Acrylic and Mixed Media

This is an 8 week course being held at Salcombe Art Club and will cover the following topics:

Weeks 1 – 4:

• Intro to materials

• Preparing a canvas [and other surfaces]

• Brush handling and using palette knives

• Coloured layers

• Colour mixing [including colour bias and the key to successful colour mixing]

• Glazing techniques

• Tonal value and compositional elements.

Weeks 5 – 8:

• Creating a colour palette to give a wide range of possibilities, harmony and balance

• Creating texture [introducing gels and pastes that create texture and body]

• Using alternative tools

• Developing colour mixing

• Mixed media techniques [using a variety of media, collage and tools]

• Bringing it together, combining watery washes, thick impasto, textural mediums and mixed media techniques according to individual style and choice.