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| Rethinking Acrylic: Radical Solutions For Exploiting The World's Most Versatile Medium | 
 enlarge | Author: Patti Brady
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 21300
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Spi
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1600610137
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.426
EAN: 9781600610134
ASIN: 1600610137
Publication Date: December 29, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Rethinking Acrylic shows readers how to use acrylic paint in a variety of ways. Acrylic can mimic oil paint, watercolor, gouache and encaustic; it can be applied in subtle transparent washes, or troweled as a heavy thick impasto; it can be as transparent as glass or as dense and black as tar. Because of its ever-changing state, the author and contributors are covering the most popular techniques for acrylic, making them accessible to the contemporary artist and crafter thorough a variety of mini-demonstrations followed by full demonstrations that show how to transform those techniques into finished paintings. Takes an in-depth approach to the most popular techniques with 27 mini-demonstrations and 10 full demonstrations that show how to incorporate the featured techniques into completed paintings.
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The best book for cutting edge acrylic product techniques to date! December 30, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have long been an admirer of Patti's work and waited for this book to come out. It does not disappoint!
Patti so freely shares her techniques for creating those lovely layers of depth and color that I love in her paintings and have always wondered how she does it. Not only does she share techniques, there are many other talented artists sharing techniques I would never have dreamed of trying.
At last, I know what all those GACs and TARS and GELS will do! The use of all compounds from Golden are covered, as well as beautiful samples of how it looks in a finished piece. (Patti is a teacher for Golden so you can expect that she uses their products to create her pieces.)
A few of the techniques covered are:
Watermedia effects
subtractive techniques
pours
acrylic encaustic
acrylic image transfers...and more. Each chapter features an artist whose are is well versed in the subject, and each artist shares his/her technique in achieving the look.
I can't wait to go the art supply store this afternoon to buy some gels and start playing. If you are looking for an acrylic technique book, this one covers many techniques, as well as how to use all those gels that I have not seen in other books, including Acrylic Revolution which is also a great book. If you are an acrylic painter then this is a valuable book for your library!
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