Oil & Acrylic Painting

This course is a comprehensive overview of the materials, approaches, techniques and elements of Oil & Acrylic painting.

Color theory, composition, structure, proportion, perspective and paint manipulation are explored through hands-on painting and investigation of other artists’ works. Demonstrations, critiques, and slide presentations supplement studio work.

• Students learn to capture a scene’s light, atmosphere and mood.
• Students develop their skills in a variety of painting techniques as well as in composition and perspective.
• The course develops confidence both in technique and aesthetic problem solving.
• The course encourages students to develop personal approaches to painting.

Course outline:

• Perspective
• Composition
• Color theory
• Brushes and brush techniques
• Painting knife techniques
• Oil & Watercolor techniques using acrylics
• Unusual styles & creative techniques
• Multi Media

Subjects:

• Landscapes
  Learn how to paint sky; trees; water; rocks; mountains, etc. and achieving depth
• Still life
  Composition; shapes; highlighting; shadows; perspective
• Abstraction
  From portraits to landscapes, how to “design” and execute an abstract
• Multimedia
  Learn how to create a multi-dimensional piece using a broad range of materials