The acrylic painter : tools and techniques for the most versatile medium / James Van Patten.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Berkeley : Watson-Guptill Publications, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: 165 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385346115
- 0385346115
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A complete course on acrylic painting for beginners and experienced artiststhat covers classic approaches and new innovations
Embraced for versatility, quick-drying properties, and non-toxicity,no medium offers a wider range of effects forcreating highly expressive art than acrylics. With its flexibility and ease of use, acrylic paint is a must-try for painters-no matter your skill level.
Here noted artist and School of Visual Artsinstructor James Van Patten draws from years of experience to show you how to use acrylics to achieve a variety of results-from watercolor-like transparency and the flatness of tempera and gouacheto the buttery quality of oils. He presents an insider's look at the most up-to-date tools, materials, and techniques used by top painters in the medium toproduce highly expressive art.
Van Patten offers guidance on materials, processes, balance, and composition, and focuses on effectively using color in painting. Replete with detailed step-by-step technical demonstrations and a catalog of inspiring works by notable past and contemporary artists, as well as the author himself and his students , The Acrylic Painter provides a complete, classic art instruction manual for painters of all abilities in one of today's most popular types of paint.
Includes index.
Presents an introduction to painting with acrylics, covering the varieties of acrylic paints, additives, brushes, palettes, and painting surfaces and discussing color theory and techniques for transferring a visual experience to a finished artwork.