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Diana Trout 9-4:30 Friday	1190 - Acrylic Painting with Glazes	[back to quicklinks] $ 125
Creating dreamy atmospheric veils of colored glazes with acrylic paints is a powerful technique. Colored glazes add depth, richness and mystery to backgrounds and provide endless possibilities that can be applied to many art works – from the tiniest ATCs to large paintings, collages and mixed media works. In this class, you will use just three basic acrylic colors and medium. We will begin by discussing the basics of composition. You will learn to mix many colors and build up deep rich values, trapping found papers and images between the layers of color on top of a lightly textured and patterned canvas. This playful day will also include some loosening up, drawing and composition exercises. You will go home with concepts and techniques that will be widely applicable in many forms of art. Supply List --3 Canvases (we may only use 2) – I like the ultra-smooth portrait canvas from Fredericks. (canvas board can be used), 8” x 10” or 9” x 12” --Acrylic Paints 5 Colors (I use Golden Fluid Acrylics) Turquoise, Yellow Ochre, Quinicridone Red, Black and White --1 black pen (for initial drawing/composition exercises) --1 6B pencil --1 6B charcoal pencil --Your journal --Gesso (any brand) small bottle should be plenty --Acrylic Glazing Medium 8 oz bottle (I use Golden) --Palette Knife (or bits of cardboard) --Awl (only if you have one – this is just for scratching into the surface --Blow Dryer (only if you are bringing one and don’t mind sharing. It may be handy to have for drying layers quickly.) --Brushes (I use a soft water color brushes). You can pick up a set cheap in the big box craft stores). If you already own watercolor brushes, simply bring what you have. No smaller than the #12 round, though – you probably will not use it), also ½” Flat, 1 Inch Flat, and #12 Round --2” cheap brush for gesso --Paint rags (cut up tee shirt or towels) --2 plastic deli containers for holding water --Small spray bottle is nice to have to “moisten” your paints occasionally. We will make disposable wet palettes in class. For Experimenting with different mixed media, you may wish to bring: Oil Pastels, lightweight patterned or papers with images (your own drawings or photos, found images, book pages, etc.) CLOSED - CLASS FULL

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