This comprehensive reference book will inspire and instruct painters on how to handle today's acrylics in innovative and individualistic ways. The author simplifies this daunting subject, clearly explaining each type of medium and suggesting ways it can enhance your painting practice. Over 20 step-by-step demonstrations teach you how to apply mediums to create vibrant colours, sensuous surfaces and striking visual effects. Hundreds of beautiful photos illustrate the limitless potential of mediums, and show you how other artists, both abstract and realist, are employing mediums to push their art in new creative directions. Get started! Author: Rheni Tauchid Publisher: Monacelli Press Number of pages: 272 ISBN: 9781580934930