CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 5
INTRODUCTION : Commitment to Excellence 8
1. THE PURE PIGMENT PALETTE : Creating with a Personal Palette 10
2. MOUSE POWER : Achieving Luminous Grays 14
3. OCTANIC COLOR : Mixing Powerful Color 20
4. GREENS, GREENS, AND MORE GREENS : Facing the Challenge of Green 24
5. PUSH-PULL WITH WARM AND COOL : Creating Distance and Atmosphere 30
6. PUSH-PULL AND TURN : Making Form Appear Three-Dimensional 36
7. DARK GLOWS : Getting the Most from Darks 42
8. SINGING COLOR : Making Color Pulsate 48
9. WHITE GLOWS : Refining Subtle Blushes of White 52
10. THE ART OF NOT MIXING : Layering with Glazes 58
11. ATMOSPHERIC GLAZES : Working with Gradated Glazes 64
12. A MULTILAYERED VISION : Glazing Color Creatively 68
13. ERROR INTO ASSET : Correcting with Glazes 74
14. ORDINARY INTO EXTRAORDINARY : Transforming a Painting with Glazes 78
15. COLOR BRIDGES : Creating Transitions Between Colors 82
16. COLOR CAMOUFLAGE : Disguising with Color Choices 86
17. PAINT PASSAGES : Weaving Color Through Space 90
18. COLOR VIBRATIONS : Invoking Visual Tension 94
19. COLOR AS ABSTRACT PATTERN : Designing with Vibrating Color 98
20. COLOR COMPOSITION : Planning the Color Design 100
21. TWELVE SHAPES : Thinking "Shape" 104
22. SHAPES PLUS VALUE PLUS COLOR : Taking an All-Encompassing Approach 110
23. UNPAINTED SHAPES : Using the White Paper 114
24. BEYOND THE SUBJECT : Looking for a Relationship 120
25. DISTINCTIVE DIVISIONS : Making Shapes Dynamic 126
26. RIGHT-ON-THE-MARK VALUES : Building a Solid Value Foundation 132
27. A SUBTLE TOUCH : Handling a Mass of Midtones 136
28. THE IMPACT OF WHITE : Planning the White Pattern 140
29. THE DARK PARTNER : Designing a Dark Pattern 144
30. A PERSONALIZED LIGHT : Changing the Light Pattern 148
31. PATTERN AS SUBJECT : Making a Good Design Even Better 152
CONCLUSION : Unlocking Your Creativity 157
INDEX 158