Textured Art: Palette knife and impasto painting techniques in acrylic

A practical guide to impasto painting for artists of all skill levels, designed to help you create abstract, landscape, and floral paintings. Melissa McKinnon begins with an overview of essential tools and materials, including detailed instructions for making a stay-wet palette and combining thickening mediums with acrylic paint to achieve the right consistency. The book includes simple practice exercises for using a palette knife, mixing colours, and blending with a brush. McKinnon explains how to sculpt and control paint to create various textural effects, and demonstrates several mark-making techniques that can be used alone or combined. She also introduces colour theory and composition tips. Once you are comfortable with the tools and paint, you'll learn to create twelve different textured landscape, floral, and abstract paintings with step-by-step instructions. These paintings are designed to help you apply the techniques and colour theory you've learned. The book serves as a reference resource you can return to as you develop your skills and grow as an artist.