Acrylic Painting Lessons

Acrylic Painting Classes in Port Macquarie

Discover how to paint with confidence in our acrylic painting classes at Art Classes Port Macquarie. Guided by award-winning artist Lilia Varetsa, you’ll learn how to use acrylics to create vibrant landscapes and expressive still life paintings, while building a strong understanding of colour theory and perspective.

Whether you’re a complete beginner or looking to refresh your skills, this is a relaxed, supportive class where you’ll learn by doing.

What We Do in This Acrylic Painting Class

In this acrylic painting class, you’ll learn how to bring your subjects to life using colour, light and depth.

We begin by exploring how to incorporate perspective and colour theory into a landscape painting. Lilia shows you how to:

Build a strong composition
Use linear and atmospheric perspective
Add depth and luminous warmth with acrylic washes and glazes

You’ll see how subtle shifts in value and colour temperature can transform a flat scene into a convincing, three-dimensional landscape.

Next, you’ll create a colourful still life as you continue to develop your acrylic painting skills. Working from a simple arrangement, Lilia will guide you through:

Choosing and simplifying shapes
Understanding the hues in your subject
Breaking free from preconceived ideas about colour
Experimenting with daring colour pairings that still feel harmonious

You’ll learn when to use soft, blended edges and when to introduce crisp, hard lines to describe the ever-changing relationship between light and shadow on your subject.

Along the way, you’ll discover essential acrylic painting tips and techniques that help you gain control over the medium while keeping your work fresh and expressive.

How Our Drawing Classes Run

Lessons are taught in a relaxed, supportive setting. You’ll work on:

Short exercises to practise specific skills
Longer projects that bring those skills together
Subjects such as everyday objects, simple still life, nature, and figures

We provide individual feedback to help you improve while maintaining your own style.

Why Start With Drawing?

Drawing is the quickest way to improve your overall art. Once you understand shape, tone, and proportion, every other medium: paint, ink, digital, becomes more accessible and more enjoyable.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this acrylic painting course in Port Macquarie, you’ll have a solid foundation in:

Basic and intermediate colour theory for acrylics
Using perspective to create depth in landscape paintings
Building layers with washes and glazes for luminous effects
Painting colourful still life using bold, expressive colour choices
Seeing and painting real colour instead of “what you think it should be”
Balancing soft and hard edges to describe light, shadow and form
Brush control, mark-making and simple blending techniques
Planning a painting from initial sketch to final details

These skills will give you the confidence to continue painting landscapes, still lifes and other subjects at home.

Who This Acrylic Class Is For

Our Acrylic Painting lessons are perfect for:

Absolute beginners who want a guided introduction to acrylics
Hobby painters who want to deepen their understanding of colour and perspective
Artists from other mediums (watercolour, drawing, mixed media) wanting to explore acrylics
Anyone who loves landscapes, still life and vibrant colour

Lilia’s step-by-step teaching style makes it easy to follow along, ask questions and grow at your own pace.

What to Bring

We keep things simple so you can focus on painting.

For your first class:

We provide everything you need for your first acrylic painting class – paints, basic brushes, palette, surface and all essential materials.

For your second and subsequent classes:

Depending on the subject matter you choose, you may want to bring a few spare brushes or any favourite tools you like to use.
Your teacher will discuss this with you in class and recommend what will suit your painting style and goals.

If you’re unsure, just come along to your first class and Lilia will guide you on what’s best to bring next time.

Learn Acrylic Painting

If you’ve been wanting to try acrylics or take your paintings to the next level, this is your invitation.

Join Art Classes Port Macquarie and learn acrylic painting with Lilia Varetsa in a friendly, creative environment. Explore colour theory, perspective, landscapes and still life, and leave each class with new skills and more confidence in your art.