William F. Powell's 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic, and Watercolor Painting

By: William F. Powell (Author)

Discover the perfect colors for your next painting project with William F. Powell's 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor. Whether you're creating landscapes, portraits, still lifes, or something else entirely, you'll achieve precise colors every time. Among the best acrylic painting Books available, this guide is recommended for all age groups, makes a great gift, and offers unbeatable value for money.

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This comprehensive guide to watercolor mixing provides 500 recipes for creating stunning and unique color combinations. It includes recipes for mixing dry brushes, acrylic, watercolor and oil. Perfect for artists of all levels, this guide is sure to inspire your next masterpiece.
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Details of William F. Powell's 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic, and Watercolor Painting

  • Spiral-bound ‏ ‎: 176 pages
  • Acrylic Painting: Acrylic Painting
  • ASIN ‏ ‎: 1600582834
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-1600582837
  • Graphic Design Color Use: Graphic Design Color Use
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 7.4 x 1 x 9.8 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1 in Acrylic Painting#15 in Watercolor Painting#17 in Graphic Design Color Use
  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 9781600582837
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 2.02 pounds
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Walter Foster Publishing; Spi edition
  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • Watercolor Painting: Watercolor Painting
  • Customer Reviews: 4.6/5 stars of 1,936 ratings

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TerryS: This book is a must for painters and great for mixing colors. However, I ordered the spiral book thinking would be easier to use and it arrived with the binder broken and with pages falling out. I contacted the seller and they apologized and refunded my money. The issue was the book was mailed in a single paper folder and did not protect the binder of the book.

United States on Oct 22, 2023

K. Robertson: If you only use one medium ie Acrylic like me then the Water colour and oil mixes are not valuable. Thus a lot isn't useful IMHO. Had thought 1500 mixes Great but when only using a 1/3 not quite so grand

United Kingdom on Oct 11, 2023

Anni: This book makes mixing any colour easily! It has be helped me to compose my tonal colours , and everyday l learn more about colour mixing. I like that the Color mixing formulas apply to oils, acrylic, water Color’s. Fantastic!

Canada on Sep 11, 2023

Anneliis Konks: A good help with mixing colours. It has two colour mixing grids, so you know how much of each colour you need to add.

Germany on Sep 08, 2023

J. Wells: Mixing colors for model aircraft and figures, excellent ref.

United States on Sep 06, 2023

lynn4591: I'm new to painting with watercolors, especially mixing colors. This book is very helpful in providing precise paint color names and how much to mix together. I find that if I know what colors to mix together, I can figure out the rest. And, this book does just that as well as the precise amounts. The author also provides clear descriptions of basic color theory in very understandable terms. It's a good resource to have on hand. I would recommend it.

United States on Sep 05, 2023

jefftow: It contains everything you need to know about mixing colours

United Kingdom on Sep 02, 2023

Dukesmom: I started painting in 2020 and have been regularly painting ever since. I’m improving but there is a lot that I don’t understand and struggle with and mixing paints is one of them. This book has helped me immensely and I haven’t had it for more than a week yet.
If you’re struggling with color mixing and color theory this book will help. Once you understand these things you’re going to move up to the next level.

United States on Aug 30, 2023

Aronde: Very well done and well explained. How many percent of different colors to create a new one, which tones for a landscape or a portrait, etc. I’d recommend cause it’s so useful to any painter.

Canada on Aug 21, 2023

C.J.C.J.: I am a longtime drawer and printmaker but new painter. I'm finding myself struggling with color choices and how to mix colors. This books is perfect. It's taken the guesswork out of color mixing, and is especially helpful in creating a range of skin tones for portraits. This book has saved me from wasting paint and therefore from wasting money!

Get the spiral bound version for sure. It's nice that it lays flat/open whole you're using in as a refrences.

United States on Jul 27, 2023

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Spiral-bound ‏ ‎ 176 pages
Acrylic Painting Acrylic Painting Acrylic Painting Acrylic Painting
ASIN ‏ ‎ 1600582834 0486808939
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-1600582837 978-1565239456 978-0486808932
Graphic Design Color Use Graphic Design Color Use
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 7.4 x 1 x 9.8 inches 6.9 x 0.4 x 8.9 inches 8.25 x 0.25 x 11.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank #1 in Acrylic Painting#15 in Watercolor Painting#17 in Graphic Design Color Use #8 in Acrylic Painting#19 in Nature Crafts#63 in Crafts for Children #2 in Acrylic Painting#8 in Nature Crafts#42 in Mandalas & Patterns Coloring Books for Grown-Ups
ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 9781600582837 1565239458 9780486808932
Item Weight ‏ ‎ 2.02 pounds 1.01 pounds 12.9 ounces
Publisher ‏ ‎ Walter Foster Publishing; Spi edition Fox Chapel Publishing; First Edition Dover Publications; Illustrated edition
Language ‏ ‎ English English English
Watercolor Painting Watercolor Painting
Customer Reviews 4.6/5 stars of 1,936 ratings 4.7/5 stars of 4,087 ratings 4.7/5 stars of 3,036 ratings
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