{"product_id":"9781440341410","title":"AcrylicWorks 3: Celebrating Texture","description":"\u003cp\u003eFresh from the studios of 100 leading artists...125+ beautiful lessons on making texture work!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcrylics are an incredibly versatile medium, perfect for achieving everything from delicate petals to shadows cast across a crumbling brick wall to mesmerizing reflections in the chrome bumper of a '54 Packard. In the hands of today's top artists, there is no limit to the possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third volume in the world's premier acrylic art competition book series, \u003ci\u003eAcrylicWorks 3\u003c\/i\u003e explores how more than 100 contemporary artists celebrate texture, often through the most humble and unexpected of subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitness happy accidents and unpredictable textures that result from pouring, marbling, or mixing acrylic with pastel, powders and gels. And see other artists deliberately create textures using a range of traditional and unconventional methods. These pages showcase masterful applications of dry brush, glazing, scraping in, knifing on, collage work, sponging, stamping, a multitude of acrylic mediums, and so much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with rampant invention and a whatever-works mindset, \u003ci\u003eAcrylicWorks 3\u003c\/i\u003e is a fiercely original showcase of this most adventurous medium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn artist-to-artist show-and-tell!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures 127 beautifully reproduced paintings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery piece is accompanied by artist commentary on inspiration, techniques and aha moments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShowcases a diversity of styles presented in subject-themed chapters, including landscapes, portraits, still lifes, animals and abstract art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Peeling paint. Weather-beaten woodwork. Rusted ironworks. Crumbling plaster. This is the imagery that fascinates me. Distressed architecture tells so many stories... Acrylics let me paint the layer upon layer needed to 'coax out' the relentless, intractable dynamic of aging.\" --\u003cb\u003eMisty Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (p 24)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As I continued adding texture and paint, the interesting ridges and shapes started to symbolize the layers of life--sometimes smooth, sometimes rough. Each successive layer led me closer to my 'aha' moment.\" --\u003cb\u003eTerri Duncan\u003c\/b\u003e (p 123)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"F+W Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125039415536,"sku":"9781440341410","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440341410_p0.jpg?v=1763784991","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440341410","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}