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The acrylic painter tools and techniques for the most versatile medium

Presents an introduction to painting with acrylics, covering the varieties of acrylic paints, additives, brushes, palettes, and painting surfaces and discussing color theory and techniques for transferring a visual experience to a finished artwork.

Main Author:	Van Patten, James, 1939-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : Watson-Guptill Publications, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Acrylic painting > Technique.

Summary:	Presents an introduction to painting with acrylics, covering the varieties of acrylic paints, additives, brushes, palettes, and painting surfaces and discussing color theory and techniques for transferring a visual experience to a finished artwork.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	165 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780385346115 0385346115
Author Notes:	James Van Patten is a native of Seattle, Washington, where he graduated from the University of Washington in 1965 with a BA in art education with an emphasis on painting. He completed his MFA in 1968 in Painting with minors in both Art History and Printmaking from Michigan State University. He has taught painting (as well as other studio classes), and lectured in art history at the university level in the ensuing years on both coasts and in the Midwest. Presently, he is a professor of painting at the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY. There he has taught the only course in acrylic techniques offered by SVA for over twenty years. He's spent bulk of his career in the studio as a practicing artist, working primarily in acrylic paint on large-scale landscape paintings. OK Harris, New York, NY represented him exclusively for over thirty years, and for over a decade the Plus One Gallery of London has shown his work exclusively in England. His work is featured in collections throughout the United States and Europe.

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