Barron's Beginner Art Guides instruct readers in techniques for mastering a variety of art media and genres. Painting with Acrylics shows artists how to explore the technical possibilities of acrylic pigments and use this gratifying medium to produce imaginative and original paintings.

Among the many hands-on projects provided are a collection of landscape and still life paintings. Presented in order of increasing difficulty, each project is supplemented with advice and practical suggestions to help you achieve professional-looking results.

Acrylics are modern, plastic-based pigments widely used today to render effects similar to artworks once done exclusively in gouache or tempera. In Painting with Acrylics, beginners are instructed in brushwork, in mixing and blending colors, and in using the bright, opaque acrylic pigments to their best effect.

This manual's final page briefly sketches the life and work of 20th century French painter Jean Dubuffet, who was a master of acrylic painting.

Overall, this comprehensive text is a practical guide that features short, easy-to-understand explanations, supplemented with exercises, illustrative sketches, general advice, and notes on using acrylic pigments to achieve a wide range of visual effects.

Gabriel Martin Roig is an artist who writes extensively on various artistic techniques, history of art, and architecture. Roig currently resides in Barcelona, Spain.

Author — Gabriel Martin Roig.

Hardcover. 64 pages. 8¼" × 11" (21 cm × 28 cm).