WHEN: Tuesdays, 6 – 8pm
DATES: 27 October – 1 December, 2026
COST: $265
Details
Acrylic painting is a great place to start if you’re new to art. It’s easy to use, dries quickly, and lets you experiment without overthinking things. You can try out different techniques, build up layers, and see results straight away making it a fun and flexible way to get creative. This workshop focuses on acrylic painting and encourages hands-on experimentation. You’ll explore a variety of surfaces, including canvas, paper, and wood, learning how to prepare and prime each one while discovering which suits your style best. Throughout the course, you’ll develop essential skills such as paint application, mixing and thinning, layering and blending, and using a range of brushes and tools to achieve different effects. You’ll also begin creating your own compositions, working with diverse subject matter such as still life, portraits, and animals and wildlife. No prior experience is needed; this course is perfect for beginners —just curiosity and a willingness to experiment.
About the Artist
Yamile Tafur Rios is a visual artist and educator from Colombia based in Canberra. She completed her bachelor degree in Visual Arts back in her country in 2012. She has done solo and group exhibitions between 2013 and 2019, she obtained financial support from the Colombian Ministry of Culture and from other institutions for some of her creative projects. Yamile is interested in research about manufacturing clothes, manual labour, everyday occupations and ways to belong as a subject of her work of art. Throughout her artistic production she has investigated her own unique experience of life to connect it with other community voices.
In 2022 she undertook the Residency Creative Recovery and Resilience Residency at Ainslie + Gorman Arts Centres In ACT as an Emerging Artist, during that time she worked with Canberra based people who have lived an immigration experience in their life to connect community stories through art experiences. She is also was part of the Cahoots program 2022 for artists and producers to develop their practice with a small, critical community from diverse art forms and backgrounds.
In 2023 she was part of a collaborative work shown in Cahoots Lab, she has being exhibiting and working as an Educator and Independent Artist along different spaces in Canberra.
Yamile Tafur Rios. Image courtesy of the artist