Adults Beginners Acrylic

Service Description

This course will provide an introduction and step by step guide to the basics of painting with Acrylic. Acrylic is a super versatile paint which can be used in a variety of ways on different surfaces. In this course you will learn how to – - Prepare a surface ready for painting. - Explore colour range of paint needed for a particular subject matter and lay out a palette. - Learn about different sizes and styles of brush and how to use them to thin and thicken paint, mix colours, and apply acrylic paint. - Which brushes to use for, creating different effects and styles of painting. - Materials and tools which can be used for creating different effects and textures. - How to create layers, draw with the paint, blend paint, use layering and glazing to make colours pop, scrape back and develop brushwork. - How to incorporate texture, mixed medium and collage into paintings. Students will work from a range of different subject matter to experiment and try out a variety of acrylic painting techniques and build skills, knowledge, and gain confidence in trying new styles and creating beautiful artworks using this versatile paint. week 1 Introducing brush handling techniques, coloured layers, perspective, and shadow and applying thin glazes of colour to add depth and complexity to complete a still life study of Apples. week 2 Floral painting introducing texture and impasto and learning about different brushes and their use. week 3 Autumn Tree study – looking at different brush shapes and sizes to create effects of leaves, lines, shadows, and tiny details. week 4 Abstract Seascape – Layering Acrylics with brushes then creating effects with a palette knife to create depth and movement to create a stormy seascape. week 5 City Paintings – incorporating drawing, perspective, line and tone to create Edinburgh Street Paintings. week 6 Still life Paintings – Exploring shape, tone and texture to create still life paintings. week 7 An introduction to incorporating mixed media and collage into paintings. week 8 Landscape Study – looking at perspective and depth, how to create distance using paint and brush effects. week 9 creating individual painting incorporating what has been learned throughout the course using own subject matter week 10 Completion of your two week final project. Materials - A range of different surfaces to experiment with (paper/canvas/board sizes A3, A4, A5, A2) - some acrylic brushes - a range of different colours of acrylic paint

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance

Contact Details

• 13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK