Need an idea? Want new motivation? Desiring new tips and techniques? Just flip through the twenty-nine styles in this book ranging from photorealism to minimal color field and everything in between. Read how other artists have taken the journey to create unique and personal art, offering advice and gems from their own experience and encouraging artists to invent, not replicate. An artist’s process can be viewed both mentally (the idea) and physically (the technique). A visionary artist develops and combines both to create a personal vision and unique art. This book is meant to inspire artists to find their own personal voice.
[...]... minimal color field and everything in between Read how other artists have taken the journey to create unique and personal art, offering advice and gems from their own experience and encouraging artists to invent, not replicate An artist’s process can be viewed both mentally (the idea) and physically (the technique) A visionary artist develops and combines both to create a personal vision and unique art... resource format More and more artists are choosing to paint in acrylic, and this growing trend is reflected in the new contemporary art styles emerging on the scene This book contains incredible artwork from sixty-four acrylic artists worldwide, all contemporary, using acrylic in part or completely in their work, who are taking advantage of acrylic s potential to create unique genres or styles This book... images, work with unusual combinations, and let materials and mediums influence us ESSENTIAL ACRYLIC TIPS • Acrylic is available in a wide variety of paints and products It is helpful to understand the different categories of products to select the most appropriate one for the technique at hand In general, acrylic paint color has two components: pigment (for color) and acrylic binder (also known as polymer)... Contributing Artists Bruce Cody Capitol City Sunlight Acrylic on canvas 16" × 30" (41cm × 76cm) Hamish Allan House and Hills Acrylic on canvas 24" × 24" (61cm × 61cm) INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE TH IS BOOK Nancy Reyner Essence (detail) Acrylic and gold leaf on panel 32" × 26" (81cm × 66cm) Need an idea? Want new motivation? Desiring new tips and techniques? Just flip through the twenty-nine styles in this... taking them out of the studio and paving the way for plein air and onsite painting Photography, digital imagery and computers have also made their mark Acrylic paint, first developed in the 1930s, continued to improve in quality and durability, and eventually established itself as one of the most dependable, archival and permanent artist materials offered Available to artists now for over sixty years,... top of acrylic grounds or acrylic underpaintings In general, though, avoid using acrylic on top of other mediums, or combining other mediums together with acrylic in wet form For example, watercolor can be used to wonderful effect on top of acrylic that is already dry, but mixing the two together wet is less effective • A few acrylic products are best used alone 1 Use acrylic gesso as a primer and not... correct use and application information • Acrylic is a glue Any acrylic paint or product can function very well as a glue You can add collage elements and mixed media to acrylic while it’s wet and they will adhere nicely • Stir gently and don’t shake The small amount of soap remaining in the acrylic products from processing may create bubbles with vigorous stirring or handling To stir a batch of paint, use... makes the paint tar-like and stringy, will lose their special abilities when too much of another paint or product is added You can also layer acrylic products and paints in any order in your painting process Gels can go on top of mediums and mediums on gels Diluted paint works on undiluted paint and vice versa Glossy can go on top of matte, then on satin and on glossy again • Acrylic can be used in combination... connect me with the extraordinary artists included in this book: George Alexander, Bruce Cody, Bill Hinsvark, Katherine Chang Liu, Michael Matassa, Keith Morant and Renee Phillips Many thanks to Reynaldo Villalobos for photography Thank you to Bonnie Teitelbaum, Tekla Johnson and Eve Munson for inspiration and assistance Thank you Phillip Cohen and to my wonderful family and friends for support I thank... contemporary vision Acrylic is often used as a substitute for oil paint or watercolor But the real gold mine for the artist is in allowing the medium freedom to do what it does best New paint requires a new way of thinking Acrylic has a wide range of possibilities, uses and techniques My previous book, Acrylic Revolution, demonstrates this variety with over one hundred acrylic painting techniques in an . 457 7-3 555 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Reyner, Nancy. Acrylic innovation : styles and techniques featuring 64 visionary artists/ Nancy. pictured again Art Nancy Reyner, Koi and River, acrylic on canvas, 60" × 46" (152cm × 117cm) Art Nancy Reyner, Ocean Elixer, acrylic and gold leaf