing a foundation upon which to build far greater technical skills in color handling. And the greater the technical skill, the more spontaneously creative a painter can be with his vision, communicating it fully and freely, and successfully. This latest book of his is the next step in understanding color from his previous books. I recommend it highly to energetic beginners, but mostly to intermediate painters (and even advanced) who want to take the next step forward.
Rating: 2
Summary: confusing new color mixing book
Comment: this is stephen quiller's sequel to "color choices" with the addition of new information about neutral mixtures (Jean Dobie's "mouse power"), color value and intensity (saturation), color families, "mother color", and the latest version of quiller's color mixing wheel, one of the best available. but i was disappointed. the book suffers from a mechanical approach to color mixing or color families -- in some cases, the text of captions or whole sections is identical, with color keywords repeatedly changed. this edition deletes some of the best chapters in "color choices," such as the chapter on "finding your own vision," adding in its place a bizarre section on "color personalities" (each mixed color is associated with adjectives such as "noble" or "playful"). and quiller recommends a 28-paint (!) palette, which will create more confusion for a painter (especially a beginning painter) than all the mixing instructions can clear away. i suggest you browse this book before you buy it: "color choices" is better overall, and you can order quiller's revised color wheel from him directly, on a plastic card that is more durable than the tear-out version that comes with this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Painter's Guide to Color-Stephen Quiller
Comment: Visually Stimulating. Extremely informative in regard to mixing colors! I was so excited to find a book that had so much visual information about the color wheel. There are many examples to refer to and learn from. A must for any painter!
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Title: Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory by Stephen Quiller ISBN: 0823006972 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Acrylic Painting Techniques: How to Master the Medium of Our Age by Stephen Quiller ISBN: 0823001067 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Making Color Sing by Jeanne Dobie ISBN: 0823029921 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know About Mixing Pigments in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Soft Pastel, Pencil, and Ink by Ian Sidaway ISBN: 0823007235 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green by Michael Wilcox ISBN: 0967962870 Publisher: School of Color Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.99 |
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