Full Description
Hands-on, full-color instruction in this versatile painting mediumAcrylic paint is easy to use, quick to dry, a cinch to clean up, and relatively inexpensive-which makes it a great medium for amateur artists. Following a simple step-by-step approach, Acrylic Painting For Dummies provides hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow exercises in acrylic painting techniques and styles, making the medium accessible to would-be artists at all levels. Featuring large-scale projects at the end of most chapters and ample additional opportunities for readers to paint along, this friendly guide will help anyone discover the artist within.
Contents
Introduction 1Part I: Getting Acquainted with Acrylics 5Chapter 1: Acrylics Are Awesome! 7Chapter 2: Setting Up Supplies: Brushes, Surfaces, and Palettes 17Chapter 3: All About Paints and Mediums 35Part II: Exploring Tricks and Techniques 47Chapter 4: Basic Painting and Finishing Techniques 49Chapter 5: Building Your Repertoire with Quick Tricks and Techniques 71Chapter 6: Drawn to Paint - Even if Your Drawing Skills Need Work 85Part III: Finding the Fun in Fundamentals 101Chapter 7: Taking a Quick Color Tour 103Chapter 8: Design of the Times: Design Elements and Principles 123Chapter 9: Putting the Pieces Together: Composition 143Part IV: Acrylic's Versatile Styles 157Chapter 10: Letting It Flow: Creating a Watercolor-like Landscape 159Chapter 11: Laying It On Thick: Painting Like the Oil Masters 179Chapter 12: Thinking and Painting Abstractly 205Part V: Projects for Different Surfaces 235Chapter 13: Creating Collages and Transfers 237Chapter 14: Cool Projects for All Types of Surfaces 255Part VI: The Part of Tens 281Chapter 15: Ten (Plus One) Genres: Figuring Out What You Want to Paint 283Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Get the Creative Juices Flowing 291Index 295
