From the course: Painting Foundations: Acrylic
Welcome
- Hi, I'm Will Kemp, and welcome to the Foundations of Acrylics. Using acrylics is the simplest and most effective way for an absolute beginner to learn how to paint successfully. I've designed this course to give you a good understanding of the materials, the techniques, and the versatility of acrylics. Discovering how easy it is to achieve fantastic, professional-looking paintings with a few key materials in a relatively short space of time when we take the right painting approach. This course will take you on a journey looking at a wide range of painting techniques from classical realism to modern acrylic abstract approaches. You'll follow a progressive step-by-step approach covering beginner and advanced acrylic painting methods from underpainting and glazing to impasto and textural effects. This course will cover materials and setup, color mixing and pigment choice, brush handling and palette knife techniques and gels and mediums, giving an essential introduction to the wide properties of acrylics. By the end of this course, you would have built a solid foundation of painting knowledge. You will have created three fantastic little painting studies and have an amazing basis so you can create all the paintings you've ever dreamed of. So why don't you join me on the Foundations of Acrylics to unleash your inner artist?
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