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Expressive Painting With Acrylics

Course Overview

Develop your individual painting style!

In this friendly and engaging acrylic painting course students will work through a number of paintings alongside technical exercises designed to demystify art-making and develop a personal painting practice. There will be tutor demonstrations each week and individual feedback and support throughout each class. The lessons will work through still life, landscape and other forms of representational painting with references to art history.

Course Breakdown

Week 1: Exercise on brush techniques and the completion of the first painting 

Week 2: Exercise on colour mixing and beginning of second painting

Week 3: Exercise on colour theory and completion of second painting

Week 4: Exercise on tonal values and tonal underpainting for third painting

Week 5: Discussion on values and contrast with references from art history and completion of third painting

Week 6: Exercise on construction drawing and beginning of fourth painting 

Week 7: Exercise on colour saturation and completion of fourth painting

Week 8: Beginning of painting from a personal reference image

Week 9: Recap of individual painting practice development and the completion of personal reference painting

This outline provides an overview of what may be covered during the course; however, changes may occur based on various factors and the needs of the class.

Term Dates

Term 1 runs from Monday 3 February to Monday 31 March

Term 2 runs from Monday 28 April to Monday 30 June

Term 3 runs from Monday 21 July to Monday 15 September 

Term 4 runs from Monday 13 October to Monday 8 December 

Outcomes
  • To develop a new way of seeing to describe the visual world
  • To develop an understanding of colour, values and composition in relation to painting
  • To become comfortable and familiar with the materials involved in acrylic painting
  • To develop their own personal painting practice
Materials List
  • A3 or similar size pad of paper to paint on. (must be 250-350gsm) - Some are called ‘Acrylic paper’, which are designed to be painted on.
  • Acrylic paints - Warm and cool of each primary colour + burnt umber and white. Cadmium yellow, lemon yellow/yellow light hansa, Cadmium red, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, phthalo blu, burn umber, titanium white.
  • Acrylic painting medium - Sometimes called ‘Flow Medium’, ‘Gloss/Matte Medium’ Preferred brands: Liquitex, Matisse, Golden, Amsterdam, Jo Sonja
  • Brands to avoid- Reeves (paper is good, paint hard to mix), Atelier, Global
  • At least 4 brushes of varying size and shape - Good to have a mix of bristle brushes (rough) and synthetic (soft) in Flat, Round and Filbert.
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If you join any of our creative courses, you will receive a 10% discount off full-priced items at Eckersley’s Art & Craft. Discount applies on presentation of course receipt. Stores included are Eckersley’s Chatswood & St. Leonards.

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Gimin Kim

About the tutor

Gimin Kim

Gimin is a Sydney/Seoul-based artist who specialises in acrylic painting. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Sejong University in Seoul, South Korea, and has continued creating art while working as a designer after studying Graphic Design in Sydney. She explores painting, drawing, and photography in her artistic pursuits, with nature as a central theme in her impressionistic works. Painting brings Gimin profound fulfillment as she captures the beauty and serenity of nature and her surroundings. She is dedicated to not only developing her students' painting skills but also fostering their enjoyment of the creative process, aiming to inspire them with peace, inspiration, and delight similar to her own experience.

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(02) 9922 2299
Monday to Friday - 10:00am to 6:00pm
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