Page 445 - (DK) The Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2nd Ed.

ACR YLICS
EXAMPLE OF AN ACRYLIC PAINTING
Acrylic on canvas, 8 x 10½ in (20.5 x 26.6 cm)
Paint applied
evenly using Cotton duck
a roller canvas support
(surface)

Masking tape
stuck on to
canvas to define
main shapes, and
paint applied
within these areas
using a roller

Flatness of
rollered areas
enhanced by
adding gel
medium to
the paint

Imprecise edge
around shadow
where paint has
seeped under
masking tape

EXAMPLES OF ACRYLIC PAINTS AND TECHNIQUES Paint applied using
Opaque Extruded painting knife
effect (squeezed) effect

PURPLE ACRYLIC YELLOW ACRYLIC ORANGE ACRYLIC
PAINT Transparent, PAINT Translucent, PAINT Thick impasto with
watercolor impasto glaze coarse texture
effect

BLUE ACRYLIC PAINT GREEN ACRYLIC PAINT RED ACRYLIC PAINT MIXED
DILUTED WITH WATER MIXED WITH GEL MEDIUM WITH TEXTURE PASTE

443