ALL LEVELS

This class is welcome for everyone! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, you’ll paint with more vibrancy and accuracy.

NO-FAIL SYSTEM

Enjoy painting this beautiful image with my transparent to opaque technique that takes the guess-work out.

After taking this class, you’ll have everything you need to paint a gorgeous canvas using your own photograph

RESOURCES:

Photo references (See Projects & Resources tab)

SUPPLIES

Acrylic Paint Types:
- Soft Body Acrylics: Brand is Liquitex. Also called "Acrylic Gouache" Semi-transparent and thinner than heavy bodyFluid: Brand is Golden. Liquid viscosity but very intense color. Most transparent.Full Body: The only full-body (in a tube) I use is Titanium White
- See Resources and end video for SUPPLIES
GLOSSARY
- Opacity: Level of transparency of paint. Very transparent has no whites and the canvas can be seen through the paint. Not transparent would be opaque, where the paint is not allowing any light through.
  
  Gesso: A fluid, white paint that makes the canvas smoother and helps paint adhere to the canvas better
  
  Retarder Medium: A clear gel that makes the paint more transparent and fluid and also slows down drying time. Other mediums can be used to varnish the finished painting.
  
  Value: How light or dark a given color or hue can be.
  
  Opposite Colors: Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. Also called complementary colors
  
  Contrast: When opposite elements are arranged together. i.e. Dark value next to light value. i.e. Red next to Green (because they are opposites)
  
  Warm/Cool: Color temperature refers to reds being warm and blues being cool. i.e. lilac is a warm purple because of the pink undertones but lavender is a cool purple because of the blue undertones.

Fiona Jenkins

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