"Create the very best mixed media with 52 inspiring exercises!Strenthening your understanding and use of color will make your mixed-media art shine as you complete 52 labs that span painting, collage, drawing, assemblage and more.In Color Lab for Mixed Media Artists, color is explored through multiple lenses-nature, history, psychology, expression-as you work through 52 exciting and approachable projects that explore the infinite potential of the...

The bears describe their favorite colors and what happens when they are mixed together.

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

Text and photographs describe common things that are red, including apples, red licorice, and stop signs.

Text and photographs describe common things that are yellow, including mustard, pencils, and lemonade.

When Patrick and his aunt decide to paint a cornfield and the array of animals within it, Patrick idenifies the colors and his aunt teaches him how to mix the paint, in primary colors, to create shades of purple, green, pink, grey, and orange.

Explores the relationships between real-world objects and their colors, illustrating that each color comes in many different shades and that familiar objects sometimes come in unexpected colors, such as green bananas.

Isolates the artistic element of color, discusses what thoughts and feelings can be conveyed by different colors, and examines how they contribute to a work of art through various examples.