Art of Acrylic Painting: Discover all the techniques you need to know to create beautiful paintings in acrylic (Collector's Series)

I should by now know better than to buy Walter Foster books.This one "teaches" you to work in acrylics in 15 pages. DUH?Nobody can learn to do anything by reading 15 pages.The only thing good I can say about this book is that it has one or two examples that I may end up trying.The truly ridiculous part of the book's "examples" for you to paint in acrylic are almost all ANIMALS.I love animals; I have 5 cats. But simply DRAWIING an accurate portrait of ANY animal [homo sapiens included] is a very difficult task that should only be undertaken by people who are very proficient in drawing. And normally, if you're going to paint in any medium, you work up a pencil sketch FIRST.Acrylics dry very, very quickly. Sure, if you goof up, you can paint over the goof, but the potential for gazillions of errors, presuming one is trying to render animals as closely to life drawing as possible. It's a slow, laborious process, regardless of life-drawing as possible in any medium. And it's particularly difficult in acrylics because of the quick-dry nature of the paint.If you're new to painting, get some water-based oils, which will free you from toxicity problems for the most part, and render animals in THAT medium. Oils take a long time to dry, and although water-based oils dry faster, they still dry very slowly.There are a few good points made in this book, but it certainly isn't worth the price of the book.And I'm never buying any Walter Foster art books again.

This "how to" painting guide provides a sensible approach to learning how to paint with Acrylics. It contains lot's of good information that points the reader in the right direction with instructions on types of brushes and paints to use, color mixing charts, as well as painting techniques for various subjects.

Drawing

A good intro to the subject that shows different techniques and use of color by various painters.

Not impressed with this book, May work for others but not me

My bible for painting.

This was a great value with excellent teaching and quality in printing. I will value this in my library. Arrived promptly.

I first found this book at the library and didn't have enough time to go through it all before the due date because it had so much good information I wanted to obsorb. That lead to me buying it online...I love it because it has techniques from several different artists, not just one like in so many other books I've come across. It has taught me a lot, and is a wonderful resource for artists.

Im Technikteil sind einige gute Tipps, die man aber in anderen Büchern genauer und ausführlicher findet. Die Themen der Bilder sind sehr eigen und ich konnte nur ganz wenige gebrauchen. Das Buch ist für Acrylmaler, besonders für Anfänger, kein Muss!

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Regalo. Muy apreciado