This course aims to introduce students to the basic skills needed to make representational paintings. Students will use drawing skills acquired in other courses to create compositional studies based on the landscape and still lives set up in the studio. From these studies, students will make paintings using a range of techniques including colour blending, glazing, edging, a combination of pattern, outlining, and impasto amongst others. Students will use a range of materials that may include acrylic paints, oil paints, watercolour, pastels, pencils, charcoal, or a mixture.
The course follows a progressive sequence, covering beginner and advanced acrylic painting methods, from underpainting and glazing to impasto and textural effects. It also addresses setup and materials, colour mixing and pigment choice, brush-handling and palette-knife techniques, as well as gels and mediums.
By the end of the course, Student will have a final still-life project you can hang with pride, and a solid foundation of painting knowledge, making the transition into more challenging subjects or mediums much easier.
The course follows a progressive sequence, covering beginner and advanced acrylic painting methods, from underpainting and glazing to impasto and textural effects. It also addresses setup and materials, colour mixing and pigment choice, brush-handling and palette-knife techniques, as well as gels and mediums.
By the end of the course, Student will have a final still-life project you can hang with pride, and a solid foundation of painting knowledge, making the transition into more challenging subjects or mediums much easier.