Overview of Lessons

WELCOME CLASS
Students are offered a welcome class that covers:

  • Art supply stores in your neighbourhood
  • Why paints have various prices and which ones to buy
  • The best brushes to buy for painting with acrylics
  • The importance of good photographs

The welcome class offers a preview of the paintings you will create in the Introduction to Acrylic Painting.

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INTRODUCTION TO ACRYLIC PAINTING
You will then complete Introduction to Acrylic Painting. This section teaches colour theory by having you complete four individual artworks based on still life subjects.

Part – l Introduction to Acrylic Painting includes:

  • An introduction
  • Colour theory class
  • Four still life painting classes
  • A summary video
  • Page of supplies listing the paint colours and brushes you will need

Once you have completed the basic acrylic course, you will choose from a variety of courses that interest you. All are designed with some main lesson in mind but will also cover lots of other painting and art concepts as well.

Learn more about Part I Introduction to Acrylic Painting

PART II: Acrylic Painting

Part II is a series of four video classes that include:

  • Painting a still life by Cezanne
  • Painting a portrait by Vermeer
  • Painting a landscape by Tom Thomson
  • A landscape painting by Georgia

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PART III Acrylic Painting

Part III Acrylic Painting is a series of four video classes that include:

  • Flowers in a Garden
  • Flower and Sky
  • Still Life in White
  • Still Life in Green

Learn more about Part III: Acrylic Painting