Description
You’ll love this special-issue publication of Acrylic Artist if you want to:
- Explore a new medium: This issue includes a wide variety of vibrant and varied acrylic and mixed-media paintings—along with tips from fellow artists who share their processes—to inspire fine artists of all skill levels to try this versatile medium.
- Discover new methods: Experiment with acrylic-specific mediums to change the dynamic of your paints, plus learn about incorporating metal leaf and collage elements, creating unique textures, and more.
- Embrace the variety: Acrylics are the chameleons of the art materials ecosystem—ever reactive and adaptive. Allow your acrylic works to undergo transformations driven by temperature, light, moisture and your own emotions—don’t be afraid to change things up!
Get this special issue of Acrylic Artist-in print or as a download! This Fall 2014 issue includes an overview of acrylic-specific mediums for those just getting started; step-by-step demonstrations; creative painting ideas; compelling interviews with acrylic and mixed-media artists; innovative and experimental techniques that will incite new discoveries; and more.
Highlights of the Fall 2014 issue of Acrylic Artist include:
- An overview of the medium’s unique properties—and how to put them to work for you.
- A detailed look at acrylic-specific mediums.
- Tips for painting en plein air with acrylics.
Here’s what you’ll find in this creative guide to art’s most versatile medium:
The Acrylic Advantage
Charles Harrington offers a basic understanding of the unique qualities and quirks of acrylics.
By M. Stephen Doherty
Not by Paint Alone
Push the limits of your paint—and your creativity—by experimenting with acrylic-specific mediums.
By Ed Brickler
On the Loose
Phil Garrett, Glen Miller and Jim Campbell break free from the confines of their studios and share their best techniques for painting en plein air.
By Phil Garrett
Figuratively Speaking
Four artists—Harry Burman, Del-Bourree Bach, Jason Sacran and John Walker—speak to their fascination with painting the human figure and face.
By Anne Hevener
Going for the Gold
Jim Seitz’s use of metal leaf under acrylic gives his landscapes an eye-catching radiance.
By Linda S. Price
A Voyage of Discovery
Nancy Hagin’s still lifes explore color symmetries and repeating patterns to deconstruct familiar objects into harmonious planes of color.
By Judith Fairly
Arts & Sciences
With the focus of a trained scientist, Katherine Chang Liu begins her mixed-media collages with a word or a phrase, a guide she follows on a subtractive voyage through color and form.
By Judith Fairly
Bayonne Tapestry
Creating outdoor murals for a New Jersey transit light rail station challenged an artist every step of the way, but resulted in lasting gratification.
By Tim Gaydos
An Open-Ended Exploration
Barbara Edwards experiments with media and techniques to create paintings that make use of both representation and abstraction.
By Lynne Bahr
Minutiae en Masse
Greg Navratil’s nature scenes combine heightened realism with a strong underlying abstract sensibility.
By Austin R. Williams
At Home on the Northern Plains
Warren W. Kessler approaches North Dakota’s urbanscapes and landscapes determined to evoke the thrumming beat of the heartland.
By Judith Fairly
Passionate, Stylish, Spontaneous
Richard M. Greene’s later-in-life career brims with vitality.
By John A. Parks
Behind the Canvas
Charles McVicker explains the inspiration behind his award-winning painting of a day at the beach.
By Beth Williams
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