Love Acrylics: Over 100 Exercises, Projects and Prompts for Making Cool Art!

Description

Break all the rules and explore acrylic paint in a free and fun way! This book encourages you to get over the fear of the blank canvas and the anxiety over the outcome, and focus on the process of painting and the joy of creating. Whether you're a nervous novice who doesn't know how to get started or a skilled classical painter looking to try something new, you will benefit from the activities in this book - ranging from quick, messy and expressive exercises to relaxing and meditative paintings. Artist and teacher Courtney Burden shares 100 prompts and projects that will build your confidence and inspire you to roll up your sleeves and play with acrylic paint in a pressure-free way. There is no right or wrong way to create a painting, so enjoy the journey, relax, unwind and have fun!

Courtney Burden is an Atlanta-based artist, educator and blogger behind the hugely popular art and lifestyle blog My Friend Court (www.myfriendcourt.com), which has had 300K visitors in the past year. Teaching elementary school art for five years, as well as online painting courses, Courtney has a passion for sharing the artistic experience with others. She is most inspired by colour and travel and can be found painting, art journalling, reading, blogging, drinking coffee and hanging out with her two dachshunds.

Courtney Burden's new book, Love Acrylics, is all about breaking the rules! Working through 100 projects, Courtney shows you how to explore painting with acrylics in a free and creative way, building confidence and inspiring you along the way. Exercises range from the quick and messy to more considered and meditative paintings. The emphasis is on relaxing and having fun while getting to know your acrylics, making sure you engage with painting once a day, even if it's just for a few minutes, learning how to use colour, texture and depth, and how to use acrylics on non-traditional surfaces. * Leisure Painter, July 2019 * This book is very informative. Courtney Burden explains everything clearly. Her art is amazing. The book is bright and really draws you in. This is going to be a great book for my little art therapy group. -- Donna Marie Middleton * Customer review * Explore paint in a free and fun way with Love Acrylics by Courtney Burden. * Crafts Beautiful * If I could give this book more than 5*, I really would because it is absolutely phenomenal! I am going to start by saying that I am not an acrylic painter (or any sort of painter really!) and yet, after working my way through the activities in this book, I am counting down my working hours until I finish so that I can start playing with paints! Love Acrylics, by Courtney Burden and published by Search Press, is absolutely jam-packed with ideas, inspiration, challenges, activities, and prompts for making creative acrylic art! You can see from the contents pages exactly how vast this book is - from colour to texture, design to process, exploring to finished projects... this book has got you covered! Courtney starts the book by exploring supplies, tools, materials, and brush care (and manages to make these pages look inspirational too)! With 100+ activities, prompts and inspirations, this book will leave no stone unturned! From dry brush painting, to abstract creations, and from abstract mirror image printing to finding calm within a chaotic world/painting, to say this book has got you covered is an understatement. This is THE book for anyone who wants to begin to explore, create, make, play, experiment, let loose and have fun! -- Naomi Clarke * naomialice.com *