Creative Acrylics: Volume 5 - A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide to Creating with Paint & Mediums - Create Paintings Filled with Color, Texture, Unique Effects & More!

Creative Acrylics features the best beginner techniques for painting with acrylics, with lessons on painting vibrant florals, animals, landscapes, and still lifes and skill-building projects on a variety of surfaces.

List of contents

1
MATERIALS
Acrylic Paints
Substrates
Brushes
Mediums
Miscellaneous Tools
and Materials
2
GETTING STARTED
Setting Up Your Workspace
Color Theory
Basic Painting Techniques
3
STILL LIFES
A Simple Orange
Purple Grapes
Coffee Mug
Colorful Donuts
4
FLOWERS
Hydrangeas
Roses
Sunflowers
Floral Cluster
5
LANDSCAPES
AND SKIES
Sky and Clouds
Pastel Evening Sky
Sunset Cityscape
Snowy Mountains
6
ADORABLE ANIMALS
Koi Fish
Fluffy Puppy
Colorful Parrot
Tiger
7
PROJECTS
Painted Clay Pot
Cupcake Apron
Koi Pond Wooden Bowl
Floral Sneakers
Leather Tote Bag
Wooden Floral Brush Rest
TEMPLATES
RESOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
 

About the author

Carla Co Chua has loved drawing and painting since childhood, and her earliest influences include popular anime and cartoon shows on Philippine television. She graduated cum laude in information and communication technology manage­ment from De La Salle University in Manila and, after several years of navigating the corporate world, she decided to reignite her passion for painting. Through her consistent social media postings on Instagram and YouTube and interactions with her audience, Carla found another calling: teaching. She has hosted several public and private art workshops since 2017 and has collaborated with art supply brands to teach acrylic and watercolor painting at art events around Metro Manila. Carla con­tinues to inspire artists with her beautiful artwork, which includes florals, animals, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. Carla lives in Manila, Philippines.

Instagram: @carlacochua
YouTube: Carla Chua Art

Summary

Creative Acrylics features the best beginner techniques for painting with acrylics, with lessons on painting vibrant florals, animals, landscapes, and still lifes and skill-building projects on a variety of surfaces.

Additional text

“An ideal instruction manual and guide for all skill levels [and] fun, practical, effective, and thoroughly art student friendly.”

Product details

• Authors: CARLA CHUA, Carla Co Chua, Carla Co Chua
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2022
• EAN: 9780760373279
• ISBN: 978-0-7603-7327-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Weight: 540 g
• Illustrations: 200+ color photos
• Series: Art for Modern Makers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Painting, Painting & paintings, Drawing & drawings, Painting, drawing and art manuals, Painting & Art Manuals, Drawing and drawings, Paintings and painting, ART / Techniques / Drawing / General, ART / Techniques / Painting / Acrylic