Adventures in Acrylic Painting with Bradley Tyler Wilson

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 am UTC-04:00

506 S. Sterling Street | Morganton

Burke Arts Council
Publisher/HostBurke Arts Council
Adventures in Acrylic Painting with Bradley Tyler Wilson
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Let go and begin making paintings that are bold, expressive, and satisfying. We’ll explore acrylic painting techniques that will open a world of creative possibilities. Learn how to paint faster than your “inner critic” can judge (which will vastly improve your paintings), and discover compositional and color-mixing secrets that will make your paintings look amazing. This workshop will inspire both beginners and those with previous painting experience. Various subject matter will be explored.
3-Day Weekend Workshop: Friday - Sunday, September 26 - 28, 10AM - 4PM.
COST: $275 for BAC Members/ $295 Non Members
Please visit Bradley’s website: https://www.bradleywilsonpaintings.com
MATERIALS LIST:
ACRYLIC PAINTS: Please bring large tubes of acrylic paint (5 oz. or larger). (These can be purchased from most Hobby Lobby or Michaels stores, or online from art suppliers such as utrechtart.com.) COLORS: Titanium White, Cadmium Red Light Hue, Cad Yellow Medium Hue, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, Pthalo Green, Yellow Ochre. (Some substitutions can be made.)
Also recommended but not required: Green Oxide, Alizarin Crimson or Quinacridone Violet, Turquoise, Unbleached Titanium or Buff White, Pthalo Blue, Cerulean Blue Hue - And bring ANY color(s) that appeal to you.
IMAGES: If you want to use photo references you can bring your own photos, or print-outs, or work from your phone or i-pad.
OTHER MATERIALS: -Medium (gloss or matte) - Three (3) 16" x 20" or larger stretched canvases or primed painting boards.
Brushes: 1" Nylon Bristle brush #4 round. And any other brushes you may want to bring. - Disposable paper palettes, Palette knife(s), any type or size.
Cotton rags or a roll of paper towels.
Plastic cups for water, spray bottle.
And any other painting materials that you want to bring.
About the Artist:
Bradley Wilson was born in 1970, and is a visual artist, author, and instructor living in Charleston, TN. He has been a producing artist and teacher for over thirty years. Wilson’s works are collected in private and corporate collections across North America. He resides with his wife, and a multitude of dogs and cats (twenty-two at current count).
From Bradley: Twenty years ago I became interested in the idea of painting as an improvised performance. I had grown dissatisfied with making work that was fully conceived at the beginning, worked out through studies and sketches, and then executed onto canvas. Something important was missing. I began to make paintings with no formulated plan, and just let the images emerge slowly or quickly out of the painting process itself. I began playing with color, line, texture and shape. I embraced uncertainty as an essential element of creating. My painting process is fluid and organic. I constantly make changes throughout the creation of a piece. I have no philosophy of painting other than to be open and responsive to the possibilities of the moment. Connecting with the present and finding the potential- this is what my work is about.
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506 S. Sterling Street, 506 S Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655-3573, United States

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