Still Life Made Simple in Acrylics: A How to Paint Book for Beginners (Exploring Art)

Are You New to Painting with Acrylics? Just Getting Into Painting Still Life?This book will walk you through everything you need to know about how to start painting with acrylics. It begins with what materials to buy and goes through everything from how to mix paints, how to pick reference photos, how to use brushes, how to select color schemes, and how to layer paint. As you follow along with the step-by-step tutorials you will create beautiful and hangable or giftable paintings and also learn techniques that you can apply to future paintings. You can also DOWNLOAD all my sketches and trace them with carbon paper if drawing isn't your thing.Topics Covered:Materials to PaintMixing PaintsPainting TechniquesBrush strokes and Mark MakingBlendingUsing ValueUnderpaintingColor WashesUnderpainting with Multiple ColorsHighlights, Mid-tones, and ShadowsAdding DetailsLoosening UpSelecting Reference PhotosStill Life Step-By-Steps:RoseCoffeeLemonsTropical PlantConverseDonutsDragon FruitPapayaTo explore more of my work simply click on my name in this listing or type Jennifer Margrave-Garcia into the Amazon search bar. Click the 'Follow' button to stay up to date as I create! Read more