
Painting Animals in Acrylic
Wed 23 Jul 2025, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Learn how to use acrylic paints to create realistic images of animals. This course covers painting birds, horses, dogs and cats but all animals and pets can be visualised.
Event Information
Price: £26.00
Course Weeks: 1
Room: Cruse Studio
Customer Information: Please bring your own acrylic paints, brushes, water pot and acrylic paper. Basic colours are advised as we’ll be mixing colours as we go;
· Cobalt Blue
· Magenta
· Lemon Yellow
· Black
· Titainium White
· Scarlet Red
Your Tutor
Name: Sally Taylor
Bio: Sally graduated from the Central School of Art & Design in 1979 with a BA (Hons) in Textile Design, initially working as a knitwear designer and then a designer and marketer, becoming a freelance artist and illustrator in 2017. Recently, Sally graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a Master of Arts in Children’s Book Illustration and created a picture book for children featuring critically endangered animals incorporating AI technology. This can be purchased directly from Sally or Amazon. Sally’s work can be viewed at exhibitions around Hertfordshire including Open Studios and the Big Art Fair showing her paintings of the countryside with realistic representations of animals and birds. Sally works closely with other artists as the Chair of Herts Visual Arts Forum, the Animal Alphabets illustration team, and is a member of SG1 Business Club, Herts Visual Arts and the Society of Art for All Artists.
Department: Arts & Crafts