Art Instruction Book - ACRYLICS - Palette Knife Painting in Acrylics - by Tim Fisher

Palette knives allow you to apply paint thickly and freely and to create wonderfully expressive, vibrant results.

The book starts with a comprehensive section on palette knife techniques and working with the relatively fast-drying acrylic paints.

Painting palette knives come in a wide range of shapes and sizes and have been used since the 1800s to apply paint directly to the surface of a painting. 

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Some of the projects will show how to use palette knives alongside brushes to introduce texture into your paintings, but most are created using palette knives only.

The book also explores painting wet-into-wet, as well as collage and mixed media, incorporating paper clippings, sand and sea shells to create a vibrant painting based on a day by the sea.

There is then a series of eight projects, which become more challenging as the book progresses, beginning with bold, blocky beach huts, moving through sweeping, scenic sea- and snowscapes, and ending with a striking sunset scene of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, UK.

Table of Contents

• Introduction 6

• A brief history of the palette knife 8

• Tools 10

• The knives 10

• Materials 12

• The paints 12, My palette 14

• Additives and mediums 16

• Surfaces 17

• Other items 18

• Brushes 18

• My workspace 20

• Basic techniques 22

• Holding the knife 22, Loading the knife and making a stroke 23, Working with the shapes of the knives: mark-making 24, Care for your knives 38, Ways of mixing 39

• The importance of sketching 42

• The Projects 44

• Beach Huts 46, Summer Meadow 56, Big Rock Splash 66, Winter Woodland 74, Salty Seaside Lobster 85

• Taking it further 96

• Barges on the Blackwater 99, Alpine Pinkweeds 107, Bamburgh Sunset 114

• Index 128

Publisher: Search Press
Edition: BC Paperback
Publication: 24 July 2023
Size: 216x280 mm
Illustrations: 360
Pages: 128