Painting: Acrylic Basics: Master the art of painting in acrylic (How to Draw & Paint)

by Janice Robertson

Learn everything you need to know to get started with acrylic painting in Painting: Acrylic Basics.
 
From the detailed instructions in Painting: Acrylic Basics, aspiring artists will discover the basics of acrylic painting through engaging, inspirational lessons and useful artist's tips from painter Janice Robertson. Also included is helpful information for beginning to intermediate painters about selecting the right paintbrushes, supports, and paints to get started in acrylic painting. Additionally, artists will discover practical tips for using basic and special acrylic painting techniques to render textures, suggest dimension, and create special effects.
 
This large-format, 40-page painting guide offers a variety of approachable and easy-to-follow projects, including dynamic landscapes, colorful still life, and sweeping vistas. The step-by-step projects in this book are:

• Monochromatic Painting (lake and mountain landscape scene)
• Creating an Underpainting (flowers and apple still life)
• Using Artistic License (rooster)
• Capturing Nature (snowy rocks and trees)
• Creating Mood (a cottage on the lake)

With engaging, inspirational lessons and useful artist's tips, Painting: Acrylic Basics will help you master this beautiful medium.

The How to Draw & Paint series offers an easy-to-follow guide that introduces artists to basic tools and materials and includes simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. With comprehensive instruction, plenty of artist tips and tricks, and beautiful artwork to inspire, Painting: Acrylic Basics is the perfect resource for any aspiring acrylic painter.

• ISBN13: 9781633227910
• Publish Date: 9 May 2019
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 6 March 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing
• Edition: Revised Edition
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 40
• Language: English

Reviews

[Quirky Cat]

I received a copy of Painting: Acrylic Basics through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Painting: Acrylic Basics by Janice Robertson is everything that it advertised itself to be. All of the basics that I would expect were included in here, and then some. What really made this guide stand out was Janice Robertson's writing and art styles.
Robertson covers everything from tools and materials, color basics, different painting styles and techniques, and moods. The guide is extremely detailed and useful, while not being overwhelming. Robertson's writing style keeps things clear, so it's never confusing when she moves on to a new technique.
Personally, what I really enjoyed about this was her art style. A lot of guides will cover the same how to's again and again. Robertson took a different direction, teaching on completed works that were both unique and interesting. It was a refreshing change of pace.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of Janice Robertson comes out with more guides, as I really enjoyed the way she described everything.

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Painting: Acrylic Basics is a tutorial guide to acrylic technique. Anticipated release 7th May 2019 from Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint, it's 40 pages and will be available in paperback format. This is one of a series of technical painting and drawing manuals from Foster which cover specific media, graphite, acrylic, watercolor, etc.

The introduction covers materials, some very basic color theory, and leads into the first of five tutorial projects. These cover technical subjects such as tonal (monochromatic) painting, underpainting, nature, mood, etc.

These are simple booklets, but absolutely packed full of information. The lessons and tutorials are clearly and well illustrated in the lessons and are not too advanced for a keen beginner to incorporate into their own works. They're information dense and classic.

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes