Acrylic Painting For Dummies by Colette Pitcher (PDF)

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Hands-on, full-color instruction in this versatile painting mediumAcrylic paint is easy to use, quick to dry, a cinch to clean up, and relatively inexpensive–which makes it a great medium for amateur artists. Following a simple step-by-step approach, Acrylic Painting For Dummies provides hands-on instruction and easy-to-follow exercises in acrylic painting techniques and styles, making the medium accessible to would-be artists at all levels. Featuring large-scale projects at the end of most chapters and ample additional opportunities for readers to paint along, this friendly guide will help anyone discover the artist within.

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Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Learn to: Utilize acrylics to produce different looks and textures Improve your technique with four-color, hands-on instruction Complete full-scale projects Discover your inner artistCreate gorgeous paintings with this fun and easy guide to acrylics!Always wanted to paint with acrylics? This easy-to-follow, full color guide gives you expert instruction and simple exercises in acrylic painting techniques and styles. The step-by-step projects let you practice your skill and stir your imagination — and give you the foundation to create similar projects with your own subjects and surfaces! Get your feet (and brushes) wet — assemble your materials, prepare your surfaces, and sort out additives and enhancersTry out basic acrylic techniques — work with brush strokes, control and thin your paint, experiment with textures, and use stencilsPractice design and composition principles — mix and use color, balance elements, make changes, and pull your painting togetherImitate several kinds of styles — use acrylic paint to mimic the effects of watercolor and oil paintsBuild your repertoire— explore texture and dimension, work with glass, rocks, bricks, metalwork, and moreOpen the book and find: Clear step-by-step instructions with illustrations A variety of projects and styles to suit all tastes Quick tricks and techniques to get started painting right away Lots of colorful paintings to inspire creativity Helpful hints for improving your drawing skills Full-scale projects at the end of most chapters Exercises to jump-start your artistic passion About the Author Colette Pitcher is a painter and sculptor who exhibits her artwork throughout the country. She is the owner of the Showcase Art Center in Greeley, Colorado, where she offers adult instruction in numerous painting mediums. Pitcher is also the author of Watercolor Painting For Dummies and is a contributor to PaintWorks magazine.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐I have been exploring painting for a few weeks and decided to get this book to complete what I get online from youtube or other sources.Best buy ever! It’s well written, clear and makes you want to know more. Always encouraging.Great for all levels.Beginners will learn what they need and I believe that it will be a good refresher for non-academic more advanced painters.

⭐I expected more lessons with how to directions on making some of the paintings in the book. The author gas a lot of examples of things he’s talking about, but nothing to teach how to do it.For instance, the first painting he walks through uses items that beginners wouldn’t necessarily have. I don’t have a rake brush and am not ready to paint with anything other than a few regular brushes of different sizes and shapes. This book is meant for beginners, but was a complete waste of money for me.I used the Learn to paint in 59 small paintings, which is bringing me through different types,of brush control and painting from easy to harder. That was well worth the money. Don’t waste your time on this one.

⭐I probably have at least a dozen books on how to paint with acrylics but this one is more helpful and informative than all of the others put together. The instructions are simple to understand and easy to do but the effects are truly creative and varied. The organization is excellent, making it very easy to use. Everything is shown step by step, unlike so many books where you are given a couple of instructions followed by a completed picture…the kind that leave you clueless about the steps it took to get there. The techniques are broken down so that they are very easy to understand but that doesn’t mean the effects look simple when finished. There’s a multitude of techniques to try as well as demonstrations of brush techniques, kinds of paint mediums and various additives. There are art supplies I never even knew existed that can make very interesting effects. This book differs from others in the “Dummies” series in that there are many colored pictures and illustrations. This book is a pleasure to use.

⭐Most of my painting experience is with watercolors. I’ve tried oils but, with a short attention span and even less patience, I found the long drying time of oils frustrating unless I was working wet-on-wet all the time (as in “Think Bob Ross”). Plus, cold weather’s driven me inside where oil paint fumes drive the cats crazy. I won’t mention what my wife thinks about the fumes. I bought this book more for the technical hints on the properties of acrylic paints than for the painting techniques (which as best as I can tell are comparable to the Dummies books on WC and Oils re: techniques which, in turn, compare favorably to most basic “How to Paint with . . .” books). This book met my expectations on the technical side and exceeded my expectations on the techniques side. In addition to helping me decide how to use the technical properties of acrylics to their best advantage, it also helped me figure out how to integrate my oil use and WC use in what the literature calls “mixed media.” In short, there were some technical hints as well as technique hints that I could also use in my WC and oil works.

⭐Highly recommend purchasing this book, especially if you have unanswered questions about acrylics and I have dozens of books regarding acrylic painting.Prior to receiving it I’d searched numerous times seeking answers to different acrylic questions. So far, this book has answered them all and every time I refer to it I learn more than I was looking for.It’s a bit different from most of the dummies publications as it has excellent full color illustrations and intelligent content. 5+++ stars on this one!

⭐Before you being any project in this book, read completely through the instructions carefully. I tried to do the wolf trading card on p66. The instructions take you about halfway through and then there’s a picture of the finished product, with no clue how to finish it. The book does have lots of hints and tricks, but not many step-by-step projects–and those I am hesitant to take on. I am sure there are better books for beginners out there.

⭐Colorful pictures with great details about using different paints; drying time and medium to extend drying time; Soft Acrylic paints, Enamel Acrylic Paints, Basic Acrylic paint, Heavy Acrylic paints usage; Mediums and the usage with acrylic paints on different types of materials: Sealing Artwork with a Varnish. Which types of Acrylic Paint Brushes are used for different Techniques, Mixing, Medium & Paint Mixing, Varnish usage and which brushes leave the textures you want in a given area. Information and technique styles used with Painting Knives & Palette Knives.

⭐I am well-pleased with this book on Acrylic painting. Having just started Acrylic painting, myself, I wanted a reference book that I could use every day to answer simple questions. Like all of the “Dummie” books on other subjects, it is written in simple language, and leads you through the process step by step. Chock full of color illustrations and examples. I’m sure I will be using this book a lot in the years to come.Very high quality and well worth the price.

⭐Having purchased her “Watercolor Painting for Dummies”, I expected this book to be up to the same standard.However, I was very disappointed as it is far too gimicky.It tends to be filled with so-called “tips & tricks”.If you are interested in painting straightforward pictures such as landscapes,seascapes or still life, there are much better books on the market

⭐Very detailed, as the Dummie books usually are. Takes some time to find what you are looking for and you may have to consult several chapters to get your needs together. Very good as a reference book to take you some way into you painting needs, but use it with some other simpler ‘how to’ books.

⭐Very comprehensive. Explains in understandable manner.

⭐does what it says on the front cover. Also very much in line with the water colour painting book. Worth reading through and then getting your brushes out to do the job in question!

⭐Very nice. No problems with the transaction.

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