[.uk] Acrylic Landscape Painting Techniques (ISBN 1581806388)

Book Description:
Filled with inspirational artwork and solid instruction, this guide will delight loyal acrylic painters and encourage artists from other mediums to cross over. Greer's instruction capitalizes on the brilliant colors available in acrylics and shows artists how to paint with them using proven "watercolor" and "oil" techniques. Starting with 16 mini-demos, artists are encouraged to: *Jump right in and follow step-by-step instructions for mastering techniques such as masking, splattering, underpainting, washes and more *Learn tips and tricks for rendering many elements of landscape including trees, flowers, roads and reflections The second section of the book features four complete painting demonstrations that challenge artists to exercise their new painting techniques through a variety of landscape subjects. Two demonstrations show artists how to use acrylics as an effective base for other mediums.

Acrylic Landscape Painting Techniques:
I like the book. I like the way Hugh Greer paints and I would like to go out and do likewise. The beginning starts out with full explanation - then he gives you ways to use what he wants to teach you - but he does it with very complicated examples and not much explanation. He skips a lot of steps. I am still trying some of his ideas and hope that I can learn them because I really like his results. This book is much, much more helpful if you get his DVDs, he has three -first is very basic, but the next two go a long way to explaining some of the steps he left out.

Wonderful book:
I love love love Hugh Greer's paintings. I'm new to painting and to acrylics so am a rank beginner. He goes thru the materials that he uses and why, the supports he paints on, recommends a limited palette of colors and then demonstrates various techniques that he uses to create his paintings. There is a wealth of great information here and the photos are very helpful. My only complaint is that there are "gaps" in the steps that left this beginner shaking her head as to what to do next. However, Hugh Greer has 3 videos that I have purchased and watched and they, together with the book, are a great course in painting with his techniques. It really makes a difference to watch him actually painting on the videos. I will be reading, rereading and reading again. And watching the videos dozens of times.... It's well worth the effort !!!

Gained knowledge from the first page on:
I appreciate the complexity of nature and the way this book relates to the observing and using your inner feelings to paint. Thank you for such a good book to paint from and use often.

Highly instructive:
Hugh Greer is a master of landscape and architectural painting. His innovative techniques are unique; the result of his former career as an architectural renderer. I can't recommend this book enough...

Very brand-oriented:
This particular book is one of the least helpful books around. The reason for this is simple. The book seems more about how "Golden Fluid Acrylics" are better than anything else, and makes several other references about how brand-a is better than -b. While it is true that artist acrylics are better than "student" brands, I've achieved similar results with Liquitex, Grumbacher, and Holbein products. I think it was unneccesary to promote Golden as much as the auther did. I also think he had a lot of nice paintings in the book, but as far as how to achive those results I think you might be better off using one of several other acrylic books listed on this site.