Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes: Mixing recipes for more than 500 color combinations

I have 2 of William Powell's other color-mixing books. I have found his Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits to be very useful; but felt his generic Color Mixing Recipes book was a waste of money and as a result had initially hesitated to order any more of his books. However, I was pleased when his Landscape book arrived. It gives a little bit of "how-to" info at the beginning of the book; but its main value is in all the numerous index listings in the back of the book and their correlated color "recipes" in the main part of the book. For example, the index lists dozens of options for sky at various times of the day (early morning, sunset, low sun, twilight, you name it) and weather conditions with suggestions for recipes for clouds, sunlight, moon, etc. For snow, it offers several variations based upon the amount of light hitting the snow (time of day) and provides recipes for main color, shadowing, and highlights. Your final mixed colors following these recipes are likely to vary somewhat (paint manufacturers' colors generally aren't identical to other manufacturers' colors plus the color reproduction in a book such as this rarely fully replicates the true colors as they are mixed). Still, I feel that the book offers a valuable shortcut to finding that "just right" color you're looking for. Hard to even guess on how much that might save on wasted paint in looking for that color. I'm sure we've all seen numerous landscape renditions where the artist has "missed the mark" by using colors that are too extreme (bright greens for example). This is fine, of course, for those paintings that are intended to be more vivid painterly or abstract versions of nature; but sometimes overly bright color just reflects the novice's way of seeing nature. Trees, bushes, and grass are all green, right? Rather than mixing up that intense "shamrock green" for all of your flora, this book offers numerous blends for all types of trees, rocks, dirt, water, etc. Other reviewers have faulted the fact that you have to cross-reference between the index and other color swatches. I'll admit that it does seem a bit cumbersome at first. Their recommendations that Mr. Powell should have included all the information together would be nice, of course; but would have resulted in a MUCH bigger book.The spiral-bound spine is perfect. The book opens (and stays) flat when you're using it. The pages are all heavy, coated paper so that they'll withstand getting messy and then wiped off. As with Powell's other recipe books, there are clear plastic mixing grids for measuring out your paint. While others may find this useful; I don't actually use them. Instead I just look at the recipe to get an idea of the proportions of color required and mix them on my palette. Works fine for me.For anyone considering buying this book, I might suggest that you ask yourself if you are likely to later order one of Powell's other color mixing books (such as the one for portraits). If so, instead of this one, you might want to consider buying Powell's most recently published book (2012) entitled, 1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor (available on Amazon also). I don't actually own the book; but it appears to contain everything from the previous 3 books for only $3-4 more than the price of one. Wish I'd noticed that before I made my purchases.

I can't say enough good things about this book. I searched the internet for a book about how to mix colors for outdoor-type paintings, and finally found this one on amazon. I LOVE it! It's exactly what I was looking for.The vast majority of this book consists of the index (subject matter--what you're trying to paint) and the color recipes (exactly how to mix each one). There are a few "how-to's" at the beginning, which I've used and they work exactly as described. This book has color recipes for MANY different species of trees, skies, rock types, mountain types, flowers, etc. It even covers sand and soil types. The book has a chart on the inside front cover that shows the name of the paint colors you need in order to use the recipes. It even converts oil color name to the equivalent acrylic color name, or what to mix to get that color, if a color isn't available for purchase. On the inside back cover, there is a plastic color mixing grid, which takes all the guesswork out of precisely how much paint you need. The book has a spiral binding on the inside, which allows it to lie flat, which I like.NOTE: If you're looking for a "how to paint" book, keep looking. If you're looking for a book about how to mix just the right colors for outdoor-type paintings, this is your book. Before I got this book, my paint colors looked lifeless and dull. Now: No more guesswork, no more wasting paint and no more disappointing mistakes.

I love the way it shows to mix colors. This is what I have been looking for to help my students.

These newer books seem to be better written, communicate better, and are more helpful that those of the olden days when I was young. I especially like his two books on color recipes for landscapes and for portraits. you should look into these three. They are very helpful.In my younger days I tended toward the browns, and overworking paint usually produces "mud." Knowing where to start with some expectation helps you gain a confidence with your color pallet quicker than the hit and miss surprise. Some of those "happy little accidents" Bob Ross used to call them, are not so happy.Having a firmer grasp of color and how to use it to convey mood, time, and so forth is extremely helpful in painting in oil or acrylic. I like the painting styles of Bob Ross and Jerry Yarnell, but these books by Powell are extremely helpful. Especially as Bob Ross used a rather simplified pallet. It is nice to consider colors like chromium oxide green, rose madder, and such to add some spice to a pallet that is Prussian blue, van dyke brown, sap green, indian yellow. etc.

I knew going in it would be just what I was looking for. I have the 1500 recipe book. The sad part is I really didn't need it because the recipes in the Landscape book are the same as in the 1500 book. The part I can deal with is that if I am doing a landscape (no matter what kind) I don't have to flip through the skin tones or hair color recipes. The information is easy to understand and the book includes color name conversions from oil to acrylic. My preferred medium is acrylic. My recommendation is either the Landscape book And the Skin Tone book or the 1500 recipe book.

El libro me gusta mucho, tiene buenas imágenes para ver los colores. Lo único por lo que no le pongo 5 estrellas es porque llegó incompleto, falta la rejilla para mezclar los colores indicando las cantidades.

A useful book on painting.

風景画で使用される自然の色を、季節・時間帯により様々に変化する色の作り方を説明してある。雲・空・木、山の色彩を５３０の作例で描き出している。色を混色する為のグリッドも掲載されていて参考になる。

Muy buen libro, me gusta mucho la manera en que esta explicado.

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