| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : color illustrations |
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--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Contents |
Acrylic Painting FOR Dummies®; About the Author; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Acquainted with Acrylics; Chapter 1: Acrylics Are Awesome!; What's So Awesome About Acrylic Paint?; Nurturing and Growing the Acrylic Artist in You; Project: Painting Your Sketchbook; Chapter 2: Setting Up Supplies: Brushes, Surfaces, and Palettes; Brushing Up on Brushes |
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Maintaining Your BrushesPicking and Prepping Common Paint Surfaces; Thinking Outside the Canvas: Alternate Acrylic Painting Surfaces; Purchasing Palettes and Other Handy Stuff; Chapter 3: All About Paints and Mediums; Getting to Know the Different Properties of Acrylic Paints; Different Types of Acrylic Paint; Additives, Mediums, Gels, and Pastes; Part II: Exploring Tricks and Techniques; Chapter 4: Basic Painting and Finishing Techniques; Setting Up Your Palette and Supplies; Getting a Grip on Your Brushes: Practicing Various Brush Strokes; The Best Basic Painting Techniques |
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Finishing with FinesseProject: 30-Minute Artist Trading Card; Chapter 5: Building Your Repertoire with Quick Tricks and Techniques; Ready, Set, Experiment; Adding Stuff to Your Paint; Thinking Outside the Brush; Dripping, Spraying, and Spattering; Project: Combination Technique Abstract; Chapter 6: Drawn to Paint -- Even if Your Drawing Skills Need Work; Making Thumbnail Sketches; Enlarging Sketches; Tracing Your Way to a Great Painting Sketch; Getting Your Drawing onto the Painting Surface; Blending with Paint; Project: Create a Still Life; Part III: Finding the Fun in Fundamentals |
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Chapter 7: Taking a Quick Color TourLooking at Popular Colors; Deciphering Paint Descriptions; Working the Color Wheel; Three Color Exercises; A Few More Color Plans; Chapter 8: Design of the Times: Design Elements and Principles; Elements of Design; The Principle of Balance; The Principle of Contrast; The Principles of Repetition, Alternation, and Variation; The Principle of Direction; The Principles of Emphasis and Subordination; Chapter 9: Putting the Pieces Together: Composition; First Things First: Intention and Placement; More Composition Guidelines |
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Check Yourself: Analyzing and Revamping Your CompositionPart IV: Acrylic's Versatile Styles; Chapter 10: Letting It Flow: Creating a Watercolor-like Landscape; Born to Run: Thinning Acrylic to be Like Watercolor; The Sky's the Limit: Painting Translucent Skies; Getting Edgy: Defining the Edges of Landscape Objects; Seeing the Forest for the Trees; Layering Paint for Endless Possibilities; Project: Putting Together a Watercolor-like Landscape; Chapter 11: Laying It On Thick: Painting Like the Oil Masters; Getting Ready to Create an "Oil" Masterpiece; Trying Oil-Inspired Techniques |
| Summary |
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, contr |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Acrylic painting -- Technique
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ART -- Techniques -- Acrylic Painting.
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Acrylic painting -- Technique
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470526460 |
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0470526467 |
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