Color Relativity: Creating The Illusion Of Light With Paint

You see a painting radiating light and wonder, how does the artist do that? This illusion of light is just that, an illusion! The process of creating this illusion is more strategic than one may think. The pages in this book beam with artist Kami Mendlik's inspiring words, informed knowledge, and vibrant impressionistic paintings that reveal how this illusion is created. Each page builds on the fundamentals of color with exercises to help the brain with a step-by-step strategy to both see and paint color relativity. The steps begin with the fundamental basics and advance to the most masterful nuances so you, too, can create paintings filled with the illusion of light! Do your colors often turn out muddy, chalky, or flat? Do they look great on your mixing palette but dull on canvas? Have you ever felt terrified to scrape away a color because you weren't confident you could mix it again? You're not alone. Achieving rich, luminous colors that dance against each other is the stuff of painters' dreams, but it's not easy without a process. We see the color in our mind, but how do we mix and apply it in harmony with the rest of the painting? The answer is color relativity. By realizing that a color only appears a certain way because of the color next to it, you unlock a whole new world. No color stands alone, whether in real life or on canvas. In this book, master painter Kami Mendlik distills color relativity into a simple, yet transformative, step-by-step strategy that will imbue your paintings with radiant light and atmosphere. You'll learn how to: Use the primary palette to create stronger color harmony Simplify shapes into color averages to create dynamic color relationships Avoid common color dilemmas Identify and use the properties of color to create the illusion of light Mix primary, secondary, and tertiary colors in a systematic, intentional way Say goodbye to fear, confusion, and frustration when it comes to color. By applying Kami's unique strategy for both seeing and mixing any color, you'll soon be able to paint color relativity with confidence and bring your paintings to life. SPECIAL EXPANDED EDITION featuring Planal Fruit®: In this NEW edition, Kami breaks down the properties of creating the illusion of light and form on a 3-dimensional object.