Painting in Acrylic - Varvara Harmon

An essential guide for mastering how to paint beautiful works of art in acrylic

Ideal for beginning and intermediate artists seeking to develop their acrylic painting skills, Painting in Acrylic features a range of techniques and valuable instruction for working with this classic medium and painting a variety of subjects. Beginning with detailed information for using acrylic tools and materials, Painting in Acrylic introduces artists to the basics, including brushes, supports, acrylic mediums, color palettes, and other essentials for using this fast-drying paint. Artists will learn about color theory, the color wheel, and such basic techniques as impasto, stippling, glazing, drybrushing, washes, and creating an underpainting.

MEDIUM: Acrylic, Painting

SERIES: Artist's Library

FORMAT: Paperback

SIZE: 6.5 in x 9.5in / 165.1mm x 241.3 mm

Author / Artist information:
Varvara Harmon is an award-winning multimedia artist who works with oil, acrylic, watercolor, silk paintings, and ink and pencil drawings. Her work has been juried into national and international exhibitions and is in private collections around the world. Varvara's work has been published in International Artist and American Artist magazines, as well as in The Best of America Oil Artists book in 2009 and The Best of World Landscape Artists in 2012. Varvara is a member of the International Guild of Realism, Oil Painters of America, and Landscape Artists International. She is represented at several galleries in the Northeast and teaches workshops in acrylic, watercolor, and oil.