Colette Pitcher is a painter and sculptor who exhibits her artwork throughout the country. She is the owner of the Showcase Art Center in Greeley, Colorado, where she offers adult instruction in numerous painting mediums. Pitcher is also the author of Watercolor Painting For Dummies and is a contributor to PaintWorks magazine.

Introduction. Part I: Getting Acquainted with Acrylics. Chapter 1: Acrylics Are Awesome! Chapter 2: Setting Up Supplies: Brushes, Surfaces, and Palettes. Chapter 3: All About Paints and Mediums. Part II: Exploring Tricks and Techniques. Chapter 4: Basic Painting and Finishing Techniques. Chapter 5: Building Your Repertoire with Quick Tricks and Techniques. Chapter 6: Drawn to Paint - Even if Your Drawing Skills Need Work. Part III: Finding the Fun in Fundamentals. Chapter 7: Taking a Quick Color Tour. Chapter 8: Design of the Times: Design Elements and Principle. Chapter 9: Putting the Pieces Together: Composition. Part IV: Acrylic's Versatile Styles. Chapter 10: Letting It Flow: Creating a Watercolor-like Landscape. Chapter 11: Laying It On Thick: Painting Like the Oil Masters. Chapter 12: Thinking and Painting Abstractly. Part V: Projects for Different Surfaces. Chapter 13: Creating Collages and Transfer. Chapter 14: Cool Projects for All Types of Surfaces. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 15: Ten (Plus One) Genres: Figuring Out What You Want to Paint. Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Get the Creative Juices Flowing. Index.