Learn the art of acrylic painting from 3 high-profile artists as they share step-by-step guidance on essential techniques, materials, and more.

Includes 10 landscape painting projects with clear photographs and instructions—perfect for acrylic painters of all skill levels!
 
Do you want to start acrylic painting, or improve your acrylic painting skills? This practical, inspiring guide has you covered! Join professional artists and best-selling authors Wendy Jelbert, Carol Massey, and David Hyde as they share their expertise, tips, and techniques in 10 demonstrations you can follow right at home. You’ll learn about:
 
Acrylic painting basics, with advice on useful techniques and the effects they create
How to paint landscapes in acrylic, from mastering composition to choosing the right colors
How to paint flowers in acrylic, with tips on drawing, composition, color, and tone
Further acrylic painting techniques for upping your skills, with easy-to-follow applications
 
Perfect for both beginner and experienced acrylic enthusiasts, this step-by-step guide is full of useful tips, easy-to-follow instructions, and inspirational paintings to spark your next project!

Comprises material from the Leisure Arts series:
Painting with Acrylics (9780855328405)
Landscapes in Acrylics (9780855320234)
Creative Acrylic Techniques (9780855328481)
Flowers in Acrylics (9780855328535)

Landscapes in Acrylics (SBSLA32)

by David Hyde

Published 6 February 2006

Acrylics are a wonderfully versatile medium, and perfect for both beginners and experienced artists alike. Acrylics expert and renowned artist, David Hyde, provides a clear and practical guide on using acrylics to create beautiful landscape paintings. From mixing greens to capturing the ambience of a still river on a summer's day, this easy-to-follow guide will provide all the tips and techniques you need to become an accomplished acrylic landscape artist.


This comprehensive guide to painting landscapes in watercolour features the expert tuition of 6 renowned watercolourists. It covers materials, colour, watercolour techniques such as wet into wet, spattering, dry brush, lifting out and using salt, composition, planning a paintingk sketching, perspecive, tone and painting trees, water, seas, skies and buildings, as well as mood and atmosphere. There are eleven beautiful step by step demonstrations.


This is a practical and comprehensive guide for all watercolour enthusiasts, from the beginner who wishes to explore this popular painting medium to the experienced artist looking for inspiration and ideas. Starting with advice on materials, colour and composition, the book goes on to describe basic and more advanced techniques and the wonderful effects they can produce. Fourteen easy-to-follow, step-by-step demonstrations show the reader how to paint skies, trees, water, buildings and flowers, and each section is accompanied by a selection of inspirational paintings by the seven featured artists, in a rich variety of styles.

 
Originally published as 'Working with Watercolour', this book uses material from the 'Leisure Arts' series.