Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers: A modern exploration of the color wheel and watercolor to create beautiful floral artwork
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- Author：Manushree Mishra
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Summary
Explore the basics of color theory and color mixing， and then apply your new skills to create your own beautiful floral watercolor paintings， step by colorful step。
Color theory and color mixing are essential topics for all artists to know， and Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers covers both in an easy-to-follow way with simple， actionable steps that any artist can do。 Learn how to:
Mix paint colors
Avoid “dirty” mixes （those that look too brown， for example）
Create your own color wheel
Create neutral colors and pastels
Mix vintage colors
And much more
This book is ideal for all skill levels and ages， and while it focuses on watercolor， the same tips and techniques can be applied to other media as well， including acrylic， oil， and gouache。
Once you’re familiar with color theory and feel comfortable creating your own color mixes， dive into the step-by-step painting projects。 Each project is done in the style seen on the author’s popular Instagram account （@thewhimsicalcreative） and features beautiful， romantic florals painted in watercolor。 Learn how to paint floral wreaths， bouquets， and different types of leaves and plants。
Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowerscombines the essential topics of color theory and color mixing with watercolor painting projects for a comprehensive book that’s perfect for beginning and aspiring artists。
Color theory and color mixing are essential topics for all artists to know， and Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers covers both in an easy-to-follow way with simple， actionable steps that any artist can do。 Learn how to:
Mix paint colors
Avoid “dirty” mixes （those that look too brown， for example）
Create your own color wheel
Create neutral colors and pastels
Mix vintage colors
And much more
This book is ideal for all skill levels and ages， and while it focuses on watercolor， the same tips and techniques can be applied to other media as well， including acrylic， oil， and gouache。
Once you’re familiar with color theory and feel comfortable creating your own color mixes， dive into the step-by-step painting projects。 Each project is done in the style seen on the author’s popular Instagram account （@thewhimsicalcreative） and features beautiful， romantic florals painted in watercolor。 Learn how to paint floral wreaths， bouquets， and different types of leaves and plants。
Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowerscombines the essential topics of color theory and color mixing with watercolor painting projects for a comprehensive book that’s perfect for beginning and aspiring artists。
Reviews
Ashley
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tI received a complimentary copy of this book。 Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own。 （via Netgalley）Lovely and informative。 The pictures were beautiful and as a beginner I found it helpful。
Mechthild
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Color Theory and Color Mixing applied to FlowersManushree Mishra is an artist， designer， and illustrator and presentes her book "Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers。 A modern exploration of the color wheel and watercolor to create beautiful floral artwork"， published by Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster。 Mishra touches topics such as "The Magical World of Color"， "Colorr Temperature"， "Color Harmony & Color Schemes"， and "Watercolor Techniques。" She talks aobut helpful tools and Color Theory and Color Mixing applied to FlowersManushree Mishra is an artist， designer， and illustrator and presentes her book "Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers。 A modern exploration of the color wheel and watercolor to create beautiful floral artwork"， published by Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster。 Mishra touches topics such as "The Magical World of Color"， "Colorr Temperature"， "Color Harmony & Color Schemes"， and "Watercolor Techniques。" She talks aobut helpful tools and water control and offers tips throughout the book。 Futhermore， she includes exercises such as "Creating Color Wheels"， "Color Mixing Chart"， and "Colors + Moods"。 Her step-by-step painting projects include topics such as "Eucalyptus Leaves"， "Joyous Bunch"， nad "English Roses in Terra-Cotta Pots。"Mishra knows about the challenges of her readers: "Have you ever struggled with mixing the exact color that you’ve imagined？ Perhaps you’ve poured your heart and soul into a painting—created a good base drawing and a balanced composition—only to realize that the colors look awful together？ Fret not！ I know these challenges intimately， so much so that I invested a year passionately exploring color theory and mixing every tube or pan of color I owned" （p。 5）。 I really appreciate that she offers more than just the basic color wheel。 The book can be recommended to beginners and advanced artists who are interested in more than just the basic color theory and who love to draw flowers with watercolor （although the theory can be also applied to other topics）。The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge。 I was under no obligation to offer a positive review。 Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own。#ContemporaryColorTheoryWatercolorFlowerst#Netgalley 。。。more
Annie
