| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) |
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50 Small Paintings Ser |
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50 Small Paintings Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Welcome -- Project gallery -- Chapter 1: Materials, tools, and techniques -- Acrylic paint -- Brushes -- Palettes -- Choosing a surface -- Transferring your drawing -- Color and value -- Basic design principles -- Displaying your work -- Chapter 2: Putting on the paint -- 1 Basic paint application: Door -- 2 Mixing tints and shades: Envelope -- 3 Opaque layering: T-shirt -- 4 Expanding your color palette: Child's chalk drawing -- 5 Mixing values of gray: Wax crayon -- 6 Getting to know your brushes: Pastry with sprinkles |
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7 Cutting out a shape: Toy duck -- 8 Introduction to massing: Daisy -- 9 Textured layering: Red barn -- 10 Simple composition: Tabletop still life -- 11 Painting wood grain: Artist's palette -- 12 Distressing the surface: Brick wall -- 13 Simple reflections in water: Hot-air balloon -- 14 Rough and smooth surfaces: Egg on toast -- 15 Understanding fabric: Theater curtains -- 16 Color contrasts: Door and padlock -- 17 Intricate details: Butterfly -- Chapter 3: Light, shadow, and form -- 18 Introduction to cubes: Block of butter -- 19 Introduction to ellipses: Pineapple slice |
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20 Introduction to spheres: Pincushion -- 21 Introduction to cones: Holiday hat -- 22 Light and shade on a cube: Multi-layered sandwich -- 23 Reflective surfaces: Pawn -- 24 Introduction to cylinders: Stack of pancakes -- 25 Creating a unified color scheme: Cactus -- 26 Multiple spheres: Toy panda -- 27 Hatching brushstrokes: Bee -- 28 Understanding color values: Paper bag puppet -- 29 Shadow colors: Building block giraffe -- 30 Combining cones and spheres: Ice-cream cone -- 31 Complex ellipses: Button flower -- 32 Multiple geometric shapes: Toy rocket -- 33 Reflected light: Takeout carton |
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34 Multiple textures: Paintbrush -- 35 Complex cylinder: Pretzel -- Chapter 4: Interpretive approaches -- 36 Random edges: Cumulus clouds -- 37 Expressive brushstrokes: Banana peel -- 38 Luminous light effects: City at sunset -- 39 Luminous glazes: Illuminated lightbulb -- 40 Creating clean, fresh whites: Swan -- 41 Simplifying the subject: Flamingo -- 42 Dramatic contrast: Light on road -- 43 Broken brushstrokes: Tree -- 44 Gradation and depth: Misty mountains -- 45 Mixing colors using glazes: Lighthouse -- 46 Complementary colors: Lemon branch |
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47 Translucency and transparency: Butterscotch candy -- 48 Painting a backlit subject: Thistle -- 49 Creating a sense of scale: Canyon vista -- 50 Tonalism: Landscape with setting sun -- Glossary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Credits |
| Subject |
Acrylic painting -- Technique
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Art -- Techniques -- Acrylic Painting.
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Art -- Techniques -- Painting.
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Crafts & Hobbies -- Painting.
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Acrylic painting -- Technique
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
163159852X |
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9781631598524 |
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