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Questions and Answers: Learning to Paint with Mike Svob
Lessons from the Masters - What I Learned about Painting Atmosphere from Michael O'Toole
In our first monthly module, we explored the work of Edgar Payne and his techniques for creating beautiful and artistic trees by studying his painting "Eucalyptus Trees". It's a stunning painting, and what I realized as I was doing the master copy was not only how beautiful the trees were, but...
Questions & Answers: Learning to Paint with Patti Mollica
Interview with Aimee Erickson
by Jed Dorsey
This interview is from a recent live Q&A that we did for Acrylic University members in our private Facebook Community. We decided to share it here so that others can listen in on this guest interview with artist extraordinaire, Aimee Erickson. The first 30 minutes of...
Interview with Rick Delanty
by Jed Dorsey
This video is from a recent live Q&A that we did for Acrylic University members in our private Facebook Community. We decided to share it here so that others can listen in on this guest interview with California landscape painter, Rick Delanty. The first half of the video is the...
How To Grow: Acrylic University Delivers Timely, Free Classes
An online art school with students...
What Colors Beyond the Basic Colors Do You Recommend?
It can be so overwhelming to know what colors to purchase. There are so many. You can use a very limited palette using one of each of the primaries (plus black and white). But you may want to add to that palette instead of mixing all your colors. Sometimes it's easier when colors have been...
THIS Is Why Art Is Good For Your Soul!
Someone asked me recently, "What does it mean to express yourself through art and how do we figure out what we want to express?"
If you’ve ever taken a “Sip and Paint” class, you have seen how each person in the class creates a different painting even though everyone starts...
Acrylics vs Oils - 5 reasons why you will LOVE Acrylic painting
There's a lot of discussion out there about Oils vs Acrylics. Oils have been used for 600 years or more making Acrylic paints seem like a baby by comparison. Acrylic artists are vastly outnumbered by oil artists. Just head to any painting event and take a look around - we're outnumbered 10...
What is the Best Lighting For My Studio?
One of our Acrylic University members asked, "What kind of light bulb do you use in your studio? I've noticed that the lighting in my paint area is not correct and I have been reading about lumens and light appearance. Do you take these into consideration?"
If the light on my canvas is too...