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Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers is a well written watercolor tutorial for botanical subjects by Manushree Mishra。 Due out 5th July 2022 from Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint， it's 128 pages and will be available in paperback format。 The layout follows the familiar Walter Foster tutorial format。 An introduction covers tools and supplies and is followed by a short and easily accessible general watercolor tutorial and an introducti Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader。 Contemporary Color Theory: Watercolor Flowers is a well written watercolor tutorial for botanical subjects by Manushree Mishra。 Due out 5th July 2022 from Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint， it's 128 pages and will be available in paperback format。 The layout follows the familiar Walter Foster tutorial format。 An introduction covers tools and supplies and is followed by a short and easily accessible general watercolor tutorial and an introduction to necessary techniques and info about value， water control， pigment saturation， etc。 The author expends a lot of effort to impart lessons on color harmony and palettes as they relate specifically to watercolor。 She has a competent， friendly， and encouraging style of writing。 It reads more like a one-on-one class with a friendly and talented teacher。Roughly half of the book is technique and color theory and half is specific project tutorials。 The tutorials are all professional and beautiful looking and they utilize the techniques and color theory from the beginning chapters。 Each tutorial includes a palette in color alongside a photo of the finished painting followed by step by step directions for achieving similar results。 Each of the tutorial steps is captioned with simple and easy to understand direction。This is a basic book but it's full of good techniques and will provide some useful takeaways for the majority of readers/artists。This would be a good choice for the artist's home studio， as well as for public and school library acquisition。Four and a half stars。Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes。 。。。more
（a）lyss（a）
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I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。This is a helpful book on color theory！It's packed with information and demonstrations as well as helpful tips。 The book talks about color theory and how to pair and identify colors。 It's a helpful guide to making beautiful pictures with a focus on flowers。 I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。This is a helpful book on color theory！It's packed with information and demonstrations as well as helpful tips。 The book talks about color theory and how to pair and identify colors。 It's a helpful guide to making beautiful pictures with a focus on flowers。 。。。more
Susie
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Love this book， I’m just learning about watercolours， so this has been really helpful。 It’s shown me about colours as well as techniques。 Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review。
Flora
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I've often felt somewhat dissatisfied with my flower paintings and the combination of colors may be the reason why。 This book makes a great introduction on how to paint a bunch of flowers or bouquets where the colors just pop。 Great book to have on hand when the inspiration on which hues to choose for your florals just eludes you。The projects based on the color theories in the earlier chapters are beautiful。4 and half stars for me。 Would love to get a hardcopy！ I've often felt somewhat dissatisfied with my flower paintings and the combination of colors may be the reason why。 This book makes a great introduction on how to paint a bunch of flowers or bouquets where the colors just pop。 Great book to have on hand when the inspiration on which hues to choose for your florals just eludes you。The projects based on the color theories in the earlier chapters are beautiful。4 and half stars for me。 Would love to get a hardcopy！ 。。。more
Shilo Quetchenbach
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This has a LOT of great information on color theory and color mixing。 Not just your standard primary/secondary/tertiary colors， but how to create a variety of color palettes and mix exactly the colors you want。 A lot of the information was new to me and I will definitely refer back to it。 I also found the example color palettes and pieces using those palettes very useful and eye-opening。There are also instructions for creating various leaves and petals with different brushstrokes and angles and This has a LOT of great information on color theory and color mixing。 Not just your standard primary/secondary/tertiary colors， but how to create a variety of color palettes and mix exactly the colors you want。 A lot of the information was new to me and I will definitely refer back to it。 I also found the example color palettes and pieces using those palettes very useful and eye-opening。There are also instructions for creating various leaves and petals with different brushstrokes and angles and several example projects of various arrangements of flowers and leaves in a variety of color palettes discussed earlier in the book。 While most of these weren't particularly of interest to me， there were some that I would definitely like to try。I am new to watercolor and to be honest it tends to baffle me， but I look forward to experimenting further using these exercises as a guide。 I also look forward to using the color theory and color mixing examples in some of my other preferred media。*Thanks to NetGalley and Walter Foster Publishing for providing an e-arc for review。 。。。more
