Canvases, Coffee and Conversations with Christel Langan
Painting Pets with Acrylic Paint & Mixed Media
This 6 week course will show participants how to paint animals using acrylic paint. Using a photo of their choice, attendees will learn about composition and how to proportionality draw their animal on a canvas or wooden support. A class will be spent on colour mixing and group critiques will happen in the last 2 weeks.
During the 6 weeks, you will also learn about building up paint layers and how to use highlights and shadows to make your painting more dynamic. This course will also introduce participants on how to add and use patterned paper to create texture and/or deal with uninteresting areas of the background.
Class Dates (Winter 2023)
9:30 am – 12:30 noon, select Tuesdays
January 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14, 21
This is a multi-week program. Registration is available until January 17, 2023. For ages 18+.
Supply List
Supplies are not included.
- Canvas or wooden support no smaller than 16×20” or 16×16”
- 8×11” photocopy of animal you want to paint
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Acrylic Paint (click to expand colours)
titanium white (larger tube is best), cadmium red (or naphthol red), quinacridone red (or magenta, or primary red), cadmium yellow medium (or hansa yellow medium, or lemon yellow), raw sienna (or yellow ochre), manganese blue (or phthalo blue), ultramarine blue, mars black
- Various stiffer synthetic brushes meant for acrylic or oil (small, medium, large sizes; filbert, bright, round styles)
- Palette paper
- Ruler & pencil
- Rags such as old towels
