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Acrylics (Artist's Library series #04)

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This small volume is quite good but the buyer needs to understand that the book is just what the title says it is "Translucent Techniques for Landscape Painters." This is not a step by step painting book for beginners. It's focus is on one aspect of the use of acrylics. Recommend.

This was my first book on acrylic painting. It's a fairly brief read, but it covered all the main points that I needed to realistically depict a simple landscape with a few supplies and a starter set of paints. (I used theGrumbacher Academy Acrylics 10 Color Set). I've read at least 50 books on art since then, and have produced a good number of paintings and drawings on a variety of subjects, but I'm still using and gaining skill in the methods I learned from this book. It's excellent.

This book demonstrates some great watercolor-type techniques to use with acrylics for realistic landscapes. R. Bradford Johnson demonstrates texturing on barns, tree trunks, fence posts, foliage, grass, etc. I really like the palette of colors he uses - and yes, it includes black! He transfers his drawings to water color paper and predominantly uses transparent & translucent techniques, although he uses some opaque techniques with white for details.
This is one of the first painting books I ever owned and it's still one of my favorites.