
The Oil Painter's Color Workbook
Essentials for Color Mixing, Pigments, Palettes, and Harmony
Todd Casey(Author)
Monacelli Studio (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 5. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-58093-742-9 (ISBN)
Description
The bestselling author of The Oil Painter's Color Handbook presents 25 essential exercises designed to take your art to the next level
Elevate your painting practice with this collection of exercises designed for artists of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. Drawing on The Oil Painter's Color Handbook, this collection of essential exercises teaches an understanding of light and perception, materials, and the skills needed to work successfully in oil.
Each chapter functions as a standalone module, allowing painters to follow the book in chronological order or jump in where they like. Early exercises delve into how pigments, layering of paint, mark making, and brush language all influence how artists see and experience color, and how that translates into a finished painting. Subsequent chapters focus on value - the underlying structure of color - applying color to simple forms, and creating color strings.
The book's final chapters delve into the palettes used by different artists, color schemes, and learning to satisfy one's curiosities, as well as the most sophisticated aspects of perception: color harmony and the psychology of color.
Above all, these exercises are meant to be a starting point to help painters at every level deepen their understanding and their toolboxes (literal and figurative) in order to create with greater ease and skill. As Casey reminds his students: 'The purpose of knowledge is action.'
Elevate your painting practice with this collection of exercises designed for artists of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. Drawing on The Oil Painter's Color Handbook, this collection of essential exercises teaches an understanding of light and perception, materials, and the skills needed to work successfully in oil.
Each chapter functions as a standalone module, allowing painters to follow the book in chronological order or jump in where they like. Early exercises delve into how pigments, layering of paint, mark making, and brush language all influence how artists see and experience color, and how that translates into a finished painting. Subsequent chapters focus on value - the underlying structure of color - applying color to simple forms, and creating color strings.
The book's final chapters delve into the palettes used by different artists, color schemes, and learning to satisfy one's curiosities, as well as the most sophisticated aspects of perception: color harmony and the psychology of color.
Above all, these exercises are meant to be a starting point to help painters at every level deepen their understanding and their toolboxes (literal and figurative) in order to create with greater ease and skill. As Casey reminds his students: 'The purpose of knowledge is action.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Monacelli Press
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
400 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-58093-742-9 (9781580937429)
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Person
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Todd M. Casey trained at Jacob Collins' famed Water Street Atelier in New York City.
A modern master of the still life genre, Casey teaches at several institutions throughout the Northeast. He is represented by Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., New York, and his paintings are held in numerous private collections worldwide. His previous books (The Oil Painter's Color Handbook, 2022, and The Art of Still Life (2020) are Monacelli bestsellers.
A modern master of the still life genre, Casey teaches at several institutions throughout the Northeast. He is represented by Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., New York, and his paintings are held in numerous private collections worldwide. His previous books (The Oil Painter's Color Handbook, 2022, and The Art of Still Life (2020) are Monacelli bestsellers.