New techniques from the masters of the medium show artists how to experiment with acrylics and create better paintings. Famous for their versatility, acrylics can be used right from the tube to look like oils, be thinned with water and used like traditional watercolors, and enhanced with unique techniques for dramatic results. Readers will benefit from the step-by-step versatile techniques of these seven outstanding acrylic painters. Joesph Orr's textural techniques for enhancing country scenes; Mary Sweet's formula for painting colorful outdoor scenes; Barbara Buer's dramatic still lifes, as transparent as watercolors; William Hook's breathtaking vistas achieve pulsating color; Lisa Buck-Goldstein's careful planning produces lively results; Michael Nevin's multiple thin glazes build luminosity in scenes; Louise Cadillac's experimental techniques for creating expressive abstracts; In 28 step-by-step demonstrations, they show new techniques for mastering acrylic's many faces - from the look of highly controlled transparent watercolor to abstract expressionism, and everything in between.