Learn To Paint In Acrylics With 50 More Small Paintings: Pick Up The Skills, Put On The Paint, Hang Up Your Art (50 Small Paintings)

Learn To Paint In Acrylics With 50 More Small Paintings: Pick Up The Skills, Put On The Paint, Hang Up Your Art (50 Small Paintings)

Rejoice in this second volume of 50 mini paintings from Mark Daniel Nelson to practice your painting techniques and add to your portfolio of small works. Actively learn all you need to know about acrylic painting as you create these all-new projects following the illustrated step-by-step instructions. Like the first book, the prospect and promise are both exciting and addictive. This book explains a range of painting techniques, includingcreating complex scenes,varying brush strokes,negative space,rendering multiple planes,reflections on metal, andcolor and how to use it. Each fun project teaches a different technique and adds another piece of art to your own mini art collection. Projects vary fromabstracts and simplecolor-mixing exercises tofigurative subjects-a flower, a sunset, a busy street scene-and many more. These can be mounted, exhibited, collected in a portfolio, or given away as gifts for friends to cherish. Each project adds skills to your repertoire, leaving you primed to dive into more complex theory and practice. If you are coming to acrylics for the first time,or are keen to improve your skills and sometimes daunted by the thought of filling a large empty canvas or blank piece of board, this is your ideal guide. These small paintings willfree you from creative hang-ups and replace them with an addictive desire to create that next 5-inch square!About the AuthorMark Daniel Nelson studied classical sculpture and drawing at the prestigious La Scuola Classical Sculpture School and holds a degree in Visual Communications from the Colorado Institute of Art. He has taught courses in Human Anatomy, Art History, and Oil Painting at the Art Students League of Denver and at the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center. His work can be found in numerous public and private collections around the United States. He lives in Parker, Colorado.