Acrylic Painting For Dummies

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Acquainted with Acrylics 5 Chapter 1: Acrylics Are Awesome! 7 Chapter 2: Setting Up Supplies: Brushes, Surfaces, and Palettes 17 Chapter 3: All About Paints and Mediums 35 Part II: Exploring Tricks and Techniques 47 Chapter 4: Basic Painting and Finishing Techniques 49 Chapter 5: Building Your Repertoire with Quick Tricks and Techniques 71 Chapter 6: Drawn to Paint -- Even if Your Drawing Skills Need Work 85 Part III: Finding the Fun in Fundamentals 101 Chapter 7: Taking a Quick Color Tour 103 Chapter 8: Design of the Times: Design Elements and Principles 123 Chapter 9: Putting the Pieces Together: Composition 143 Part IV: Acrylic's Versatile Styles 157 Chapter 10: Letting It Flow: Creating a Watercolor-like Landscape 159 Chapter 11: Laying It On Thick: Painting Like the Oil Masters 179 Chapter 12: Thinking and Painting Abstractly 205 Part V: Projects for Different Surfaces 235 Chapter 13: Creating Collages and Transfers 237 Chapter 14: Cool Projects for All Types of Surfaces 255 Part VI: The Part of Tens 281 Chapter 15: Ten (Plus One) Genres: Figuring Out What You Want to Paint 283 Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Get the Creative Juices Flowing 291 Index 295