1. What is acrylic? -- Natural versus synthetic materials -- Versatility of acrylic -- Permanence -- Drying time -- Convenience and safety -- Acrylic with other painting media -- 2. Colors and mediums -- Water -- Gloss medium -- Matt medium -- Gel medium -- Retarder -- Modeling paste -- Tubes, jars, and squeeze bottles -- List of colors -- Blues -- Reds -- Yellows -- Greens -- Oranges -- Violets -- Browns -- Black -- White -- 3. Painting surfaces -- Priming with acrylic gesso -- Sizing with acrylic medium -- Preparing canvas and other fabrics -- Preparing paper and illustration board -- Preparing panels -- Preparing textured surfaces -- Preparing toned surfaces -- 4. Painting tools and equipment -- Bristle brushes -- Sable and oxhair brushes -- Synthetic brushes -- Knives and other implements -- Sponges, rags, paper towels -- Care of painting tools -- Palettes and containers -- Easels, drawing tables, drawing boards -- Clothing -- Accessories -- 5. Opaque technique -- Painting surfaces -- Colors -- Mediums -- Painting tools and equipment -- Painting a flat tone -- Scumbling -- Blending and gradations -- Drybrush and broken color -- Wet-in-wet -- Corrections and alterations -- 6. Transparent technique -- Painting surfaces -- Colors -- Mediums -- Painting tools and equipment -- Flat wash -- Graded wash -- Wet-in-wet -- Multiple overwashes -- Drybrush, scumbling, and broken color -- Corrections and alterations -- 7. Underpainting and overpainting -- Painting surfaces -- Colors -- Mediums -- Painting tools and equipment -- Imprimatura and toned ground -- Glazing -- Scumbling -- Grisaille -- Color and texture.
8. Tempera technique -- Painting surfaces -- Colors -- Mediums -- Painting tools and equipment -- Washes -- Hatching -- Stippling -- Drybrush -- Grisaille -- Glazing and scumbling -- 9. Textural painting and collage -- Painting surfaces -- Colors and mediums -- Painting tools and equipment -- Working with gel and modeling paste -- Knife and brush textures -- Embedments, printed textures, and painted relief -- Collecting collage materials -- Preparing your own collage materials -- 10. Mixed media -- Oil over acrylic -- Acrylic and pastel -- Acrylic and transparent watercolor -- Inks, dyes, and acrylic medium -- Acrylic and opaque watercolor -- Stained glass, mosaic, and enamels -- 11. Varnishing and framing -- Gloss and matt varnish -- Framing canvases and panels -- Framing paintings on paper or illustration board -- Framing collages and textural painting -- Labeling acrylic paintings -- Demonstrations -- Demonstration 1 : opaque technique -- Demonstration 2 : transparent technique -- Demonstration 3 : tempera technique -- Demonstration 4 : opaque and transparent technique -- Demonstration 5 : underpainting and overpainting -- Demonstration 6 : textural painting.
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