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The Artist's Guide to Selecting Colors
This is a book about artists' paints: a guide to the selection of a suitable palette in watercolors, oil paints, acrylics, gouache or alkyds. It will enable you to identify the good, the indifferent and the bad. It also outlines the characteristics and temperaments of each color and lists the suitable as well as the unsuitable pigments that you will come across.
- GenresArt
120 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1997
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About the author
Michael Wilcox
62 books14 followersMichael Wilcox has an extensive professional background as an author, professional artist, conservator of art works, lecturer, scientist and inventor.
During his research towards a Post Graduate Diploma in Art and Design at Curtin University Western Australia, he spent equal time within the art and science departments, studying light physics in relation to the needs of the artist and designer. This research led to his book Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green, first published in 1988. This work changed the way that countless artists, designers and craft workers now mix and use colour. It was the first break through in this area in over 200 years.
Continued research led to the publication of The Wilcox Guide to the Finest Watercolour Paints. This book led to many changes both in the art material industry and in the pigments used in artists’ paints. Other books followed including a series of ‘Colour Notes’, each designed to examine a particular aspect of colour mixing and use for a specific element. Two books and CDs explaining colour to children, What is Colour? and Colours Around Us have been well received by the education establishment. A book and CD guiding the home decorator adds to the list.
Another work, Colour Harmony and Contrast for the Artist analyzes the reaction to various colour combinations and offers a sound basis and further insight for the thinking artist. His latest book, Glazing with an Emphasis on the Craft of Painting, is the result of 10 years research into the glazing techniques of the Old Masters. The result of the study equips the artist of today with the techniques of glazing developed by the Masters. Lessons from the past are brought fully up to date.
His publications have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Dutch.
In addition to his research and writing, Mr. Wilcox has developed specialist mixing palettes, workbooks, CDs, DVDs, and home study courses.the_school_of_colour_palette
A range of artist’s paints of the finest quality have been developed and are available. Consisting of just 12 colours they give the maximum range available from a limited palette – not just in mixed hues but in transparencies and opacities.
The School of Colour operates on an international basis and will continue to develop based on the firm belief that art and science must once again come together. The first time that they assisted each other led to the Renaissance, the second to the Impressionists. What will the third merger bring to artists, designers, craft workers, decorators and all users of colour?
Mr. Wilcox has lectured world wide to artists in the USA, Canada, the UK, Europe, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Workshops have been taught to Art Conservators in NYC, and the University of London, and talks presented to the International Colour Society.
During his research towards a Post Graduate Diploma in Art and Design at Curtin University Western Australia, he spent equal time within the art and science departments, studying light physics in relation to the needs of the artist and designer. This research led to his book Blue and Yellow Don’t Make Green, first published in 1988. This work changed the way that countless artists, designers and craft workers now mix and use colour. It was the first break through in this area in over 200 years.
Continued research led to the publication of The Wilcox Guide to the Finest Watercolour Paints. This book led to many changes both in the art material industry and in the pigments used in artists’ paints. Other books followed including a series of ‘Colour Notes’, each designed to examine a particular aspect of colour mixing and use for a specific element. Two books and CDs explaining colour to children, What is Colour? and Colours Around Us have been well received by the education establishment. A book and CD guiding the home decorator adds to the list.
Another work, Colour Harmony and Contrast for the Artist analyzes the reaction to various colour combinations and offers a sound basis and further insight for the thinking artist. His latest book, Glazing with an Emphasis on the Craft of Painting, is the result of 10 years research into the glazing techniques of the Old Masters. The result of the study equips the artist of today with the techniques of glazing developed by the Masters. Lessons from the past are brought fully up to date.
His publications have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Dutch.
In addition to his research and writing, Mr. Wilcox has developed specialist mixing palettes, workbooks, CDs, DVDs, and home study courses.the_school_of_colour_palette
A range of artist’s paints of the finest quality have been developed and are available. Consisting of just 12 colours they give the maximum range available from a limited palette – not just in mixed hues but in transparencies and opacities.
The School of Colour operates on an international basis and will continue to develop based on the firm belief that art and science must once again come together. The first time that they assisted each other led to the Renaissance, the second to the Impressionists. What will the third merger bring to artists, designers, craft workers, decorators and all users of colour?
Mr. Wilcox has lectured world wide to artists in the USA, Canada, the UK, Europe, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Workshops have been taught to Art Conservators in NYC, and the University of London, and talks presented to the International Colour Society.
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March 11, 2020
Useful book. it gives a list of lightfast and non lightfast pigments according to insdustry standard nomenclature. It tells the reader which pigments to avoid that might be disguised under other names. For example, alizarin crimson, any genuine rose madder, indigo, sap green, realgar or indian yellow ...most versions of this colors are availbale today in stable form. Touches on transparency, toxicity, britleness and mixing qualities but very superficially and repetitive. Plenty of lists of pigments and avoids naming names or offending brands. A bit repetitive. All in all, a good reference book. A perfect book would have included mixing reactions, art examples of misuse and may be other qualities of color but it fulfills its task. A REALLY perfect book would have included recommended colors by brand .
January 3, 2020
A must have for the oil painter.
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