L'ARTE DEL COLORE

Though this book is now ten years old, it is invaluable for beginners who want a working knowledge of color. Edwards teaches us succinctly and clearly just enough theory and then puts a paint brush in our hands and provides a series of graduated exercises. Edwards bases her approach to color on brain Leggi tutto

I've been studying colour for decades now and I realize that this review is the opposite of what most people have written. I believe that this book needed at least another expert on colour to clarify an important amount of information that, according to my research, is outdated and incorrect. For ex Leggi tutto

Informative overview of color theory as it relates to painting and mixing colors. My reason for reading it was to cultivate a better color-sense, not as much to learn to paint, so a lot of the instruction wasn't helpful to me. However, I'm still glad I read it.

Imagine a world without colors !

Betty Edwards describes in detail the method she has used to teach art students how to paint. Just as her earlier book - Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain - was to some extent a training course in how to look at the world, this book is a serious training course in the understanding and apprec Leggi tutto

Un libro fantástico, que enseña desde los básicos los principios fundamentales de los colores, así como su denominación correcta y propiedades a la hora de mezclarlos y de combinarlos. Lo recomiendo a cualquier persona que quiera adquirir conocimiento sobre el color, ya sea para crear arte o para adm Leggi tutto

Da non pittore, ho evidentemente letto velocemente tutte le parti pratiche del testo, non trovando in quelle più teoriche l'approccio e il contenuto che mi sarebbe, forse, piaciuto trovare. Mi pare a ogni modo un buon testo per avvicinarsi a questo tema.