Painting in Oil and Acrylics Short Course

• Characteristics of acrylic paint – looking at the tools of the trade from brushes, painting knives, painting surfaces, paper canvas and board.
• Mixing colours – experience mixing with primary and complimentary colour pairs. Build up tones using a dark to light technique.
• Different techniques – learn different effects such as stippling and palette knife work.
• Composition and design – seeing a painting as an arrangement of shapes and colours. Learn how to create a visual pathway in a composition.
• Acrylic mediums – a basic guide to available mediums and how surface texture can be created.

• An understanding of different materials and surfaces for oil painting.
• Techniques ranging from alla prima, impasto, knife painting, underpainting, layers, glazing, textures, scumbling and drybrush.
• An understanding of colour and organising colour ranges on your palette.
• Developed visual observation skills.
• Creative visual ideas.

For the first session, bring with you a selection of personal objects (minimum of three) to create your very own still life.

• Surfaces to paint on: medium-sized A3 or A2 heavy acrylic, cartridge paper, or mount board, small canvas or canvas board.
• Brushes: Set of bristle brushes, small palette knife, pencils for drawing.
• Palette/jars: simple palette (plastic plates are ideal), water pot (glass jar), kitchen paper roll, tissues or cloth.
• Colours: basic acrylic colours to include: cadmium red, dark red (crimson), medium blue (cobalt), dark blue (Prussian), lemon yellow, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, raw umber, paynes grey and white.

• Surfaces to paint on: pre-stretched canvas, canvas boards and oil paper or mounting card.
• Brushes: a selection of flat and round brushes sizes 6–10 and a palette knife.
• Palette/jars: Wooden palette or white old ceramic plates maybe used as a simple palette. Small selection of old jars. Rags and kitchen paper roll.
• Colours: titanium white, cobalt blue, cadmium yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, Payne's grey.