Acrylic Painting Techniques (DRAKE HALL)

This course will focus on a wide range of acrylic painting techniques you can apply to any subject. Topics include painting materials, canvas stretching, brush and palette knife effects, color mixing, and glazing. Acrylic is a very versatile medium.   With instruction, it can offer many of the rich properties of oil paint with added practical advantages of its own.

Joe Osmann, MFA, has taught studio art for over forty years and is an active acrylic painter. His approach emphasizes the creative process from idea development to the finished painting. Instruction is student-centered and interactive.

Notes

• A current OLLI membership is required to register for all courses and lectures. 
• If you do not have a Spring 2024 membership, one will be added to your cart at checkout. 
• OLLI membership fees and course tuition are critical to the Institute's sustainability and are non-refundable. 

Recommendations

Reading:  Compendium of Acrylic Painting Techniques, Author Gill Barron

Supplies:  If you are starting out and need to buy new supplies, Dick Blick has an Easel Set that includes 14 colors, a medium, a palette, and a wooden paint box/easel

The following colors are good starters.  Other colors are by personal preference:

• Cadmium Red medium, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow light, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Phthalo Green, Payne's Grey, Titanium White.  4 or 8 oz. jar, Acrylic Gloss Medium

Brushes, Artify 2020, A set of 10 brushes

• Individual recommended brushes.  Flat # 5,8,14 Round # 2,6,10
• A one- or two-inch-wide household brush
• 11 X 14" stretched canvas or panel.  We will stretch canvases in class.

If you already have acrylic painting supplies, we will review them during the first class. The above recommendations are general guidelines.  If you prefer other brush sizes and colors, that is no problem.  One firm rule is DON'T MIX ACRYLICS WITH OILS!

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