The Art Of Painting In Acrylic #2

by Darice Machel McGuire

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8.000 x 10.000 inches

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The Art Of Painting In Acrylic #2

Artist

Darice Machel McGuire

Medium

Painting - Acrylic

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"The Art Of Painting in Acrylic" published by Walter Foster Publishing. This is a step-by-step, learn how to paint book. The Editor of Walter Foster publishing emailed me and asked if I was interested in co-authoring a book on how to paint in acrylics and was asked to submit photos of possible scenes. I gave her about 10 images for her team to review for the book. Twin Falls, Olowalu, Ho'okipa and Sandy Beach made the cut.

Twin Falls is the first waterfall you come to on the road to Hana. It's a short beautiful hike through a tropical landscape. The pool under the falls offers a nice refreshing opportunity to cool off once you reach the falls. You can go behind the falls into a narrow cave or hike to the top and jump into the pool below. The legendary road to Hana is 68 miles long, has 620 curves and 59 bridges 46 of which are only one lane wide. The waterfalls along the way are spectacular and are well worth stopping for.

Olowalu has become my favorite place to visit on Maui. There is a jetty that extends out quite far. From the end of the jetty you can see Moloka'i, Lana'i, Haleakala, Kahoolawe and of course Olowalu Valley. At sunset time there is so much drama happening it's hard to focus on just one spot. I shot so many reference photos that I ran my iPhone's battery completely down. The scene in the book is the reflected color from the sunset that was happening behind me. To create this painting I started with an underpainting of cad red light.

Ho'okipa is Maui's popular surfing beach, Ho'okipa. We went there to photograph subject mater for paintings and was treated to a stunningly beautiful sunset. I was told later by locals that the colors were created by the vog. Vog is volcano pollution caused by the active volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. Most of the surfers had exited the water as the sun went down and the beach was pretty empty. Creating this painting for the Walter Foster book was very exciting and challenging. I used a limited palette to help keep the color drama exciting.

Sandy Beach is just a few blocks from where we live. It's a little beach not a popular one with the tourists because it's not easily found. It's located in Kapalua right off the lower road. There is only enough room for three cars to park on the side of the road. Luckily for us we can walk to it from our home. The techniques I used for this painting are some of my most popular with my students.

Each painting is an 11x14 on canvas. I go into great detail of the process of painting these scenes. If you want to learn how to paint them or just want to see the process and learn some tips you can buy a signed copy through me or an unsigned copy at many art supply store or an online book retailer such as Walter Foster www.walterfoster.com Amazon - www.amazon.com Barnes and Noble - www.barnesandnoble.com IndieBound - www.indiebound.org Indigo - www.chapters.indigo.ca .

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