Acrylic - The Plastic Fantastic!

A 6 week course in painting with Acrylics - $150 with flexible payment options available.

Incredibly versatile, Acrylic sits in between Watercolour and Oil Painting, having elements of both, and yet it has its own special qualities.
Come and explore the brilliant colours and smooth finishes of acrylic painting with local artist Robert Jackson as he takes you from the first brushstroke to a multilayered masterpiece!

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Robert Jackson is a multi-skilled musician, performer and visual artist living in the Huon Valley, after re-locating from Melbourne in 2019. He has been active since the 1980s.Robert studied Linguistics at Latrobe University, Composition at the Victorian College of the Arts, and has undertaken extensive study and practice in the art of improvisation.

As a visual artist, his recent work has focused on a distillation of landscape into its distinctive elements to examine the concept of identity and place. What makes “Here”, here? What makes a place distinctive? He attempts to bring the same investigation into his music. He has produced many artworks for public and private clients. He has had many solo exhibitions and is an award-winning muralist. His work is represented in public and private collections in Australia, USA and Europe, and he has held numerous Artist-in-Residencies.

He has played in a multitude of Rock, Jazz and Street Theatre bands and been MD/Composer for Circus, Film & Theatre. He performs regularly in Tasmania with The Chord on Bleus, and is a founding member of the Lutruwita Art Orchestra.

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