Pencil to Paint: Using Acrylics with Courtney Applequist
Class | Available
There are many ways to approach starting a painting. In this course, students will develop a thorough understanding of how to lay the groundwork for a painting before moving into acrylic paint. Students will learn how to create preparatory drawings, focusing on form and planes, and thereafter learn to reference them as they start painting. Students will explore the properties and possibilities specific to this acrylic through deliberate experimentation.
This intermediate class is for students who have completed beginning drawing and painting and have a solid understanding of composition, drawing & color mixing.
Your instructor has provided a list of materials required to participate fully in this class.
If you have any questions about specifics or what is needed week-to-week, please reach out to your instructor via the email in your confirmation letter.
- 11x 14 sketchbook
- Pencils: 2B,4B,8B
- Erasers: Kneaded, rubber & Mono Zero Rectangle Mechanical
- 18x24 watercolor paper
- Tape
- Acrylic brushes: Bright 4, 8, 12 + any preferred brushes
- Minimum of 2 palette knives
- Gloss Medium
- Matte Medium
- Titanium white
- Titanium buff
- Naples Yellow
- Cad Yellow Light
- Hansa Yellow
- Cad Red Light
- Alizarin Crimson
- Fluorescent Red
- Viridian
- Sap Green
- Ultramarine Blue
- Cerulean Blue
- Van Dyke Brown
- Transparent Red or Brown Oxide
- Bonus: Cobalt Teal