Color Curious: Find Color Inspiration All Around You for Art, Design, and Life

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Synopsis
A creative's guide to color: ​how to observe it in your surroundings, combine it into unique palettes, and apply it fearlessly in art, craft, and design.Artist Ana Bianchi is on a mission to help people use color confidently in any creative practice. This playful and highly visual book invites you to refresh your relationship to color by observing the world around you. Each chapter takes a deep dive into a different color scheme—from monochromes to the famous "pop of color"—and helps readers find inspiration in art history, travel, household objects, and more.Hands-on projects feature a wide variety of media and applications, from painting a still life to making a gallery wall in your home.Quotes, stories, vibrant visual examples, and insightful guidance provide an accessible master class in becoming color curious and creating the consistent and rewarding habit of observing, analyzing, and creating with color.This book is perfect for art students seeking to establish their personal voice, creative types hoping to integrate more color into their lives, and professional artists eager for a new perspective.INTUITIVE APPROACH: Ana Bianchi eschews technical color theory and embraces an intuitive and playful approach instead. Whether you're an aspiring artist or a professional, whether you want to apply color in your paintings or your wardrobe, you'll find approachable and useful ideas in this book. RAINBOW EYE CANDY: The colorful photos and artwork are instructive and a delight for the eyes. Bianchi's signature images show flowers from her garden and everyday objects from her home arranged by color, highlighting the multitude of inspirations to be found in your surroundings and applied in your art. FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON COLOR: From the unique hues of vintage objects and faded flowers to the particular joy of kaleidoscopic, childlike palettes, the color explorations in this book will help you see the world with new eyes and approach your creative projects with refreshed energy.Perfect for: Professional and aspiring artists in all mediaArt students and enthusiastsDesigners, home decorators, floral designers, and craftersAnyone who eagerly awaits Pantone’s Color of the Year announcementReaders of color exploration books like The Secret Lives of Color and Color: a Natural History of the PaletteFans of inspirational creativity books like Find Your Artistic Voice and The Artist’s Way
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
224 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781797236438
Related ISBNs:
9781797236155
Publisher:
Chronicle Books LLC
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Ana Bianchi.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Education
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
Danielle Krysa

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