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Lately, I have been asked quite a bit to create a class that beginners can come and accomplish in one sitting. I find that very hard because I’m so into detail, and short amounts of time don’t allow for too much detail. But I recently revamped one of my simpler paintings into a beginner class and it took about 2 1/2 hours for the students to paint it. I prepped the canvases ahead of time so we started with measuring out the door panels and then began painting. The first painting below is the more complicated one that I painted, and the photo below that is the one I painted with the beginner class that I taught to students in one sitting. Acrylic is a great medium, I can create a lot of layers of depth with it and yet it can be used in a more simplified form for quicker less fussy paintings.