The qualities of acrylic paint and its basic techniques are discussed.
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By Kathy V. (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acrylic Painting: A Step-by-Step Instruction Book (His the Artist's Painting Library) (Paperback)
I have to say that I was a bit disappointed in this one. For a book that is geared towards the beginner, there was surprisingly little information about actually getting started, with the main focus being on exercises and demonstrations. Speaking as a novice, if this had been the only book I had purchased, I would have been totally lost.
I don't want to say that this book is completely useless, however. The basic information about paints, supports, brushes etc. is good, as are the glossary terms. But beyond that, in comparison to other "How To" books that I've purchased, this one just doesn't measure up. To be fair, some of that can be attributed to personal taste. As someone who is interested in abstract art, the lessons (all still life and landscape) simply didn't interest me. Furthermore, almost half of the photos are black-and-white, including some of the demonstration pages. It's a stretch to expect the reader to understand the difference between opaque and transparent painting techniques by looking at rather poor quality black-and-white images. It just didn't work for me. For the novice painter, there are much better books out there.
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This review is from: Acrylic Painting: A Step-by-Step Instruction Book (His the Artist's Painting Library) (Paperback)
Professionals tend to use no more than a dozen of the ACRYLIC PAINTING colors. Watercolor paper's slightly rough texture brings out the precisely fluid color of drybrushing a green pepper and the scrubby back-and-forth strokes of scumbling a peach. An Old Master technique monochromes lights and shadows before color glazing a kettle. The trick to painting glass or water is using the same mixtures as the background for patches of light and dark, but with more white for lights and middle tones. These are some of the tips that Wendon Blake shares as he follows artist Rudy De Reyna's demonstration paintings through covering shapes with flat tones, modeling lights and darks, and adding highlights, textures and details. The author also covers special techniques, such as cloth dabbing; correcting by darkening, lightening or repainting; impasto; paper crumpling; scratching; spattering; and sponging. He says good painting means working with cleanly stored supplies; chemically stable colors on acrylic gesso-coated hardboard, chemically pure 100% rag stock watercolor paper, or real artist's canvas; and museum-quality mat boards for taping with glue-coated cloths or homemade drawing paper strips with white water soluble paste. He has covered just about everything needed for going on to Earl Grenville Killeen's THE NORTH LIGHT BOOK OF ACRYLIC PAINTING TECHNIQUES, Barclay Sheaks' THE ACRYLICS BOOK, and Rachel Rubin Wolfe's THE ACRYLIC PAINTER'S BOOK OF STYLES AND TECHNIQUES.
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Painting in Acrylic. For as long as human beings have painted pictures, artists have searched for the ideal painting vehicle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
softhair brush, scumbling strokes, naphthol crimson, tramarine blue, drybrush strokes, gloss medium, phthalocyanine green, acrylic gesso, fluid color, thick color, illustration board, phthalocyanine blue, burnt sienna, burnt umber, tube color, painting surface, liquid color Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Painting in Acrylic. For as long as human beings have painted pictures, artists have searched for the ideal painting vehicle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
softhair brush, scumbling strokes, naphthol crimson, tramarine blue, drybrush strokes, gloss medium, phthalocyanine green, acrylic gesso, fluid color, thick color, illustration board, phthalocyanine blue, burnt sienna, burnt umber, tube color, painting surface, liquid color Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Formulas for Painters by Robert Massey in Back Matter
- How to Draw What You See (Practical Art Books) by Rudy De Reyna on page 155
- Pencil Drawing Techniques by David Lewis in Front Matter
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