Commanding Color

Boost your artistic confidence with a series of lessons on pigment quality, design principles, and color theory culminating in a glowing still life of a pineapple. Artist Sue Archer offers a combination of live demonstrations and practical examples to master your palette and paint with assurance.

In Commanding Color you'll learn how to:

• Control value and contrast
• Harness the powerful white of your paper
• Design negative space
• Energize your subjects with complementary colors
• Flow complementary colors into pre-wet paper to create subtle transitions
• Cover large areas with transparent darks
• Add texture as you work