Creative Mixed Media Acrylics

All about acrylics 6

What are acrylics? 8

Where to start 16

Making your mark 18

Seascape taking a playful approach 26

Colour and the creative process 36

Inside acrylics 42

How acrylics are made 44

What do you want to say? 64

Bringing your ideas to life 66

Garlic inks and fluid acrylics 72

Fold-out Zine layering for effect 78

Feather Treasure using found materials 86

Apples and Pears masking fluid 92

Highland Cottage impasto on canvas 100

Blossom impasto and printing 106

Beetroot mixing it up 118

Paint what you love 126

Bringing in other experiences 130

Afterword 142

Index 144

About Jenny Muncaster

‘I love sharing all I’ve discovered through years of painting, but what gives me the greatest pleasure is seeing people take an idea and make it their own. We might start with the same materials and techniques, but everyone brings their own personality and imagination to the process. That’s when the real magic happens, when something uniquely yours begins to emerge.’

Jenny Muncaster graduated from Winchester School of Art with a Honours Degree in Printed Textiles. Her work focuses on mixed media and acrylics, with her paintings exhibited and sold internationally. She also takes commissions, creating personalized paintings inspired by people’s favourite ingredients, objects and collections. Jenny is the founder of the award-winning Colour Factory Studios & Gallery in Winchester, UK, a much-loved and thriving creative hub where she works and teaches alongside a community of artists. When Jenny’s not painting in her studio, she’s either teaching and presenting, or filming and creating inspiring video tutorials, as well as developing and testing art materials, paints and mediums. Jenny loves engaging with audiences on all things creative, encouraging everyone to get their paintbrushes out and simply have a go!