Acrylic Painting (Online)

Why Take Acrylic Painting

This four week online acrylic painting course is designed to explore color and shaping through the use of expressive brush strokes and color splashes.

Learn more about varying your range of color usage and mixing colors using acrylic paint. Several color studies will be produced using a single bowl as the subject of study. Emphasis on foreground and background, warm and cool colors, complementary, analogous, and other focused color combinations will be explored. Large brush strokes will be used while learning to shape a single image to learn more about composing a painting. This workshop will promote expressive mark-making techniques and will not dwell on total realism. Participants will engage in the making of color charts for reference.

Course Dates: Thursdays, Jan. 6 to 27, 2022, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST
Early Course Fee: $250
Course Fee: $300 (after Dec. 15, 2021)
Course Location: Online

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Materials

  • Two shades of red acrylic paint
  • Two shades of yellow acrylic paint
  • Two shades of blue acrylic paint
  • Mars black acrylic paint
  • Titanium white acrylic paint
  • One pad of heavier watercolor paper
  • You are encouraged to repurpose cardboard from packaged goods (e.g. cereal or pasta box)

To use Zoom, you will need access to a computer (preferred) or mobile device with internet access. This is a list of basic system requirements.

Screen Size

  • Zoom are best viewed at a minimum screen size of 11+ inches. If you want to use a device with a smaller screen, we recommend using the mobile apps for Zoom.

Operating Systems

  • macOS 10.13 or newer (Interlochen recommends Apple products)

  • Windows 10

  • chromeOS

  • Apple iOS or Android

Computer Speed and Processor

  • Use a Mac or PC 5 years old or newer if possible. While it is possible to use an iPad or mobile device, the experience will be better for you on a laptop or desktop.

  • If using a laptop, it should have the following specifications:

  • At least 4GB of RAM

  • At least 2GHz processor

Internet Speed

  • Minimum of 1.5Mbps download and 800Kbps upload

Faculty

Brenda J. Clark

Instructor of Visual Arts

Questions? Contact Gary.

Associate Director of Continuing & Community Education

Email: college@interlochen.org

Phone: 231.276.7340

Gary Gatzke