Acrylic Painting for Beginners-Online Course-Community Learning-09:30-12:00

Important update: Bookings will close 7 days before the course starts.

Date	13 September - 11 October 2021
Sessions	Mondays: 9:30am - 12pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Online Courses, Nottingham View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 10
Cost	FREE - £56.25

About this course

This course introduces you to the basic of acrylic painting. The online course helps you to understand the media, how to use tools and materials.

By the end of the course, you will know how to use the acrylic paint and differences between other medias and acrylics. The course is aimed to give learners a good understanding of the processes by using examples. Topics to be covered include:

Understanding the properties of the materials. How to select and use them
Prepare the painting surface
Make a’ stay-wet palette’ and how to layout a palette
Dilute the paint to the right consistency
Experiment with colour by mixing the paint on your surface and on palette
How to use varnish and to maintain your tools
Health and safety

Learners will require 40 x 50 cm Stretched canvas/ Canvas board, acrylic paper, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, and Titanium White acrylic paint, white acrylic gesso, palette, glycerin, spray bottle, a range of synthetic paint brushes, graphite pencils, metal palette knife, silicone spatula.

As this course is online, a suitable device such as laptop, smart phone, tablet or computer will be required to access the course. Zoom will be used for the live sessions and the link will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: