Level of Expertise: from Beginners to Advanced

Art Medium: Acrylics

Week One – 1-4pm, Friday/ March 7 / Ellijay, Georgia.

Week Two – 1-4pm, Friday/ March 21 / Ellijay, Georgia.

Room for up to 4 students who wish to explore “Lighting-up the Sky” by painting clouds into a landscape.

$75 class fee, one session x 2 for both dates. (Discount to members.)

Additional $65 fee for a supply kit if required. Students are required to use their own tools each session. (Basic setup to include water cup, paper towels, brushes, palette knife or knives, & painting set-up: palette, paints, gel medium or glazing liquid, tabletop easel is optional, canvas or panel—6×6 up to 16×20.) Gilmer Arts has tabletop easels for borrowing in class.

The “Basic set up” is their tools from home to add to their supply kit to complete their painting set up. I hope that clarifies.

If you bring your own surface, please do not bring anything larger than 16×20.

Supply kit includes a Beginner’s set of Pro Quality Heavy Body Acrylic paints, 5 pc set of brushes, sketch book, palette knives, and Canvas or panel: 8×10 or 11×14.

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Get in touch via text (706-889-1857) if questions.

• Learn how to progress with brush stroke training and practice using many different brush styles to achieve beautiful clouds on the skyline. We use Pro-Quality Acrylics so that they behave like oils without the mess and odor.
• Learn how to mix multiple shades and values of white to achieve a well-lit sky.
• Learn to balance and proportion your subject to create artwork that not only pleases you but all those who peer at it. (Apply the Golden Ratio Rule) This course is one of several Acrylic courses, held twice monthly. The list of topics covers a variety of techniques, tools, & practices. This year we explore:
• Color & Mixing: using a limited palette.
• Composition & Perspective: sketching w/brushes.
• Landscape Painting: Clouds & Sky, Trees, Farm Life.
• Palette Knife Training: flowers, buildings, landscapes.
• Painting the Landscape w/the Masters: brushstroke and texture.
• Still Life: Lighting & Approach: negative space technique. Returning students help determine the subject/project we focus on each time.