Lessons on colour Colour, design and composition in artistic practice

Through 31 practical and simple lessons, the American watercolourist and teacher Jeanne Dobie opens the doors to a new way of thinking about colour that will allow us to unblock our creativity and find the way to express ourselves through art. To develop a palette of pure pigments, to understand the advance and retreat of warm and cold colours, to generate atmospheres with glazes, to create chromatic bridges, to learn how to camouflage with colour, to plan whites and shadows... Originally published in 1986 and now a benchmark, this practical manual offers us the keys to understanding not only how colours work and how they relate to each other, but also other essential aspects of pictorial creation such as composition and design.

Publisher: Gustavo Gili