Learn to Paint in Acrylics

Hello and welcome to my segment on Kriti’s blog– Ariel’s Arcs! At the beginning of this summer, I decided to attempt a new type of book: Crafts! It had been awhile since I had picked up my paintbrushes, but seeing Learn to Paint in Acrylics immediately sparked my interest as a way to challenge myself to some simple painting exercises. 

This book has 50 small step-by-step painting instructions that are great for beginners or, if you’re like me, want to refresh some rusty skills and need a place to start. 

Synopsis:

This book explains a range of painting techniques, including creating complex scenes, varying brush strokes, negative space, rendering multiple planes, reflections on metal, and color 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 from abstracts and simple color-mixing exercises to figurative 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 will free you from creative hang-ups and replace them with an addictive desire to create that next 5-inch square!

This is an excellent step-by-step painting book that teaches the basics of acrylic painting. I had a lot of fun trying out each painting myself! Here are a couple that I’m most proud of:

Since it’s been awhile since I’ve painted, it was helpful to have the step by step instructions that refreshed my abilities and encouraged me to make my own flourishes as needed.

This book would be a perfect gift for any aspiring artist, or someone who would like to broaden their artistic horizons into acrylic painting. Final rating: 5 out of 5 stars for design, readability, and quality of tutorials.

Final Rating:

** Be sure to check out Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings and pratice some self-care! **
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Cover image: Photo by Wendy Scofield on Unsplash