Many exciting, new and contemporary looks can be created by layering different techniques in the same painting. This title demonstrates how to create a painting combining watercolour and oil effects that use acrylic. It uses a landscape image, but both realism and abstract styles benefit from this w[...]
50 dazzling techniques...for work that shines above the rest From the author of the best-selling books "Acrylic Revolution" and "Acrylic Innovation," this book blazes new creative territory with 50 techniques that harness the artistic power of light. Ranging from subtle glazing on metal leaf, to pea[...]
A professional art instructor offers a comprehensive tutorial in the use and application of acrylic paints, introducing more than one hundred tips, tricks, and techniques for working with the versatile medium, along with step-by-step demonstrations, a series of projects, and a gallery of finished ar[...]
Acrylic is often used as a substitute for oil paint or watercolor, but the real gold mine is in allowing the medium freedom to do what it does best. This book shows how today's artists are doing exactly that. It's loaded with original artwork and valuable insight from 64 artists, incredibly diverse [...]