A practical guide to impasto painting for beginners and beyond. Learn about paints and mediums, tools and materials and all the necessary techniques to start creating your own textured art. Palettes and Paint Includes advice about palettes and how to store paints to keep them fresh and get the best results for your artwork. Tools and Materials Author Melissa McKinnon explains how to manage thicker paints using different types of brushes and palette knives. Managing Mediums Learn how to mix colours and how to add mediums and thickeners to paint to get different textures and thicknesses of paint. Melissa explains the key techniques for working with thick paint including impression brush work; impasto; wet-on-wet, drawing in paint and scumbling. Impression Brush Work Use thick paint and a brush to create an impression style painting by applying the paint using broken strokes rather than blending. Textured Backgrounds Discover how to create a textured background to paint on by adding mediums such as moulding and crackle paste. Painting projects Follow author, Melissa McKinnon’s, step-by-step tutorials for 12 finished compositions for textured art
✔ Author(s): Melissa McKinnon
✔ Title: Textured Art: Palette knife and impasto painting techniques in acrylic
✔ Rating : 3.9 out of 5 base on (76 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1446309371
✔ ISBN-13: 9781446309377
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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The way this book explored the complexities of human nature and relationships was both profound and relatable. It touched my heart in ways I didn't expect.
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I'm already planning to reread this book. It's one of those stories that you can revisit again and again, discovering new layers of meaning each time.
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The characters in this book felt like old friends, and I was sad to say goodbye to them at the end. It's a testament to the author's talent for creating memorable and relatable personas.
