David R Becker works in any medium, and true to his commercial background, he will use any medium and any paper that will let him work fast.
For our demo David will be demonstrating the use of four different types of acrylic mediums on a variety of papers. Acrylic ink, fluid acrylic and acrylic gouache will be used like watercolor, and he will also use acrylic heavy body. He will be working on watercolor papers, both black and white, and a he will work on Yupo, a polypropylene “synthetic paper.” His normal practice is to start with watercolor, or acrylics used like watercolor, but finishing with a more opaque acrylic. He will even show us a hand-held compressor for spray painting effects. Again and again David Becker will emphasize that acrylics suitably thinned with water are in fact transparent.
David characterizes himself as a “respected illustrator, fine artist and art instructor,” and notes that since 1983 has spent most of his artistic life and career in the city of Chicago. He is the author of Watercolor Composition Made Easy, his first watercolor book published in 1999 by North light Books. How to Sketch with Watercolor is Becker's second book, which was released January of 2003.
Learn more about his wide range of experience and plans for the evening in Jeff Harold’s YouTuber interview at https://youtu.be/b-HB1sMGo9Q. David has several helpful Internet links to check out:
• See his webvsite at https://www.beckerart.net and follow tabs to “Home, Artwork, Classes, Shop, Newsletter, About and Contact.” Also see https://www.beckerart.net/daily-painting-gallery.
• Read an interview of David by Nita Leland at http://www.nitaleland.com/profile/becker.htm.
• On YouTube you can see 15 sessions from 2017 to current
at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmgopLUS4QI9TmMaLwTn0Jg. His byline there is “Trying to teach as many people as I can to draw and paint like a pro.”
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