Acrylic Painting
Tutor: Amy Alderson and Dinah Kelly
Working with acrylics is one of the most versatile methods of painting and this course should help students of all levels to develop their colour, composition and experimental skills in this exciting medium. Acrylic paint is water based and can be used thinly like watercolour or thickly like oils. Colours can be glazed, one on top of the other, without disturbing the layers beneath. Probably the main advantage over oils is its fast drying time, which enables the painter to make rapid changes and complete a work relatively quickly. This can be especially useful when working outside.
Materials lists below
About the tutors
Amy trained at Camden School of Art and Saint Martins, finally graduating at Brighton University in Visual and Performing Arts in 2000. Amy now works as a freelance artist; exhibitions include the ICA and The Princess Gallery. She is currently featured on the Saatchi Gallery website.
Dinah works as an artist educator for several major museums, giving gallery talks on paintings and leading workshops in response to the collections. She teaches in a wide range of media with a strong emphasis on colour theory and acrylic painting.
Testimonials
Loved it. It gave me loads of different techniques to use. Brooke Phillips
The pace of the session means you are continually painting and learning and time flies by. Brian Lyone
Amy is a very talented tutor and has inspired me to produce fascinating work! Bernard Briant
Acrylic Painting with Dinah Kelly Materials List
If possible, please bring the following items to the first week of the course. A 15% discount is available at Clarkes Stationers, Bond Street, who sell a good range of artist’s materials – just tell them you are doing a course with Evolution and take a booking acknowledgement.
PAINTS - Basic Palette: • Cadmium Red • Crimson • Cadmium Yellow • White • Ultramarine Blue
You may use a starter box such as DALER’S Acrylic paints. Any other make is fine apart from REEVES (which is very poor quality).
BRUSHES The following measurements are approximate:
• Daler-Rowney system 3, series SY85, size 2, Round
• Daler-Rowney system 3, series SY21, size 3/4, Long Flat
• Daler-Rowney system 3, series SY67, Filburt
If these brushes are hard to get hold of, then just a small, medium and a larger brush will suffice, or you may like to get an acrylic brush set such as the System 3 acrylic brush collection.
Synthetic as opposed to natural (e.g. sable or hog) is cheaper and often just as good.
Keep any old brushes that you may have as can be useful for different textures
PAPER Paper is supplied at 10p per sheet.
Other useful extra items:
• Rag or tissues
• Mixing palette, plastic or old plate or pad of palette paper (greaseproof).
• Masking tape.
• Plastic bag for taking wet palette home.
• Scruffy clothes, old shirt or boiler suit for painting in.
Acrylic Painting with Amy Alderson Materials List
If possible, please bring the following items to the first week of the course. A 15% discount is available at Clarkes Stationers, Bond Street, who sell a good range of artist’s materials – just tell them you are doing a course with Evolution and take a booking acknowledgement.
PAINTS Basic Palette:
• Cadmium Red
• Crimson
• Cadmium Yellow
• Yellow Ochre
• Ultramarine Blue
• Phthalocyanine Blue
• Paynes Gray or Black
• White
• Burnt Umber
This is a good basic palette, but a few personal favourites are -
• Sap green
• Flesh tint
• Buff titanium
• All by Daler-Rowney
You may use a starter box such as DALER’S Acrylic paints. Any other make is fine apart from REEVES (which is very poor quality).
BRUSHES A range of good quality brushes of various sizes, or if you are buying new brushes then suggested:-
• Daler-Rowney system 3, series SY85, size 2, Round
• Daler-Rowney system 3, series SY21, size 3/4, Long Flat
• Daler-Rowney system 3, series SY67, Filburt
You may like to get an acrylic brush set such as the System 3 acrylic brush collection. Synthetic as opposed to natural (e.g. sable or hog) is cheaper and often just as good. Keep any old brushes that you may have as can be useful for different textures
PAPER Paper is supplied at 10p per sheet.
Other useful extra items:
• Rag or tissues
• Mixing palette; plastic or old plate or pad of palette paper (greaseproof)
• Masking tape. 6B pencil, pencil sharpener, rubber.
• Plastic bag for taking wet palette home.
• Charcoal
• Canvas (later in the course) approx 20"x30" or 60x70cm
• Scruffy clothes, old shirt, apron or boiler suit for painting in