Complete Guide to Painting in Acrylics by Lorena Kloosterboer

Complete Guide to Painting in Acrylics by Lorena Kloosterboer

EVERY painting technique explained and demonstrated, plus everything you need to know about paints, additives, brushes, papers, canvases, color palettes, color mixing, composition, and more. This comprehensive and accessible reference guide provides an in-depth exploration into the art of painting with acrylics, and has been created as one book that will accompany the reader on the complete journey from beginner to artist. With expert advice and step-by-step guidance in a wide range of techniques, this is an indispensable resource for beginning artists, students, and experienced painters alike. •Drawing on the expertise of master painters from around the world, Painting in Acrylics covers every aspect of working in acrylics in detail, from materials and mediums to tools and techniques. It is also a very practical approach, brimming with demonstrations to explain and reinforce the essential skills, and offering useful insights into all stages of the creative process. •Accompanied by a wealth of images, and with a useful reference section with technical data and notes on commissions, selling and exhibiting, this is the ultimate desktop resource for artists, students, and hobbyists alike.

December 2014

Find out all you need to know about acrylic paintingThis comprehensive book contains techniques, materials, composition and more. Lorena offers expert tips and advice. You get a thorough foundation in the basics, form and surface and 65 techniques and there is a handy technique file reference for quick location of techniques. Please note that included in the techniques are methods like 'applying gesso', 'making a wet palette' so they are not all actual painting techniques. Some of the techniques are step-by-step. They are useful for beginners and also include some advanced techniques such as pouring, grisaille, glazing, decalcomania and airbrush. In Form and Surface, she covers still life and capturing the surface of objects such as wood, fabric, flowers, skin, glass, animal hair, painting landscapes and water and so on. There is a superb step-by-step of painting a portrait and another of plaited hair. For advanced artists there is a chapter called 'Be a Pro'. Unfortunately instead of taking the artist into the next level to explore skills and push the boundaries, this is a rather mundane chapter on giving your art a title, signing it, framing it and photographing it. The book is filled with colour reproductions of Lorena's art and that of others. I was disappointed that in the 'Keeping Acrylics Workable' section there was no mention of Atelier Interactive, which are my acrylics of choice because you don't need retarders or wet palettes. In other respects this book is comprehensive no matter what your budget, the author presents options in materials, in fact there are 45 pages given to this section alone. This book is great for building skills.

* Karen Platt Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk/crafts *

February 2015

All about acrylics. In her introduction to her Complete Guide to Painting in Acrylics, author Lorena Kloosterboer hopes that the book 'will inspire you to experiment, practise and find your own artistic voice, to ultimately become the very best artist that's inside of you.' This comprehensive guide should certainly help you to do that. There's information on paints, additives, brushes, papers, canvases, colour mixing, composition, and practical advice on such issues as stretching paper, cleaning your brushes, and how to prepare your canvas. Every painting technique you can imagine is included - from underpainting to painting wet in wet, dry brush and scumbling, masking and glazing - all of which are clearly explained and demonstrated. It really does cover everything and the book is illustrated throughout by the artist's own meticulous work as well as work by other artists to inspire you to greater heights. This is a thoroughly comprehensive and well produced guide to acrylic painting and, with over 300 pages, is excellent value for money.

* Leisure Painter, The *

Lorena Kloosterboer is an internationally acclaimed Dutch-Argentine artist, whose award-winning artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in numerous countries. Her paintings have been published in leading international art magazines, museum catalogs, and art books. Lorena Kloosterboer currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. For more of Loren'a work visit www.art-lorena.com to see more of her art.

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ISBN 13	9781782211877
ISBN 10	178221187X
Title	Complete Guide to Painting in Acrylics
Author	Lorena Kloosterboer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Search Press Ltd
Year published	2014-11-20
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.