Le Clair, Charles <br/><br/>
Color in contemporary painting 
/ Charles Le Clair 
 - New York  : Watson-Guptill Publications  , c1991 
 - 224 p.  : illus.  ; 29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Explains how to make use of colour in oil, acrylic and watercolour painting. Colour theories are outlined, but the main emphasis is on the way contemporary artists actually use colour. The book's thesis is that once artists have become acquainted with fundamental colour principles, they can begin to have fun with colour and play with it spontaneously. A number of approaches to colour are set forth as a guide, including building a picture with colour blocks, enriching colour with shadows, heightening colour intensity, achieving freshness with broken colour, painting with sunlight, experimenting with abstract colour systems, fantasizing with colour and creating space with colour. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780823007387 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Color in art<br/>Painting, modern---20th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ND1489  / .L4 1991 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>752 LEC