Acrylic secrets
Subtitle: 300 tips and techniques for painting the easy way
By: Gill Barron.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pleasantville, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781606520338
Subjects: Acrylic painting -- Technique
Other titles: 300 tips and techniques for painting the easy way; Three hundred tips and techniques for painting the easy way
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ch. 1. Setting up. Why use acrylics?; title: Getting to know acrylics; title: Finding the perfect palette; title: Choosing your color palette; title: Project 1. Using a restricted palette; title: Brushes for acrylics; title: Painting knives, shapers, and sponges; title: Types of support; title: Making your own supports; title: Priming and colored grounds; title: Project 2. Colored grounds in context; title: All about mediums; title: Setting up your studio; title: The studio store cabinet; title: Painting in the open air; title: Make your own easel; title: More equipment you can make; title: Ch. 2. Designing the painting. Composition; title: Project 3. Making compositional choices; title: Tools for seeing; title: More ways to improve your vision; title: Good subjects; title: Project 4. Painting from life; title: Color theory; title: Project 5. Using tone in context; title: Ch. 3. Techniques. Acrylics; title: Project 6. Acrylics in action; title: Action painting; title: Watercolors; title: Project 7. Acrylics as watercolor. Gouache; title: Classic oils; title: Project 8. Glazing in context; title: Modern oils; title: Mural painting in the 21st century; title: Collage and mixed media; title: Painting light.