Keys to Successful Color

An Absolute Essential For Every Artist's Bookshelf

Renowned artist Foster Caddell shares the unique methodology behind his extraordinary use of color in this remarkable book, back in print due to popular demand.

Foster Caddell devoted his entire life to his art, beginning with developing a sophisticated drawing technique while in high school. He was employed as a lithographer before serving with the US Army Air Corps in World War II, documenting life in the Pacific Theater with his sketchbook and watercolors. Upon returning to civilian life, Caddell continued working in lithography while engaged with freelance illustrating and portraiture, and he began teaching after being approached by local aspiring artists eager to learn his techniques. From these humble beginnings, Foster Caddell soon became the founder/teacher and CEO of the largest private art school in southern New England, located in Voluntown, Connecticut.

Intended for intermediate to advanced artists, Keys To Successful Color: A Guide for Landscape Painters in Oil is not your standard how-to art book. Using his own artwork as a visual aid, Foster gives the reader his tips, or "keys," for solving various color-related problems in oil-based landscapes. Foster Caddell packs decades of wisdom into 144 pages, including:

-26 of Foster Caddell's oil paintings for reference

-49 of Foster Caddell's personal keys to success in oil painting

Be sure to complete your library of Foster Caddell's works with these invaluable guides published by Echo Point Books: Keys to Painting Better Portraits, (hardcover ISBN 1626545944, paperback 1648371485) and Keys to Successful Landscape Painting, (hardcover ISBN 1635610427, paperback 1648370454). Keys to Successful Color is also available from Echo Point Books in hardcover (ISBN 1626545774).