Unlock the potential in your paint tubes with 30 guided projects, covering everything from creating a harmonious colour palette to painting vivid landscapes and pop-art portraits. Get back to basics and explore the possibilities of colour, mark-making, textures, tools and techniques, or push the boundaries of acrylics by altering the qualities of the paint. This book will challenge your preconceptions about acrylics, and encourage you to return to the medium with fresh eyes and new ideas.

Develop your watercolor skills one painting at a time!Are you a watercolor painter newbie? Have you dabbled in watercolors but wish your paintings looked more polished? Well, it's time to remedy that! Learn to Paint in Watercolor is the patient watercolor instructor you've been waiting for. This unique how-to book offers all you need to know about watercolor painting - perfect for first-time painters or anyone interested in refining their skills. Treat the book as an in-depth class on this medium. With each lesson, you'll be privy to a new watercolor technique or subject. Readers will move through the book subject by subject, course by course, painting all along the way. By the time you reach the end, you'll have fifty paintings showcasing your steady progress. You'll start by painting objects that are important to you and then move on to exploring your immediate environment. By the end of the book, your paintings will start to tell your own story, giving you the confidence to continue painting and discovering watercolors' myriad possibilities. Techniques are introduced throughout the book's projects, from using a simple color wash to learning about ink techniques or letting go with loose, free watercolors. At the same time, concepts such as properties of light (vital for watercolorists) give a solid foundation on which to work.

Learn To Paint With Acrylics Learn everything you need to know about painting with acrylic paints This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to paint with acrylic paints. This book is for the beginner who has never painted with acrylics before and is even great for anyone who has never painted at all. You will learn all about acrylic paint. You will learn the different terms used when working with acrylic paint as well as how to mix acrylic paints to get the colors you desire. You will learn about the different surfaces that you can use acrylic paints on and how to prepare your surfaces for painting. By the time you finish reading this book you are going to be able to choose whatever subject you want to paint and know exactly how to paint it. You will learn why it is important to prepare your canvas or other surfaces for painting and how it will affect your final outcome and you will also learn how to correct any mistakes you make while painting as well as how to avoid them. Why You Must Have This Book! > In this book you will learn how to choose which type of brush is best for the project you are working on and how to use each brush designed for acrylic paints. > This book will teach you the steps that you need to know to make a beautiful piece of artwork. > In this book you will learn how to set up the area you will be working in so that you get the proper light needed to work with acrylic paints. > This book will guide you through painting with acrylics from choosing your brush to finishing your painting. > This book will teach you how to dull out your colors if they are too bright and how to brighten colors that are too dull. > In this book you will learn how to add highlighting as well as shadows to your work without having a bunch of white or black in your work. What You'll Discover from the Book "INSERT TITLE" ** Why you need to choose one brand of paint and one brand of brushes and stick with them. ** How to make your art work look like it has depth to it. ** Step by step instructions on creating your first painting. **The importance of drawing a composition before you ever begin painting. **What to do in order to keep your paint from drying up while you are working with it. **How to choose your paint brushes and you will learn how different brands vary as well as what type of brushes work best with acrylic paints. Let's Learn Together! Hurry! For a limited time you can download Acrylic Painting The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Acrylic Painting for Beginners in 30 Minutes or Less!for a special discounted price of only $2.99 Download Your Copy Right Now Before It's Too Late! Just Scroll to the top of the page and select the Buy Button. ----- TAGS: Acrylic Painting - Painting - How to Paint - Acrylic Painting for Beginners - Acrylic Paint

Are you bored of painting tasteful landscapes, light seascapes and delicate still-lifes? Or are you laboring under the misconception that that is simply all watercolor is good for? Maybe you're so bored of looking at watercolor paintings that you've never even tried it! Whether you're at the beginning of your artistic journey, stuck in a rut and in desperate need of some inspiration or simply looking to improve your skills with watercolor, this book is sure to awaken your creativity. Stimulate your artistic minds and open your paint boxes to a whole new realm of possibility, using things like bleach, salt and combs - yes, the thing you'd ordinarily use to brush your hair with - to create exciting results. Professional fashion illustrator Veronica Ballart Lilja shares a wealth of new techniques based on her years of working with the medium that will open up watercolor for beginners, and encourage experts to stray from their more traditional methods. Jam packed with fresh ideas, adventurous tips and techniques, detailed theory and engaging exercises, this book allows you to develop and practise your skills in a free and expressive way.

For more than 200 years the world has accepted that red, yellow and blue - the artists primaries - give new colours when mised. And for more than 200 years artists have been struggling to mix colours on this basis. In this exciting new book, Michael Wilcox offers a total reassessment of the principles underlying colour mixing. It is the first major break-away from the traditional and limited concepts that have caused painters and others who work with colour so many problems. Back Cover.

Buildings, bridges, and books don't exist without the workers who are often invisible in the final product, as this joyous and profound picture book reveals from acclaimed author of The Christmas Boot Lisa Wheeler and New York Times bestselling illustrator of Love Loren Long All across this great big world, jobs are getting done by many hands in many lands. It takes much more than ONE. Gorgeously written and illustrated, this is an eye-opening exploration of the many types of work that go into building our world--from the making of a bridge to a wind farm, an amusement park, and even the very picture book that you are reading. An architect may dream up the plans for a house, but someone has to actually work the saws and pound the nails. This book is a thank-you to the skilled women and men who work tirelessly to see our dreams brought to life.