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Portraits in Acrylic
You will start with a blank canvas and at the end of this 6 week course you will have a MAGnificent portrait painting!
The subject of this acrylic painting course will be a portrait of a person of your choosing. We can view a person from a distance or focus in with a portrait. This course will teach you how to use the Grid Method to proportionately enlarge your image and draw it on your canvas. We will then move into colour mixing, and using multiple layers of paint to give your artwork depth and dimension!
Class Dates (Spring 2024)
9:30 am – 12:30 noon, Wednesdays
April 3, 10, 17 24; May 1, 8
This is a multi-week program. Suitable for beginner and intermediate level. Registration is available until April 3, 2024. For ages 18+.
Supplies needed:
- Square or rectangular canvas no smaller than 16×20” or 16×16”
- Portrait of a person of your choosing printed on computer paper (no original photos unless you are ok to draw on them!)
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Acrylic Paint (click to expand colours)
titanium white (larger tube is best), cadmium red light (or naphthol red), quinacridone rose (or quinacridone violet, magenta PV 19), cadmium yellow light (or cadmium medium)*, hansa yellow (or lemon yellow), manganese blue (or cerulean blue), ultramarine blue, burnt umber
optional colours: burnt sienna, phthalocyanine blue or phthalocyanine green, raw sienna, yellow ochre, raw umber
*Student grade is fine when you are starting out. However, if you want to splurge on one colour, we recommend it is on yellow. Golden, M.Graham, Gamblin, Winsor and Newton, have great professional grade paints.
- Various synthetic bristled brushes (small, medium, large sizes; filbert, bright, round, flat styles)
- Palette paper
- Paper towel or rags
Delta Art and/or The Paint Spot in Edmonton will have everything you need. You can order online or pick up in person. Kensington Art in Calgary also carries good art supplies and would have the supplies that you need.