Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
tudouwang
standard in color theory, November 28, 2010
By H. Blair "Midwest Bookseller" (des moines, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
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(I gave this book my first fully-supported 5 star review I've ever
given on amazon.com)
This book replaced at least 2 books on my shelf upon arriving and
reading. It takes artists' color theory and describes it in a way that
is both approachable and understandable to the beginner and
professional alike.
Compared to a lot of people who have written reviews for this book
(not only here but on third party sites), I have had a different trail
to tread as far as trends in both art and art instruction compared to
not only Gurney but artists who were taught from the 1980> . I've been
drawing for about 13 years, and started right about the time that
digital art was beginning to enter the playing field as a mainstream
media/medium (late 90s). An advantage of that is that you were being
exposed to both traditional drawing techniques and digital drawing
techniques at once, where for today's generation of artists it seems
that digital media has nearly swallowed many of the traditional media,
and along with them, their techniques.
So, as someone who works about 50/50 with digital and traditional
media (albeit leaning more traditional as I get older), this book
helped to clarify a lot of very helpful relations between the color
and light I was trying to simulate in my images. Not only that, it did
it in a language that was not steeped in scientific babble and light
theory that I was either skimming over or falling asleep through.
I recommend this to anyone and everyone who paints primarily non-
abstract art, especially portrait artists and fantasy/scifi artists.
To any professors (or TAs!) who see these reviews, I hope you consider
putting this book as required reading in your syllabus. And for those
not interested in college, I hope you have the foresight to grab up
this edition of the book while it's still in stock.
Book Description
Publication Date: November 30, 2010
James Gurney, New York Times best-selling author and artist of the
Dinotopia series, follows Imaginative Realism with his second art-
instruction book, Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter. A
researched study on two of art's most fundamental themes, Color and
Light bridges the gap between abstract theory and practical knowledge.
Beginning with a survey of underappreciated masters who perfected the
use of color and light, the book examines how light reveals form, the
properties of color and pigments, and the wide variety of atmospheric
effects. Gurney cuts though the confusing and contradictory dogma
about color, testing it in the light of science and observation. A
glossary, pigment index, and bibliography complete what will
ultimately become an indispensible tool for any artist.
This book is the second in a series based on his blog,
gurneyjourney.com. His first in the series, Imaginative Realism, was
widely acclaimed in the fantastical art world, and was ranked the #1
Bestseller on the Amazon list for art instruction.
"James Gurney's new book, Color and Light, cleverly bridges the gap
between artistic observation and scientific explanation. Not only does
he eloquently describe all the effects of color and light an artist
might encounter, but he thrills us with his striking paintings in the
process." --Armand Cabrera, Artist
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