Expressive Paint Handling in Acrylics
11 Week Class ONLINE | This course is currently not open for registration.
Expressive paint-handling is one of the most important qualities of a good work of art. Neglecting the improvement of your brush skills will always hold back your painting progress. The terms “expressive” or “gestural” are used to describe a method of fine art painting characterized by energetic brushstrokes deliberately emphasizing the sweep of the painter's arm or movement of the hand. In other words, the brushwork expresses the artist's emotions, personality and confidence.
This intermediate level course will focus on developing brush-handling skills through a series of simple exercises. We will move on to using these techniques to interpret various subject matter. All demos will be done using acrylic paint.
Base Tuition: $497 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Correct use of acrylics from the foundation to the completion of a painting
- Creating textured foundation layers using molding paste
- Developing brush handling and mark-making skills
- The advantages of Imprimatura (foundation colour) applications
- Using heavy gel to expand paint and create expressive brush strokes
Brian Burnett
Brian's paintings are expressive, visceral and textured manipulations of acrylic paint. He has explored aerial and street views of city landscapes, Ontario wetlands and bogs in his work. In the last 10 years, he has focused on the intersection between digital technology and painting. Currently, he has returned to a pure painting practice. He has been an art instructor at the Toronto School of Art and a professor of Fine Art at Centennial College. Burnett has exhibited regularly since 1979 in Canada, the USA, and the UK. His work is included in many prominent public, corporate and private collections in Canada and the USA.