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. (This list is in effect for Summer 2025. Fall semester's supplies will be similar, but vary slightly.)
UTRECHT LIQUITEX PROFESSIONAL GOLDEN BRAND
ACRYLICS HEAVY BODY. Student grade is lower cost, but lower quality. Look for sales and coupons at Hobby Lobby and Michaels.
ESSENTIAL COLORS:
(4.65 oz) TITANIUM WHITE
(2 oz) CADMIUM RED MEDIUM
(4.65 oz.) CADMIUM YELLOW
(2 oz) ULTRAMARINE BLUE
(2 oz) BURNT SIENNA
OPTIONAL COLORS (2 OZ TUBE):
PRIMARY CYAN
QUINACRIDONE MAGENTA
GREEN GOLD
PHTHALO GREEN
BURNT UMBER
BRUSHES
Brushes Flat Brush - Size 10 Flat Brush - Size 4
Round Brush - Size 2 Round Brush - Size 6
Bright Brush - Size 10 Angled Brush - Size 4
Pointed Round Brush - Size 1
Buy at least 3 medium-sized brushes to start off - one flat, one round, one filbert (#8), a smaller brush for detail (#2) and a larger brush for large-scale (#12). Brushes can be bristle, sable, or nylon. You could try one of each to see what the difference is, if you like. Softer brushes are good for washes without showing the brush mark, firmer brushes are good for loading with paint and painting thickly. Sable is the most expensive, nylon the least. (I tend to like bristle.)
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
$2 - HB Graphite Pencils / Kneaded eraser
$10 - Stay Wet Pallet with Lid / Disposable palette paper
$5 - Disposable Pallet Pad
$5 - Pallet Knifes
$5 -Atomizer bottle (for water- to keep paint wet)
$10—Gesso
$10-- Acrylic Gel Medium – Matte
$0 --Painting Rag/Paper Towels
$20 -- 10 Canvas Panels (11x14)
- Choose from: Canvas Boards, Hardboard Panels, or Stretched- (surfaces can be purchased individually as the class progresses)
- Choose Sketchbook: Canvas Panels x 10