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Book SynopsisAdd vibrancy and texture to your acrylic paintings!
Perfect for those new to palette knife painting, Tim Fisher's inspirational guide is the ideal introduction, combining clear instructions and step-by-step photographs with aspirational paintings.
Palette knives for painting come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, and can be used in a variety of ways, at different angles, to apply acrylic paint thickly and freely for rich, textural results.
Discover the range of techniques you can try, and marks you can make from delicate dots to thick slabs of colour; then progress to a series of eight projects, from a simple yet effective row of bold, blocky beach huts, right through to a challenging yet incredibly satisfying and striking sunset scene of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, painted on a black background for huge visual impact.
Use your palette knives alongside traditional paintbrushes to introduce texture and dimension into your paintings, and discover how to combine classic painting techniques with mixed-media and collage featuring found objects.
Trade ReviewThis new book from Tim Fisher, tackles the art of painting in acrylics with a palette knife, which allows the paint to be applied thickly and freely. The technique has been used since the 1800s, but beginners tend to shy away from palette knives, leaving them to those with more experience.
Tim dispels the myths with an eminently practical guide to the techniques of knife painting. Opening with a comprehensive section on techniques, a series of eight projects allow you to practise what you have learnt. They start simply with bold beach huts and get progressively more complex as your confidence increases, ending with a sunset scene of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. Along the way Tim uses brushes, collage, mixed media and found objects to enhance his textured acrylics. This is a fun and inspiring way to explore the technique and achieve exciting results.
* Leisure Painter, September 2023 *
It is well written, the text is clear and dark enough to read easily. Tim explains the tools and processes very well – I like that all the equipment photographed is obviously his own. It has inspired me to dig out my few palette knives and have a go.
-- Maggie Goodsell * Customer Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction • A brief history of the palette knife • Tools: the knives • Materials: the paints • My palette • Additives and mediums • Surfaces • Other items • Brushes • My workspace • Basic techniques: holding the knife • Loading the knife and making a stroke • Working with the shapes of the knives: mark-making • Care for your knives • Ways of mixing • The importance of sketching • The Projects: Beach Huts • Summer Meadow • Big Rock Splash • Winter Woodland • Salty Seaside Lobster • Taking it further: Barges on the Blackwater • Alpine Pinkweeds • Bamburgh Sunset
