This ONLINE course offers an introduction to an extremely versatile and forgiving paint. Students will learn how to mix acrylic pigments with basic acrylic mediums and gels. Mediums and gels offer the artist a world of control in changing acrylic colours, extending paint, increasing drying time, building texture and altering surface finishes. We will examine ways to start a painting, blending techniques to create depth and basic colour mixing. We will work on small canvases no larger than 9” x 12” or 12” x 12” to facilitate completion of these introductory projects. Extensive instructor demonstrations will help students to understand the ABC’s of manipulating acrylic paint.
A choice of images for each class will be emailed to participants a day before class begins.
Winter 2021: 6 Weeks: Tuition: $275
TSA will deliver this course using ZOOM. Prior to the course session, you will receive an invitation for the session(s) via email. You'll need a laptop, desktop or tablet, internet connection with good bandwidth and headset (either wired or wireless). We recommend that you set up a free ZOOM account and be familiar with ZOOM prior to the class beginning. Here is a link to help you get started: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697
Notes: Tina Poplawski has been an instructor at the Toronto School of Art since 1993. Poplawski has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Ontario, Quebec and New York. Two galleries in Toronto, the V. MacDonnell Gallery and Lehmann Leskiw Fine Art, have represented Poplawski. Her work is found in North American and European collections both corporate and private. She is the recipient of many awards, including numerous Ontario Art Council Grants. Her work focuses on textured paintings, sculptural objects and paper works arranged into multi-faceted installations. She has been negotiating the cultural residue of war through her art practice for many years, leading her to a fascination with “debris” found in the botanical world.Please keep your receipts in case you need to return items you have purchased.
FOR FIRST CLASS PLEASE HAVE:
ACRYLIC COLOUR LIST
Recommended Brand: Regular HEAVY BODY Golden Acrylic Paints, 2oz tubes
PALETTE OPTIONS
BRUSHES
PAINTING SURFACES
OTHER
ACRYLIC MEDIUMS:
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