CSP-AVO8748 - Basic Acrylic Painting
Course Description
Your creativity will grow as you enter the colorful world of acrylic paints! These versatile water-based, quick-drying paints are a wonderful medium with which to learn the basics of image composition, color mixing on a palette and paint application. Work at your own pace alongside fellow artists, improving your painting skills with guidance from our skilled instructor. All skill levels welcome!Course Outline
- Introduction
- List of supplies and how to clean brushes
- Demonstrate how to start
- All students "play" on demo
- All students choose subject for painting
- Start drawing
- Choose colors
- Mix paint and start first painting
- Adjust painting to create depth
- Finishing touches
- Critique
- Demo: Palette painting of second painting
- Paint along
- Finish first or second painting
- Third painting of choice
- Help solve individual problems
- Class critiques
- Do finishing touches
- Help each individual as needed
- Finish at home
- Fourth painting of choice
- Help each individual as needed
- Finish at home
- Final Critique
- Change or adjust from critique
- Review growth of each individual from painting one to four
- Ask students to share what they learned
Learner Outcomes
Students will become familiar with:
- Basic supplies used in acrylic painting
- How to hold the brush in several ways to create different strokes
- Proper care of brushes for longevity and best results
- Paint mixing techniques
- How to balance negative and positive spaces to create good design
Notes
Students purchase supplies from supply list provided in first class.
First class will last 2 hours.