Colour Demystified by Julie Collins

Colour Demystified - A Complete Guide to Mixing and Using Watercolours by Julie Collins is an accessible and comprehesive guide that will inspire confidence in your colour mixing.

This book banishes the all-too-common confusion over watercolour palettes and colour mixing and helps artists to understand how colour works in a visual way. Julie includes plenty of colour charts accompanied by examples, practical exercises and analyses of watercolour paintings. Various artworks by contemporary artists are included in the book, encompassing a wide variety of subjects and colour palettes. Julie covers topics like granulation, staining, iridescence and opacity - with each subject being covered clearly and simply. She also introduces the ideas of colour relationships, using colour to create space and how to be more creative with colour.

This book will prime you with a clear understanding of colour and how it behaves on paper. With this knowledge you're sure to be bolder and more creative in your approach to colour in your own artwork!