Workshop reflections 1: Discover Acrylic Painting

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I've been using Acrylic Paints for at least a decade now and some days I feel like a professional and other days every colour I mix turns into baby poop. I've never been formally taught about painting as I just learned through trial and error, and at this point I'd hit a creative wall. 

For a refresher on my skills, I chose the workshop "Discover Acrylic Painting" at the Brisbane Institute of Art. A 2 day workshop that went over colour mixing, tints & shades, taklon and hoghair brushes, tools, techniques, mediums to thin and thicken, and many experimental exercises.

I started again from the basics and it was really informative, after completing the workshop I feel much more confident in my artistic decision making. 

Seascape Experiment with Pallette Knives. 30cmx23cm board.

Pitcher still life using hoghair brush, texture paste, pallette knives. 23cmx18cm board.

Abstraction Experiment using different tools. A2 sized paper.

Experiment with Yellow and Blue Glaze.

Colour mix reference wheel. A2 size paper.

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