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Acrylic Painting for Beginners

A person holding a palette and paintbrush covered in thick layers of paint

Enjoy an introduction to acrylic painting during this 8-week beginner’s course. Led by our tutor and artist Robyn White, this class will take you step-by-step through the planning, preparation, execution and finishing of your work.

Students will build confidence and explore different elements such as colour mixing, composition, value, depth, line and shape. The sessions will include still-life, landscape, portraiture and abstraction as focus areas.

Once you have completed this introductory course, you will have a solid overview of acrylic painting and be able to progress to the MAMA Painting Studio course.

Term 2 dates:
Mondays, 8 weeks
6:00PM - 8:30PM
28 April - 16 June 2025

Materials

Bring your own materials or purchase a MAMA Materials Package tailored for this course. Packages may be purchased online, or through MAMA Store: (02) 6043 5800

Three paintbrush heads, the bristles are covered in dust and frayed around the edges
Cost: $145
A3 Canvas Pad
A4 Visual Diary
4x Taklon Flat Brushes 25mm, 19mm, 12mm and 6mm
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 250ml - Titanium White
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 120ml - Burnt Umber
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 120ml - Ultramarine Blue
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 120ml - Cerulean Blue Hue
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 120ml - Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 120ml - Lemon Yellow
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 120ml - Cadmium Red Medium Hue
A2 Lightfast Acrylic 120ml - Alizarin Crimson

Meet the Tutor

Robyn White

Robyn White is a passionate visual artist and engaging arts tutor with over 25 years experience. Working across mediums in her own practice, Robyn loves to teach watercolour, drawing, mixed media and pastels.

As a tutor, Robyn is warm and empathetic, having experienced many of the challenges and frustrations that her students faced in the development of her own skills and knowledge. Robyn embraced art 30 years ago, after taking a break from her career in finance to raise her family. Having always had aptitude and appetite for art, Robyn built on her earlier talents for drawing and after 25 plus years, now has her own studio and fine art supplies business in Wodonga.

Robyn encourages students to build strong technical foundations upon which they can loosen control and let the materials work their magic on the page.

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