<h2>An artist-to-artist guide to acrylics today!</h2> <p>Acrylics are an astoundingly versatile medium, as evidenced by the diversity of work emerging from studios around the country. This book takes you inside the studios and creative minds of 9 of today's top acrylic artists as they share favorite techniques, distinctive approaches, and examples of their best work.</p> <p>Packed with expert advice, <i>Inside Acrylics</i> will help beginning and intermediate artists make the most of both traditional acrylics and their new, slow-drying cousins.<ul> <li>Real-world advice from 9 top acrylic artists, from the way they organize their palettes to tried and true strategies for painting in the studio, painting portraits, and painting outdoors.</li> <li>18 step-by-step demonstrations of favorite techniques.</li> <li>How to use acrylic paints, gels and mediums to achieve the look of oil paints, innovations in mixed media, and effects not achievable with any other medium.</li> <li>Advice on everything from materials and color theory to varnishing and care of finished work.</li></ul> <i>Inside Acrylics</i> contains years of hands-on experience to help up-and-coming artists make sense of all the options, save trial-and-error time, and explore the exciting possibilities of this most remarkable medium.</p>