Rethinking Acrylic: Radical Solutions For Exploiting The World's Most Versatile Medium

82 Pages·2008·2.46 MB·English

by  Patti Brady

rethinking
acrylic
radical solutions for exploiting the world’s most versatile
medium
Patti Brady
NORTH LIGHT BOOKS
CINCINNATI, OHIO
www.artistsnetwork.com
about the author
Patti Brady received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her
paintings, prints and hand-painted books have been exhibited nationally at the
Brand Library and Arts Center in Glendale, California; the Arch Gallery in
Chicago, Illinois; Mills College in Oakland, California; and U.C. Berkeley in
Berkeley, California. In 1994 her paintings were reviewed by the New York
Times. She was awarded a Silver Award in the California Discovery Project in
1995 and was the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission Fellowship
Award for 2006. Her work is in the collections of the Greenville County
Museum in Greenville, South Carolina; County Bank in Greenville, South
Carolina; and the Contemporary Carolina Collection in Charleston, South
Carolina, among others. She is currently the Working Artist Program director for
GOLDEN Artist Colors, Inc., and has lectured and taught on the use of
GOLDEN Acrylics at a number of universities and art schools around the globe.
Visit her Web site at www.pattibrady.com.
dedication
To my father, James Ferrell Brady, who would have loved to see his daughter’s
name on the cover.
table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
An Overview of Acrylic
All you need to know about the world’s most versatile medium.
Chapter 2
Watermedia Effects
Learn how to apply watermedia techniques to acrylic for effects that will blow
you out of the water.
Artist Profile: Patti Brady
Chapter 3
Creating Texture With Gels
Get your creative juices flowing with the endless possibilities of acrylic gels.
Artist Profile: K.D. Tobin
Chapter 4
Subtractive Techniques
Uncover new ways of pushing your creative boundaries by excavating the
acrylic surface.
Artist Profile: Ulysses Jackson
Chapter 5
Collage & Acrylic Skins
Learn how to exploit acrylic’s flexible skin.
Artist Profile: Phil Garrett
Chapter 6
Acrylic Transfers & the Printed Image
Discover how acrylic’s versatility can be used for nontraditional forms of image
reproduction.
Artist Profile: Corrine Loomis-Dietz
Chapter 7
Pours
Use pours to push acrylic paint’s physicality to the limit.
Artist Profile: Patti Brady
Chapter 8
Acrylic Encaustic
Discover why acrylic is the “bee’s knees” when it comes to encausticlike effects.
Artist Profile: Barbara De Pirro
Chapter 9
Metallic & Reflective Paints
Unlock the secrets to these glittery pigments and you’ll know why all that
glitters doesn’t have to be gold.
Artist Profile: Nancy Reyner
Chapter 10
Drawing & Resists With Acrylic
Unleash your inner child by squirting, squeezing, dripping and splashing acrylic
paints and mediums.
Artist Profile: Merle Rosen
Chapter 11
Traditional Techniques With Acrylic
Rediscover traditional applications with modern acrylic methods.
Artist Profile: Dianne Bugash
Chapter 12
Varnishing
Everything you ever wanted to know about the art of preserving your artwork.
Artist Profile: Roy Kinzer
Contributing Artists
Loop de Loop
Patti Brady
Acrylic on wood panel
36" × 36" (91cm × 91cm)