1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor - Achieve Precise Color When Painting Landscapes, Portraits, Still Lifes, and More by William F. Powell

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1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor by William F. Powell is a spiral-bound reference guide designed for artists working with oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints. It features over 1,500 color mixtures organized by subject, including landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, with each recipe accompanied by a photo of the resulting color. The book includes two removable color-mixing grids—one for oil and acrylic, another for watercolor—and provides step-by-step instructions for achieving precise hues. It also covers foundational topics such as color theory, value mixing, skin tones, and rendering skies and clouds. This practical manual supports both beginners and experienced painters in creating accurate and consistent colors.

• 1,500 color mixtures
• removable mixing grids
• spiral-bound format
• covers oil, acrylic, watercolor
• includes color theory basics
• subject-based index