Acrylic Painting: Learn the Basics For Beginners

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Free Online Course: Acrylic Painting: Learn the Basics For Beginners provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Acrylic Painting: Learn the Basics For Beginners is taught by LaurieAnne Gonzalez.

Overview
  • Do you want paint but not exactly sure where to start? This is the class for you!

    In this class, I am going to teach you everything you need to know about Acrylic Painting in order to get started. Acrylic is such a great medium because it is very easy to learn and use.

    I cover A LOT of information in this class but I have it broken down into 6 categories:

    • Your Workspace - I will show you my workspace and what tools I use to make it the perfect place to paint. Spoiler Alert: you do not need a fancy studio to paint, the kitchen table works great!
    • Color Mixing - I teach you how to mix colors and get a beautiful range of colors using the 3 primaries plus white and black. 
    • Brushes - I show you all of my favorite brushes and the different marks they make, as well as, Palette/Painting Knives! 
    • Texture (Acrylic Mediums) - I teach you how to use Acrylic Mediums to build really nice texture in your paintings and also how to create the desired finish on your piece. 
    • Dimension - I teach you how to create dimension when painting an object to avoid it looking flat.
    • Depth Of Field - I teach you have to achieve depth of field when painting a landscape by using scale and color. 

    And much more!

    At the end of this class, you will have all of the skills you need to begin painting! Be sure to check out my How to find your own style as an Artist class as well!

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    IMPORTANT: The paintings you create from my class examples are for learning/educational purposes only. Those paintings or ones heavily inspired by my class example (or my other work) cannot be sold or reproduced in any way. All of my work is copyrighted and that is a violation of the copyright. Please stick to painting from my class examples only (not from other work on my website) or work from your own inspiration photos.

    I have linked all of my supplies from this class below*:

    Hansa Yellow

    Ultramarine Blue

    CP Cadmium Red Light

    Carbon Black

    White

    Paynes Gray

    Yellow Ochre

    Easel

    Color Wheel

    Color Recipe Book

    Acrylic Mediums

    White Gesso

    Golden OPEN Acrylic Paints

    Blick Matte Acrylic Paints

    Prismacolor Colored Pencils

    Watercolor Paper Pad

    Canvas

    Palette/Painting Knives

    Green Handle Princeton Paint Brushes

    Da Vinci Paint Brushes

    Brush Cleaner

    Mister Spray Bottle

    Large Filbert Paint Brush

    Paint Brush Set

    Gesso Brush Set

    Artist Tape

    Glass Palette

    Disposable Palette

    IKEA Utility Cart

    *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no extra cost to you, I will make a commission, if you click thru and make a purchase.

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Workspace: Setting up
    • Workspace: Cleaning your glass palette
    • Workspace: Substrates (Paper/Canvas)
    • Preparing the Paper
    • Color Mixing: Resources
    • Color Mixing: Part 1
    • Color Mixing: Part 2
    • Color Mixing: Part 3
    • Brushes: Part 1
    • Brushes: Part 2
    • Brushes: Part 3
    • Brushes: Cleaning and Care
    • Texture: Part 1
    • Texture: Part 2
    • Dimension: Part 1
    • Dimension: Part 2
    • Dimension: Part 3
    • Dimension: Part 4
    • Dimension: Part 5
    • Depth of Field: Part 1
    • Depth of Field: Part 2
    • Depth of Field: Part 3
    • Depth of Field: Part 4
    • Depth of Field: Part 5
    • Depth of Field: Part 6
    • Final Thoughts and Class Project
    • Check out my other classes!