• Introduction-Intermediate
  • Painting

This course offers an introduction to this extremely versatile and forgiving paint. Students will learn how mix acrylic pigments with basic acrylic mediums and gels.  Mediums and gels offer the artist a world of control in changing acrylic colours, extending paints, increasing drying time, building texture and altering surface finishes. We will examine ways to start a painting, blending techniques to create depth, as well as basic colour mixing. Extensive instructor demonstrations will help students to understand the ABCs of manipulating acrylic paint.


Summer:

1-Week Intensive: Base Tuition: $405 + Materials Fee: $40 = Total: $445

Notes: Suitable for beginners & intermediate students.
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What you will learn

  • Introduce students to the basic principles of using Acrylic paint with Basic Acrylic Mediums
  • Cover Basic Colour mixing and matching using a series of practical exercises that can be used in all future painting classes
  • Using simple subject matter, introduce ways to start a painting, blending techniques, and emulating the look of oil paint.