Welcome to Beginning Acrylics

Instructor: Patrice Burkhardt•My Background…•Your name and reason for taking class…

Patrice Burkhardt

A painting is never finished-It simply stops in an interesting place. -Paul Gardner

www.PatriceBurkhardt.com

OTHER CLASSES I am Teaching

This Term

Painting With Scissors

Creating Mandalas

Chinese Brush Painting

Intermediate and Advanced Oil/Acrylic Painting

Today’s Agenda•Take attendance•Distribute ID Badges/Parking Tags•Pass out Course Syllabus, DiscussDiscuss:•Need to wear ID Badges•Breaks•Restroom Locations•Food and Beverage Location•Alcohol/Illegal Drugs/Smoking• Recycling• Crisis Response Plan (Fire drill, Different Codes…)Continue PowerPointHandouts

Frustration is a GOOD

THING

It signals discontent.Smile. Continue to smile.Push through it. Embrace it.You will soon have a breakthrough.Keep pushing.Never give up.

Motivational Video: Make Good Art

List of Supplies:•Acrylic Paint (Student vs. Professional grade)

Cadmium Yellow Light Yellow Oxide Burnt Sienna Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Medium Alizarin Crimson Dioxazine Purple Ultramarine Blue Cobalt Blue Pthalo Blue Cerulean Blue Light Blue Permanent Pthalo Green Unbleached Titanium Titanium White (Professional)

Handout:

•Acrylic Paint (Student vs. Professional grade)

Student-grade:

•Cheaper•Less pigment, more transparent•Harder to paint light color over dark color•Great for beginners

Professional-grade:•More expensive•More pigment, more opaque•Liquitex Heavy Body is buttery but still much thicker than the Soft Body.

LIQUITEX BASICS Set of 24 Colors — This set contains 24 colors in .75 oz (22 ml) tubes, including Alizarin Crimson Hue, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Orange Hue, Dioxazine Purple, Ivory Black, Light Green Permanent, Phthalo Green, Primary Blue, Primary Red, Primary Yellow, Titanium White, Cadmium Red Light Hue, Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Cerulean Blue Hue, Cobalt Blue Hue, Hooker's Green Hue Permanent, Phthalo Blue, Quinacridone Magenta, Raw Sienna, Raw Umber, Red Oxide, Ultramarine Blue, and Yellow Oxide. Set Retails $39.49ADD: Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow Light Hue, Light Blue Permanent, Unbleached Titanium, Retails $5 EACH Titanium White (Professional grade) Retails $10TOTAL $70 Set of 36 Colors — This set contains 36 colors in .75 oz (22 ml) tubes, including Alizarin Crimson Hue, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Orange Hue, Dioxazine Purple, Ivory Black, Light Green Permanent, Phthalo Green, Primary Blue, Primary Red, Primary Yellow, Titanium White, Cadmium Red Light Hue, Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Cerulean Blue Hue, Cobalt Blue Hue, Hooker's Green Hue Permanent, Phthalo Blue, Quinacridone Magenta, Raw Sienna, Raw Umber, Red Oxide, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Oxide, Bright Aqua Green, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, Cadmium Red Medium Hue, Cadmium Yellow Deep Hue, Cadmium Yellow Light Hue, Deep Green Permanent, Deep Violet, Gold, Neutral Gray Value 5, Silver, Naphthol Crimson, and Mars Black. Set Retails $53.49ADD: Light Blue Permanent, Unbleached Titanium, Retails $5 EACH Titanium White (Professional grade) Retails $10TOTAL $75 14 colors individually 4 oz tubes Retail ( $5 X 14 ) + $10=TOTAL $70

•Brushes (Brush Shapes & #’s )

Round Sizes: #4, #6, #8, #10

Filbert Sizes: #4, #6

Palette knife

HAIR TYPEDifferent media, such as water color or acrylic or traditional oil, require different types of brushes, and they come in four main types :• Natural Hair: For working in water color or gouache (Sable, goat, squirrel and camel).• Hog Hair (Bristle): When using oil and acrylic hog hair brushes are a good choice. They are naturally stiff. • Synthetic Hair: If you are on a budget or would prefer an alternative to natural hair, then it is worth considering synthetic brushes.• Blends (Synthetic and Natural)

•Palette (Paper versus Palette)

9” X 12 “ Pad or traditional palette

•Water bucket and Paper towels

NO Acrylic Paint or water in sink.

Wipe Brushes first.

Brush Cleaning Tank

Optional*

• Canvas Boards/ Canvases

SIX - 6” X 6“ Canvas Boards OR Canvases

Gallery-wrapped canvases

Canvas Boards

Canvases

Acrylic Mediums

• used for glazing or thinning

• used for making paint thicker (texture mediums)

• used for slowing the dying process (retarder mediums)**

• used for dispersing or changing the flow of the paint (flow mediums)

• used for fabric painting • used for decorative effects (like Crackling)• Acrylics gesso (support for canvas underneath paint)***• Acrylic varnish (layer protects paint)

Simple SunsetMATERIALS Needed Today:

• 5” X 7” Canvas Board• #8 Round brush• Palette paper• Water• Acrylic painting medium• Pencil

COLOR PALETTE:

• Cadmium Yellow Light• Cadmium Orange• Cadmium Red Medium• Alizarin Crimson• Pthalo Green• Titanium White

Project ONE

•Beginning color is usually your main color.

•Never mixing more than three colors together.

•Write the names of colors underneath each circle.

•As you continue to experiment with color mixing, you will notice that the color usually dries darker. (This is because of the polymer in the paints, which is opaque and white when wet, but dries clear).

Sunsets / Sunrises

Compare.One has a spotlight appearance.One has a rainbow appearance.

Notice the soft halo effect of the sun…

Let’s get started… the sun is going down.

Simple SunsetMATERIALS Needed Today:

• 5” X 7” Canvas Board• #8 Round brush• Palette paper• Water• Acrylic painting medium• Pencil

COLOR PALETTE:

• Cadmium Yellow Light• Cadmium Orange• Cadmium Red Medium• Alizarin Crimson• Pthalo Green• Titanium White

Project ONE

Organizing Your Palette

Yellows RedsBlues

White

•Cadmium Yellow Light• Cadmium Orange• Cadmium Red Medium• Alizarin Crimson• Pthalo Green• Titanium White

Time Lapsed Video of Sunset at Key Largo

4 minutes gradual change Sunset

Fabulous 'Get Ready To Paint' Video

Observe and Critique

Activity

Extra time?

Notice how the clouds create movement… how the reflection of the light is broken by the wave movement…

Notice the soft edge of the light on the water… how the movement on the water cuts through the light on the water…

Notice the halo effect of the sun… the color on the water… the reflection of the sky and sun…

Notice the horizon line that divides the sky from the Earth… the slight difference between the sky and the reflection…

What are some constructive ideas on How can this painting be improved…

This is a very dramatic sunset with beautiful color…

Positive words:

This is a very soft and quiet sunset with beautiful colors.

What are some constructive ideas on How can this painting be improved…

Positive words:

This is a very joyful and hopeful sunset with beautiful colors.

What are some constructive ideas on How can this painting be improved…

Notice the bands of color

Positive words: