I like the way it starts with a section on how to use it; far from being complex, it is actually beautifully simple. The colors used are all shown on two pages, and then by mixing each one with all the others you can see what the results are. Other pages show you the effects when painting thinly or thickly, using thinning media and with white added in different percentages. There are also sections on working with different colors, and finished paintings shown using a limited palette of those colors to create effects. You can also find out how to mix a particular range of each shade, and there is even a small section showing how pointillism works. This is only a small book but nicely crammed with useful facts which are shown rather than told, and a fine addition to Search Press’ growing range of books for all levels of artists.

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