Acrylic painting for dummies. ([2011?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Colette Pitcher.
• Other Names: Pitcher, Colette
• Contents: ""Title""; ""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""; ""Maintaining Your Brushes"" ""Picking 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""""Finishing with Finesse""; ""Project: 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 â€" 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""; ""Chapter 7: Taking a Quick Color Tour""; ""Looking 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""; ""Check Yourself: Analyzing and Revamping Your Composition""; ""Part 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""
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, N.J : Wiley
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 751.426; Art; ART -- Techniques -- Acrylic Painting; Art; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780470526484; 0470526483
• Related ISBNs: 9780470444559; 047044455X
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