Painting: Brushes & Knives using Thick Acrylics
10 Week Class ONLINE | Available
Expressive, gestural paint-handling is one of the most important qualities of a strong work of art. Neglecting the development of brush and palette knife skills can limit your progress as a painter. The terms “expressive” or “gestural” are used to describe a method of fine art painting characterized by energetic brushstrokes that emphasize the sweep of the painter’s arm and the movement of the hand. In other words, the mark making expresses the artist’s emotions, personality and confidence.
This intermediate level course will focus on developing brush and palette knife-handling skills through demonstrations. We will review application and medium techniques to build student’s vocabulary using thick acrylics and mediums. Images and non-objective based images will be reviewed. All demos will be done using acrylic paint.
Base Tuition: $465 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 and knife painting mark-making skills
- The advantages of Imprimatura (foundation colour) applications
- Using heavy gel to expand paint and create expressive mark making
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.