| Description |
160 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 159) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The language of acrylics -- What are artist acrylic paints? -- Acrylic paint production -- Artist- vs. student-grade acrylics -- Acrylic primer -- The acrylic format -- Acrylic ink basics -- Specialty acrylics -- Innovations -- 2. Materials and equipment -- Preparing to paint -- Tools -- Improvisationals -- 3. About color -- Color in modern acrylics -- Questions of color -- Metallics -- Unique and unusual pigments -- 4. Acrylic mediums -- Unraveling the mystery of mediums -- Water -- Gel mediums -- Liquid mediums -- Specialty mediums -- Grounds -- Finishing mediums -- Applying medium -- 5. Basic applications -- Acrylic painting techniques -- Demonstration 1 : faux metallic surface -- Blending -- Staining -- Feathering -- Underpainting -- Glazing -- Problem solving -- 6. Alternative approaches -- Breaking barriers -- The mimic -- Painting with light -- Demonstration 2 : stained glass panel -- Acrylic transfers -- Demonstration 3 : acrylic transfer painting -- Printing -- Demonstration 4 : silk-screen printing -- Demonstration 5 : monotype -- Soft sculpture -- Special effects -- Mixed media -- 7. Decorative objects -- Making things -- Floors -- Demonstration 6 : floorcloth -- Acrylic mosaic -- Demonstration 7 : mosaic lampshade -- Demonstration 8 : drip light -- Demonstration 9 : transfer lamp -- Demonstration 10 : keepsake box -- Closing thoughts -- Featured artists. |
| Subject |
Acrylic painting -- Technique.
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Artists' materials.
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| ISBN |
0823031594 paperback |
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