T1 Introduction to Acrylics

Course Description

In this beginner’s course, you will take a creative journey with acrylics. Learn about tools, paints, surfaces, compositions and colour mixing. Try different techniques to help you create amazing artworks. We will cover • Surfaces • Brushes and tools • Composition development • Colour mixing • Paints and mediums • Application • Finishing the work for the display Tutor Robyn Laycock - Robyn Laycock, known in her creative praxis as REL, is a Neuroaesthetic and Transdisciplinary Fine Artist and Transpersonal Art Therapist whose praxis explores the meeting place between observation, emotion, and embodied expression, where stillness and colour meet and art becomes a language of awareness. Guided by a neuroaesthetic and therapeutic lens, she invites people of all ages and creative backgrounds to experience art as a space for curiosity, reflection, and connection. With a deep fascination for the anatomical precision of form and structure, Robyn finds poetry in the subtle relationships between light, movement, and the human presence in art. Her sessions weave fine art foundations with mindful inquiry, encouraging participants to slow down, notice deeply, and cultivate confidence and joy in the creative process. Robyn is currently completing a Master of Therapeutic Arts Practice with the MIECAT Institute and holds a Bachelor and Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts from Edith Cowan University, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Art Therapy from the Ikon Institute of Australia. Canvas 16 x 24” or suitable size for your images. Reference images: Bring along your own images to be used for your first project. These need to be some that you have taken yourself or have been taken by family or friends. Bring at least one image that represents what you would like to learn to paint. Acrylic paints Titanium White Pthalo Blue Naples Yellow Cadmium Yellow mid or Primary Yellow Alizaron Crimson or magenta (cool red) Raw Sienna Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Ultramarine Blue Clear Painting Medium (Jo Sonjas Clear Glaze medium or Atelier Clear Painting Medium) Brushes in taklon or polyester (not bristle) Flat brush 2cm wide Flat brush 1cm wide Assorted other brushes for details Large soft brush for blending (this can be a 3cm wide flat bristle brush as these are cheap. Kneadable eraser Pastel pencils for drawing up (Pitt 181 and white are good) Water container Palette: Old plates are good. Avoid any throw aways. Rag and Paper towel. Notebook roughly A4 sized