BUST OUT OF THE MOLD WITH THICK ACRYLIC!
It’s time to do things a little differently!
Dive into Thick Acrylic & you’ll walk away with the SKILLS and CONFIDENCE you need to find your voice with THICK, satisfying acrylic!
This course is for us artists who are a bit bored with the rigidness of conventional painting techniques.
Toss your brush and grab your palette knife because I’m gonna show you how to make…
Thick, LUSCIOUS textural paintings
Beautiful gradients
Masterful color blends
Multiple magical abstract acrylic techniques!
The lessons inside the Thick Acrylic Course
Lesson 1:
Choosing the best materials for your thick painting experience
Lesson 2:
Perfecting the shape of classic Dragon Petal technique
Lesson 3:
Mastery of subtle monochromatic color shifts
Lesson 4:
Creating stunning layering with the classic ‘chunky’ technique
Lesson 5:
Simple tricks for creating a meticulous weave pattern painting
Lesson 6:
Blending methods for creating vibrant agate petals
Lesson 7:
Creating metallic shimmer by using mica and glitter with your medium
Lesson 8:
Use frosting tips to make paintings that look good enough to eat!
Lesson 9:
Learn the “bloom” technique and make your paintings blossom.
Lesson 10:
Pro tips for finishing and and displaying your thick acrylic paintings
More about the Thick Acrylic Course
LESS RULES + MORE PAINT = FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Thick Acrylic is for those of us that actively seek painting outside the lines. Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good realistic painting, but when it comes time to express our feelings and find peace & pleasure within the process, thick acrylic is where it’s at.
If you’re ready to kick up your heels and do something different, the Thick Acrylic course is here to…
Motivate and inspire you to make art
Give you permission to USE YOUR PAINT
Show the amazing techniques that I used with my thick acrylic paintings that have received MILLIONS of views on Instagram and other social media.
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This course is easy to follow and FUN!
I like how Josie explains the different mediums and how she came to settle on a few brands that were her favorites after trial and error.
— Steph Strong
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The Thick Acrylic Painting course inspired me and gave me the confidence to express my creativity and try something new!
My first tries weren’t perfect, but I watched the videos again as I was trying the techniques and I have created several thick paintings I love, with plans to create more. Thank you so much for creating a course that is so easy to follow and refer back to.
— Liz Goldhawk
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I was hesitant to jump in at first but Josie is so great at putting you at ease and giving you permission to play around and have fun.
— Amanda Brown
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I've really enjoyed this course!
Josie’s course is informative, easy-to-follow, and easy to do!
— Denise Wilsonville
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I've loved this course!
When I was getting back into art more seriously, I fell in love with textured art and this was an amazing opportunity to experiment, learn, and have fun!!
— Sarah Johnson
Join Art Heart Academy
$9.00/mo
($111 paid yearly)
Join Art Heart Academy to get access to:
The Thick Acrylic course ($39 value)
Monthly group art challenges and prompts ($100 value)
Weekly “Project of the Week” emails ($100 value)
Access to the private art sharing community
Features Include:
open access and unlimited replays of more than 10 full courses, 100 projects, and valuable
real time, step-by step, high quality videos showing the art processes you want to learn
detailed spoken descriptions along with real-time video for hundreds of lessons
captions available in every lesson
Full Length Courses:
Thick Acrylic: Working with Gel Mediums and Palette Knives ($60 value)
Hip Gel: A Guide to Gel Plate Printing ($60 value)
Mix Master: A Color Mixing Companion ($60 value)
Watercolor for Rebels ($60 value)
Painting Pattern Pack ($60 value)
Modern, Bright & Abstract Watercolor ($60 value)
Limited Time Bonus: The Creativity Pack ($199 value)
Color 101 Finding Your Personal Color Palette
Unlocking Your Creative Process
Refining Your Unique Voice
How to Build a Thriving Studio Practice
AND access to any future art courses and lessons that Josie will make (and she’s always adding and updating things!)
Total value: $819
$60.00 $39.00 (25% Off)
Get permanent, lifetime access
One time purchase
You’ll get:
The Thick Acrylic course
Permanent, lifetime access
What is Art Heart Academy???
Art Heart Academy (AHA) is a membership where you can get access to over 100 projects, lessons and tutorials on exciting art processes. This membership includes every art course that Josie has ever created—or ever will create, including Thick Acrylic.
It’s all included for the low monthly fee!
Josie has taught art techniques to over 10,000 artists in her digital courses. As a member of AHA, you’ll have access to all wildly popular courses on thick acrylic, color mixing, gel plate printing, watercolor and MORE.
ACRYLIC FAQs
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Thick acrylic paintings usually dry within 3 days. Yes, you will need to keep the cat away! If it is very dry where you live, they will dry faster.
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Yes! If you use my acrylic mediums and my methods, there is minimal shrinkage or “melting” and the paintings will look wonderfully 3D when completely dry.
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When fully dry, acrylic paintings are very durable, and a soft rag or feather duster will be fine to use for dusting.
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If you join the Art Heart Academy membership, you will have access to Thick Acrylic plus more than 10 other art courses by Josie, and anything else we add, for as long as you're a member.
If you buy the course ala carte, you will have permanent, lifetime access to Thick Acrylic.
In case you’re curious, here’s a peek at the courses you will get access to inside the Art Heart Academy Membership….
Thick Acrylic
A 10 lesson course all about using thick acrylic, mediums and COLOR!
Hip Gel
19 lessons on Gel Plate Mono Prints. Make cool, easy and fun prints!
Mix Master
Master color! 18 lessons to help you tame the wild hue.
Watercolor for Rebels
Josie’s signature watercolor course with 8 lessons on vibrant watercolors!
Painting Pattern Pack
Follow along with Josie by painting beautiful geometry.
Modern Abstract Watercolor
Create dynamic paintings with bold, modern mark making.
Boost Your Practice
Josie will teach you to find your unique voice, understand your creativity, and find your flow.
AND MORE
The AHA library includes 4 bonus courses to spark your creativity.
Have we met? Hi, I’m Josie!
I’m a lifelong full time artist who loves color, process and fun! I’ve also written a book on color mixing, had my line of art materials on sale at Michaels across the USA and Canada, been a college art professor, had my art collected around the world, and my art process videos have had more than 1 billion views. (Dude. What???) You can find me everywhere as @josielewisart and I hope you say hi!
I’ve also taught thousands of art-curious creatives in workshops and online courses, and I love inspiring people to take bold moves for their art passions!
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