Transitioning to Acrylic
There’s a trend of artists from other mediums like watercolor, oil, and gouache who are making the transition to acrylic for its more forgiving nature in correction, better lightfastness, possibilities in layering, and its diverse techniques and styles. If you like the versatility of acrylic but are frustrated with not getting the results you want, then this online course is for you.
This three-week online course is designed to help you make a smooth transition to acrylic no matter how much experience you have with the medium. Through painting demos, guided exercises, presentations, group discussions, and critiques, you will learn:
- Specific acrylic techniques for blending and mixing colors.
- Different transparent and opaque layering techniques.
- How to correctly adapt your techniques from other mediums to acrylic.
- The appropriate materials that are best for you based on your artistic background.
Both online and in person workshops will include painting demos, student work feedback sessions, slideshow presentations, and eye training exercises. These combinations of activities are designed to help refine your painting techniques and observation skills. Photo references will be provided for all painting assignments. Students are welcome to bring their own photo references for their own paintings.
In person workshops will have extended painting sessions. During these sessions, students will get one-on-one mentoring from Wayne.
Online workshop students can attend class live via Zoom and will have access to download a video file of the painting demo to refer to so they can paint along at home at their own pace. There will be critiques at the beginning of some of the classes.
Online workshop students are responsible for knowing how to:
- Log into Zoom. Be sure to test this before the first class session.
- Send email or post photos of their painting to Wayne for feedback.
Workshop level: all levels
Frequency of workshop offered: 2-3 years
Workshop was last offered: 1/2022
Demo paintings from past workshops
Student artworks from past workshops
