REK will demonstrate his award winning realistic style of painting, and impart skills to help you take your painting to the next level.
Translating details from your tablet to the canvas. Discover life changing tools like specialist wet-palettes to put an end to the drying issues that arise using acrylics and Using a projector for precise, immediate and accurate foundation work.
You will work on building up layers and glazing to create depth, different acrylic mediums, effective use of colours to achieve realistic results plus many more tricks of the trade gained from 15 plus years of real-life experience as professional artist.
MONTE MARTE PREMIUM DOUBLE THICK CANVAS 40 X 50 CM
STAWET PALETE – Any size.
Canvas Paper.
Monte marte palatte knife no 11
Royal & langnickle angular taklon brush set of 3
Staedtler B pencil
Staedtler eraser
Staedtler sharpener
60 ml Syringe
Absorbent sponge
Recommended brushes – artist quality brand but can be substituted with another less expensive variety
ART SPECTRUM FLAT SABLE LONG HANDLE BRUSH – SIZE 6
ART SPECTRUM FLAT SABLE LONG HANDLE BRUSH – SIZE 4
ART SPECTRUM FLAT SABLE LONG HANDLE BRUSH – SIZE 2
Neef synthetic filbert brush size – 6
Neef synthetic filbert brush – 8
Neef synthetic filbert brush – 0
Neef synthetic bright brush – 2
Neef synthetic round brush – 1
Neef fine sable round brush – 4
Optional Recommended Golden paints – artist quality brand *can be substituted for another brand.
Golden Heavy body acrylic -Vandyke brown
Golden Heavy body acrylic – Phalo blue – ( green shade )
Golden Heavy body acrylic – Paynes grey
Golden Heavy body acrylic -Cadmium red
Golden Heavy body acrylic -Cadmium yellow
Golden Heavy body acrylic – Titanium white
Golden Heavy body acrylic – Quinacridone red
Liquitex flow medium
Golden GAC 100 acrylic medium
Gloss varnish 500ml
Art Spectrum Gesso (white) 1 l
Artist turps 500ml
Chroma Brush cleaner
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Award winning artist REK is dedicated to bringing happiness to others through the joy of painting.
Exhibiting widely, his work is held in private and corporate collections from every corner the country and around the globe. His original works are represented by five prominent private galleries across Australia.\
His artworks have appeared on national television and have been recognized by many competitive art prizes across numerous genres, including winner of the 2021 Hinchenbrook birdlife award for painting
A tutor for the McGregor Schools Toowomba artist residency, He is also a member of the Queensland
Wildlife Artist’s Society and works part time as the Gallery coordinator for the Royal Qld Art Society. In 2020 he was Selected by the society as feature artist and guest judge at their Biannual wildlife exhibition.