Acrylic Painting

Service Description

Instructor: Bill Ryan 6 Weeks Course Dates: Wednesday: June 4, 11, 18, 25, July 9, 16 Time: 9:30AM-12PM Cost: $180 member $195 nonmember Location of Class: ACAA, 45 Forest Ave. Ambler, PA This course is designed to give a fundamental understanding of a variety of techniques for painting with acrylics. Students will learn about the properties of acrylic paints, basic color theory, and various techniques for mixing and applying paint to canvas. We’ll be working from photographs that you bring to class or are provided to you for inspiration. You will explore the basic materials and tools used in acrylic painting. Learn about opaque and transparent qualities of acrylic paints. How to make vibrant washes and glazes. Apply and blend colors seamlessly from one color to another, underpainting layering, scumbling and adding textures. We’ll discuss composition, design, and color theory and learn how to varnish a finished painting. Material list. The list of products for acrylics is vast but we will start with a few basics. Canvas (1) 9x12 or (1) 11x14. Colors. Black and White. And a few other colors. Don’t buy too many paints. I will have enough to get us started and we will discuss different possible palettes in lesson one. Assorted brushes and a plastic palette knife or two. A palette for mixing colors. 2S25-AP-BR