Acrylic fusion experimenting with alternative methods for painting, collage, and mixed media
"Acrylic Fusion is a unique reference book, designed to excite and motivate artists to push beyond traditional techniques and to explore new approaches to painting. Acrylic Fusion is predicated on the idea that many working artists, whether they went to art school or not, tend to think of paint...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Beverly, MA
Quarry Books
2012
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Basics
- What is Acrylic Paint?
- > Color and Pigments
- > The Color Wheel and Paint Mixing
- Mediums
- > Gels
- > Pastes
- > Fluids
- > Specialty Polymers
- Washes and Glazes
- Tools
- > Brushes
- > Palette Knives
- Nontraditional Tools
- Supports
- Stretching Paper
- > Wood Panels
- > Premade Alternatives
- Techniques for Experimenting with Acrylic Paint
- Technique No. 1: Palimpsest
- Technique No. 2: Tiny Bubbles
- Technique No. 3: Acrylic As Watercolor
- Technique No. 4: Hard Edge
- Technique No. 5: Wrinkled Rice Paper
- Technique No. 6: Marbling
- Technique No. 7: Carbon Transfer
- Technique No. 8: Skins
- Technique No. 9: Salt Effect
- Technique No. 10: Spraying
- Technique No. 11: Crayon Resist
- Technique No. 12: Sand Surface
- Technique No. 13: Acrylic As Ground for Charcoal and Pastel
- Technique No. 14: Sgraffito
- Technique No. 15: Text As Texture
- Technique No. 16: Digital Ground
- Technique No. 17: Patterned Fabric
- Technique No. 18: Cellophane Texture
- Technique No. 19: Rubbing Alcohol
- Technique No. 20: Blotting
- Gallery
- Resources
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments