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TCS Study Guides: Overview

Text Reference: TCS Decorative Painting Color Match Sourcebook, 3rd Edition by Bobbie Pearcy.

Leads you through the most important features and functions of the TCS Sourcebook.  From how easy it is to find substitute / matching colors to the shortcuts of using the Sourcebook, this step by step approach will help you better understand the TCS Color Identification System. As you progress thru the text, you will feel more confident in your own color selection and mixing skills. You will gain knowledge about hue, clarity and value and how these scales combine to form a unique color identifier. This course material is not about frequency of light and how it reflects colors to the human eye. This is color knowledge from the viewpoint of an artist, how an artist sees, judges, mixes and measures paint mediums to achieve the desired effect and results.

TCS Study Guide Two

Leads you through the features of the TCS Color Solutions Network. While the TCS Sourcebook is printed text, the TCS On-Line Network is a greatly expanded Color Identification System. You do not have to be a network member to complete this material which is all internet based. Study Guide Two directs you to several documents which outline the functions and compare the differences between the Sourcebook and the On-Line network.

This Study Guide text will step you through internet materials which focus on the future of art, and explains technology changes which are helping every artist.

1. TCS Digital Color Wheel CD. - $19.95 Value. Steps user thru color scheme selections.
2. Artist Color Guide. - $ 9.95 Value. Giclee enhancement makes an impact in the art world.
3. Book: Begin With Genesis: - $5 Value. How one paint company uses the TCS System.
4. Sample pack of five (5) Genesis Artist Colors - $14 Value. Introduction to Limited Palettes.
5. Learn how just five (5) paints can create thirty (30) of the most popular artist colors.

At the end of Study Guide Two, please complete the feedback questionnaires 1 and 2. E-mail or surface mail them along with check or credit card information in the amount of $5.00 (US Funds) and we will mail Study Guide Three package to you.  You cannot order Study Guide Three without including the questionnaires.