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| Acrylic School: A Practical Guide to Painting with Acrylic (Reader's Digest Learn-As-You-Go-Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: Hazel Harrison
Publisher: Readers Digest
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 300932
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0762106425
Dewey Decimal Number: 751
EAN: 9780762106424
ASIN: 0762106425
Publication Date: April 7, 2005
Release Date: April 11, 2005
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Product Description
A complete guide to the perfect medium for first-time painters and for artists looking for a new medium. Step-by-step sequences show you how to master the techniques and develop your own style. 9 demonstration projects.
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 Acrylics School July 23, 2008
Received in excellent condition. A very good book for someone like me who knows nothing about acrylics and wants to paint. Thanks.
 Must read for all novice painters November 4, 2007
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
As a novice acrylic painter, I found this book to be the best beginners guidebook. After reviewing many, many books on acrylic painting, this is the only book that had it all. Chapter 3 provides the fundamentals on color basics. Understanding how to mix colors is a principle foundation that many other books failed to address. The rest of the book delves into various painting techniques that are simple to follow and understand. I would've given it 5 stars if the book came spiral bound, making it easier to use while painting. Wonderful book to have in my acrylics reference library.
 3.5 stars August 18, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was decent - not great. The examples, in my opinion, were boring and tend to be the abstract kind. There were VERY few step-by-step instructions on how to do those paintings, and the caption underneath a picture would talk about 2 steps while the picture shows only 1 of those steps. So, as you can see, I found this book to be a bit frustrating. I gave it another 1/2 star just because it showed me how to paint an ocean scene.
Pretty thorough October 18, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I thought this book was very good, especially for the beginner. It went through palette, color mixing, grounds, additives, and content. For the more experienced painter, I thought it made a good reference and refresher. It also had several artists who contributed their examples. This book is well illustrated with reference photos and more.
A rotten artist January 4, 2000
116 out of 116 found this review helpful
I received this and several other books for Christmas from a professional artist who wanted me to share her passion for acrylic painting. This book is by far the best for a beginner such as myself. Most of the books my friend sent me were almost entirely devoted to technique, but this book also went into great detail about brushes, paints, canvas, paper, colors, etc. The author dedicates two pages to each topic, all of which are very well laid out and well organized (the pages even have color coded boxes in the top corner to help you find exactly what you are looking for). There are countless pictures that illustrate the effects of various techniques using different colors and mediums, which allows the beginning artist to skip over much of the initial experimentation usually involved when starting a new craft. There is no doubt that this is a book for beginners, but I think it is an ideal place to start. Secondly, despite its novice approach, the author covers nearly all of the techniques discussed in books that are considered to be far more advanced. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about starting to paint with acrylics. Enjoy.
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