- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
Modern Acrylic delivers the simple concepts and painting techniques you’ll need to create exciting and expressive works of art.
With Modern Acrylic, artists, illustrators, art students, and art hobbyists can learn how to use basic painting techniques and concepts to create expressive works of art. You’ll learn to paint flowers, animals, patterns, architecture, landscapes, and more. This guide offers a lively and creative approach to acrylic paint packed with inspiring exercises and whimsical projects.
Foremost a beginner’s guide, Modern Acrylic starts with a brief introduction to the tools you’ll need and continues with explanations of key painting concepts like color mixing and atmospheric perspective. Once you have a handle on the basics, it’s time to create dynamic color palettes, use basic shapes and techniques to render a range of subjects, and practice mark making and textures.
Modern Acrylic is an inspiring and accessible guide to painting everything from expressive landscapes to colorful architectural gems.
The Modern Series of books offers a fun, contemporary approach to working with traditional art media, demonstrating that with the right type of instruction, encouragement, and tips, drawing and painting success can be achieved by any artist or creative type.
Also in the Modern Series:Modern Colored Pencil, Modern Drawing, and Modern Watercolor.
With Modern Acrylic, artists, illustrators, art students, and art hobbyists can learn how to use basic painting techniques and concepts to create expressive works of art. You’ll learn to paint flowers, animals, patterns, architecture, landscapes, and more. This guide offers a lively and creative approach to acrylic paint packed with inspiring exercises and whimsical projects.
Foremost a beginner’s guide, Modern Acrylic starts with a brief introduction to the tools you’ll need and continues with explanations of key painting concepts like color mixing and atmospheric perspective. Once you have a handle on the basics, it’s time to create dynamic color palettes, use basic shapes and techniques to render a range of subjects, and practice mark making and textures.
Modern Acrylic is an inspiring and accessible guide to painting everything from expressive landscapes to colorful architectural gems.
The Modern Series of books offers a fun, contemporary approach to working with traditional art media, demonstrating that with the right type of instruction, encouragement, and tips, drawing and painting success can be achieved by any artist or creative type.
Also in the Modern Series:Modern Colored Pencil, Modern Drawing, and Modern Watercolor.
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GETTING
STARTED
INTRODUCTION
Have you ever been in a moment and felt the desire to capture it? I don’t mean just a quick photo to freeze what it looks like; I mean you want to capture the feeling of it all: the warmth of sand beneath your feet on your first trip to the beach after a long winter, the wind blowing through your car window as your drive through the mountains, the silence in a single, fragile flower. This is painting. Painting is about seeing and feeling, and pushing all those emotions onto a canvas.
Acrylic paints are versatile and can mimic other paints easily, without the hassle of special products. They are tough and permanent and will hold true to their color for years. They don’t have any odor and are safe for all ages. You can water down acrylic paint and layer washes of color over and over to build up opaque shades to create new colors. You can lay acrylic paint thickly on a panel—it will dry quickly—and then paint on top of that color without the two mixing and getting muddy.
In this book, we’ll explore everything you need to know to get started in acrylic painting, whether you’re brand new to art or an experienced artist who just wants to explore a new medium. We’ll go over the basic tools and materials, how to handle brushes to achieve certain strokes and textures, how to use color to express yourself, and so much more.
After you’ve learned these basics, dive into the easy-to-follow step-by-step tutorials, which cover a wide range of subject matter. You can follow along with my projects exactly, or you can put your own personal spin on things by choosing a different color palette, tweaking the subject matter, or simply painting it in your own style—there’s no wrong way!
Acrylic paint is simple to work with and has a breadth of uses. Allow your creativity to flow, and keep an open mind while you let the paint do its thing!
SUPPLIES
It’s important to prep your space and materials before you begin painting. This way, once you dive in, you can really get creative without trying to find all the things you might need. First clear the space where you will be painting. Put away anything that may get paint on it, and lay down a drop cloth to protect the area. You can work on an easel, a wall, or a flat surface. Think through the way you work best and set it all up. Do you need snacks? Ice water? Comfy clothes? Music? Set a great environment that enables you to be creative yet focused.
BRUSHES
You’ll want to grab a big cup of water for your dirty brushes, and then lay them out. Many types of brushes can be used for different paint strokes. Shown here are the brushes I use most. Synthetic-hair brushes are best for acrylics, because the strong filaments can withstand the caustic nature of the paint.
WIDE Wide brushes cover large spaces and are great for blocking in colors; they can also be used to apply washes of color with watered-down paint.
PALETTE KNIFE This tool creates thick layers of paint in...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Getting Started
- Exploring Color
- Beginning Painting
- Painting Everyday Life
- Painting Botanicals
- Painting Architecture & Landscapes
- About the Artist
- Copyright