Textured Art - Melissa McKinnon

For painting enthusiasts looking to explore bold, tactile techniques, Textured Art by Melissa McKinnon offers a contemporary introduction to palette-knife painting. This paperback guide focuses on impasto and other thick paint approaches, with clear step-by-step tutorials designed to help you create striking artwork for your home.

Alongside key techniques, McKinnon explains how to work with thick paint using brushes, palette knives and even your fingers, encouraging a more expressive, painterly style. Detailed photography supports 12 projects inspired by landscape, floral and abstract themes, making it easy to follow along and build confidence across a range of subjects and methods.

Key features

• Step-by-step instructions and photography for 12 projects
• Advice on using palette knives and brushes when working with thick paint
• Covers impasto and other thick paint techniques
• Techniques include blending, creating texture, the direct paint method and Impressionist brush painting
• Projects based on landscape, floral and abstract themes

Specifications

• Author: Melissa McKinnon
• Subtitle: Palette knife and impasto painting techniques in acrylic
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 128
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Publication date: 13 September 2022
• Illustrations: 200 colour illustrations
• ISBN: 9781446309377

Sizing

216 x 280 x 80 mm

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