Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8799 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 48 pages

Synopsis
The perfect guide for any aspiring portrait artist, this book includes recipes for more than 500 skin tones using either acrylic or oil paints. Each page features a master-mix for a particular skin colour, plus recipes for all of its variations, such as highlights or shadows. The book covers a wide range of skin tones, from Caucasian to Latino and East Indian hues, and artists will also find recipes for a variety of hair, eye and lip colours. "Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits" includes a colour-mixing grid for measuring and is packaged in a concealed wire-o bound book that lies flat when opened, making this product convenient for any artist.

Customer Reviews

The Best Book on Color , simple, easy.clear!
I have purchased many books on color. It was not until I bought this book that my life and my paintings became easy! The book is written in a simple, easy to understand way and comes with a clear plastic insert for measuring out portions when mixing color. My was accidentally drenched in turpentine and it was then that I realized an additional bonus. The book is covered with a clear protective film that protected it. I would have bought another copy, but luckily, I didn't have to. Excellent book on color !

So Complicated
I am a professional artist and mix colour intuitively. However, I am always looking to improve so I bought this book. I found it so complicated and hard to understand. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.

I have Portraits from Life in 29 Steps by John Sanden. The portraits are really cheesy and everyone looks pretty orange, however, technically the man is really good, as is the section on colour mixing. The colours are way too orange for me, must be the American tan, so i cool them by adding blues and greens (French Ultramarine, Cerulean and Viridian). He does demonstrate how to cool and heat up colours. I prefer my people to look less tangoed and I rarely paint from life. It's difficult to find good books on colour mixing and, particularly painting the head but John Sanden's is pretty good.

colour mixing recipes for portraits
I don't think this book is really the best of this type. I have seen much better since buying it. Also I thought the spiral binding would allow me to turn the pages competely over, not so, this was a disappointment as this was one of the reasons for my choice when buying.