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Acrylic Painting
with 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.
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.
Ten
Mondays starting 20th April 2009
7.00 – 9.00 pm with Dinah at Evolution
Ten Wednesdays starting 22nd April 2009
10.30 am – 12.30 pm with Amy at Evolution
Eight Saturdays starting 25th April 2009
10.45 am – 12.45 pm with Amy at Evolution
Eight Saturdays starting
27th June 2009
10.45 am – 12.45 pm with Amy at Evolution
Ten Mondays starting 13th July 2009
7.00 – 9.00 pm with Amy at Evolution
Ten Wednesdays starting 15th July 2009
10.30 am – 12.30 pm with Amy at Evolution
Cost: £100 (£85 concessions and busy bee)
for ten-week courses
£80 (£63 concessions and busy bee) for eight-week courses
Note: The price does not include materials
Materials List
If possible, please bring the following equipment to the first week of
the course.
A 15% discount at Clarkes Stationers, who sell a good range of artists
materials, is available for Evolution customers. Just present them with
your booking confirmation, which you will receive at the time of booking.
At the first class you will be given a list of any further materials that
will be required for the course.
Acrylic Painting with Dinah Kelly
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
PAINTS
Basic Palette:
Cadmium Red
Crimson
Cadmium Yellow
Yellow Ochre
White
Burnt Umber
Ultramarine Blue
Phthalocyanine Blue
Paynes Gray or Black
This is a good basic palette, but some 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
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. 2B pencil, pencil sharpener, putty rubber.
Plastic bag for taking wet palette home.
Charcoal
Large clip to hold
Gumstrip
A3 drawing pad
Scalpel or scissors
Ruler or tape measure
Canvas (later in the course) approx 20"x30" or 60x70cm
Scruffy clothes, old shirt, apron or boiler suit for painting in
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