
Explore how dominant geometric shapes and off-center massing guide the eye, with interlocking organic forms that avoid tangents and a cool-blue palette anchoring the focal point.
Master value, design, and composition with an off-center dominant shape and a pink focal flower. Use neutrals and varied shapes to simplify still life and landscape designs.
Create a simple sailboat painting using acrylics and collage paper remnants, blocking shapes and adding minimal details with bright primary colors. Explore upcycling, quick technique, and potential market appeal.
Asymmetrical design anchors the painting with a heavier right side and guiding stems. A collage and a cool palette of blues, greens, whites, and a yellow accent balance the composition.
Discover how design, value, and palette drive a painting: analyze ground plane, lines, horizontal and diagonal movement, horizon line, and planning before painting for cohesion.
Explore a square composition with a low horizon, dominant sky, leading road, and distant hills, while balancing value contrasts and a cool-to-warm color palette.
Select a still life from five images and apply course techniques to create a unique painting with a personal twist, adjusting layout, color, and layers for a landscape finale.
Recaps finishing 12 acrylic and mixed media projects and celebrates your progress. Explore more classes, including a beginner acrylic painting course that covers fundamentals and color mixing.
Welcome to 10 Enjoyable Acrylic & Mixed Media Projects For All Levels
Below is a course overview of what to expect and included in this fun and exciting acrylic class.
The Projects
This class includes 10 awesome acrylic painting projects that blend unconventional and conventional techniques. We will also explore various subjects from still life to landscapes. Each project will address something very fundamental about making quality acrylic art. For example, one may involve a cool palette while another will be design and composition. This way you not only end up with 10 gorgeous paintings, but you also have learned valuable skills you can take with you on your creative journey.
What Makes This Painting Work
At the end of each project I will share a video that breaks down the painting. This will include design and composition, color harmony and any other info that will help you understand how the piece was put together. This makes the course much more educational so that you can easily apply these ideas to your future paintings with ease.
Who Is This Class For?
This class is suited for ALL levels! Even if you are just starting out you can join in and have success. The projects are easy enough that new painters can easily join in, and experienced artists can take advantage of different ideas on how to approach their subjects.
When You Are Finished
You will have so many ideas that you can use for any subject. The projects and techniques I share make it easy to explore on your own and have tons of fun doing it. Plus, you will walk away with a lot of knowledge about design, composition, color harmony and so much more.