Continue growing in your knowledge and practice of acrylic painting as Adam demonstrates additional comprehensive techniques with a focus on developing meaningful content. Adam will demonstrate color mixing using color theory as well as impasto and glazing techniques with a palette knife, variety of brushes, and scraping tools. He will also take time to work with each student individually as they create a series of paintings. Prerequisite: this class is perfect for those who have taken beginning acrylic with Adam or have previous foundational experience and want to expand their skills. Students Will Bring the Following Materials Colored pencils Paper for sketching (standard printer paper or better) At least three gessoed/primed canvases or boards. Any size will work, but the larger the better (16″ x 20” or 18″ x 24″ is a good ballpark). Brushes/palette knife. A selection of at least 4 sizes of “flat bright” brushes from 1/4 to 1-inch wide One small round, pointed brush for details Acrylic Paint: primary (3 oz. minimum red, yellow, blue) and secondary (3 oz. minimum green, orange, purple), black (3 oz. minimum) and white (5 oz. minimum) Palette (plastic plate or similar) Glass mason jar (or similar) for water The Art Colony has yogurt containers Paper towels Reference material: at least four printed photos to use as reference for your personal painting. Please do not rely on your phone for reference images. Make copies to bring to class. Student Supply Fee Covers Once gessoed, cradled wooden panel roughly 14 x 18-inch Adam provides one cradled panel that he has constructed with the correct aspect ratio to fit the first reference image used in class. This teaches students to match the reference material dimensions with the dimensions of the canvas.
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