Acrylic Painting: Basics & Beyond

Description Discover the essential techniques you need to paint confidently with acrylics! Experienced instructor Michael Lynne walks you through setting up your palette and introduces you to the colorful world of tints, tones and shades. Learn to recognize and recreate value shifts to depict light and form, and develop your painting skills with fun cube studies. Use a simple block-in method to sketch your first still life, and create a sense of space and dimension with cast shadows and highlights. Find out how to incorporate perspective and color theory into a landscape painting, and add depth and luminous warmth with acrylic washes and glazes. Discover essential acrylic tips and techniques and become a better artist today! For more information on mixing acrylic paint, check out An Easy Method for Mixing Skin Tones with Acrylic Paint

• Class Preview
• The Basics
• The Cube Effect & Gradation
• Simple Monochromatic Still Life
• Color
• Color Still Life
• Aerial Perspective & Glazing
• Painting a Landscape From a Photo