The Urban Sketching Handbook: Working With Color: Techniques For Using Watercolor And Color Media On The Go (Urban Sketching Handbooks)

The Urban Sketching Handbook: Working With Color: Techniques For Using Watercolor And Color Media On The Go (Urban Sketching Handbooks)

Learn to express yourself through color while painting on location with the in-depth tips and techniques of Working with Color,?he fifth volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series. Expert watercolorist, illustrator,?nstructor, and co-founder of Urban Sketchers Montreal Shari Blaukopf?hares heressential color tips about color-water ratio, achieving bold color, avoiding muddy washes, painting in layers, and using wet-in-wet techniques. This essential handbook covers:supplies and materialssample color palettescolor mixingusing limited palettesmonochrome sketchesthe power of complementary colorsusing evocative, expressive colorWith a focus onusing watercolor with greater confidence and knowledge, the book also delves intopencil and ink?nd watersoluble pencils. ?The instructional text is enhanced withstunning watercolor illustrations by the author and other expert urban sketchers from beautiful locations around the globe. The illustrations include?xamples of color swatches showing value; mixing; illustrations of complementary, analogous, and neutral color schemes; and sample galleries.Working with Color?s an indispensable guide foron-location artists?ooking toexpand and strengthen their?xpressive use of color.ReviewCatch the color of a locale ... Offers practical color advice and essential techniques for on-site sketchers. - Artists MagazineAbout the AuthorShari Blaukopf is a Montreal-based workshop instructor, watercolor painter and sketch blogger who loves to travel and share her love of sketching. She?s the author of?he Urban Sketching Handbook: Working with Color, and you can find her many online sketching courses at learn.shariblaukopf.com. She?s been part of the Urban Sketchers community since 2012 and has given many watercolor workshops both on her own and internationally through the Urban Sketchers Workshop Program. Her watercolors are in corporate, government and private collections in North America and abroad, and she?s a signature member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. You can follow her sketches on her blog at or on Instagram @sharisketcher.