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# 50 mini acrylic paintings 5-inch square canvases 7 essential brush sizes Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings: Pick up the skills, put on the paint, hang up your art

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## Summary

> 🖼️ Unlock your inner artist—one mini masterpiece at a time!

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## Key Features

- • **Curated Brush Arsenal:** Focus on 7 key brush sizes (#4 to #10) to perfect your strokes without overwhelm.
- • **From Abstracts to Realism:** Explore diverse subjects—from color mixing exercises to impressionist scenes and figurative art.
- • **Step-by-Step Skill Building:** Each mini painting doubles as a practical lesson, tying techniques into tangible results.
- • **Perfect for Emerging Artists:** Ideal for painters beyond the basics craving a structured, inspiring next-level challenge.
- • **Master Acrylics One Mini Canvas at a Time:** Build confidence with 50 bite-sized, 5-inch paintings that make creativity addictive.

## Overview

Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings offers a progressive, hands-on acrylic painting course through 50 compact 5-inch artworks. Designed for painters with basic knowledge, it bridges the gap between beginner concepts and confident creation by focusing on essential brush techniques, diverse subjects, and practical color mixing. This book transforms creative hesitation into an addictive drive to paint, making it a must-have for millennials seeking a structured yet inspiring artistic journey.

## Description

This unique book works as a complete course in acrylic painting, built up from key techniques. As you progress through the sections of the book, the author demonstrates each technique with the creation of a mini painting, measuring 5-inch (12¾-centimetre) square. So by the time you have worked right through to the end, you will have an amazing collection of 50 mini paintings, on board, or paper, or canvas, that will be a testament to your skill and creativity. The subject matter for the squares varies from abstracts and simple colour mixing exercises, through to figurative subjects: a flower, a sunset, a busy street scene – and much more. These can be mounted, exhibited, or simply collected in a portfolio, or given away as gifts for friends to cherish. The book is ideal for anyone coming to acrylics for the first time, or keen to improve their skills, and who is sometimes daunted by the thought of filling a large empty canvas or blank piece of board. Instead, it will free painters from creative hang-ups, and replace them with an addictive desire to create that next 5-inch square! This title was previously published in 2015 as Little Ways to Learn Acrylics .

