Books in Barron's Pocket Art Guides series offer practical advice and instruction to art students and amateur painters. Each of these books focuses on a specific aspect of painting or drawing, and includes many tips that even experienced professionals will find new and helpful. All titles have many captioned color illustrations, as well as enlightening notes on how famous artists solved specific problems. In this title, color illustrations are shown in progress, step-by-step, as they demonstrate different ways to create the illusion of light through vivid color contrasts. Among the examples are paintings by famous artists, including the French master painter, caricaturist, and lithographer Honoré Daumier.