Learning to Paint Acrylics

The various brushes, palette knives, paint boxes, easels, and other implements best for acrylic painting are shown with their uses demonstrated. Sections that follow instruct on color mixing and the many different application techniques that let the artist achieve both stylized and realistic effects with acrylics. Specific examples of finished work include a seascape, a landscape, and a nude.

MATERIALS

6

(14)

Acrylic Paint

6

(2)

Composition of Acrylic Paint

6

(1)

Characteristics

6

(1)

Qualities and Recommendations

7

(1)

What You Can Buy

7

(1)

Brushes

8

(2)

Composition of the Brush

8

(1)

Types of Hair

8

(1)

Types of Brushes

9

(1)

Paintbrushes

9

(1)

Qualities and Recommendations

9

(1)

Supports

10

(2)

Canvases

10

(1)

Stretchers

11

(1)

Recommendations

11

(1)

Other Supports

11

(1)

Palettes and Jars

12

(2)

Palettes

12

(1)

Palette Knives

13

(1)

Water Jars and Paint Wells

13

(1)

Easels, Paint Boxes, and Boards

14

(2)

Easels

14

(1)

Boards

15

(1)

Paint Boxes

15

(1)

Additional Materials

16

(2)

Gesso

16

(1)

Latex

16

(1)

Retarding Medium

16

(1)

Acrylic Medium

17

(1)

Gels and Modeling Paste

17

(1)

Varnishes

17

(1)

Other Accessories

18

(2)

Drawing

18

(1)

Cutting and Attaching

18

(1)

Cleaning

19

(1)

Special Effects

19

(1)

BASIC TECHNIQUES

20

(34)

Using the Paint

20

(2)

Putting Paint on the Palette

20

(1)

Types of Mixes

21

(1)

The Transparency of Colors

22

(1)

Impasto

23

(1)

Using a Brush

24

(2)

How It Is Held

24

(1)

How Many Brushes Do You Need?

24

(1)

How to Clean Brushes

25

(1)

Mounting Canvas

26

(2)

Cutting, Mounting, and Stretching

26

(1)

Other Supports

27

(1)

Priming the Support

28

(2)

Priming Canvas

28

(1)

Priming Other Supports

29

(1)

Using a Palette

30

(2)

Arranging the Colors on Your Palette

30

(1)

How Many Colors Should I Put on My Palette?

30

(1)

Cleaning the Palette

31

(1)

Drawings

32

(2)

Drawing

32

(1)

Erasing or Fixing

33

(1)

Projecting an Image

33

(1)

One Color

34

(4)

Tones

34

(1)

Gradating with White

35

(1)

Painting in Black and White

36

(2)

Various Colors

38

(2)

A Suggested Palette

38

(1)

Primary and Secondary Colors

38

(1)

Complementary Colors

39

(1)

Procedure

40

(4)

Painting Step by Step

40

(1)

Procedure for Painting a Still Life in Acrylics

40

(4)

Using Impasto

44

(2)

Impasto

44

(1)

Painting a Hyacinth

44

(2)

Painting with Glazes

46

(2)

Glazes

46

(1)

Painting Nets

46

(2)

Painting with Stencils and Masks

48

(2)

Making Stencils and Masks

48

(1)

Painting a Still Life with Stencils and Masks

48

(2)

Painting with Other Implements

50

(2)

Other Implements

50

(1)

Painting without a Brush

51

(1)

Tricks of the Trade

52

(4)

Making Corrections

52

(1)

Sgraffito

53

(1)

Dry Brushing

53

(1)

Preserving with Tape

54

(1)

Pulling

55

(1)

THEMES

56

Water

56

(2)

Painting Spray

56

(2)

Skies

58

(2)

Painting the Sky

58

(2)

Vegetation

60

(2)

Painting Vegetation

60

(2)

Flesh Colors

62

Painting Flesh

62

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Learning to Paint Acrylics

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