This comprehensive book shows how today's artists are using acrylic (often a substitute for oil paint or watercolor) to produce works of art that are incredibly diverse in styles and subjects. Acrylic Innovation is loaded with original artwork presented in glorious color photographs, plus valuable insight from 64 artists, each using acrylic in unique ways to create expressive and personal art.

Acrylic Innovation presents 29 distinct painting styles, ranging from photorealism to minimal color field and everything in between. These styles are explored through artist profiles, artwork, and boundary-breaking "challenges" that provide dynamic starting points for your own art.

Twenty-nine step-by-step demonstrations illustrate acrylic-driven techniques you can take straight to your work, including collage and assemblage, reverse painting, printmaking, accidental stenciling, working with metallic mixtures, and more. Acrylic Innovation takes you outside your comfort zone, encouraging you to "paint outside the box."

An 11-minute bonus DVD contains two lessons from Nancy Reyner's video, Acrylic Revolution: Watercolor and Oil Effects.

Nancy Reyner is a painter with more than 30 years experience as technical consultant for the acrylic paint company Golden Artist Colors, Inc.

Author — Nancy Reyner.

Hardcover with DVD. 144 pages. 8¼" × 11" (21 cm × 28 cm).