Helen Van Wyk's Favorite Color Recipes

by Helen Van Wyk

Book Overview

This incredible work features 50 of Helen Van Wyk's most innovative color-mixing recipes, complete with the clear, step-by-step guidance that made her famous. The keys to mixing each color recipe are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929552172
• ISBN13: 9780929552170
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Art Instruction Associates
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

excellent resource

I love this book. It's been very helpful for times when I just can't seem to mix the color I'm looking for. I look in this book and it always has good information. Even though I have a BFA many things that would have been helpful in the real world, just weren't taught. This book fills in a lot of blanks.

great book

Helen is a great teacher. I have taken art classes and learned 1/10th of what I learned by reading her book. I am colorblind and people argue with me about it because of my ability to use the right colors. I only wish she was still here so she could produce even more information etc.

A Treasure!

If you are going to buy one book about color mixing in painting, this is the one for you. She explains the best colors to use and gives helpful hints as to what mistakes not to make. She does so in a straight forward understandable way. I want to buy more of her books!

Helen was the best teacher on public tv

I was fortunate enough to have studied with Helen at her studio in Rockport MA. She was so giving of her talent, and her teaching is so down to earth and easy to understand. I have all of her books, and refer to them often. She solves just about any problem you may have in painting. How sad that we have lost her, but how great to have her expertise in her books. This book is an excellent reference book as well as a teaching tool. You cannot go wrong buying any of her books.

Excellent

I have all of Helen Van Wyk's books (3) and I think they are all excellent examples of how to paint and how to use oil color effectively. I don't know that this particular book is any better than the others, as I use them in tandum. They have good ideas and many examples of how to apply paint that are very helpful. Check them all out!