Kathleen
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The perfect guide for the beginning artist， Watercolor Flowers by Manushree Mishra， should have a place on every artist’s shelf。 After a section devoted to the basics - paper， kinds of watercolors， palettes， water control and brushes， Mishra continues to a detailed and informative lesson on color。 The basics of the color wheel lead to a discussion of color temperature， characteristics and bias。 You’ll lean the difference between hue， tint， tone and shade and how to create each one。 Different col The perfect guide for the beginning artist， Watercolor Flowers by Manushree Mishra， should have a place on every artist’s shelf。 After a section devoted to the basics - paper， kinds of watercolors， palettes， water control and brushes， Mishra continues to a detailed and informative lesson on color。 The basics of the color wheel lead to a discussion of color temperature， characteristics and bias。 You’ll lean the difference between hue， tint， tone and shade and how to create each one。 Different color schemes and the “art” of composing a simple painting using a color balance follow。 You’ll learn how color choice and placement will affect your design。 There are lessons in technique， brush work and then directions on completing simple projects。 With its emphasis on color， Watercolor Flowers is an in-depth tutorial to becoming a better artist。 5 stars。Thank you to NetGalley， Quarto Publishing Group and Manushree Mishra for this ARC。 。。。more
Valeri
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If you actually read the title of the book， you'll see it's about color theory as opposed to how to paint watercolor flowers。 As a book about color theory， it's great。 So don't be misled about what you're getting here， this is not a painting instructional， it's about improving your color techniques。 The actual watercolor instructions are a few pages only。 If you actually read the title of the book， you'll see it's about color theory as opposed to how to paint watercolor flowers。 As a book about color theory， it's great。 So don't be misled about what you're getting here， this is not a painting instructional， it's about improving your color techniques。 The actual watercolor instructions are a few pages only。 。。。more
Alicia Bayer
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I learned a ton about mixing colors from this book， which surprised me since I thought I already understood it well。 Mishra explains things like why some cool or warm colors look so muddy when you mix them when the rest of the colors look so vivid。 It's full of colorful illustrations。 I didn't really care for the colors used in the book but I got a much better understanding of how to create them。I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review。 I learned a ton about mixing colors from this book， which surprised me since I thought I already understood it well。 Mishra explains things like why some cool or warm colors look so muddy when you mix them when the rest of the colors look so vivid。 It's full of colorful illustrations。 I didn't really care for the colors used in the book but I got a much better understanding of how to create them。I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review。 。。。more
Alexandra
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For years I am familiar with art as hobbies and business， but watercolor always become my personal challenge to start。 As beginner I knew about basic mixing three maincolors from school。 But how to create a beautiful realistic colors I always imagine？ I have no idea。 And found this book make me feel like found a secret magic book to explore。 A book to forget all those hard times and restart everything fresh。 This book share step by steps， projects and activities with simple guide。 The author mak For years I am familiar with art as hobbies and business， but watercolor always become my personal challenge to start。 As beginner I knew about basic mixing three maincolors from school。 But how to create a beautiful realistic colors I always imagine？ I have no idea。 And found this book make me feel like found a secret magic book to explore。 A book to forget all those hard times and restart everything fresh。 This book share step by steps， projects and activities with simple guide。 The author make sure we can follow all three sections of lesson。 It start with basics knowledge about colors/tools/papers/palette， then how mixing colors with recipes and later doing numerous practices to help us growing confidence create our own signature mixing。 I am start reading this book with excitement of a child and end it with confidence to trying watercolorcolor paintings well armed。 Such an ultimate complete watercolor handbook！Thank you Netgalley and Walter Foster from Quarto Publishing group to allow me learning something precious with this copy。 I am grateful and my thought s are my own。 。。。more
D
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Thank you to Netgalley and to the publisher for giving me this eARC to review。I really liked this book as it had a lot of easy steps for watercolour flowers， showed clear photographs and went into colour theory which is always great to learn。 I would say get the physical book rather than the digital just for ease of access due to photographs and steps。
Sucharita Biswas
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