Acrylic 101 is a comprehensive painting course designed by artist, Ginger LaCour to guide absolute beginners to a level of producing professional quality acrylic paintings through concise and “easy to digest” modules that include videos and handouts. Designed for beginners, this course lays the foundation required for success with acrylics and painting in general.

Module 1: All About Supplies

• You will learn all about different types of painting surfaces
• You will learn all about the different types of tools that are needed to begin painting with acrylics

Module 2: All About Paint brushes

• You will learn all about the different types of paint brushes and the strokes you can make with each type

Module 3: The Palette Knife

• You will learn how to use a palette knife and different types of palette knives

Module 4: Paints and Mediums

• You will learn about all of the different types and levels of acrylic paints, from craft paints to professional level paints and difference in each type
• You will learn all about different mediums and what they can do to help make your painting experience more enjoyable

Module 5: The Color Wheel

• You will learn how to use a color wheel and make a color wheel

Module 6: Painting a Night Sky

• We will paint a night sky together as a practice painting to help you implement all of the skills that you’ve learned

Module 7: Painting a Coffee Cup

• We will paint a coffee cup together and discuss lights and darks and color theory

Module 8: How to Begin the Process of Creating a Painting

• You will learn how to find your own style and find your own types of inspiration to begin the process of creating your own artwork from scratch

Module 9: Painting the Church

• You will learn how to create a design using canva.com, resize your design to your desired size for you painting, and how to transfer your design to your canvas
• You will also learn how to paint a beautiful white chapel from start to finish, including how to seal and finalize your painting

Module 10: Framing

• You will learn how to make your own DIY frames for your paintings to become wall worthy