Review: A hidden gem in the myriad of learning to paint books (but not quite for a true beginner)! - Of all the books I have read on “beginning to paint with acrylics” this is by far and away my favourite one! It has really consolidated what I’ve learned previously, enjoyed the most working through and created the most paintings from! I have loved it from start to finish! BUT …if you’re a true beginner (no typo) then this is not the book for you (but do remember its existence!) What do I mean by true beginner? If the concepts of colour wheel, the word ‘value’, creating a wash etc are all new concepts to you, i.e. you’ve never put paint to canvas, then you are a true beginner and there are much better books out there for you to start your journey with. One could argue there are sections in this book discussing beginner concepts, such as the colour wheel, but they are more of an “exam note summary” type section and lack the detail and emphasis a true beginner requires. If you are, however, at a stage where you feel you are confident with mixing colours, what brushstrokes your paint brush can make etc but can’t seem to ‘put it all together in a coherent painting’ then this is the book to dive into next. It will tie everything together and you’ll create some great paintings in the process! As a beginner I did have some frustrations with the book though. In fact, when you read the next bit, you may end up wondering why I’ve given it 5 stars. To be clear, I only list the frustrations below as this book could have been neigh on perfect (in my humble opinion of course). Mark, like all art authors, is happy, at times, just stating “combine this paint with this paint” or “mix these three together” without really discussing in detail the quantities you should be using of each paint for the mix. Frustratingly, at other times, he does state the amounts for the mix. It would have been better if he had consistently told us the required amounts to mix at every stage in the book. [Note to any art author: this is the part us beginners struggle with the most! What is natural for you after years and years of painting is not natural for us and the more guidance here the better!] There is no list of materials regarding the brushes to buy if you want to complete all the paintings? These are the brushes you need by the way… #4 round used in 2 paintings #6 round used in 7 paintings #8 round used in 21 paintings #10 round used in 21 paintings #4 filbert used in 12 paintings #4 flat used in 6 paintings #8 long bristle Egbert used in 1 painting [If you have a set of brushes that covers these sizes, great! If not I would go for the getting a decent pair of #8 round and #10 round brushes – these will serve you in good stead for most of the paintings in this book.] The book could have done with a two page spread discussing the various brushstroke techniques he uses in the paintings. The internet will help you of course but I felt this book could have done with it as a quick reference for those not wanting to fiddle with their phone while painting. In some of the paintings, steps are missed out or are not even discussed. One example was the impressionist painting. I was looking forward to this the most but felt I could have done with a bit more guidance than was given. For example, when painting it, you are given no instructions about the sky. Yes, by now you are 20 odd paintings in and can start to work out what he wants from the picture but as it’s technically your first ‘learning to paint an impressionist painting’ he could have given a bit more help. Contrast this with the Wayne Thiebaudesque ‘piece of chocolate cake’ which he takes you through, step by step, to create a fantastic piece by the end (my 3 year old daughter, often mystified by what I’ve painted, took one look at it and asked if she could have the slice! I take no credit. Mark’s instruction helped me make this painting look so good, hence being so baffled why the impressionist painting is so vague with details in some areas?) Maybe in a reiteration of this book a very basic impressionist work could be done in chapter 2 and then chapter 3 could have the more advanced one that is presented? Finally, for the beginner who goes on to buy this book, I would just like to add my own two pence… Mark discusses the 3 types of pallet in the beginning and as a beginner you may feel you just need to get the basic one. From my experience, I started enjoying the book far more once I shelled out for all the paints in the advanced pallet. This led to getting to paint more often, rather than just getting frustrated with mixing paints in order to get a mix that was a starting point needed for another mix. What? Let me give an example…some of the paintings you mix purple and orange. Using the limited pallet you would have to create a separate mix for each (combine red and yellow to get orange; red and blue to get purple) and then you start your mix by mixing these together as per instruction. If your purple is not dark enough or your orange is too light, you are soon going to enter very frustrating territory for a beginner just wanting to get on and paint! I did, however, learn a lot more about the various mixes a limited pallet can produce before I bought all the paints in the advanced pallet; so there are advantages either way of course. The limited pallet comes with a much steeper learning curve I felt; too steep for me! I would purchase mixed media paper first and try the painting out on it. Beginners make mistakes. It’s why we’re beginners. I duffed at least half of these the first time! When you’re happy you understand what you’re trying to achieve with the painting then commit to putting it on canvas. The difference between my first and second attempts at some of these paintings made it look like I had gained years of experience in between attempts when really I had only slept on my mistakes for one night and tried it again one night later (it was lockdown after all so I had time on my hands!). Enjoy the book and I wish you many happy days and nights painting!
Review: Beginners Treasure - I truly recommend this to all beginners starting out painting and painting with acrylics. Not only does it have step by step painting for you to follow but at the beginning of the book you get an insight into colour theory, different types of acrylic paint, paint language explained etc. It’s a great guide book to get you started.

## Features

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 317,678 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 84 in Acrylic Painting Techniques 2,980 in Other Art Media & Techniques 13,330 in Hobbies & Crafts |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,013 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A hidden gem in the myriad of learning to paint books (but not quite for a true beginner)!
*by B***A on 28 May 2020*

