New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook: Materials, Techniques, and Contemporary Applications for Today's Artist [Paperback]

Rheni Tauchid (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 14, 2009

Rheni Tauchid’s bestselling The New Acrylics is an invaluable overview of modern acrylic paints. Her follow-up, New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook, is an in-depth, must-have resource for today’s acrylic artist. By guiding you to a higher level of adeptness and fluidity in the handling of your materials, it brings you closer to true mastery of the medium.

Moving beyond a focus on the technical properties of acrylic paints, this new book opens your mind and eyes to the artistic possibilities that are uniquely suited to the medium. Once you become familiar with what acrylic paint is, you are ready to explore what it can become. Focusing on specific technical and application processes, this invaluable handbook demonstrates the many techniques used to produce the varied effects and painting styles that you can achieve with this most versatile of all painting media.

Clearly and beautifully illustrated with photographs of the techniques and effects, as well as stunning work by the author and other leading acrylic artists, this book expands the breadth of your potential as an artist by giving you a deeper understanding of the essence of your medium.

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About the Author

RHENI TAUCHID is the head of product development at Tri-Art, a manufacturer of acrylic artist paints and mediums. An accomplished artist, she conducts workshops and lectures on acrylics throughout the United States and Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill; Original edition (July 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823099261
• ISBN-13: 978-0823099269
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.5 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #605,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Written but Too Cerebral At Times., October 13, 2009

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S. Sayles "Siouxie S." (Bronx, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook: Materials, Techniques, and Contemporary Applications for Today's Artist (Paperback)

First let me caution, this book is in no way for beginners. In fact, its overly technical slant is enough to scare people away from acrylics. I'm only partially kidding. As a well seasoned painter and someone fairly knowledgeable in the field, I found the author's vocabulary a bit daunting at times. Flocculation anybody? Does anyone besides the author of this book know what this word means? Flocculation is when your paint curdles, OK?

That said, this book offers wonderful suggestions on how to achieve some stunning effects in the acrylic arena. But in no way is this book a how to. You'll see a picture with something you want to know more about, and you get one sentence without any further explanation. I found this and other things about this book frustrating. The other kink in the works is that many of the "new generation" of acrylics this author is championing are solely manufactured by Tri Art Acrylics, a company the author consults for.

That being said, the book is beautifully presented and definitely has influenced my artistic approach.

Siouxie, Bronx, NY

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT!, September 13, 2009

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S. Koehler "Music & Art" (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook: Materials, Techniques, and Contemporary Applications for Today's Artist (Paperback)

This is a truly inspiring book. It's all about possibilities and ultimately gives you the knowledge and freedom to explore your own potential with acrylic painting. How awesome is that! I have the first book which shares the 'what and how' about acrylic products, but this book compliments it with sharing up to date information about 'all it can be' and more so you can make the best choices for you and your unique way of creating. It's really in-depth, easy to read and clearly presented. I've been using acrylics more and more these days, and so I've been referring to this for everything...when I want refreshed insight about different surfaces, media, colour and all the mediums! Personally I love the charts, glossary and Q&A sections, oh and the whole chapter devoted to being a greener and more future conscious artist! I am so inspired by this book, I love it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, September 25, 2010

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This review is from: New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook: Materials, Techniques, and Contemporary Applications for Today's Artist (Paperback)

This may have been a case of a publisher wanting another book from an author who had already given us everything in her first one. Buy Tauchid's first book, "The New Acrylics" 2005, not this one which is a poor cousin to it. Aside from some nice photos of her demonstration pieces, this book offers nothing that you won't already know if you've been working with acrylics for awhile and have read the information provided in art supply catalogs. It is obvious that they were struggling for text because everything is covered twice, once on the white pages and again on the blah-looking beige pages in a Q & A format. Each chapter begins with an interesting list of what will be covered, but you end up disappointed because she just barely mentions each topic. There was so much that I was wanting to know more about but instead the space gets used for flowery prose and to repeatedly duplicate information in two or three different locations. Also, her first book is lush whereas this one has a recycled feel to it. On the plus side, fun photos, good product usage charts, and lots of great information for beginners.