Basic Acrylic Painting - (6 weeks) 2025T2

Basic Acrylic Painting

The aim of this basic acrylic painting class is to take students on a journey to enjoy the techniques surrounding the medium. In doing so each week students will complete a simple painting of a landscape or some other topic on either paper or canvas.

What will be covered in this course?

Step by step instructions about acrylic techniques from setting up of a palette, understanding brushes and palette knives, mixing colours for students to be able to complete a simple painting project each lesson for the duration of the course.

By the end of this course students will:

Have a good understanding of acrylic techniques to enable them to work on more complex projects and to have fun in the process.

THIS CLASS IS FOR:

Persons over the age of 18 years of age who have a desire to learn the basics about acrylic painting.

Material and equipment required

· 5 sheets of Watercolour paper 280 gsm A3

· 10 sheets of Canvas 280 gsm A3

· Mont Marte Signature paint set

· Brushes; 1 x flat size 20, 1 x flat size 18, 1 each of round size 8, 4 and 2, liner and small fan and palette knife

· Corflute board A3 size

· Impasto medium

· Palette to mix paints (suggest A4 plastic box with low sides)

· Ruler, easer, tissues, masking tape and spray bottle

Handouts will be distributed with the tasks each lesson

LOCATION: Woolgoolga Gallery, 73 Turon Parade Woolgoolga

TIME: 6pm to 8.30 pm

DURATION: 6 weeks (no class on 9 June - King's Birthday holiday)

WHEN: Monday nights starting 5 May to 16 June

TUTOR: Margaret Drever

COST: Member  $150  Non Member$160

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Margaret Drever has been a member of the Woolgoolga Art Gallery for quite a few years and has previously taught Chinese Brush Painting and Watercolours, at the gallery. She is teacher trained in adult learning and brings that to class each lesson with a plan. Her aim is to inspire others to achieve their best through their art.

Margaret’s journey into art started at high school and progressed through several different painting mediums over the years from porcelain, watercolours, alcohol ink and acrylic. Over the last decade she has achieved 1st, 2nd and 3rd award prizes for paintings from the local North Coast galleries. She likes to be current with her skills and last year she attended a workshop in acrylics for a week with Richard Claremont (the postie artist) and most recently completed an online course with Scott Christensen (paint the ocean).

Retiring in 2022 from the position of Academic Dean for Accounting and Business programs, she now wishes to instruct others along an artistic path.