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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