
They are all detailed chapters and have reference paintings and photographs throughout. James is an experienced painter and features a lot of his paintings throughout. Creator of Dinotopia, a New York Times best-selling book, this book is 224 pages long, and is roughly 23cm x 26.5cm. Colour and Light uses Gurney’s experience as a plein-air painter to help you learn about colour and light. Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, James Gurney is the author. An Introduction To Colour And Light By James Gurney I’ll debate what you can expect to find inside, who it’s primary aimed at, my key takeaways and my final rating out of 5 stars. Within this blog post I’m sharing my review of James Gurney’s book, ‘The Color and Light – A Guide for the Realist Painter’.

If you want to learn more about colour, I would highly recommend you check out my previous colour blog posts.Īs a result of these colour articles, I’m taking the opportunity to delve deeper into colour. Lastly, I share the benefit of limited colour palettes. Secondly, I discuss the colour palettes used by the masters, from Van Gogh to David Hockey. Firstly, I delve into the colour wheel, looking at primary and secondary colours.

It’s the ultimate guides to help your colour. If you’ve read my previous blog posts recently, I’ve been helping you get to grips with colour. This is why I’m such a big advocate of helping you learn about it too! Learning colour and light has been very beneficial for my work, and it’s a topic I’m learning about.

From painting, fine art to illustration, learning colour can raise your art to the next level. Understanding colour and light for most artists is fundamental. Want to discover some new artistic techniques? Do you want to learn about colour and light?
