Watson-Guptill

Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner Watson-Guptill

This book starts at the beginning, helping new painters find what works for them while providing information on all the necessary tools, tips and techniques they will need to create a representational painting. The chapters follow a progressive sequence that teaches basic skills through practical, accessible exercises like how to handle a brush, achieve the right paint consistency, mix color and create dimension. This helps the artist build a solid foundation they can rely on as painting projects grow more challenging. A special feature of the book is the artwork and commentary of real students, which helps the beginner set realistic goals and also shows them how other artists at the same level of experience have worked through inevitable setbacks to achieve success.

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The New Acrylics Watson-Guptill

Focusing on a popular art medium that has been around for over 50 years, The New Acrylics illustrates how artists can create lush textures, color and luster with the modern acrylics readily available in any art supply store. Traditional technique-based books on acrylics cover traditional methods of painting. However, The New Acrylics is geared toward more nonconventional ways in which to manipulate modern-day acrylics, and demonstrates new applications such as glazing, textured effects, soft sculpture effects, or staining, thus reinventing the old way of handling acrylics, and revealing a fabulous new artistic medium. One of the few acrylics books devoted solely to the revolutionary advances in acrylic paints and mediums.

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