Fluid Acrylics
10 Week Class ONLINE | Available
This ONLINE 10 week course will focus on the use of GOLDEN or TRI-ART Fluid Acrylics to achieve stained, flowing effects. We will incorporate the use of a variety of substrates using GOLDEN’S Absorbent Ground plus Light Molding Paste to mimic the texture of watercolour paper. We will also utilize some of the many exciting contemporary compositional strategies available to the Fluid Acrylic painter seeking to update their working habits. This online course will include live stream webcam instructor demonstrations, digital images sent out prior to class and Power Point Presentations looking at the techniques of various artists. Students will send any homework to an online file prior to the meeting for discussion and will also have the opportunity to work during class.
Note: There will be no class on February 17th, due to Family Day Holiday.
Base Tuition: $480 + Material Fee: $10 = $490 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- To create the texture of traditional watercolour paper on canvas using various acrylic mediums. This will allow exciting new possibilities beyond simple stain painting on raw canvas
- To introduce contemporary compositional strategies
Tina Poplawski
Tina has been an instructor at the Toronto School of Art since 1993.
Poplawski has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Ontario, Quebec and New York. Two galleries in Toronto, the V. MacDonnell Gallery and Lehmann Leskiw Fine Art, have represented Poplawski. Her work is found in North American and European collections both corporate and private. She is the recipient of many awards, including numerous Ontario Art Council Grants.
Her work focuses on textured paintings, sculptural objects and paper works arranged into multi-faceted installations. Her art practice focuses on the contrasting concerns of destruction and re-creation, violent upheaval and spiritual renewal. Her work is driven by themes of loss, returning to the earth's embrace and patterns in nature.