- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill (Feb 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0823022617
- ISBN-13: 978-0823022618
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.1 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #958,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With new colours and new reduced-toxicity paints on the market, what artists previously knew from experience about the characteristics of their paints is no longer entirely dependable. Information on the subject is essential to all watercolourists, and this manual aims to provide it. Colour by colour, Hilary Page compares and contrasts the brands of watercolour paints on the market according to five factors: quality, reliability, lightfastness, handling characteristics and mixing potential. This book organizes paints by colour and chemical composition rather than by manufacturer, making it easy to follow. More than 1000 samples show each paint's specific hue and range straight from the tube to the most diluted state, and there are other critical evaluation tests, such as lifting potential, covering power, performance in wet-to-wet applications, and granular quality.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Compares with M Wilcox book,
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This review is from: Hilary Page's Guide to Watercolor Paints: A Completely Up-to-Date Guide to More than 1000... (Paperback)
Helpful, providing definitive information on the behavior of the paint, accurate color photos, and information in disagreement with Wilcox's book--i.e. the color Opera by Holbien as a "permanent" color. (Color rec. by E. John Robinson). Useful when picking between different manufacturers, especially with online shopping.
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4.9 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews) 51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
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atlas of color,
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This review is from: Hilary Page's Guide to Watercolor Paints: A Completely Up-to-Date Guide to More than 1000... (Paperback)
this book represents a stupefying amount of research on nearly all commercially available watercolor pigments. the text begins with an overview of the color wheel (reduced to a color "triangle" anchored on the subtractive color primaries RYB), then marches through the colors in sectional sequence. each section opens with a survey of pigment development and a separate discussion of specific pigments. every pigment from each manufacturer is represented by an identical color swatch footprint, showing a graded wash and a wet-on-wet blossom, keyed to lightfastness tests and the actual pigment ingredients of the paint. the swatch commentaries reveal some clear biases (the same pigment is described as "toxic" or "not lightfast" under one manufacturer but as "a beautiful color" under another), but for a work of this scope the level of accuracy is stunning. it's revealing to finally comprehend how variable a "type of paint" such as hooker's green actually is, the diversity of names for the same pigment (such as phthalo blue), and the sheer abundance of unique pigments available in the blues, yellows and reds. overall a work of tremendous craftsmanship, perseverence and care. essential for any serious watercolor painter.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent reference book.,
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This review is from: Hilary Page's Guide to Watercolor Paints: A Completely Up-to-Date Guide to More than 1000... (Paperback)
Having borrowed this reference book from the library three times, I now am happy to make it a permanent part of my own collection. This book is a comparative analysis of various manufacturers' paints, listed by color. Not only does Ms. Page provide an independent evaluation of color, texture, and lightfastness, but also highlights that, "You don't always get what you paid for," by noting that in some cases the student quality paints are as good if not better than the professional quality line. This is an exceptional reference book which would enhance any watercolorist's library.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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If you paint watercolors, you need this book...,
By Joanna Daneman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hilary Page's Guide to Watercolor Paints: A Completely Up-to-Date Guide to More than 1000... (Paperback)
It will save you mucho money. A complete, comprehensive test of colors from a wide range of major manufacturers of watercolor, this book lists the lightfastness and handling characteristics of each color. But that's not all. You get reflectance curves, mixing potential, transparency, lifting, staining, granularity and other properties of pigments. (But it is fun to read, as the information is presented in a very accessible form)Never buy a horrid tube of chalky, weak, miscolored, fugitive paint again. Plenty more in this book, including history and even chemistry. Hilary Page is a fantastic author, teacher and painter. Get this book! |
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