New and experimental ways to capture landscape in acrylics.Landscape artist Paul Bailey's fascination with the natural world is sensationally conveyed in his colourful and semi-abstract paintings. In Experimental Nature in Acrylics, he reveals his techniques for the first time making it simple for readers to produce their own work that is abstract, evocative and full of vivid colour.Through easy-to-follow explanations and step-by-step demonstrations, Paul describes how to manipulate the medium in surprising yet often simple ways. Readers will learn how distil craggy cliffs, rolling farmland hills, tidal rivers or flat, open-skied wilderness in striking and unusual colour palettes. There are tips on how to paint organic shapes and using abstract elements in the natural landscape as the basis for a painting, and how to create a compositional sense of rhythm.Paul's beautiful and contemporary work appears throughout the book and acts as a masterclass in scraping, pulling, weathering and splattering the paint. As well as showing how to build layer upon layer, the process of construction and how to tease a sense of movement from a static image.This essential guide is a must for anyone wishing to augment their understanding of the acrylic medium and appreciation of composition and colour, and to liberate their own beautiful paintings.

A contemporary landscape artist in watercolour and acrylics, Paul Bailey's colourful and semi-abstract paintings are inspired by the wild, windswept tracts of the Cambrian mountains and the East Anglian coastline. His work has been exhibited in galleries all over the world, gaining over 22.5K followers across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and selling hundreds of pieces from his online shop.

Introduction

The Abstract Mission

My Inspiration

My Paintings and General Musings

Demonstrations

The Paint and the Brushes (and Other Tools Too)

Fat Applications

Demonstration: Woodland

Washes

Masking and Scratching

Splats, Spots and Spray

Brushwork

Other Marks and Effects

Demonstration: Indigo Hills

Colour and Tone

My Favourite Colours

Greens

Sky

Colour Tricks

Shifting Light and Seasons (seasonal colour)

Limited Palette

Demonstration: Wave

Iridescent Colours

Composition

Balance

Rhythm

Reading (composition)

Demonstration: Llangrannog Primary

Minimalism

Reflections

Gallery

Index

Acknowledgements