The New Acrylics: Complete Guide to the New Generation of Acrylic Paints

By Rheni Tauchid

Book Overview

The acrylics of today have grown into the most adaptable art material of the modern age. Focusing on a popular art medium that has been around for over 50 years, The New Acrylics illustrates how artists can create lush textures, color, and luster with the modern acrylics readily available in any art supply store. These are nontoxic, environmentally sound, and exist in the most dazzling array of chemical formats--from the most fluid to the highly viscous. Not only do artists paint with acrylics these days, they can create rich metallic effects, or even 3-dimensional sculptures. Traditional technique based books on acrylics cover traditional methods of painting. However, The New Acrylics is geared toward more nonconventional ways in which to manipulate modern-day acrylics, and demonstrates new applications such as glazing, textured effects, soft sculpture effects, or staining, thus reinventing the old way of handling acrylics, and revealing a fabulous new artistic medium. The underlying theme of this dazzling and sophisticated book is to encourage artists to interpret and handle acrylic paints in a vibrant, fresh, and above all, individualistic style.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823031594
• ISBN13: 9780823031597
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 10.6"

Customer Reviews

Yuk😒

Last summer, the girls in my family began a paint and sip night to keep from going out during the pandemic, and of course, picking the project always falls to me since I'm the hobby artist among us. But I'm totally new to acrylics as I prefer colored pencils and watercolor. I bought this book in hoping to find some unusual paintings that might be pleasing to everyone. Well, it talks about tools, additives and other mediums for half the book. Finally, on page 88, it gets to techniques (some very beginner techniques that I've already mastered inside of 3 paint nights and some crafty ones I'll never try). Bottom line, no real paintings at all. What a disappointment! I regret the purchase.