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Acrylic Painting Course

What you'll learn

Learn to paint using acrylics with our painting short courses in Sydney!

We will explore various subject techniques and cover the fundamentals of tone, colour, form, and perspective through Still Life, Portrait, the Human Figure, and Landscape. Suitable for beginners to intermediate levels, the course is intended to help you develop your own personal style.

Whether you are an absolute beginner or have some painting experience, you will enjoy our structured acrylic painting course led by our professional artist. If you are new to acrylics, you will learn about materials and techniques, composition, colour mixing, and how to transform a drawing into a completed painting, starting with sketching your ideas.

The goal of this painting course is to nurture your creative potential and painting style through expressive acrylic techniques. Designed for ongoing growth, students are encouraged to re-enrol as often as they like to continually enhance their painting skills. Sessions are tailored by your teacher to accommodate all levels of experience within the group.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this Acrylic Painting Course, you should be able to:

  • Utilise a variety of acrylic mediums to enhance your artwork.
  • Construct a painting from the initial concept to the final piece.
  • Recognize and apply colour, tone, and paint quality to influence the structure and mood of your paintings.
  • Appreciate and experiment with different approaches to subject matter, including expressive, constructive, and descriptive techniques.
  • Develop and refine your unique painting style, further unlocking your creative potential.

Course content

What will be covered in this Acrylic Painting Course?

  • Use acrylic paints to create watercolour effects and impasto to add texture. 
  • Choosing, using and looking after your tools – brushes and supports
  • Colour theory and mixing plus an exploration of the expressive and descriptive use of colour
  • Exploring Still Life, Portrait, Human Figure, and Landscape techniques.
  • Compositional elements using colour, tone, positioning, perspective and painting techniques
  • A look at paintings, both modern and traditional, for their structural and expressive elements
  • An assessment of our own personal style and how to develop it more fully
  • Finding interesting subject matter to explore and interpret

Intended audience

Who is this Acrylic Painting Course for?

This course is for beginners who want to learn to paint, or those looking to improve their painting skills.

Course venue

Rozelle Campus

2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon St & Victoria Rd in the grounds of St. Joseph's Church)

Course materials

Option 1: Purchase a full materials kit at enrolment checkout. This will be supplied in your first class.

Option 2: Uncheck the materials kit at enrolment checkout and bring your own - consult our Acrylics Painting Material List.

Additional information

Please note the following:

  • Closed-in shoes required
  • Please wear old clothes and/or bring an apron
  • Long hair must be tied back

Course testimonials

  • said: I enjoyed the class more than expected. I liked that we painted a variety of different pictures and learnt different styles.

  • said: The teacher was most instructive in demonstrating different brush strokes for compositions using acrylic paints.

  • said: Grateful to work on my current skills and learn about new materials and techniques to work on to improve. Definitely found it beneficial. Ellie was fantastic and I will definitely consider taking further courses in the future.

  • said: David explains concepts in way a beginner can understand. I found it a fun, inclusive and supporting course.

  • said: I had a lot of fun in this class, David was a great tutor and very kind.

Course tutors

David Pavich is a landscape painter who has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and internationally for over 30 years. David has a higher Art Certificate, Honours from the National Art...

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Acrylic Painting Course

<p>Learn to paint using acrylics with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/visual-arts/painting">painting short courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

<p>We will explore various subject

...
2024-11-15 Fri 15 Nov 2024 - 2024-12-06 Fri 6 Dec 2024
4 sessions, 20 hours total
10am - 3pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
2A Gordon St, Rozelle
David Pavich
$469 Limited inc GST / $375.20 / $398.70 / $422.09 / $422.10
 A materials kit can be purchased at checkout or if you prefer to bring your own simply uncheck the box. Please note, that kits need to be purchased at least one week before the class starts so that there's enough time for delivery.
Acrylic Painting Course

<p>Learn to paint using acrylics with our <a href="https://www.sydneycommunitycollege.edu.au/courses/visual-arts/painting">painting short courses</a> in Sydney!</p>

<p>We will explore various subject

...
2025-02-06 Thu 6 Feb 2025 - 2025-03-27 Thu 27 Mar 2025
8 sessions, 20 hours total
6:30pm - 9pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
2A Gordon St, Rozelle
David Pavich
$459 Limited inc GST / $367.20 / $390.20 / $413.09 / $413.10
Be sure to order your art kit at the checkout or at least one week before your class starts to allow time for delivery.

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