Fine Art

Acrylic Painting

Paint with confidence in fast-drying acrylics

12 lessons4 modules9h 5m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Acrylics dry in minutes, behave like watercolor or oil depending on how you handle them, and reward decisiveness. This course teaches the real mechanics: how to slow drying with mediums, build texture with a knife, mix a controlled palette, and pour fluid abstracts that actually cure flat. You finish with a complete painting and the technical knowledge to keep going on your own.

Curriculum

Module 1: Materials, Surfaces, and the Acrylic Mindset3 lessons

What Acrylic Paint Is and How It DriesPreview45m
Building Your First Kit🔒45m
Surfaces, Sizing, and Priming🔒45m

Module 2: Color, Value, and Brushwork3 lessons

Value First, Color Second🔒45m
Color Mixing from a Limited Palette🔒45m
Brushwork and Mark-Making🔒45m

Module 3: Texture, Impasto, and the Palette Knife3 lessons

Acrylic Mediums and Texture Gels🔒45m
Impasto: Painting with Thick Paint🔒45m
Palette Knife Technique🔒45m

Module 4: Fluid Acrylics, Finishing, and a Complete Painting3 lessons

Fluid Acrylics and the Acrylic Pour🔒50m
Composition and Pulling a Painting Together🔒45m
Varnishing, Signing, and Photographing Your Work🔒45m