Portrait Painting in Acrylics with Robin Hicks
Schedule
Sat Oct 25 2025 at 12:00 am to 06:00 am
UTC+10:30Location
Atelier Crafers | Stirling, SA
Join us for this full day workshop in acrylic painting. Learn how to paint a vibrant and expressive portrait in acrylic. This workshop will be focused on helping you gain knowledge and confidence in how to approach portrait painting through understanding facial proportions, mixing skin tones, layering paint to create depth, and much more.
There will be some preparation work before you begin painting.
###Materials List###:
(Please bring along any acrylic paints you have as well.)
Titanium White
Unbleached White
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Alizarin
Cadmium Red
Camium Yellow or similar
Australian Sienna (by Matisse) or Red Gold (by Atelier)
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Umber
Canvas: There’s no limit, but bring at least one canvas.
Size 30 x 40cm, OR 40 x 40cm OR 40 x 50cm
*The canvas usually comes primed with three coats of gesso, but give it another coat tinted with very pale burnt sienna.
Paper:
Mixed media paper or heavy cartridge for sketching and painting exercises
Palette:
A tear-off paper palette or a “Stay-Wet” palette.
Brushes:
A mixture of flat synthetic and bristle, sizes from 1 - 3cm
A round brush for details.
Paper towel, rag and pencil
Where is it happening?
Atelier Crafers, 1 Cox Pl, Crafers SA 5152, Australia, StirlingEvent Location & Nearby Stays: