Five-Week Painting Courses
Please note: This is a five-week course of consecutive sessions, booked as a complete programme. Missed sessions cannot be transferred to another date or refunded. Once the course has started, cancellations and refunds are not available except where required by law.
5 week course 1.30 - 4.30 - £190
Explore your painting. Develop your skills. Find your own style.
Would you like to spend more time developing your painting, exploring new ideas and learning alongside other painters?
My five-week acrylic painting courses offer the opportunity to focus on a particular subject over five consecutive sessions. With demonstrations, practical guidance and individual tuition throughout, you’ll have time to experiment, build confidence and take your painting further.
My approach is to help each person develop from the stage they are at. Whether you want to improve your technique, explore new ways of working or discover your own interpretation of a subject, I’ll offer guidance tailored to your individual needs.
You won’t be expected to paint in the same way as everyone else. I encourage you to develop your own ideas, make your own choices and discover what works for you.
Painting alongside a small group of other artists also brings inspiration, conversation and the opportunity to share ideas and learn from one another.
Choose Your Course
Landscape
Explore colour, light and atmosphere.
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Discover ways to interpret the landscape through composition, colour, depth and atmosphere. Working from landscape references, we’ll explore how to simplify shapes, create a sense of space and use colour and brushwork to capture the character of a place.
You can take a more observational approach or experiment with a more expressive interpretation. The emphasis is on developing your skills while finding your own way of painting the landscape.
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You’ll explore: composition, colour relationships, depth, light, atmosphere, brushwork and texture.
Look, observe, paint — and develop your own interpretation.
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Explore still life through observation, composition, colour and tone. Working from arranged subjects, we’ll consider shape, proportion, light and shadow, and how to turn what you see into an engaging painting.
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You’ll have the opportunity to experiment with colour, brushwork and texture while learning to simplify and interpret your subject. With demonstrations and individual guidance, you’ll develop your painting in your own way.
You’ll explore: composition, proportion, colour mixing, tone, light, shadow and mark-making.
Still Life
Abstract
Experiment, explore and develop your own visual language.
This course offers the opportunity to explore a more expressive approach to painting. Through colour, composition, shape, mark-making, layering and texture, we’ll discover how paintings can develop through experimentation and individual interpretation.
You might begin with an image, an idea, a memory, a feeling or simply a colour or mark that interests you. Demonstrations and individual guidance will help you explore possibilities, develop your ideas and discover new ways of working.
There is no single right way to create an abstract painting. The aim is to experiment, take creative risks and develop a style that feels personal to you.
You’ll explore: colour, composition, expressive mark-making, layering, transparency, texture and abstraction.