According to Wikipedia, “Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion.”
Learning the art of acrylic painting
OSH 901 / Non Credit
Course taught in: English
Locations: TBD
Instructor: Jim Brennan
Painting with acrylics can be great fun. Painting is to be enjoyed, not endured. Acrylics are easy to use mainly because they are water soluble, and are not encumbered by numerous technical rules, as are oils. Acrylics allow the artist to jump in and push the medium to its limits. Come and experience the fun, ease and lack of boundaries this medium and class offers. There will be time in class to work on your projects where you will receive assistance and weekly critiques.You will be painting in the first class.
Note: This class is geared towards those who are new to the medium, as well as artists of different levels who have not painted for a while.
- Acrylic Paints: Golden Heavy Body, or Liquitex in 2 fluid oz. tube
Colors:
- Cadmium Red Light • Quinacridone Crimson• Lemon Yellow • Yellow Ochre •Cadmium Orange • Cerulean Blue • Ultramarine Blue • Prussian Blue • Hooker’s Green Hue • Burnt Umber • Raw Sienna • Payne’s Gray • Titanium White (in Large Tube).
- Acrylic Paint Brushes: Recommended mfg. Pro Stroke-Powercryl “open stock” or medium to very good quality of another brand.
Brushes:
- Round: #2, #6
- Filbert: #8
- Bright: #6
- Palette: Disposable paper pallet pad 9”x12”, 50 sheets, white.
- Watercolor Paper: One 12 sheet pad, size 11”x15”, preferably gummed on one side, 200 series, 140# by Strathmoreor equivalent.
- Sketching pencil, Raffine 7000 MARCO #2B
- Color Wheel, small or large
- Ruler 18″ metal
- Eraser by VANISH 2 5/8″L x 3/4″ x 3/4″ thick
- Roll of paper towels
- Cotton dish rag, used and clean
NOTE:
Please bring all your supplies to the first and all classes.
Supplies are available at Jerry’s Artarama, 1140 SW 67th Avenue, Miami, and show them your list and they will help you gather your supplies and answer your questions.
If you need assistance, email Jim Brennan at [email protected] or call (305) 338-3557
Jim Brennan is a native Floridian. He graduated with a BA in Humanities from FAU, where his focus was on art and architecture. Jim is a teacher and an award-winning artist in acrylics, watercolor, metal sculpture and wire sculpture mediums. His work has been featured throughout Miami, Palm Beach, Winter Park and Tampa.
Learning the art of acrylic painting
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What Are Acrylic Paints?
Have you just started your art tutorials and you’re not sure where to begin? Not sure what type of paint you should be using or which techniques you should be learning? Painting classes can cover plenty of different techniques and mediums (graphite pencils, Indian ink, pastels, poster paints, watercolours, sanguine drawing, charcoal, oil paints, etc.). But what about acrylics? Where do they come from? Discover cheap Brisbane painting classes on this platform.
According to Wikipedia, “Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion.”
This type of paint is relatively new in comparison to older types of paint like watercolours. Oil paints have also been around for about 500 years. The story of acrylic paint starts more recently. Synthetic paints first appeared in the 1930s in the United States of America. The paint was initially used to paint cars and buildings. However, some artists started using this paint for their works. Artists like Barnett Newman and Marris Louis used their paint mixed with turpentine to paint their works. The paint as we know it today was really invented in 1963. The chemist Henry Levinson invented this paint which could be diluted in water to make it more useful for art. The first brand of this type of acrylic paint was called Liquitex. It was made famous by Andy Warhol who regularly used it in his work. Acrylics started becoming popular in Europe in the 1960s after Pierre Alechinsky discovered them while in the United States. The paint today is made from ground synthetic or natural pigments. It is then mixed with water and acrylic resin in order to give it its final texture. Learn more about the differences between acrylics, oils and pastels!
