Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits: More than 500 Color Combinations for Skin, Eyes, Lips and Hair »

Recognized as one of America's foremost colorists, William F. Powell has taught art classes and workshops for 35 years in various art media. Today he is an extremely popular author, and he attracts more admirers each year with the numerous titles he has produced for Walter Foster Publishing, including Color Mixing Recipes, which he originally conceptualized, designed, and illustrated himself.

The perfect guide for any aspiring portrait artist, this book includes more than 500 paint recipes. Each page features a master mix for a particular skin color plus variations for highlights or shadows. The book covers a wide range of skin tones-from Caucasian to Latino and East Indian hues-as well as hair, eye, and lip colors. A color mixing grid makes measuring simple, and the concealed wire-o bound book that lies flat when opened for convenience.