Three Color Painting

In this user-friendly and truly liberating book, Stan Kaminski shows how numerous shades can be achieved and stunning paintings created using just three colors- alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue and yellow ocher- and minimum equipment. The techniques used are universal, and the methods work equally well whether you use watercolor, oil, acrylic or designer's gouache as Stan does here.

The book takes us through 20 demonstration paintings and explain the process to achieve them. The demonstrations are in two sections, either using the watered-down gouache for watercolor style paintings or thick gouache for oil paintings style. Using the techniques in this book, Stan guarantees the beginners to get great results at the first attempt and for the experienced artist to improve his/ her paintings. 

• Paint and improve your art using only three colors.
• Reduce material and equipment
• Step-by-step guidance for each painting
• more than a how-to-do book, but also a how-to-think book through the process
• Painting principle that are applicable to any medium