In the February 2009 issue of Watercolor Artist, Nita Leland explained the seven contrasts of color and how to apply them to your own painting and creative color problem solving. A creative choice of David Daniels, a featured artist in Leland’s book, Confident Color, is to work with pure color. Download Daniels’ step-by-step demo on how to paint with full-strength pure colors by clicking here.

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This PDF is excerpted from Confident Color © 2008 by Nita Leland. Used with permission of North Light Books, an imprint of F+W Media, Inc. Visit your local bookseller or call 800/448-0915 to obtain your copy.

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