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Create gorgeous paintings with this fun and easy guide to acrylics!
Always wanted to paint with acrylics? This easy-to-follow, full color guide gives you expert instruction and simple exercises in acrylic painting techniques and styles. The step-by-step projects let you practice your skill and stir your imagination — and give you the foundation to create similar projects with your own subjects and surfaces!
- Get your feet (and brushes) wet — assemble your materials, prepare your surfaces, and sort out additives and enhancers
Try out basic acrylic techniques — work with brush strokes, control and thin your paint, experiment with textures, and use stencils
Practice design and composition principles — mix and use color, balance elements, make changes, and pull your painting together
Imitate several kinds of styles — use acrylic paint to mimic the effects of watercolor and oil paints
Build your repertoire — explore texture and dimension, work with glass, rocks, bricks, metalwork, and more
Open the book and find:
- Clear step-by-step instructions with illustrations
A variety of projects and styles to suit all tastes
Quick tricks and techniques to get started painting right away
Lots of colorful paintings to inspire creativity
Helpful hints for improving your drawing skills
Full-scale projects at the end of most chapters
Exercises to jump-start your artistic passion
About the Author
Colette Pitcher is a painter and sculptor who exhibits her artwork throughout the country. She is the owner of the Showcase Art Center in Greeley, Colorado, where she offers adult instruction in numerous painting mediums. Pitcher is also the author of Watercolor Painting For Dummies and is a contributor to PaintWorks magazine.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Acrylic Painting for Dummies,
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This review is from: Acrylic Painting For Dummies (Paperback)
I have now purchased two of the Acrylic for Dummies books. One for myself and one for a relative who is delving into acrylics.The book has been a tremendous help as the instructions are so well written and illustrated. The chapters are comprehensive, easy to understand and filled with excellent information. Projects are well designed and easy to follow. I have borrowed books from libraries and friends but the Dummies book is now my guide, leading to a greater comprehension of acrylic painting. I'm inspired by Colette Pitcher, the author.
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Acrylic painting for Dummies,
This review is from: Acrylic Painting For Dummies (Paperback)
Another useful publication from the 'For Dummies' range. Has good, clear instructions, plenty of illustrationsand offers a variety of projects to try. The chapters cover everything from the basic equipment needed to make a start, through various techniques, to more advanced work such as using textures and abstract painting.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews) 51 of 53 people found the following review helpful
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solid, basic info on tech properties of acrylics,
By johnjorg - Published on Amazon.com
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Most of my painting experience is with watercolors. I've tried oils but, with a short attention span and even less patience, I found the long drying time of oils frustrating unless I was working wet-on-wet all the time (as in "Think Bob Ross"). Plus, cold weather's driven me inside where oil paint fumes drive the cats crazy. I won't mention what my wife thinks about the fumes. I bought this book more for the technical hints on the properties of acrylic paints than for the painting techniques (which as best as I can tell are comparable to the Dummies books on WC and Oils re: techniques which, in turn, compare favorably to most basic "How to Paint with . . ." books). This book met my expectations on the technical side and exceeded my expectations on the techniques side. In addition to helping me decide how to use the technical properties of acrylics to their best advantage, it also helped me figure out how to integrate my oil use and WC use in what the literature calls "mixed media." In short, there were some technical hints as well as technique hints that I could also use in my WC and oil works.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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Acrylic painting for dummies,
By C. Paul - Published on Amazon.com
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Fantastic book - not for dummies though. It has very in-depth instructions and it teaches you a lot of good techniques. I gave this book to my sister who is a novice and she loved it. Highly recommended.
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Painting made easy,
By Glenn Klotz - Published on Amazon.com
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Great book for novice painters like me. Really gave me a lot of great short cuts and also the basics with a sense of humour and fun.
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