Ann-Marie Cheung ARTIST

Joyful magical unique vibrant whimsical art for your heART

ARTIST NOTES

RCM Artist-Educator Foundations Course

I’m thrilled to be taking the RCM Artist-Educator Foundations Course for artists who are already engaged in arts education, and for those who would like to learn more about arts education. This 30-hour course offers artists a window into working in schools and/or in community settings through hands-on, activity-based exploration.

Instructors for this session are Laurie Pye and Sara Dickinson-Chilvers .

Foundations certification prepares you for:

• Work in elementary, intermediate and secondary schools as well as in community settings
• Developing meaningful and relevant lesson plans
• Effective communication with students, teachers and staff
• Development of solid partnerships with educational or community partners
• Making appropriate programming choices for a variety of ages, stages and abilities

Course Modules for Foundations:

• Merging Artist and Teacher/Social Worker Culture
• Engaging Effective Partnering
• Engaging Effective Session Management – Teaching Tactics and Strategies
• Exploring Multiple Intelligences Theory
• Understanding the Arts Curriculum
• Preparing Lesson Plans (Foundations Level)
• Understanding Ages and Stages of Development (Foundations Level)
• Articulating Your Creative Process

Thanks to funding from The Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council for making this possible.

About Acrylic Paints

Stained Glass Doodle 2012 - acrylic on canvas
Stained Glass Doodle © 2012 Ann-Marie Cheung – acrylic on canvas

Acrylic paint comes in a tube, just like oil paint. However, since acrylic paint is water-based meaning it dissolves in water instead of oil-based (dissolves in oil or turpentine), it’s much easier to clean up after. You can soak your brushes and clean your hands in plain tap water, instead of smelly and flammable chemicals.

Another advantage to acrylic paint is that it dries much faster than oil paint. If you’re working on a painting that needs to be done on time, that’s important. Acrylic paint was developed as a water-based alternative to traditional oil paints.

Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become water-resistant when dry. Depending on how much the paint is diluted with water, the finished painting can resemble a watercolor or an oil painting.

Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint containing pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer resin. Different from oil painting as watercolor is different from oil painting. There are techniques, which are available only to acrylic painters, and there are also restrictions, which are unique to acrylic painting.

Acrylic paints can achieve an oil-paint-like effect, and do so in much less time. Applied to look like oil paints, acrylics are somewhat limited due to the superior color range of oil paints, and the fact that acrylic dry to a shiny, smooth.

Acrylics paints are sometimes used in place of watercolors because acrylics dry closer to the desired color slightly darker, usually, while watercolors dry lighter and often unpredictably, especially for beginning artists.