Welcome to the wonderful world of acrylic paints! They are fun, versatile and easy to use when you know how. With their fast-drying nature, you can layer colours quickly. Their inherent stability means you can use creative reductive techniques like scraping back and even sanding to reveal what lies beneath to create complex and dazzling textural and colour effects.
For blending or techniques which require more time, learn how to use retarder additives and ‘slow’ mediums. Discover acrylic mediums to make fine brushwork easier or allow striking ‘wet in wet’ washes and transformative glazing effects. Build on textural foundations using gesso and modelling compounds.
Fun exercises and mini painting projects will cover the fundamentals of colour mixing, tone and form, and light and shade.
In a range of subjects from still life to skies, get to know your brushes, painting knives and more. Expand on techniques by printing leaves, embedding textured objects and other creative ways to open artistic doors!
Tony Windberg is a professional artist who has shared his knowledge and enthusiasm for art with students for over 3 decades. After completing his B.A. (Fine Arts) degree from Curtin University in 1986, Tony began his exhibiting career with numerous solo exhibitions and interstate group exhibitions. His focus has always been on the natural world. The landscape is the setting to explore ideas about people’s relationship with and responsibility for the planet.
His landscape-based artworks have received significant WA and national art awards.
Tony works in a wide range of traditional painting and drawing media from paints to pencils and pastels. He also continually explores new and unconventional materials and techniques. A popular teacher, he combines a deep respect for painting tradition with a sense of artistic adventure!
Examples of Tony’s artwork can be seen on the Tony Windberg website. He is represented in WA by Art Collective WA.