Acrylics Companion, The

• Loosen up with a range of fun, inspiring exercises to get you started
• Discover luscious impasto, versatile washes and experimental pouring
• Experiment with different applicators: brushes, knives, and more
• Cut to the chase with visual, easy-to-follow guides to composition, colour theory and using different types of acrylics, including soft, heavy body and more
• Acrylics 101: from choosing and handling your brushes to mounting your finished piece on the wall
• Troubleshoot any concerns or issues
• Take inspiration from dozens of inspirational examples of Hash’s work.

• Getting started
  • Acrylics, what’s the fuss? 8
  • Acrylics in a nutshell 10
  • Brush up on the basics 12
  • What brush? 14
  • Warm ups 16
  • Acrylics like watercolour 18
  • Neat paint 20
• Adding a twist 
  
  • Spray! 22
  • Palette of pigments 24
  • Slow it right down 26
  • Flow improver 28
  • Glazing with acrylics 30
  • Modelling paste 32
• Colour theory
  
  • Families of limited colour 34
  • Black and white into colour 36
  • Work brighter 38
  • Close tones 40
  • Flat areas 42
  • Dominant black 44
  • Base colour 46
  • Break the harmony 48
• Brushwork
  
  • Drawing with a rigger 50
  • Linework with a card 52
  • Drawing lasso 54
  • Ways to paint a parrot I – easy 56
  • Make every mark count 58
  • Pressure 60
  • One hit wonder 62
  • Planning and playing
  • Chaos into order 64
  • Edit your shots 66
  • Glitching out 68
  • Playing with size 70
  • Mixing marvellous mud 72
  • Coloured cards 74
  • Unhappy accidents 76
• What to paint
  
  • Ways to paint a parrot II – medium 78
  • Painting the everyday 80
  • Café scenes 82
  • Animals 84
  • Night scenes 86
  • Acrylic architecture 88
  • Colourful snow 90
  • Ways to paint a parrot III – hard 92
• Professional tips
  
  • Portraits on commission 94
  • Working on a series 96
  • When it’s finished 98
  • Keeping inspired 100
  • Finishing 102
  • Floating frames 104
  • Tints and black 106
  • Notan 108
  • One-session painting 110
  • Painting water 112
  • Buildings with character 114

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