The Common Raccoon class from my Acrylic Painting Series is a step-by-step tutorial 'study' designed to help beginners learn and practice painting with acrylics.

My study painting classes are designed to zero in on one subject at a time. This allows the beginner student to paint a complete painting in one or two sittings and possibly use the study for a more involved or complicated art piece at some point.

You will learn:

how to blend and mix colors from the basic paint colors
many brush techniques used in acrylic painting
the step-by-step painting process that I use in acrylic painting

and lots of other tips and tricks I've learned in my 30+ years as a professional decorative painter!

Hoodview Park Fence Mural in Salem, Ore.

This course is great for you if:

you like to paint for enjoyment and to keep up your skills
you're beginning in acrylics and want regular practice
you are a seasoned painter and would like to explore another approach in painting with acrylics
you want to switch to acrylics from watercolor, gouache, oil or another medium

If you've never painted and would like an overview before this practice course, I recommend that you take my first class in my BEGINNING ACRYLICS SERIES with this link BEGINNING ACRYLICS: Introduction to Acrylics and the Painting Process. It's not a prerequisite, however, that class will give you a basic fundamentals of painting with the acrylic medium and is a great class for the very beginner or anyone who would like to 'brush' up on their painting techniques before jumping into this practice series.

You'll need some materials before starting:

Acrylic paint, a surface/support to paint on, brushes, palette, water, paper towels, among other things. For the entire list, you can view and download the handy Materials Checklist by going to the Projects and Resources Tab. There you'll find several downloadable Reference Photos, a Sketch for transferring the design, Painting Terms and a Photo of the Final Painting as well.

The best way to build skills as an artist is by painting regularly and often, so my goal is to add another 'study' each month to this Acrylic Painting Series here on Skillshare.

Follow me to be the first to hear when additional classes are available. You can find the green Follow button next to my name below the video :D

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I'm looking forward to meeting you and helping you learn the skill of painting.

Let's meet soon -

Brigitte

P.S. As mentioned in the class...

These are the links to the Beginning Acrylics classes that will help if you want to dive in a little deeper:

• For the Paint Mixing Exercise, go to: Beginning Acrylics: Introduction to Acrylics and the Painting Process

• For more on Mixing Greens specifically, go to: Beginning Acrylics: Florals with a Painterly Approach

Happy painting!

Mandy Desrosiers

Student of the Universe!

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