Working with Acrylics: Painting Dogs – 2024 Term 4

Leigh D Walker is an artist, living and working in the Canberra region. She specialises in drawing and painting.

Born in South-West Scotland, she studied for her Honours Degree (Drawing & Painting) and her Master of Fine Arts at Edinburgh College of Art/Edinburgh University.

Leigh combines her art practice with exhibiting, teaching and commission work.

The exquisite surfaces of Leigh’s paintings and the intricate beauty of her drawings reflect her ongoing exploration of the craft of drawing and painting. She is fascinated by the building up of layers and the process and alchemy of creating art. Her drawings and paintings are constantly changing, each incarnation creating an imprint of what has gone before.

Being the recipient of numerous awards, Leigh has exhibited widely in the UK and Australia. She has shown in venues such as The Royal Scottish Academy, The National Portrait Gallery, London and The Scottish Gallery. Her work is held in public and private collections throughout the UK and Australia

Currently living and working in Canberra, Leigh runs regular art classes throughout the region.

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This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience, including absolute beginners.

Acrylics

Acrylic Paints
• Titanium white
• Pthalo Blue
• Pthalo Green
• Ultramarine Blue
• Alizarin Crimson
• Raw Umber
• Burnt Sienna
• Cadmium Yellow
• Yellow Ochre
I would advise using student grade paints – this will stop you feeling too precious about your paint use. Liquitex Basics (118ml) are very good (available in Officeworks).
If you want to use artist quality acrylic colours, I can really recommend Liquitex, Windsor and Newton & Matisse. Atelier is also very good.
*Please buy at least a 59ml tube of each colour and a larger tube of Titanium White
Mediums
• Acrylic Glaze medium (small bottle 237ml) – I personally use Liquitex Glazing Medium, but for those who want to spend a little less, Jo Sonjas or Atelier is just fine.
• Acrylic Slow dry/retarder medium or fluid (small bottle) – yet again, I use Liquitex, but Jo Sonjas or Atelier are good
Synthetic Brushes
The easiest and cheapest option for brushes is to buy a brush set such as:
• Jasart Gold Synthetic Short Flat Brushes Set 5 (available from Eckersleys)
• Born Flat Taklon Paintbrush Set 5 Pack (available from Officeworks)
These are sets which give a selection of sizes of synthetic flat brushes. Acrylics are very hard on brushes, so please don’t bring sable.
• Size 2 round synthetic brush
If you can afford it, I use a size 20 or 13/16” or 1” synthetic flat as well – available for around the $21 mark from Eckersleys. Similar options available at Officeworks
Hog Hair Brushes
• Size 3, 8 & 10 Round
• Size 10 Flat
These are available very inexpensively from Officeworks
Canvases
• 2 x primed 16” x 24” canvases (or similar size)
Decent quality canvases are available from $$$ Shops. I find Smart Dollar in Woden Plaza very good for picking up canvases, Officeworks is pretty good as well. If you want a more quality canvas, Eckersleys stock these.
Palette
• Disposable/tear off palette available from both Officeworks and Eckersleys
Miscellaneous
• Water tub – please bring something of decent weight and size such as a large Jalna yoghurt pot
• Rags – pieces of old sheet/clothing etc. to wipe brushes on
• Camera or phone
• Dropper – this is essentially a little pot with a lid that attaches to your palette. Make sure you get one with a lid as acrylic paints dry out quite quickly

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