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An easy-to-follow, step by step guide to creating wonderful acrylic paintings. Acrylic paints are versatile and unique. They are easy to work with, adhere to a variety of surfaces and they have enormous potential if used to their fullest extent. Wendy Jelbert explores this medium, showing how to create a whole range of effects, from creating beautiful blended washes and patterns to using impasto and textured techniques. Using over sixty step-by-step photographs, she demonstrates how to paint flowers, landscapes, seascapes, and more. Both beginners and artists with some experience will find this a valuable and inspirational guide.
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Wendy Jelbert studied sculpture, abstract art, pottery and printmaking at Southampton College of Art. She is a teacher and professional artist who works in pastels, oils, acrylics, inks and watercolours. She enjoys experimenting with different ways of using mixed media and texture and her sometimes unconventional methods often produce surprising and original results. She lives near Andover in Hampshire, and has three children, two of whom are professional painters. Galleries in Southampton, London, Brighton, Cornwall and Oxford regularly exhibit her work, and she has had a number of articles published in the Leisure Painter magazine. Wendy has written nine art books and has also made three videos - on mixed media, painting gardens and line and wash.
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Acrylics are, perhaps, the most versatile of all painting mediums - beginners, improvers and experienced painters all find there is no better medium. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Acrylics are, perhaps, the most versatile of all painting mediums - beginners, improvers and experienced painters all find there is no better medium. Read the first page
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent book both for the budding and more experienced artist.
It is a good price, too.
A super addition to one's library.
It is a good price, too.
A super addition to one's library.
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You don't pay much for this book, but I'm tempted to say that you won't learn any in-depth techniques either. Wendy is clearly very passionate about her subject, and starts off with the basics of mixing primary, secondary and tertiary colours. She mentions that acrylic paint is very versatile and can be used with, for example, impasto paste and iridescent medium to create unusual effect. I was hoping for a bit more on this side of the creativity of acrylics (like how to actually use the aforementioned media and show an example), but that's as far as she went. I discovered that, if you DO want decent examples, a "Google" search is better, as it will get you some "YouTube" videos that are quite handy. It is clear that one of her favourite techniques is mixing shades of green to match the huge variety that exist in the natural world because she goes into some detail on this topic.
In summary, you get what you pay for. Incidentally, the book only cost £[], but postage was £[] because it was sent in a cardboard outer that was about twice the size of the book. So, maybe not such a bargain?
In summary, you get what you pay for. Incidentally, the book only cost £[], but postage was £[] because it was sent in a cardboard outer that was about twice the size of the book. So, maybe not such a bargain?
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