Creative Color for the Oil Painter: A New Edition of Creative Color
by BLAKE, Wendon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0823010368
- ISBN 13
- 9780823010363
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0823010368 . A 1983 edition of a work first published in 1972 under the title "Creative Color." Per the dust jacket, this "Revised edition of the basic study of color and color mixing, with 128 new color plates and details of famous paintings." Using notable paintings from the Natioanal Museum of American Art as well as additional photos, Wendon Blake explains the basic concepts of hue, value, intensity and color temperature to guide the painter of oils. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling ins white. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with representative artwork to front panel. --- A well-preserved copy: bright, unmarked and tightly-bound. Jacket with price sticker to front flap, some rubbing to back panel, otherwise in great shape.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 160 pages .
Reviews
On Jul 26 2010, a reader said:
A motherload of color mixing 'recipes' and tips. Originally got the book from my library. The information was too numerous and complex for note taking. So, I decided to get a copy for my personal library.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86786
- Title
- Creative Color for the Oil Painter: A New Edition of Creative Color
- Author
- BLAKE, Wendon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0823010368
- ISBN 13
- 9780823010363
- Publisher
- Watson-Guptill Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0823010368
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Littleton, Colorado
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