Acrylic Color Explorations: Painting Techniques for Expressing Your Artistic Voice
Chris Cozen
Language: English
Pages: 144
ISBN: 1440340773
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Discover your true color voice!
Acrylic Color Explorations will have you seeing the world around you in a new way as color theory becomes engaging, easy-to-understand and fun. Not only will you achieve a basic understanding of color and pigments, but author Chris Cozen will also guide you through a personal exploration of color in 30 exercises using acrylic paint.
Go beyond the red-yellow-blue understanding of the color wheel by exploring the work of several artists who work with color in unique ways. Determining when to introduce a calming color or when to turn the color volume up is a skill that can be developed through practice and intention, and with Acrylic Color Explorations you will learn how to do both!
- Learn 33 techniques for incorporating and developing color in your paintings.
- Explore practical color basics with exercises and color challenges that will help you determine your color "voice."
- Discover secrets to mastering any creative color situation with 9 contributing artists!
Embrace your true color voice today!
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Natural Pigments Let’s take a look at what happens when we shift our attention to pigments that are sourced only from the earth. Since I choose not to use Cadmium pigments in my personal practice, I have substituted a Golden Artist color called Pyrrole Red Dark. I feel it is a reasonable alternative without any safety caveats. For the remainder of the triad I have selected Cobalt Blue and Yellow Ochre. The first thing you will notice is the lower intensity of these colors, which visually
your colors or as stand-alone accents to expand the range of usable colors. With your skills in making tints, tones and shades, and creating chromatic grays, you are more than well equipped to create a composition that will be harmonious and pleasing—at least from a color perspective. The Roads We Traveled Chris Cozen Mixed media on canvas 18" × 18" (46cm × 46cm) This analogous composition builds on the range of colors of yellow-green through blue-green on the color wheel. With the addition
showing. STEP 8: Drop Fluorescent Pink High Flow paint randomly across the panel and blend in the pink paint. STEP 9: Spray water onto the pink areas of the panel to soften the edges of the paint. Let it dry then notice how it shows a complex range of pure color, tints, tones and mixtures. Chipping Away Chris Cozen Acrylic on board 12" × 12" (30cm × 30cm) This painting began at the end of the Expressive Painting Lesson earlier in the book. It called out to me that there was more that
water. Additionally, the color will gather and pool in areas where there is more water, creating areas of more or less saturation. Wet paint on a dry surface behaves one way, while wet paint on a wet surface behaves another. Always test your surface for the reactions that are possible. That way you won’t be caught unawares. The same goes with absorbent and nonabsorbent surfaces. All of these factors affect how your color will look when dry. Learn to explore the factors that influence color when
place white, your lightest color, on the other end. There will be seven steps in between these two. Your middle slot is a one-to-one mix of black and white. Can you figure out how to fill in the remaining four spaces? Julie Prichard “There is an ongoing dialogue between the painting and the people who experience… art.” -Julie Prichard Julie Prichard is a force to be reckoned with. She’s an artist, photographer and gemologist who resides in San Diego and creates amazing paintings using muted