Of all the books I have read on “beginning to paint with acrylics” this is by far and away my favourite one! It has really consolidated what I’ve learned previously, enjoyed the most working through and created the most paintings from! I have loved it from start to finish! BUT …if you’re a true beginner (no typo) then this is not the book for you (but do remember its existence!) What do I mean by true beginner? If the concepts of colour wheel, the word ‘value’, creating a wash etc are all new concepts to you, i.e. you’ve never put paint to canvas, then you are a true beginner and there are much better books out there for you to start your journey with. One could argue there are sections in this book discussing beginner concepts, such as the colour wheel, but they are more of an “exam note summary” type section and lack the detail and emphasis a true beginner requires. If you are, however, at a stage where you feel you are confident with mixing colours, what brushstrokes your paint brush can make etc but can’t seem to ‘put it all together in a coherent painting’ then this is the book to dive into next. It will tie everything together and you’ll create some great paintings in the process! As a beginner I did have some frustrations with the book though. In fact, when you read the next bit, you may end up wondering why I’ve given it 5 stars. To be clear, I only list the frustrations below as this book could have been neigh on perfect (in my humble opinion of course). Mark, like all art authors, is happy, at times, just stating “combine this paint with this paint” or “mix these three together” without really discussing in detail the quantities you should be using of each paint for the mix. Frustratingly, at other times, he does state the amounts for the mix. It would have been better if he had consistently told us the required amounts to mix at every stage in the book. [Note to any art author: this is the part us beginners struggle with the most! What is natural for you after years and years of painting is not natural for us and the more guidance here the better!] There is no list of materials regarding the brushes to buy if you want to complete all the paintings? These are the brushes you need by the way… #4 round used in 2 paintings #6 round used in 7 paintings #8 round used in 21 paintings #10 round used in 21 paintings #4 filbert used in 12 paintings #4 flat used in 6 paintings #8 long bristle Egbert used in 1 painting [If you have a set of brushes that covers these sizes, great! If not I would go for the getting a decent pair of #8 round and #10 round brushes – these will serve you in good stead for most of the paintings in this book.] The book could have done with a two page spread discussing the various brushstroke techniques he uses in the paintings. The internet will help you of course but I felt this book could have done with it as a quick reference for those not wanting to fiddle with their phone while painting. In some of the paintings, steps are missed out or are not even discussed. One example was the impressionist painting. I was looking forward to this the most but felt I could have done with a bit more guidance than was given. For example, when painting it, you are given no instructions about the sky. Yes, by now you are 20 odd paintings in and can start to work out what he wants from the picture but as it’s technically your first ‘learning to paint an impressionist painting’ he could have given a bit more help. Contrast this with the Wayne Thiebaudesque ‘piece of chocolate cake’ which he takes you through, step by step, to create a fantastic piece by the end (my 3 year old daughter, often mystified by what I’ve painted, took one look at it and asked if she could have the slice! I take no credit. Mark’s instruction helped me make this painting look so good, hence being so baffled why the impressionist painting is so vague with details in some areas?) Maybe in a reiteration of this book a very basic impressionist work could be done in chapter 2 and then chapter 3 could have the more advanced one that is presented? Finally, for the beginner who goes on to buy this book, I would just like to add my own two pence… Mark discusses the 3 types of pallet in the beginning and as a beginner you may feel you just need to get the basic one. From my experience, I started enjoying the book far more once I shelled out for all the paints in the advanced pallet. This led to getting to paint more often, rather than just getting frustrated with mixing paints in order to get a mix that was a starting point needed for another mix. What? Let me give an example…some of the paintings you mix purple and orange. Using the limited pallet you would have to create a separate mix for each (combine red and yellow to get orange; red and blue to get purple) and then you start your mix by mixing these together as per instruction. If your purple is not dark enough or your orange is too light, you are soon going to enter very frustrating territory for a beginner just wanting to get on and paint! I did, however, learn a lot more about the various mixes a limited pallet can produce before I bought all the paints in the advanced pallet; so there are advantages either way of course. The limited pallet comes with a much steeper learning curve I felt; too steep for me! I would purchase mixed media paper first and try the painting out on it. Beginners make mistakes. It’s why we’re beginners. I duffed at least half of these the first time! When you’re happy you understand what you’re trying to achieve with the painting then commit to putting it on canvas. The difference between my first and second attempts at some of these paintings made it look like I had gained years of experience in between attempts when really I had only slept on my mistakes for one night and tried it again one night later (it was lockdown after all so I had time on my hands!). Enjoy the book and I wish you many happy days and nights painting!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beginners Treasure
*by K***E on 21 January 2024*

I truly recommend this to all beginners starting out painting and painting with acrylics. Not only does it have step by step painting for you to follow but at the beginning of the book you get an insight into colour theory, different types of acrylic paint, paint language explained etc. It’s a great guide book to get you started.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I love this book
*by S***N on 28 February 2026*

I love this book🤩 it’s simple, straightforward and gets progressively harder, I’m new to acrylic and found this useful and fun.

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