New and experimental ways to capture landscape in acrylics.
Landscape artist Paul Bailey's fascination with the natural world is sensationally conveyed in his colourful and semi-abstract paintings. In Experimental Nature in Acrylics, he reveals his techniques for the first time – making it simple for readers to produce their own work that is abstract, evocative and full of vivid colour.
Through easy-to-follow explanations and step-by-step demonstrations, Paul describes how to manipulate the medium in surprising – yet often simple – ways. Readers will learn how distil craggy cliffs, rolling farmland hills, tidal rivers or flat, open-skied wilderness in striking and unusual colour palettes. There are tips on how to paint organic shapes and using abstract elements in the natural landscape as the basis for a painting, and how to create a compositional sense of rhythm.
Paul’s beautiful and contemporary work appears throughout the book and acts as a masterclass in scraping, pulling, weathering and splattering the paint. As well as showing how to build layer upon layer, the process of construction and how to tease a sense of movement from a static image.
This essential guide is a must for anyone wishing to augment their understanding of the acrylic medium and appreciation of composition and colour, and to liberate their own beautiful paintings.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction
The Abstract Mission
My Inspiration
My Paintings and General Musings
Demonstrations
The Paint and the Brushes (and Other Tools Too)
Fat Applications
Demonstration: Woodland
Washes
Masking and Scratching
Splats, Spots and Spray
Brushwork
Other Marks and Effects
Demonstration: Indigo Hills
Colour and Tone
My Favourite Colours
Greens
Sky
Colour Tricks
Shifting Light and Seasons (seasonal colour)
Limited Palette
Demonstration: Wave
Iridescent Colours
Composition
Balance
Rhythm
Reading (composition)
Demonstration: Llangrannog Primary
Minimalism
Reflections
Gallery
Index
Acknowledgements
Om författaren
Paul Bailey is a contemporary landscape artist working in watercolour and acrylics. His colourful and semi-abstract paintings are inspired by the wild, windswept tracts of the Cambrian mountains and the East Anglian coastline. His work has been exhibited in galleries all over the world, gaining over 22.5K followers across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and selling hundreds of pieces from his online shop. He is based in Powys.