Master Seascapes with Acrylic Painting Techniques

This comprehensive acrylic painting book offers expert guidance for creating stunning seascapes, complete with creative techniques and three detailed, step-by-step projects.

Artist Dave White shares simple yet powerful methods to capture the beauty and drama of the sea, teaching techniques like spattering, blending backgrounds, finger-painting clouds and foam, and painting realistic horizons. He offers in-depth advice on understanding wave anatomy, from their rise and collapse to creating ripples, surf, foam, and spray. You’ll also learn how to paint accurate reflections, textured beaches, and a variety of sky formations using innovative techniques—such as tilting the canvas to let diluted paint flow naturally into cirrus clouds.

Dave’s approach to creating depth through vanishing points will elevate your seascapes, while his section on moods and sunsets inspires with vibrant examples. Complete the book’s three projects to paint a beach panorama with rolling waves, a peaceful sunset over calm waters, and crashing waves on rocky shores.

The New Acrylics: A Complete Guide to Modern Techniques

This sophisticated and comprehensive reference book inspires and instructs painters on using today’s acrylics in innovative and expressive ways. As one of the most adaptable art materials, acrylics have evolved with advances in pigments and chemistry, offering artists a rich and durable palette with improved texture and handling.

With a vast range of acrylic mediums now available—designed for glazing, molding, pouring, texturing, and more—many artists find the choices overwhelming. Painter and materials expert Rhéni Tauchid simplifies this complexity, clearly explaining each type of medium and how it can enhance your work.

Through over twenty step-by-step demonstrations, this book teaches how to create vibrant colors, dynamic textures, and striking visual effects. Featuring hundreds of stunning images, it showcases how contemporary artists, both abstract and realist, are pushing the boundaries of acrylic painting. A must-have resource, this groundbreaking guide belongs in every acrylic painter’s collection.

This comprehensive guide by acclaimed realist painter Lorena Kloosterboer offers essential insights for acrylic painters at all levels. Beginning with the basics, it covers topics like acrylic types, reading paint labels, and using mediums and additives. It then explores tools and materials, including palettes, brushes, airbrushes, and studio preparation, ensuring readers are equipped for success.

The guide delves into foundational concepts like color theory, mixing, image transfer, and strategies for painting whites, grays, and blacks. Advanced techniques such as underpainting, glazing, impasto, sgraffito, and airbrushing are clearly explained, alongside approaches to depict various surfaces, from glass and fabric to landscapes and portraits.

Kloosterboer also addresses professional practices, including ethical behavior, exhibiting, social media, and documenting work. Appendices offer solutions to common problems, a glossary, recommended brands, and health tips.

With its extensive content and accessible layout, this guide is an invaluable resource for artists seeking expert instruction and creative inspiration.

Paint Boldly: A New Level of Artistic Expression

Every artist dreams of creating paintings that command attention from across the room and captivate up close. In this inspiring guide, artist and workshop instructor Patti Mollica shares simple, effective strategies to achieve powerful compositions and expressive brushwork.

Through timed exercises and step-by-step painting demonstrations, Mollica helps artists overcome hesitation and focus on bold, confident painting. Her mindful approach simplifies the process, making it easier to create strong value statements, experiment with expressive color, and embrace fearless brushwork. Whether you’re overwhelmed by where to start or eager to loosen up your style, this book will guide you toward dynamic, energetic results.

Load your palette, grab your brushes, and get ready to paint with confidence. With five essential technique exercises and five start-to-finish demonstrations, you’ll learn to paint fast, loose, and bold—unlocking a new level of artistic freedom.

Master Acrylic Landscapes with Jerry Yarnell

Renowned artist Jerry Yarnell makes landscape painting approachable for beginners and intermediate artists alike. In this comprehensive guide, Jerry addresses common challenges in acrylic landscape painting and provides step-by-step instructions to help you build confidence.

Through focused studies, you’ll practice techniques without the pressure of completing a full painting. Once mastered, Jerry shows how to apply these skills to create polished works of art. Along the way, you’ll learn to work with the right materials, master essential techniques, and confidently choose, mix, and apply color.

Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your skills, Jerry’s expert guidance ensures a rewarding and creative painting journey.

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Scenic Drives, Misty Forests, Snowy Mountains and More

In this all-in-one guide, viral artist Sarah Johnston provides everything you need to paint breathtaking acrylic landscapes, regardless of experience level. With clear, step-by-step instructions and detailed photos, Sarah guides you through creating awe-inspiring scenes such as a snow-capped sunrise, enchanted grove, celestial sky, moody fields, lakeside peace, and more. She also offers expert tips on art supply selection, a foundational lesson on color theory, and essential acrylic techniques to help you paint mist, greenery, and other intricate details with confidence.

Once you’ve mastered her methods, the Beyond the Book chapter empowers you to design your own unique nature-inspired masterpieces. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to expand your skills, Sarah’s approachable guidance makes it easy to pick up your brushes and create stunning, one-of-a-kind works of art.